(The
Fountain of Youth. GEORGETTE and
GRACE swim in it, keeping their
gray heads above water.)
GEORGETTE
I could swim here forever.
GRACE
Really?
GEORGETTE
No, I’m kind of tired of it.
GRACE
You want to put your head in?
GEORGETTE
And get my hair wet? ’You crazy? What about
you?
GRACE
’You crazy?
(Soft
sound of plashing.)
GRACE (Continued)
What do you think will happen when we get out?
GEORGETTE
Our bodies will get old again.
GRACE
Good. ’Cause
I’m about to get my period.
(She
gets out.)
GEORGETTE
(Smiling)
Oh, Grace . . .
(She
gets out. As their skin dries,
their flesh returns to the right age.)
GEORGETTE (Continued)
You want I should get leaves?
GRACE
Darn tootin’.
Old bats like us don’t stand around---
GEORGETTE
Begging for bugs---ouch!
GRACE
One on your backside---
GEORGETTE
You old devil!
(Laughing, they
dress in leaves, à la mode sauvage.)
GRACE
The best part of life has been getting old with you, Georgie.
(They
leave the Fountain of Youth and never look back.)
END
OF EPISODE 54.
