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i '1 from the book "Free To Be ... You And Me" conceived by

Marlq Thomas and FriendsI ~ contributions by

f.l Judy Blume * Dan Greenburg * Carol Hall

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Sheldon Harnick * Bruce Hart * Edward KlebanI Elaine Laron * Stephen Lawrence * Betty Miles

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Shel Silverstein * Peter Stone * Charlotte ZolotowI /

I adaptation written for the stage by Douglas Love and Regina Safran

.1" ,I orchestrations and arrangements by

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I' I CAST OF CHARACTERS

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I VICKIE - strong-willed, self-centered and demanding. She is willing to ( accept any attention - even negative. She is loud, obnoxious and tells bad

jokes. We discover that she falsely thinks that her jokes can stop herJ parents from fighting and resolve their differences. She comes to see that I

! all emotions are healthy and necessary. (I

f JANET - kind-hearted and a loyal friend to William. She acceptsI William's sensitivity and defends it. She has a positive self-image and has

never before had to deal with sexism. When limitations are put upon her, 1 l she strives ahead, teaching the others the value of equality. She learns I abou t sharing and discovers her own jealousy. f

~ l RICHARD - has been raised believing in "old" stereotypical male/female

roles. Ije is reluctant to change and afraid to display his emotions. HeI j hides behind a fantasy world of sports superstars.

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\ WILLIAM - sensitive and open. He is able to share his feelings easily

I with others. He becomes a "new father" when he receives the doll that he

1 has been wanting for so long. He lets Vickie know that, "It's All Right to I

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MUSICAL SYNOPSIS

-ACT 1­

BOY MEETS GIRL By Peter Stone and Carl Reiner

. LET'S HEAR IT FOR BABIES!.. Music and Lyrics by Edward Kleban

WHEN WE GROW U~

William & Janet

The Company

Janet & William Music by Stephen Lawrence - Lyrics by Shelley Miller

WILLIAM'S DOLL Janet, William & Richard Music by Mary Rodgers- Lyrics by Sheldon Hamick Based on a book by Charlotte Zolotow

MY DOG IS A PLUMBER By Dan Greenburg

PARENTS ARE PEOPLR Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall

THE PAIN AND THE GREAT ONE By Judy Blume

William & Janet

Janet & William

Vickie & Richard

GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU. William, Janet & the Company Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall

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LADIES FIRST William, Vickie & the Company By Shel Silverstein - Adapted by Mary Rodgers

IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRy William, Vickie, Richard & the Company Music and Lyrics by Carol Hall

ATALANTA The Company By Betfy Miles

NO ONE ELSE The Company By Elaine Laron

FREE TO BE YOU AND ME The Company Music by Stephen Lawrence - Lyrics by Bruce Hart

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A CT I I II (At various points about the stage are the hats and various props which

make up the "Free To Be ... "world. Three-quarters of the way upstage is a i

scrim which can be lit from the front to create moods and effects or can be l lit from the back to create a limbo area behind the scrim. There are also (I flats which rotate on vertical axes and can be turned by the actors to suggest

different locations.)

I Music 1: PRELUDE ("When We Grow Up" Instrumental)

I (When the curtain rises, WILLIAM and JANET are dressed as babies and seated in cribs downstage. RICHARD and VICKIE, also dressed as babies, are playing silently upstage in their cribs. They look around and at each other; music fades as the dialogue begins.)

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I don't want to fight about it.

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WILLIAM , Yes I am. I'm a little scared. I'll tell you why.

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I'm just so glad to

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JANET (What's that got to do with it?

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Well, if you're a boy and I'm a girl you can beat me up. Do you think I want to lose a tooth on my first day alive?

JANET

What's a tooth?

(WILUAM (Search me. I'm just born. I'm a baby. I don't know nothing yet. I

JANET I Do you think you're girl?

( ,WILLIAM I don't know. I migh be. I think I am. I've never been anything before. Let me see. Let me take a lit e look around. Hmm. Cute feet. Small, dainty. Yup, yup, I'm a girl. That's it. pirltime. 1

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WILLIAM (CONT'D) I'm a baby girl!

LET'S HEAR IT FOR BABIES! YOU WERE ONCE A BABY YOURSELF.

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(Tickled. shouts.) I love it! I love it!

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NO BABY GROWS UP INTO A PERSON ALL BY ITSELF, NO, NO,

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SING IT A SONG, ~ TAKE A WALK WITIl A BABY,

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I YOU WERE ONCE A BABY YOURSELF.

,I (VICKIE and RICHARD walk into a spotlight from their cribs where. until

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GOO, GOO, GOO, GOO, I GOO, GOO, GOO, GOO, GOO. II DO YOU HAVE A BABY AROUND THE HOUSE?

PICK UP SO~THING WARM AND SMALL, j' SAY A SISTER OR A BROTHER / OR TIlE BROTHER OF ANOTHER PERSON

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'up, I JANET I TAKE THAT BABY TO LUNCH TODAY, ~

IT WILL LOVE ALL TIIE THINGS YOU HAVE TO SAY. I'(

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(A La Al loLson.) LET'S HEAAIT FOR BABIES! YOU WERE ONCE A BABY YOURSELF.

VICKIE NO BABY GROWS UP INTO A PERSON ALL BY ITSELF.

WILLIAM NO, NO, NO, NO, NEVER POKE AT A BABY, GIVE IT A HAND.

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BABIES UNDERSTAND.

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BE NICE TO A BABY. ~ YOU WERE ONCE A BABY YOURSELF.

(Dance break with top hats and canes. There are chaser lights on the crib bars whichjlash in time to the music.)

WIWAM & RICHARD

BABIES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

VICKIE & JANET

BABIES ARE SMART.

ALL EACH ONE'S A BRAND NEW START ...

JANET .,. TO EVERYTIIING.

WILLIAM DON'T BABY A BABY. TREAT IT LIKE A PERSON YOU KNOW. OHYEAH!

JANET READ THE KID SOME SHAKESPEARE, HUM IT A TUNE.

WILUAM TURN AROUND, TIIAT KID'LL SING YA "CLAIR DE LUNEl ..

ALL HALLELUJAH!

WILLIAM That's not "Clair de Lune! ..

ALL NICE PEOPLE, THESE BABIES! YOU WERE ONCE A BABY YOURSELF, GOO! YOU WERE ONCE A BABY YOURSELF.

