Poppyladdin

Friend Like Me

(The cave)

(Poppy lies unconscious on Dumbo. Perky tries to wake her)

(Dumbo rises up, lifting Poppy up. She awakes slowly)

Poppy: Ohh, my head. (She looks at the entrance sealed in.) We're trapped. (Angry, shaking her fists at the entrance) That two faced old siren! (Calmer) Well... whoever she was, she's long gone with that lamp.

(Perky smirks and pulls out the magic lamp)

Poppy: Heh! Why, you hairy little thief! Looks like such a... beat-up, worthless piece of junk. Hey, I-I think there's something written here, but... it's... i-it's hard to make out.

(She rubs the lamp. Suddenly smoke comes out of the hole, the lamp begins to shake and glow, but Poppy holds onto the lamp, and our wonderful friend, Sisu the water dragon comes out)

Sisu: Aaaaahhhhh! OY! Ten-thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck! Hang on a second! (She hangs Poppy on a nearby rock. Then she pulls his head off and spins it around, yelling as she does so. Dumbo pulls Poppy down) Whaaa... wow! Does it feel good to be outta there. (Sisu uses her end of her tail as a microphone) I'm telling you. Nice to be back, ladies and gentlemen. Hi, where ya from? (Sticks the mic in Poppy's face) What's your name?

Poppy: Uh, Po--uh--Poppy.

Sisu:(Says her name as if she's discovered something major) Poppy! (A neon sign lights up with Poppy's name on it, circled by chase lights. The sign changes to reflect the Sisu's upcoming line) Hello, Poppy. Nice to have you on the show. Can we call you 'Pop,' or maybe just 'Py?' Or how 'bout 'Lassiei?' (Disappears, then appears as a Rough Collie) Sounds like 'Here, girl! C'mon, Lassie!'

Poppy: (Shaking her head) I must have hit my head harder than I thought.

Sisu:(Still a dog) Do you smoke? Mind if I do? (Poofs into smoke, then back to a dragon. Perky screeches wildly) Oh, sorry Cheetah--hope I didn't singe the fur! Yo, Dumbo! Haven't seen you in a few millennia! Slap me some trunk! Yeah! Yo yo! (Dumbo flies over and high fives Sisu with his trunk. Sisu looks at Poppy) Say, you're a lot smaller than my last mistress. (Lifts her beer-gut) Either that or I'm gettin' bigger. Look at me from the side--do I look different to you?

Poppy: Wait! Wait a minute. I'm--your mistress?

Sisu: (Slaps a diploma in Poppy's hand and a mortarboard on her head.) That's right! She can be taught! What would you wish of me, (as Arnold Schwarzenegger) the ever impressive, (inside a cube) the long contained, (as Señor Wences) often imiti-totted, (Tosses the dummy aside) but never duplicated-- (She multiplies into multiple Sisus who surround her)

DUP. Sisus: Duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated, duplicated...

Sisu: (Says it like a ring announcer at a boxing match) Sisu of the Lamp! (as Ed Sullivan) Right here direct from the lamp, right here for your enjoyment wish fulfillment. Thank youuuuu!

Poppy: Whoa Whoa Whoa! Wish fulfillment?

Sisu: Three wishes to be exact. And ix-nay on the wishing for more wishes. (Turns into a slot machine, arm pulls down and three Sisus appear in the windows.) That's it! THREE! (Three Sisu caballeros come out of the slot) Uno, dos, tres. (Changes into b/w Groucho Marx) No substitutions, exchanges or refunds. (The duck drops with the secret word "Refunds.')