Scene 1:
Jack: (in a British accent) Father I want to go back to England.
Jack’s Father: Son it is time you opened your mind to the world outside of your choir. Now I will meet you at the station at five o’clock sharp.
Jack: But Father… (Jack mumbles quietly to himself, as his father walks away)
Scene 2:
On the other end of Salem a similar scene occurs.
Aunt Polly: Now liste’ to me! Huckleberry Finn! Tom Sawyer! Behave yourselves or the two of you will get no sweets for a week, make that two weeks when we get home. You two are to get in no mischief at all.
Boys: Yes ma’am.
Aunt Polly: Go explore boys. Remember, no trouble.
Boys: Yes ma’am.
Scene 3:
Two hours later, as the boys wander around the town of Salem; Huck and Tom slip down an alley in between houses.
Tom: O’er here Huck! It a door.
Huck: Where you reckon it leads, Tom?
Out of nowhere comes Jack.
Jack: Wizard!
Tom: Wizard? (Laughing). Dat boy ‘as nuttin’ in dat ‘ead o ‘is.
Huck: (Chuckling.) But what it lead to Tom?
Jack: Excuse me! It would be a cellar door. It leads to a cellar. And I will have you know I am the academy’s head choir boy.
Huck: Choir boy?
Tom: Mean he is one o em boys that does da sinin’ en da hats.
Huck: Da boys en da hats dat sing?
Both boys are bending over laughing at Jack.
Jack: I’ll have you know I’m also a hunter. (Jack pulls out a worn knife.) See this knife.
Tom: It don’t matter nuttin’. (Tom opens the door and makes a move to enter.)
Huck: What you doin’ dere Tom. Aun’ Polly ain’t gonna like you goin’ on dow’ dere. What if a ghost dow’ dere.
Jack: There is no ghost down there or anywhere! You sound like a littlun.
Huck: Watch what you be sayin’. We used to be part o Tom Sawyer’s Gang. We can kidnap you and ransomed you to death.
Tom: Let’s take a look before we have to go back to Aun’ Polly. We must ‘ave a bit o fun on dis trip.
Jack: Jolly good! Wizard!
Huck: All ‘ight.
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Rise of the Ghost: A Salem Tale
FantasyNote - all characters, ideas, and places are fictional, other than Tituba, John Proctor and the town of Salem. Any resemblance to modern day people of places is pure coincidence. Salem is not home to catacombs or ghosts. In the town of Salem, Massac...