[LIGHTS UP]
EVERYONE is frozen in the same place they were in at the end of Scene 3 except NARRATOR and DICTIONARY. NARRATOR is pushed on stage. He stays where he ended up at first with his arms crossed looking grumpy. DICTIONARY comes out and pushes him more, he still stays. DICTIONARY pushes NARRATOR all the way to the middle, stops him, and stands there glaring at him.
NARRATOR:(blows a huffy breath at DICTIONARY) And now we continue with our story!(stomps off, roughly bumping into DICTIONARY on his way out, DICTIONARY rolls his eyes and follows)
EVERYONE un-freezes.
JOE: I call the doctor to the stand.
NEUROLOGIST walks out and sits in witness chair.
DANIEL+NEUROLOGIST: Neurologist!
JOE:(brushing off the correction) Yeah, yeah. Whatever.(looking at NEUROLOGIST) Now, Mr. Doctor--
NEUROLOGIST:(annoyed) Neurologist!
JOE:(rolling eyes) Yes. Neurologist. Mr. Neurologist did you receive a call from Daniel on October 26?
NEUROLOGIST:(nods, smiling at DANIEL) Yes, I know Daniel. Nice kid. He takes good care of his brothers and sisters.
JOE:(nods) Yes, so you received several calls from Daniel on the night in question?
NEUROLOGIST: Yes. Yes I did.
JOE: How many calls would you say you received that night?
NEUROLOGIST:(no hesitation) Four.
JOE:(smiles smugly at FRED, who is smiling smugly back) Yes, that's right. Five! He received five calls, which means--(stops, realizing what was just said) Wait! What?
NEUROLOGIST:(confused) Four. I said I received four calls from young Daniel.
JOE:(very nervous) But wait! That can't be right! There's five monkeys, you must have received five calls!
NEUROLOGIST:(annoyed) Yes, there are five monkeys, and one of them made the calls, that was Daniel. He wasn't jumping in the bed, so he never fell off the bed. I received four calls.
JOE:(freaking out) But no! Wait! That's not right! Mr. Babel said--(EVERYONE gets riled up, JUDGE bangs gavel)
EVERYONE quiets down.
JUDGE: Those are all the witnesses. The jury will gather and make a decision, but first the final statements. Monkeys?(EVERYONE looks at MONKEYS)
INKY:(points at DANIEL) Daniel did it!
DINKY:(points at DANIEL) Daniel did it!
WINKY:(points at DANIEL) Daniel did it!
PINKY:(points at DANIEL) Daniel did it!
DANIEL:(crosses arms) It wasn't my fault!
JUDGE: Mr. Babel?(EVERYONE looks at MR. BABEL)
MR. BABEL:(standing up and shouting) Defenestrate them!
JUDGE:(bangs gavel) The jury will retire.
EVERYONE freezes. NARRATOR walks out.
NARRATOR: As a member of the jury, I am proud to inform you that the winner of this case is Mr. Babel. I always liked him.
DICTIONARY:(storms out, heading straight for NARRATOR) Stop this right now! That's not how the case is supposed to go--
NARRATOR quickly pushes him off before he can say anymore.
[LIGHT OUT]
YOU ARE READING
OneAct
Short StoryI know I already made one of these, but that was last year's. This one is for this year.