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(Blackout; VICKIE and RICHARD exit. The lights come up and WILLIAM I and JANET continue their conversation.) \

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WILLIAM) I You? That's easy - you're a boy.

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WILLIAM Bald. You're bald, fellow. Bald, bald, bald. You're as bald as a ping pong ball. Are you bald!

JANET So?

WILLIAM So, boys are bald and girls have hair.

JANET Are you sure?

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JANI;T ~ My father. Wn

I rest my case.

Hmm. You' re bald. too.

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You're kidding! WILLIAM So,

No. I'm not. JAN~ Ton

WILUAM (Hiding his head.)

Don't look~

JANET Why?

WILUAM

A bald girl - blech! - disgusting!

JANET Maybe you' re a boy and I'm a girl.

WILLIAM There you go again. I told you I'm a girl. I know it. you're a boy.

I know it. I'm a girl and

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Go,

WILLIAM

I'm never wrong! What about shaving? Are

What about it? JANET

No.

You just shaved, right? WILLIAM

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Wrong.

WILLIAM

Exactly! And you know why? Because everybody's born with a clean shave. It's just that girls keep theirs and boys don't.

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WILLIAM I Tomorro~ morning. the one who needs a shave. he's a boy.

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WILLIAM See? That proves it! Girls are patient, boys are impatient.

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Absolutely.

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WILLIAM There you go - boys keep secrets, girls don't.

JANET Goon.

WILLIAM Are you afraid of mice?

JANET No.

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I am. I'm terrified of them. I hate them. Squeak. Squeak. Squeak. What do Ie/' you want to be when you grow up?

A fire fighter.

What'd I tell ya?

How about you?

A cocktail waitress.

You must be right.

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WILLIAM H:Does that prove anything to you?

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JANET GI guess so. Oh, wait - here comes the nurse to change our diapers.

WILLIAM M About time, too - I have never been so uncomfortable in my life.

(WILLIAM and JANET tum around to the imaginary nurse who changes them; JANEl' looks down.)

Hey - look at that!

What?

You see that? I am a girl ­

Hey - it sure looks like it.

What do you think of that?

JANET

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JANET and you're a boy!

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Well, it sure goes to show you.

What?

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Ha. Ha. Ha. What does that mean?

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JANET How should I know? I'm only a baby.

WILLIAM

So am I. Goo.

JANET

Goo.

Music 3: When We Grow Up

JANET (CONT'D)

WHEN WE GROW UP, Wll..L I BE PRETTY?

WILLIAM Wll..L I BE BIG AND STRONG?

JANET

WILL I WEAR DRESSES THAT SHOW OFF MY KNEES?

WILUAM Wll..L I WEAR TROUSERS 1WICE AS LONG?

JANET WELL, I DON'T CARE IF I'M PRETTY AT ALL, AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU NEVER GET TALL.

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I LIKE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.

JANET

AND YOU'RE NICE SMALL.

BOTH WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE AT ALL.

(The crib bars fly out. JANET and WILUAM remove their baby nightgowns to reveal their play clothes. Through the remainder of the song time passes unJil our characters are pre-adolescent. Two of the revoiving flats are tumed to reveal banners depicting sporting equipment.)

JANET WHEN WE GROW UP, Wll..L I BE A WOMAN?

WILLIAM WD..,L I BE ON THE MOON? WELL, IT MIGHT BE ALL RIGHT TO DANCE BY ITS LIGHT, BUT I'M GONNA GET UP THERE SOON.

JANET WELL, I DON'T CARE IF I'M PRElTY AT ALL, AND I DON'T CARE IF YOU NEVER GET TALL.

WILLIAM I LIKE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.

JANET AND YOU'RE NICE SMALL.

BOTH WE DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE AT ALL.

WHEN WE GROW UP WE'RE GONNA BE HAPPY, AND DO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO.

JANET LIKE MAKING NOISE.

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Don't dress your cat in an apron, Just 'cause he's learning to bake. Don't put your horse in a nightgown, Just 'cause he can't stay awake. Don't dress your snake in a muumuu, Just 'cause he's off on a cruise. Don't dress your whale in galoshes, If she really prefers over shoes. A person should wear what he wants to, And not just what other folks say. A person should do what she likes to. A person's a person that way.

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~APRo\\! (Bladwut. When the lights come up. JANEl'is sitting on the floor wearing a 1 fire fighter hat and playing with a toy fire engine. WILLIAM enters carrying

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JANET Well, what'd he say then?

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WILLIAM He says that only girls play with dons and boys play with ... trucks.

JANET I play with trucks.

WILUAM I know! That's what I told him. I said, "Dad, Janet's got a whole load of trucks. She's got a truckload of trucks. In fact, Janet has so many Ullcks, she could probably - single-handedly - move the entire city of Columbus to Hackensack. " Then I pulled out all the stops and got really dramatic. "Dad," I said, "Me without a doll is like cookies without milk. It's like hamburgers without french fries. It's like peanut butter without ketchup! Why can't I have a doll? Why? Why? Why?!"

JANET What'd he say? What'd he say? What'd he say?!

WILLIAM "Because I said so! "

JANET Because he said so?! What kind of answer is that?

WILLIAM I don't know, but he always says it and I don't understand it.

JANET What do you think it means?

WILLIAM How should I know? I'm only a kid.

JANET Me too!

(Trying to make him feel belter.) Well, at least we can play together!

WILLIAM I can't. My grandma is coming in today.

(Looks at sky.) That might be her plane.

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~arrator: Back in my hometown, I knew a girl named Delilah Bush. Every once in a while, Delilah's mother would go away on a business trip. Delilah looked forward to those times. She loved to be alone with her father. Sometimes, Delilah's father went away on a business trip. That was fun, too. Delilah and her mother would have long talks about all sorts of things. Once a year, Delilah's father and mother went away on a vacation together. Those were awful times. Those were the times that Grandma came to stay. Right now was one of those times. Grandma was in the kitchen, making Delilah's breakfast, and grumbling about it.

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Narrator: Grandma took two eggs out of the boiling water.

Grandma: Never mind, it's already done. Here.

Delilah: Thank you.

Narrator: Said Delilah.

Grandma: Where are you going today?

Narrator: Her grandmother asked.

Delilah: To David's house...to play.

