MRS. M. (having set vase on the table). Well Totoy? Well Nena? I said good morning. Why are you two staring at me like that?
NENA. Is...is that you, Aling Atang?
TOTOY. Good God, it IS Aling Atang! (He collapses into a chair)
TONY. Totoy, Aling Atang now prefers to be called Mrs. Mendoza.
MRS. M. Oh, Tony, you know it is not I but Kikay who prefers it. She was delighted with these flowers, Tony, and she thanks you very much. Nena, if you don't stop gaping at me, I'll pinch you!
NENA (laughing). How you used to pinch and pinch me, Aling Atang, when I was a little girl.
MRS. M. You were a very naughty girl, always fighting with Kikay. You were all very naughty children. (She points at Totoy) This one, especially, always sneaking into our backyard to steal mangoes from our mango tree.
TOTOY. Do you still have that mango tree?
MRS. M. Yes, it's still out there in our backyard.
TOTOY (Jumping up). Come on, Nena...let's steal their mangoes!
MRS. M. Ah-ah, you just try! I still run as fast as ever. See if I don't catch you again and pull your pants off!
TOTOY (Gripping his pants). Ah, but I wear suspenders now, Mrs. Mendoza.
MRS. M. Oh, you rascal! Come with me to the kitchen.
TOTOY. Why? To pull my pants off ?
MRS. M. No, idiot...I want you to help me carry something.
NENA. Aling Atang, don't you prepare anything for us. We're not visitors and we're not hungry.
MRS. M. It's only some orange juice, Nena. I was preparing some for Kikay. She takes nothing else in the morning. She says that in New York nobody eats breakfast. Come along, Totoy.
(Exit Mrs. Mendoza and Totoy. Left alone, Nena and Tony are silent for a moment. Tony is seated; Nena stands behind sofa.)
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New Yorker in Tondo
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