3SCENE 1 I2:45 p.m., Jim and Beth in a car, at a gas station/I
JIM: If we Ihad/I to move, why couldn't we move to New York City, or L. A., or San Francisco, instead of some little nothing town in Colorado?
BETH: Because we've lived in busy, polluted cities all our lives. We're going to live in a huge, roomy,
JIM: Old, broken-down, musty,
BETH: Mansion.
JIM: Shack.
BETH: And we get to-
JIM: IHave/I to,
BETH: Paint and wallpaper
JIM: clean and slave over-
I(Enter Andy & Peter)/I
ANDY: Are you Isure/I you don't want something to eat?
JIM: Yes.
PETER (bites cookie): They've got all kinds of junk food.
BETH: Don't eat with your mouth full.
PETER (swallows): Okay- (pauses)-Don't Ichew/i with- (Andy looks at him funny)-no, don't Italk/I...that's it, don't talk with your mouth full.
JIM: Hide the food! Mom's coming! Remember, if she finds it II had unothing/u to do with it.
(Enter Mom)/I
MOM: You've been so good and quiet while you waited, I think you deserve a treat. But you'll have to hurry and eat it before we leave, I don't want you to forget and leave the trash in the car.
ANDY: We don't need anything mom, do we Pete?
PETER: Of course not. I'm not even hungry.
MOM: You know, there's so much junk under these seats, we might as well pull some of this out- (Andy and Peter look at each other)- and throw it away- (finds cookies and chips) now what do you have to say about this?
PETER: Jim had nothing to do with it.
I(Jim rolls eyes)/I
MOM: Goodness Jim, couldn't you think of a better way to get them out of the car than giving them money?
JIM: I try to discus this move with my little sister-
MOM: Oh dear! It's 3:00 all ready! If we're going to get there by 6:30 we've got to run! Andy, go get Sarah.
I(Exit Andy)/I
BETH: Mom, Why did dad have to go away so long?
MOM: He was looking for a house that had a good job and a good school near it.
BETH: Why couldn't we go with him instead of staying with Aunt Hope?
JIM: Aw, Beth, you know perfectly well that we could never do that, five of us kids, three too little to not use a car seat.
BETH: But we'll all be together soon. Uncle John too.
MOM: Oh dear! I forgot to tell you, Uncle John went abroad again. But this time he left Virginia to stay with us. Right now she's at the house with the caretaker that Uncle John left.
JIM: You mean we have to live with her? That sloppy urchin?
MOM: The last time you saw her she was two years old. Since then she's learned what a napkin is for, or I Iassume/I so, since by now she should be...about eleven.
JIM: Once a slob, always a slob.
BETH: Be quiet, she's probably nice, now that she can talk.
JIM: IMaybe./I
I(Enter Sarah & Andy)/I
SARAH: We're here.
ANDY: Let's go!
I(Mom starts car) (End of S-1)/I
I*+Me again: Yes, yes, I know what you're asking. What the heck is wrong with these people? Well, I was just asking that myself, although I am finding myself amused, especially by phrases like "sloppy urchin." Review if you like. I love reviews, even if you just want to make fun of my nine- year-old-ness.+*/I