Grandma: Like that?

Delilah: Like what?

Narrator: Delilah asked.

Grandma: In those dirty pants with a hole in the knee. You look like a charity case.

Delilah: I'm comfortable.

Narrator: Delilah said with her mouth full of eggs. She was eating as fast as she could.

Grandma: Don't gobble your food.

Delilah: I couldn't help it. .. it was so good.

Narrator: Delilah said as she finished. She was trying to make the best of a bad thing.

Grandma: And don't talk with your mouth full.

Narrator: Grandma said.

Delilah: Okay, Grandma!

Narrator: Said Delilah.

Delilah: See you later.

Grandma: Why don't you comb your hair, at least before you go?

Narrator: Her grandmother asked.

Delilah: Why don't you leave me alone!

Narrator: Shouted Delilah at the top ofher lungs. Her grandma looked surprised, first. Then, she started to cry. Delilah looked surprised, too. Then, she started to feel sorry.

Delilah: I didn't mean to shout, Grandma.

Narrator: She said softly. Grandma continued to cry.

Delilah: Please don't cry.

Narrator: Delilah said. Grandma stopped crying, but she wasn't ready to forgive Delilah.

Grandma: Being old isn't easy, Delilah.

Narrator: She said.

Grandma: You'll see. When you get to be my age, you'll be just like me.

Narrator: Delilah didn't believe it for a minute. She knew she would be different. But, she didn't say so. Instead, she said:

Delilah: I'm sorry, Grandma.

Narrator: And she really was.

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I RICHARD thinks they are waving at him so they lower their arms and pretend that they were waving at RICHARD all along. RICHARD admires \ the sports equipment.) I RICHARD 11ItjCI"t J1) (Picking up a basketball, serving as his own commentator.) I

I Number 18 has the ball. Ten seconds to go in the championship game. He fakes right - he fakes left - he passes to number 24 and ...

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WILLIAM Because I said so.

(He picks up his sports equipment and exits.)

RICHARD What's the matter with him?

JANET ~ Well, Richard, it all started awhile ago.

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JANET (CONT'D) WHEN MY FRIEND, WILLIAM , WAS NOT SO MANY YEARS OLD. HE WANIED A DOLL Cal TO HUG AND HOLD.

(WILLIAM enters as if in flashback.)

WILLIAM A DOLL.

JANET SAID WILLIAM,

WILLIAM IS WHAT I NEED TO WASH AND CLEAN AND DRESS AND FEED. A DOLL TO GIVE A BOTILE TO AND PUT TO BED WHEN DAY IS THROUGH, AND ANY TIME MY DOLL GETS ILL, I'LL TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT.

JANET SAID MY FRIEND, BILL.

RICHARD (Teasing)

A DOLL! A DOLL! WU,LIAM WANT'S A DOLL! ADOLL! A DOLL! wu'LIAM WANTS A DOLL!

(WILLIAM pantomimes playing the following sports, behind the scrim, until he is out ofbreath.)

JANET SO, HIS FATIIER BOUGHT HIM A BASKETBALL, A BADMINTON SET AND THAT'S NOT ALL. A BAG OF MARBLES. A BASEBALL GLOVE. AND ALL THE THINGS A BOY WOULD LOVE. AND BILL WAS GOOD AT EVERY GAME,

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I ENJOYED TIIEM ALL, BUT ALL THE SAME,

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WIWAM &JANET Wll..LIAM HAS A DOLL! Wll..LIAM HAS A DOLL!

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(JANET and WILLIAM end up hugging the doll downstage center.)

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(RICHARD shakes his head as he picks up an iTrUlginary bat. serves as his own commentator.)

Two outs, bottom of the ninth. The pitcher throws the ball, I swing. (He makes the sound of the ball hitting the bat.)

It's going ... it's going ... it's gone! (He exits. WILLIAM sits down with his doll and starts to feed it.)

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JANET ,s1\M Hey, Wiiim, let's go to the park! We can sit in the sandbox and make a whole city with this really neat pail and shove] that my dad used to play with when he was a kid. He used to sit behind his house and dig up big, fat, juicy worms and carry them in his pail to his room where he kept them in a big jar with his underwear.

Your dad did that?

JANET Yeah, when he was a kid. Or else we could play astronauts like my mom used to Ml do when she was a kid! We can make up a name for a cosmic planet and go exploring through craters for space creatures with orange faces and 46 arms that are made out of a rubbery type skin that stretches hundreds of feet and we have to run from it so it doesn't gobble us up!!

WILLIAM Your mom did that?

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I and my dog is a plumber.

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JANET Now she's an accountant, and my dad is a teacher

WILLIAM

JANET

WILLIAM Then he must be a boy.

JANET Well, 1 should tell you - his favorite toy Is a little play stove with pans and with pots.

in he Which he really must like'cause he plays with it lots.

WILLIAM Then I guess he's a girl, ... (Thinking) Which kinda makes sense Since he can't throw a ball, and he can't climb a fence.

JANET Neither can my dad, and I know he's a man.

WILLIAM My mom is a woman and she drives a van!

JANET Maybe the problem is trying to tell Just what someone is by what they do well.

o Music 5: PARENTS ARE PEOPLE

(During this song, WILLIAM and JANET both put on various hats which illustrate different occupations. They sometimes wear different hats or the same hats, also exchanging hats to show that boys and girls can pursue any profession without being constrained by stereotypes.)

C4£J JANET (CONT'D)-"

PARENTS ARE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN.

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WHEN PARENTS WERE LITfLE THEY USED TO BE KIDS, LIKE ME AND YOU, BUT THEN TIlEY GREW. AND NOW, PARENTS ARE GROWN-UPS, GROWN-UPS WITH CHILDREN, BUSY WITH CHILDREN AND THINGS THAT THEY DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS

WILLIAM A LOT OF MOMMIES

JANET

AND A LOT OF DADDIES

BOTH CAN DO!

JANET DADDIES ARE PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN. WHEN DADDIES WERE LITfLE TIlEY USED TO BE BOYS, JUST LIKE YOU. BUT THEN TIlEY GREW. AND NOW DADDIES ARE MEN, MEN WITH CHILDREN, BUSY WITH CHILDREN AND THINGS THAT TIlEY DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS A LOT OF DADDIES CAN DO.

