Monday, June 18, 2012

"Misunderstanding"

            (Two FRIENDS stand by a window.)

THE FRIEND
Westward, I’m pregnant---

WESTWARD
Leslie, I’m so happy---!

THE FRIEND
It’s not yours.

WESTWARD
There’s a wasp caught between the screen and the pane.  Surely, it will die.

THE FRIEND
You know it can’t be yours.

WESTWARD
I see my mother coming up the path.

            (Enter MRS. HO.)

MRS. HO
The paper hasn’t arrived yet.  Westward, see to it.

            (WESTWARD exits.  MRS. HO sits.)

            THE END.