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The opening credits roll over shots of the woods. At a cemetery, people are gathered for a funeral. A grave has
been dug, and a small, plain coffin, rests near it. A man leans on the coffin, weeping a prayer.
August Nicholson: Who'll pinch me to wake me up? Who will laugh at me when I fall? Whose breath will I listen for,
so that I may sleep? Whose hand will I hold, so that I may walk?
A small, plain headstone, reads "Here Lies Daniel Nicholson, Beloved son of August Nicholson, June 17, 1890, October 3,
1897." He was just seven years old.