WILLIAM SOME DADDIES ARE WRIlERS, OR GROCERY SELLERS.

JANET OR PAINlERS OR WELDERS, OR FUNNY JOKE lELLERS.

WILLIAM SOME DADDIES PLAY CELLO OR SAIL ON TIlE SEA. YES, DADDIES CAN DE ALMOST ANYTHING

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THEY WANT TO BE.

JANET MOMMIES ARE PEOPLE. PEOPLE WITH CHll..DREN. WHEN MOMMffiSWERELITILE TIffiY USED TO BE GIRLS.

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WILLIAM JUST LIKE YOU.

JANET BUT TIffiN THEY GREW.

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AND NOW MOMMffiS ARE WOMEN. WOMEN WITH CHILDREN. BUSY WITH CHILDREN AND THINGS T!;tATTHEY DO. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS / A LOT OF MOMMIES CAN DO. /

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JANET SOME MOMMffiS ARE RANCHERS. \

OR POElRY MAKERS. \

WILLIAM )

OR DOCTORS OR TEACHERS. / OR CLEANERS OR BAKERS. /

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JAN~ \ SOME MOMMIES DRIVE TAXIS OR SING ON TV. YES. MOMMIES CAN BE ALMOST ANYTIUNG TIlEY WANT TO B .

BOTH ONCE PARENTS WERE LITILE, LIKE ME AND LIKE YOU. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS. A LOT OF TIlINGS. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS, ,

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Housework

You know, there are times when we happen to be just sitting there quietly watching TV, when the program we're watching will stop for a while, and suddenly, someone appears with a smile, and starts to show us how terribly urgent it is to buy some detergent. Or soap, or cleanser, or cleaner, or powder, or paste, or wax, or bleach, to help with the housework. Now, most of the time, it's a lady we see, who's doing the housework on TV. She's cheerfully scouring a skillet or two, or she's polishing pots till they gleam like new, or she's scrubbing the tub, or she's mopping the floors, or she's wiping the stains from the walls and the doors, and she's washing the windows, the dishes, the clothes, or waxing the furniture till it just glows, or cleaning the fridge, or the stove, or the sink, with a lighthearted smile, and a friendly wink, and she's doing her best to make us think that her soap, or detergent, or cleanser, or cleaner, or powder, or paste, or wax, or bleach, is the best kind of soap, or detergent, or cleanser, or cleaner, or powder, or paste, or wax, or bleach, that there is in the whole, wide world. And, maybe it 'tis, and maybe it 'tisn't, and maybe it does what they say it will do. But, I'll tell you one thing I know is true. The lady we see when we're watching TV, the lady who smiles, as she scours, or scrubs, or rubs, or washes, or wipes, or mops, or dusts, or cleans, or whatever she does on our TV screen, that lady is smiling because she's an actress. And, she's earning money for learning those speeches that mention those wonderful soaps, and detergents, and cleansers, and cleaners, and powders, and pastes, and waxes, and bleaches. So, the very next time you happen to be just sitting there, quietly watching TV, and you see some nice lady, who smiles, as she scours, or scrubs, or rubs, or washes, or wipes, or mops, or dusts, or cleans, remember, nobody smiles doing housework but those ladies you see on TV. Your mommy hates housework, your daddy hates housework. I hate housework, too. And when you grow up, so will you. Because, even if the soap, or detergent, or cleanser, or cleaner, or powder, or paste, or wax, or bleach that you use is the very best one, housework is just no fun.

Children, when you have a house of your own, make sure that when there's housework to do, that you don't have to do it alone. Little boys, little girls, when you're big husbands and wives, if you want all the days of your lives to seem sunny as summer weather, make sure, when there's housework to do, that you do it together!

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JANET c:. I -­

O.K. - let's pretend we're astronauts, and we've just landed on the planet Griffzock!

(They set up a large see-saw and tum a rotating flat to reveal a spaceship.)

JANET Hi. (Talking into an imaginary walkie-talkie.) cal

Commander to ground crew - get ready for take off! to:

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Roger!

BOTH 10,9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1- blast-off! Ge

(As they count down, they sit on one end of the see-saw, straddling it, one in front of the other. After "blast-off," the lights shift to indicate outer space. The "astronauts" fly the see-saw by lifting their end off the floor, and punching imaginary controls.) No

Music 6: SPACE MUSIC (Instrumental) He me

(WILLIAM and JANET get off the see-saw to investigate their new environment. They move in slow motion due to the lack of gravity on their WI imaginary planet.)

WILLIAM Do you see any signs of life on this planet?

JANET Not yet, but they could be anywhere! Get out your inter-galactic molecular detector and be on your guard. I don't know why, but I've got a funny feeling about this planet.

WILLIAM Ye I know what you mean. I've got the strangest feeling that we're being watched.

(They frantically knock on the door of the spaceship. The music stops, the lights restore, and the imagination sequence ends. JANET and WILLIAM I'n continue to knock without realizing that they are actually knocking on the front door of someone'shouse.)

VICKIE (From within the house.)

All right already! I'm coming, I'm coming!

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'I I (Suddenly, VICKIE comes bounding outdoors, almost crashing into

WIllIAM and JANET. Her vocal quality is almost whining and a bitI l dramatic. She demands full attention from WILLIAM and JANET, and uses

lip.) grandiose gestures to emphasize her speech. She is always fixing her hair ­I to look pretty - and speaks very fast, hardly taking time to breathe.)

Hi. I'm Victoria Anne Vlassnick. Some people call me Vickie and some people 1 call me Vickie Anne. My mother calls me Victoria, especially when she wants me

1 to sit up straight. UVictoria, the Queen of England does not slouch on the throne, .. she says. You can call me anything - well almost anything!

I (She bursts out with a loud, obnoxious laugh that becomes her trademark.)

1 ,I JANET

(At a loss for words and a bit in awe.)I I Gee!I

me in (WILLIAM rolls his eyes; he is not impressed.) :pace. 1

~ and t VICKIE I I Now take my brother - please. I (She laughs again with the same obnoxious quality.) i

t He calls me "sister dear .. when he wants something, but most of the time he calls me "Ickie," which really makes me mad! I just call him "The Pain! "

I (She suddenly remembers that WILUAM and JANET knocked on her door.) , their I Why did you knock?

