I won't be posting the raw material here any more past this month, but it did keep me going and honest having the pressure to post each day. There are some things that have potential, and I'll get them into shape to see if they have a real life ahead of them. Thanks to the few faithful people who have checked the blog most days to read. Drop me a line if anything in particular you liked and think has a life beyond this month of writing.
I should find out tomorrow or Tuesday the final stats on the month and how many playwrights did all 30 entries. I did, so I should win a prize! I'll do one last blog entry on that to let you know.
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(SAMMY and SHEILA ENTER)
SHEILA
Wow, you should have seen it!
JAMIE
See what?
SHEILA
Sammy, you tell them.
(SAMMY gets very excited and hops romps across the
room)
I know. I know. Do you think you can put it into words? I
think they’d love to hear about it.
KATIE
I certainly want to hear about it.
(SAMMY stops romping to speak)
SAMMY
It stared at me for ten minutes!
SHEILA
I’m glad you called me; I wouldn’t have believed it.
JAMIE
What already?
SHEILA
Patience. (to SAMMY) Keep going and tell them.
SAMMY
Enormous! Not supposed to be that big! Looking at me!
KATIE
What? What is it?
SAMMY
A n…n…n..northern sp..sp..spotted owl!
KATIE
I’ve seen owls around here.
SAMMY
Not the Northern Spotted Owl!
SHEILA
He said it is pretty rare around here. Endangered species.
KATIE AND JAMIE
Oh!
JAMIE
That is exciting.
SAMMY
It is!
KATIE
Sammy, should you tell someone, since it is endangered?
SAMMY
Yes!
KATIE
Where does it live, you think?
SAMMY
Outside my bedroom!
JAMIE
Really!
KATIE
I don’t think I’d want a big owl outside my window. Weren’t
you scared?
SAMMY
No. It loves me.
JAMIE
Wow, loves you.
SAMMY
Yes!
KATIE
Did it do something special to indicate it liked you?
SAMMY
It did.
JAMIE
What? Tap dance?
SAMMY
Owls do not tap dance.
JAMIE
Of course not.
SAMMY
It would not look away. For ten minutes.
KATIE
Ten minutes is a long time, are you sure?
SHEILA
Oh, don’t challenge him on that, as his internal clock is never wrong.
KATIE
Ok, but that is a little weird, a bird just flies to your window and stares at you for ten minutes.
SAMMY
It wanted to speak.
KATIE
Speak?
JAMIE
Oh, this I’ve got to hear.
SHEILA
He has a theory, but that’s… He’s just excited. It’s… go ahead and tell them.
(SAMMY romps across the room and back)
SAMMY
Owls are known as wise in some cultures and in some stories a
bad omen or a bringer of death. When a rare owl comes to your window, it is seen
as a sp…sp…spirit messenger.
KATIE
You mean a spiritual messenger?
JAMIE
An angel.
SAMMY
A spirit of someone that gives a message to the living. Not
an angel. Angels are from God to man.
JAMIE
Who is this from?
SAMMY
Papa!
JAMIE
Oh, Sammy.
KATIE
Sammy.
SAMMY
Yes! The owl was looking at me. It knows. I had to call Mama
to see it. Papa, at the window.
SHEILA
Sammy, it was a beautiful owl. He seemed fascinated with you.
I’m sorry I broke the spell and scared him away, but I’m glad you let me see
him.
SAMMY
Papa at the window. He wants in. He wants in.
(SAMMY curls into SHEILA)
He wants in.
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