Thought I'd do this too. The theme for this competition was "Truce"
(Two girls, Eresh and Inanna, are onstage. Eresh is hiding behind a box. Inanna is daydreaming. A broken doll (with head pulled off) and a mound of toy bricks are lying nearby. Mother is backstage)
Eresh (jumping out, knocking Inanna over): Got you!
Eresh: Come after me?!?! Ha! Remember the last time you tried? You’re pathetic!
Inanna: Waahh!
Mother (comes up running and turns to Eresh): What did you do this time!
Eresh (shrugs): Nothing.
Inanna: Nothing! She jumped out and knocked me over!
Eresh: I did not!
Inanna: And she’s done this before too!
Eresh (smirking): No I haven’t!
Inanna (breathlessly pointing to broken doll): And and… yesterday she tried to break away another part of
Eresh (serious now): That’s because
Inanna: No she doesn’t! she was always mine!
Eresh: No she wasn’t!
Inanna: Well… before she was mine, she belonged to Harry. And he gave her to me!
Eresh: She never belonged to Harry either! Mom! Tell Inanna!
Inanna: Mom?!
Mother (sighing, turns to Inanna): Now.. you did say you’d give
Eresh: Yeah!
Inanna (sobbing): Mom! How could you say that!
Mother (grabbing the pieces of doll): Stop it! Both of you! Right now! I’m taking
(The girls pout and begin to play with the bricks. In two minutes, their expression changes to joy and they build furiously. Curtain)
3 comments:
Nice sherry! I'm not sure if you've read Shobha De's latest article in the Times. Very similar writing style, except she uses dogs!
Yes - I'm guessing that was partly the inspiration. Except I found her treatment of "the other" to be a bit rude. She's of too high a stature (would that it were not so!) to be engaging in such barbs.
At the risk of sounding biased, I was impressed how the history and a possible solution was encapsulated in the narrative. The only minus is that folks without the historical knowledge will find this un-remarkable. Perhaps Lewis Carroll should be your inspiration instead.
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