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(Under his breath.) 1 We were looking for alien beings, and I think we found one. ~

I JANET (Elbowing WILLIAM for being rude.)

1 We thought the house was empty. Did you just move in? )

VICKIE

Yeah - a couple of days ago.

JS, the JANET LIAM I'm Janet and this is William. Do you have any friends yet? \ ?n the 'I

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II We]], of course ...

(Hesitation) ... not. Well, at least, not yet.

JANET ~ I've got a great idea! You can play with us.

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WILLIAM Janet!

You 1

VICKIE

Great! (RICHARD enters, riding his bike.)

RICHARD And he crosses the finish line creating a new world's record! The crowd goes crazy and the race is over!

(He stops his bike in front Of VICKIE, then realizes that he doesn't know her.) My t

Who are you? carry

JANET Hi Richard! This is Vickie. Mys

Mom

RICHARD (To VICKIE.)

Hi. HeCl reaso

VICKIE (Rambling on, as usual.)

Hi. My real name is Victoria Anne Vlassnick. Some people call me Vickie and some people call me Vickie Anne. My mother calls me Victoria, especially when , Mys

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she wants me to ... \. them

WILLIAM & JANET Just call her Vickie.

He's "

VICKIE all hi

You know, back where we used to live, my brother had a friend named Richard. undel (To RICHARD, filling him in.) and (

Sometimes my brother calls me "sister dear tt when he wants something - but most alwa' of the time '"

~ WILLIAM Mys (Interrupting) And

You're not going to start all that again?! in m: ,does they

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VICKIE (To WILLIAM.)

You remind me of my little brother - The Pain!

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You think little brothers are a pain - my big sister thinks she's a "Great One! "

1 (VICKIE and RICHARD deliver the following speeches, each trying to prove I \ I that their own situation is worst, occasionally talking at the same time. As !I

they begin, they sit at the opposite ends of -the see-saw. The character t speaking is at the highest point of the see-saw; when they talk at the same I j time, the see-saw is in TTWtion.) I

I I VICKIE know

My brother's a pain. He won't get out of bed in the morning. My mother has to carry him into the kitchen. He opens his eyes when he smells his oatmeal.

RICHARD My sister thinks she's so great just because she's older which makes Daddy and Mom think she's really smart. But I know the truth. My sister's a jerk.

VICKIE He cries if I leave without him. Then Mom gets mad at me which is another reason Why my brother's a pain.

RICHARD My sister thinks she's so great just because she can play the piano and you can tell the songs are real ones. But I like my songs better. Even if nobody ever heard them before.

(The following two speeches are delivered simultaneously.)

VICKIE He's got to be first to show Mom his school work. And she says ooh and ahh over all his pictures. Which aren't great at all but just ordinary stuff. I don't understand how my mother can say the Pain is lovable. She's always kissing him and doing disgusting things like that. My father says the Pain is just what they always wanted. I think they love him better than me.

RICHARD My sister thinks she's so great. Just because Aunt Diana lets her watch the baby. And tells her how much the baby loves her. And all the time, the baby is sleeping in my dres~er drawer. My mother hugs my sister and messes with her hair and does other disgusting things like that. My father says the Great One is just what they always wanted. I think they love her better than me.

ILLIAM

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VICKIE

Irs not fair that the Pain gets to stay up as late as me. up later!

I'm older, and I should stay

RICHARD Irs not fair that the Great One gets to play with all the blocks by herself.

"You're right, " they said. BOTH

"You should stay up later, VICKIE

to they said.

RICHARD "Today, you play with the blocks all by yourself, .. they said.

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VICKIE So, they tucked the Pain into bed. I couldn't wait for the fun to begin. I waited and waited. But Daddy and Mom just sat there reading. ''I'm going to bed," said, "there's nothing to do. "

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RICHARD So, I built a whole country of blocks. All by myself. Only it's not the funnest thing to play with blocks alone. Because when I zoomed my trucks and knocked down buildings, nobody cared but me.

He

"Remember that tomorrow, VICKIE & RICHARD

to Mom said, and she smiled. '"

JANET .1

I don't have a brother or a sister, but I have a best friend. 'vJ~ (Looking at WILLIAM.)

WiHism and I always play together. _.

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HE TOLD ME

SHE TOLD ME /' T SHE COULD A REAL FISH HOOK. /'

Brothers and Sisters

Sisters and brothers, Brothers and sisters, Ain't we, everyone. Brothers and sisters, Sisters and brothers, Every father's daughter, Every mother's son.

Brothers and sisters, Sisters and brothers, Each and every one. Sisters and brothers, Brothers and sisters, Every mother's daughter, Every father's son.

Ain't we lucky, everybody, Bein' everybody's brother. Ain't we lucky, everybody, Lookin' out for one another.

Ain't we happy, everybody, Bein' everybody's sister. Ain't we happy, everybody, Lookin' out for mister, mister.

Ain't we lucky, ain't we, Ain't we happy, ain't we, Ain't we lucky, ain't we, Ain't we happy, ain't we.

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246 Sisters and brothers, Brothers and sisters, Ain't we, everyone. Brothers and sisters, Sisters and brothers, Every father's daughter, Every mother's-

Brothers and sisters, Sisters and brothers, Each and every one. Sisters and brothers, Brothers and sisters, Every mother's daughter, Every father's­

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Dudley Pippin And His No-Friend tJ

arrator: On the first day of the year, Dudley Pippin came to live in the city. He said to his mother...

$f\l-A Dudley: Nobody knows me here. 1. . .I don't have a friend. I'll have to tell everybody about myself.

Narrator: In a little while, Dudley saw the girl next door.

Dudley: Hi. My name is Dudley Pippin. I live in the yellow house next door. My father's name is Mr. Pippin, and my mother's name is Mrs. Pippin. I have a lot of other relatives, and they all have names, too. My mother has a saxophone, but two keys are broken, and once I fell on my head, and I had, if you look, three stitches right here.

5JrM $tCJ¥. fNaomi: Wow!

Dudley: And my father cut his nose this morning while he was shaving. He says that our name is in the telephone book, and that means that our name is all over the city, in every place that has a telephone. And, I was in an airplane once, and I have a finger painting set, a red bicycle that used to be my father's, and a ball of tinfoil, five inches across.

Naomi: Wow! My name is Naomi. Do you have a friend?

Dudley: No. We just moved here. I don't have a friend.

