ghoststorytelling.)
ELINOR
RADLEY
Do
I have your attention? Do I finally have
your attention? I was going to tell you
about Butch Gardens. But I’ll do
it in song. As she told Mr. Paganini, if
you can’t sing it, you’ll simply have to swing it.
GRACE
I
like this dame---
GEORGETTE
(Quieting GRACE)Let her swing it.
(The PANTHER LADY starts a beat on the tom-toms.)
PANTHER
LADY
(Scatting)Dingus dingus dingus dung.
Dingus dingus dingus dung.
ELINOR
RADLEY
I
have a story to tell.It’s the story of a place called, “Butch Gardens.”
I have a story to tell.
It’s the story of a place called, “Butch Gardens.”
’You wanna hear it?
PANTHER
LADY
---
dingus dingus dung.
ELINOR
RADLEY
’You
wanna hear it?
PANTHER
LADY
---dingus
dingus dung.
ELINOR
RADLEY
Let
me hear you say, “Yes, ma’am!”
ALL
BUT LONNIE
Yes,
ma’am!
ELINOR
RADLEY
Say,
“Yes, ma’am!”
ALL
BUT LONNIE
Yes,
ma’am!(The PANTHER LADY keeps going. ANNIE whispers to LONNIE.)
ANNIE
Don’t
you wanna hear it?
LONNIE
Not
really . . .
PANTHER LADY
Dingus dingus dingus dung.
LONNIE
(To ANNIE) Can you come with me a second?
(LONNIE pulls ANNIE into the wilderness.)
ELINOR
RADLEY
Don’t
worry ’bout themBecause they’ll be back.
(Ba-da-da-boom! The PANTHER LADY drums.)
END OF EPISODE 12.
