I didn't have any food, any water, and it was very cold, very cold.

-Where were you going, Clarice? -I don't know.

Yes. I took one lamb, and I ran away as fast as I could.

But you could and you did, didn't you?

They just stood there, confused. They wouldn't run.

I opened the gate to their pen, but they wouldn't run.

First I tried to free them.

-And you ran away? -No.

And they were screaming.

They were slaughtering the spring lambs?

Lambs. They were screaming.

And what did you see, Clarice? What did you see?

I was so scared to look inside, but I had to.

I crept up into the barn.

I went downstairs, outside.

What did you do?

Some kind of screaming, like a child's voice.

It was screaming.

What was it?

I heard a strange noise.

Then something woke you, didn't it? Was it a dream? What was it?

-You started at what time? -Early. Still dark.

Not "just", Clarice. What set you off?

And one morning, I just ran away.

And?

You went to live with cousins on a sheep and horse ranch in Montana.

You were ten years old.

After your father's murder, you were orphaned.

No! I will listen now.

Later. Now, please, listen to me. We've only got five...