Naomi: I don't have a friend. And Irvin Gland across the street doesn't have a friend, either. We play together, because neither of us has a friend.

Dudley: Let's have a club. Only people who don't have a friend can belong.

Naomi: We'll call it the "No-Friends Club".

Dudley: Okay.

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"'. VICKIE I~not fair that the Pain gets to stay up as late as me. r~:older, and I should stay up later!

"-',­" RICHARD

It's Dot fair~e Great One gets to play with all the blOCks by herself.

\. BOTH uYou're right, ,. thei'\aid

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"Today, you play with the blocks~ by yourself," they said.

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So, they tucked the Pain into bed. I CO~dn't wait for the fun to begin. I waited

I don't have a brother or a sister, but I have a best friend. '\ J})y '\fU'lf(\\ ~.) 61 {S'lj

and waited. But Daddy and Mom just saNhere reading. \

''I'm going to bed," I said, "there's nothing to do. ,. \

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RICHARO~ So, I built a whole country of blocks. AIl by my . Only it's not the funnest thing to play with blocks alone. Because when I zoo ed my trucks and knocked down buildings, nobody cared but me. '\.

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"Remember that tomorrow, .. Mom said, and she smiled. ",,­-'.

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Music 7: GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU

JANET (CONT,'O) ~JtA (s.) HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS LOTS OF FUN TO COOK:

WIlliAM SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE COULD BAIT A REAL FISH HOOK.

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7JANET SO WE MADE OOEY GOOEY CHOCOLATE CAKE,

, STICKY LICKY SUGAR TOP, AND WE GOBBLED IT AND GIGGLED. '.

AND WE SAT BY TIIE RIVER

AND WE FISHED IN TIIE WATER 0 AND WE TALKED WHILE TIlE SQUIRMY WORMIES WIGGLED, SINGIN'

ALL GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU, FAIR AND FUN AND SKIPPIN' FREE. GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU, AND GLAD TO JUST BE ...

VICKIE tV..\ . ,

Hey, what did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming? j \1

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II I don't know. What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming?

VICKIE Here come the elephants! Ha, Ha, Ha ... get it? Ha, Ha, Ha! )

ed (WILLIAM whispers in JANEl"s ear.)

JANET HE TO~D ME TIIAT WE COULD DO A SECRET CODE.

(RICHARD whispers in JANET's ear.) ,

1 HE TOLD ME THERE WAS FREE ICE CREAM WHEN IT SNowED. t,

.t· SO WE'LL SEND FUNNY LETTERS )I I WHICH CONTAIN MYSTERY MESSAGES r AND NO ONE WILL KNOW JUST HOW WE MADE IT.

AND WE'LL RAISE UP THE WINDOW ) AND WE'LL SCOOP ALL TIlE SNOW TOGETIlER, PUT MILK AND SUGAR IN AND EAT IT, SINGIN'

ALL GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU. FAIR AND FUN AND SKIPPIN' FREE. GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU, AND GLAD TO JUST BE ...

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VICKIE

Hey, what did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming wearing dark sunglasses?

ALL I don't know. What did Tarzan say when he saw the elephants coming wearing dark sun glasses?

VICKIE Nothing! He didn't recognize them! Ha, Ha, Ha ... get it? Ha, Ha, Ha!

(VICKIE whispers in JANET's ear.) /

JANET JI SHE TOLD ME SHE LIKES TO MAKE TIlINGS OUT OF CHAIRS.

(They ALL huddle to hear JANET's secret.)

WILLIAM, RICHARD & VICKIE

SHE TOLD ME SOMETIMES SHE STILL HUGS TEDDY BEARS.

ALL SO WE'LL SNEAK IN TIlE LIVING ROOM AND PILE ALL TIlE PILLOWS UP AND MAKE IT A ROCKET SHIP TO FLY IN, AND THE BEARS ARE OUR GIRLS AND BOYS, AND WE ARE THE ASTRONAUTS WHO LIVE ON 'lliE MOON WITH ONE PET LION, SINGIN'

GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU, FAIR AND FUN AND SKIPPIN' FREE. GLAD TO HAVE A FRIEND LIKE YOU, AND GLAD TO JUST BE ... GLAD TO JUST BE . GLAD TO JUST BE .

VICKIE Why did the elephant cross the road?

WILLIAM To get away from you!

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(VICKIE sticks her tongue out at WILLIAM which instigates a great chase. WILLIAM runs after VICKIE followed by RICHARD followed by JANET.)

Music 8: Chase Music (Instrumental)

: (At the end of the chase, they collapse - exhausted.) )

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(The ENTIRE COMPANY is onstage just where we left them. trying to 0.1< decide what to do.)

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VICKIE

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JANET We can play together! There are all kinds of fun things we can do!

(They ALL sit around waiting for the fun to start.) Iarr Hey. let's make up some more of those secret messages! ( <!res

tt(l~ 5/'(rLAt~ bIac WILLIAM. VICKIE & RICHARD ear.

Nah!

RICHARD Whf We could shoot some baskets!

WILLIAM, JANET & VICKIE ~ Nah!

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VICKIE I'm cold! I'm bored! I'm hungry!

WILLIAM Lad

Let's teII stories!

... SlJANET & RICHARD (Enthusiastically)

Stories ... wow ... neat ... yeah ... (Etc.)

Lad

VICKIE Humph!

... a WILLIAM

(To VICKIE.) Did you ever hear the one about the little girl who thought she was a "Tender

LadSweet Young Thing? "

VICKIE Hill(Running to WILLIAM.)

That's me! That's me!

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... if you really want to. l I (VICKIE stands center stage looking at herself in a hand mirror.) \ i

Well, this "tender sweet young thing " spent a great deal of time just looking i a I ~

mirror saying ... i

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VICKIE I am a real little lady - anybody can tell that. I wear lovely starched cotton dresses with matching ribbons in my curly locks. I wear clean socks and shiny

1 black patent leather shoes. And I always put just a dab of perfume behind each

~ ear.

I WILLIAM 1 I When she was at the end of the lunch line in school, all she had to say was

I ... 1 (We see VICKIE at the back of the lunch line behind th'e OTHERS who are I !

holding their trays.) j

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! Dmm ... I'll have some chocolate cake with tomato sauce ...

VICKIE (Working her way to the front of the line.)

