Matias- manic learner whose mind has been blown by the changing of the calendar to HIS birthday month, wearing enormous headphones.
Violet- recently gave up naps, life after 4pm rivals Shakespearian tragedy
Beatrice- newly mobile, sibling chaser, vandal
Helen- seeking refuge from her home filled with the smell of spray acrylic, hopeful that her two oldest children could be entertained by the computer independently while she sat happily reading to her youngest. Fool.
The scene:
A library with 2 little computers, puppets, puzzles, baby toys, books and a twitchy librarian
The play:
Helen: Okay guys, go ahead and play your games, I will be over here with Beatrice. Have fun!
Helen untangles Beatrice from the headphone cords and carts her off to the board books
Matias: MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM, MOM, MOMMY, MAMAAAAAAAAAA...I SEE THE NUMBER 4. THAT'S MY NUMBER TODAY, BUT NOT NEXT WEEK CUZ IT IS MY BIIIIIIRRRRRTTTTTHHHHHDDDDAAAAYYYY SOOOOOOOOOOONNNNN
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Matias: GOOD NEWS MOM. I SEE YOUR NUMBER. IT HAS A TWO AND A NINE. THAT MEANS...MORE GOOD NEWS MOMMY. PRETTY SOON YOU GET A NEW NUMBER MOMMY. IT WILL HAVE A THREE AND A ZERO MOMMY. THIRTY. THIRTY. ARE YOU HAPPY MOMMY? ARE YOU SO HAPPY? THAT IS SUCH A BIG NUMBER MOMMY.
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Matias: THIRTY HAS A THREE AND A ZERO MOMMY. THREE. VIOLET'S FAVORITE NUMBER MOMMY. GOOD NEWS.
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
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Violet: Mommy, I need you!
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Beatrice: glabble glabble glabble gaaaaaah
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Beatrice follows Helen to the computers, crawling at lightning speed, mashing buttons and plucking the "alt" key off Violet's computer.
Helen: Bea, nooooooo!! Give it back...spit it out.
Violet: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! She STOLE MY COMPUTER. Mommy, she is grabbing my cord. Get her get her get her off of me! She has my hair. My cord.
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Sobbing, Violet throws her sister to the ground. Helen returns the alt key, picks up Beatrice and returns to the board books.
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Violet: MOM, this won't work. Fix it. I NEEEEEED YOU.
Repeat from *********
Matias: LOOK MOM! A KIDNEY. A KIDNEY. THIS COMPUTER GUY HAS TWO KIDNEYS. AND A DUODENUM. MOM, DO YOU HAVE A DUODENUM? HEY MOM, DO YOU? DO YOU?
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Violet:
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Beatrice: nom nom nom, gaaaaaah eeeeeeeeeegggggoooooooo baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Matias: GOOD NEWS MOM...WE ALL HAVE DUODENUMS. KNOW WHAT? KNOW WHAT? KNOW WHAT? THAT IS FOUR DUODENUMS. THAT'S MY NUMBER TODAY, BUT NOT NEXT WEEK CUZ IT IS MY BIIIIIIRRRRRTTTTTHHHHHDDDDAAAAYYYY SOOOOOOOOOOONNNNN
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
Matias: KNOW WHAT? KNOW WHAT? Violet: GAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH, BABY, Beatrice: wwwwwaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh Matias: KIDNEY DUODENUM FEMUR TIBIA MOM MOM MOMViolet:helpmewithmydoragameHELPMEWITHMYDORAGAMEBEATRICENOOOONOOONOOOBADBABYBeatrice:WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHWAAAAAHHHHHH
Helen: Ssssshhhh.
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