Ladies first ...

JANET ... some ice cream pickle sticks ...

VICKIE (Working her way to the front.)

Ladies first ... I

'" I ... and some bologna and bananas.

(To JANET.) Ladies first!

Huh?

JANET

VICKIE

JANET

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VICKIE

~ Ladies first!!! (JANET lets VICKIE go intront other.)

Hov WILLIAM

And she'd get right up to the front of the line. Her life went on like that for some Hov time, and she ended up having a pretty good time of it, too. You know, always admiring herself in the mirror and getting to be first in line and stuff like that. Hov

(VinesflY introm above. EVERYONE dons pith helmets and begins to make quit, their way through the jungle.)

And then one day. she went exploring with a whole group of people from her class, through the wilds of a deep and beastly jungle. As she went along the tangled trails and through the prickly vines, she would say things like ... I an

VICKIE I have got to be careful of my lovely dress and clean white socks ap.d my shiny, Oh, shiny shoes and my curly, curly locks. So, would somebody please clear the way for me.

(JANET and RICHARD clear the way.) I am stop

WILLIAM And they did. Or else she'd say ...

WeI VICKIE

(To RICHARD, who is about to eat a mango.) ... ~

What do you ~ there aren't enough mangoes to go around and I'll have to share my mango because I was the last one across that icky river full of crocodiles and snakes? No matter how last I am, it's still, "Ladies first, ladies first." So, hand over a whole mango, please. Ladi

(RICHARD hands her the mango.)

WILLIAM All]

And they did! Well, then guess what happened? Out of nowhere, the exploring party was seized, snatched up by a bunch of hungry tigers.

(He puts on a tiger hood.)

WILLIAM And (As a tiger, sniffing around.)

I ... smell '" (Sniff ... sniff) And

... people! (He roars as he chases the OTHERS in a circle. Hejinally ties EVERYONE up with imaginary rope.)

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These tigers tied all the people up and carried them back to their tiger lair where

i they sniffed around. trying to decide who would make the best dinner.

Ii (Holding up JANEI"s hand and asking the audience.) I ! How about this one? Nab. too bony! ~ (Holding up RICHARD's foot.) I How about this one? It's got a lot of meat on it! Nab, meaty but muscle -yo t (Looking at VICKIE.)i I How about this one? Looks tender. Smells nice. In fact r ve never seen anything ~ i quite like it before. I wonder what it is!?

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I am a "tender, sweet young thing.

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VICKIE

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WILLIAM

VICKIE I am also a little lady. And if it's all the same to you, Tiger Tweety, I wish you'd stop marching around here and untie me this instant. My dress is getting mussed!

WILLIAM Well, ...

(Scheming) ... as a matter of fact, we were just trying to decide who to untie first.

VICKIE (Insisting)

Ladies first! Ladies first!

WILLIAM All right, lady!

(He unties her and is about to carry her off)

VICKIE (Surprised)

And so she was first! EEK!

WILLIAM

And mighty tasty too! I )

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JANET Vickie, we were only playing. We didn't mean to make you cry.

(Hiding her tears.) I'm not crying! Big girls don't cry!

VICKIE

I cry sometimes. JANET

WILLIAM Me too, when I'm sad.

(They ALL look at RICHARD.)

RICHARD (After a pause.)

Well, when I hurt myself, like the time I messed up my knee when I fell off my skateboard ... I cried.

~ But you can't look pretty crying. VICKIE

Vickie-WILLIAM

IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRY

WILU (CONT'D) IT'S AL RIGHT TO CRY, CRYING TSTIIESADO OF YOU. IT'S ALL RI T TO CRY IT MIGHT MA YOU EL BETTER. RAINDROPS FRO UR EYES, WASHING ALL D OUT OF YOU. RAINDROPS FR YO EYES, IT MIGHT MA YOU FEE ETTER.

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IT'S AL IGHT TO FEEL THINGS, TH~O TIIE FEELINGS MAYBE STRA E. FEEL GS ARE SUCH REAL THINGS, AN THEY CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHA E.

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Dudley Pippin And The Principal

U~ator: Dudley Pippin is a friend ofmine. He's about your age, or maybe jus a little bit older. One day at Dudley's school, the sand table tipped over.

~L~eacher: Dudley Pippin.

~~dley: I didn't do it.

Narrator: But, his teacher didn't believe him. And she made him stay a long time after school.

Dudley: (mumbling) .. .I don't care. I didn't do it.

Narrator: Dudley was very angry. Finally, he was allowed to go home. On his way, Dudley met the principal.

~nciple: Hello, Dudley.

Narrator: He had a long nose and fierce eyes.

Principle: People are saying you tipped over the sand table at school today.

Narrator: Dudley just shook his head. He was too angry to say anything. It just wasn~t fair.

Principle: You mean you didn't do it?

Narrator: Dudley could only nod again.

Principle: Well, we'll have to do something about that first thing tomorrow. You look like you're about to cry.

Dudley: Not me. (Starts to cry)

Principle: Well, that was fine.

Dudley: I'm ...I'm sorry.

Principle: What for? You did that very well.

Dudley: But, only sissies cry.

Principle: A sissy is somebody who doesn't cry; because he's afraid people will call him a sissy if he does cry.

Dudley: Well, I'm.. .I .. .I'm all mixed up.

Principle: Of course you are. Why should you be any different from anybody else? Most people spend their lives trying to get un-mixed up.

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JANET V Ide, we were only playing. We didn't mean to make you cry.

VICKJE iding her tears.) . g! Big girls don't cry!

JANET I cry sometimes.

WIWAM Me too, when r m sad. \

(They AU look at

RICHARD (After a pause.)

Well, when I hurt myself, like the e I messed up my knee when I fell off my skateboard ... I cried.

But you can't look pretty crying.

WIUJAM\ Vickie-

Music 9: IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRY

WILUAM (CONT'D) IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRY, CRYING GETS THE SAD OUT OF YOU. IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRY, IT MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL BETfER. Now RAINDROPS FROM YOUR EYES, WASHING ALL THE MAD OUT OF YOU. RAINDROPS FROM YOUR EYES. A br. IT MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL BETfER.

VICKIE No. (Walking downstage with a sudden realization.)

IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FEEL THINGS, Once THOUGH TIIE FEELINGS MAY BE STRANGE. coule FEELINGS ARE SUCH REAL THINGS. AND TIIEY CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE.

SAD AND GRUMPY. DOWN IN TIIE DUMPY. SNUGGLY, HUGGLY. MEAN AND UGLY, SLOPPY.SLAPPY.HOPPY, HAPPY, CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE.

IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FEEL 11IINGS. THOUGH TIIE FEELINGS MAY BE STRANGE. FEELINGS ARE SUCH REAL THINGS. AND TIIEY CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE.

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IT'S ALL RIGHT TO KNOW "'''-'\ FEELINGS COME AND FEELINGS GO.

\AND IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRY. "- ;

/IT"MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL BETfER. "y '.

RICHARD IT'S ALL RIGHT TO FEEL THINGS, THOUGH TIIE FEELINGS MAY BE STRANGE. FEELINGS ARE SUCH REAL THINGS, AND 11IEY CHANGE AND CHANGE AND CHANGE.

ALL IT'S ALL RIGHT TO KNOW FEELINGS COME AND FEELINGS GO. . i

~ AND IT'S ALL RIGHT TO CRY. IT MIGHT MAKE YOU FEEL BETfER.

JJ ;R.- VICKIE _I ~ (With newfound enlightenment.) I Now it's my tum. I'm going to make up a story about a brave princess.

~ ~pdli I . RI~HARD ~ A brave pnncess? You mean a brave pnnce.

VICKIE No. I mean a brave princess.

(As the narrator throughout the story.) Once upon a time, not long ago, there lived a princess named Atalanta. who could run as fast as the wind.

(She takes a robe and crown and gives it to JANET.)

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She was so bright and so clever and could build things and fix things so i l trav j

~, wonderfully that many young men asked the King for her hand in marriage. chaJI

(She places a crown on RICHARD's head and covers his shoulders with a cape. JANET stands center stage as Atalanta.)

RICHARD (As the old KING throughout the story; to JANET.)

What shall I do? So many young men want to marry you, daughter, and I don't know how to choose.

L--1<1Aiv" JANET

(As Atalanta throughout the story.) You don' t have to choose, Father. I will choose. And I'm not sure that I will choose to marry anyone at all.

RICHARD Of course you will. Everybody gets manied. It is what people do.

JANET As for me, I intend to go out and see the world. When I come home, perhaps I

.~ will marry and perhaps I will not.

VICKIE The King did not like this at all. He was a very ordinary King. That is. he was powerful and used to having his own way.

(RICHARD walks to his throne and sits.)

RICHARD I have decided how to choose the young man you will marry. I will hold a great race, and the winner - the swiftest young man of all - will win the right to marry you.

VICKIE

Now, Atalanta was a clever girl as well as a swift runner. She saw that she might win the argument and the race, too.

JANET Very well, but you must let me race along with the others. If I am not the winner, I will accept the wishes of the young man who is. If I am the winner, I will choose for myself what I will do.

VICKIE

The King agreed to this. He was pleased - he would have his way, marry off his daughter and enjoy a fine day of racing as well. So he told his messengers to

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(RICHARD exits. JANET pantomimes the following as VICKIE continues.) As the day of the race drew near, flags were raised in the streets of the town. Each day at dawn Atalanta would go to the field, in secret, and run across it slowly at first, then fast and faster, until she could run the course more quickly than anyone had ever run it before.

(JANEl' pantomimes sneaking out of the castle and running across the [ield.) As the day of the race grew nearer, many young men gathered in the town. Each one was sure that he could win the prize, except for one - that was Young John, who Iived in the town.

WILUAM (As YOUNG JOHN throughout the story: thinking to himself.)

Surely it is not right for Atalanta's father to give her away to the winner of the race. Atalanta herself must choose the person she wants to marry or whether she wishes to marry at all. Still, if I could only win the race, I would be free to speak to her and to ask her for her friendship.

VICKIE Each evening after his studies of the stars and the seas, Young John went to the field in secret and practiced running across it until he could run the course more quickly than anyone had ever run it before.

(WILliAM pantomimes running across the [ield. RICHARD enters and stands in front ofhis throne: WILLIAM eXits.)

At last the day of the race arrived. and all the young men gathered at the edge of the field along with Atalanta. The King rose and addressed them all.

RICHARD (Eliciting a response from the audience.)

Good day! (To the RUNNERS.)

Good luck! (To JANEl'.)

Good bye. I must tell you farewell, for tomorrow you will be married.

JANET I'm not so sure of that, father.

Music 10: FANFARE {Instrumental}

ffhis

VICKIE Everyone ran across the field. At first they ran as a group, but Atalanta soon pulled ahead with three of the young men close after her. As they neared the halfway point, one young man put on a great burst of speed and seemed to pull ahead for an instant, but then he gasped and fell back. Atalanta shot on.

(A flat with many racers painted on it is rolled along with JANET to depict her competitors. When WILLIAM pulls away from the group, the flat rolls off and WILLIAM and JANET continue the race through the aisles of -the theatre, then return to the stage to cross the finish line:)

Soon another young man, tense with effort. drew near to Atalanta. He reached out as though to tOUCh her sleeve, stumbled for an instant, and lost speed. Atalanta smiled as she ran on.

JANET I have almost won!

(WILLIAM runs on from offstage, gaining on JANEl'.)

VICKIE But then, another young man came near. TIlis was Young John, running like the wind, as steadily and as swiftly as Atalanta herself.

(WIUIAM has alnwst caught up to JANET.) Atalanta felt his closeness, and in a sudden burst of speed, she dashed ahead.

(JANET bursts ahead.) Young John might have given up at this, but he never stopped running. Nothing at all Would keep him from winning the chance to speak with A~anta. And on he ran, swift as the wind.

(WILLIAM catches up to JANET and is directly along side of her.)

JANET &WILUAM

Until he ran as her equal, side by side with her, toward the golden ribbon that marked the race's end.

VICKIE Atalanta raced even faster to pull ahead ...

(JANET fights to pull ahead.) ... but Young John was a strong match for her.

(WIUIAM catches up again.)

JANET &WILLIAM ----., (Smiling)

Smiling with the pleasure of the race, Atalanta and Young John reached the finish line together, and together they broke through the golden ribbon that marked it.

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(To the sound 0/ cheers, JANEl' and WILLIAM break through a golden ribbon that RICHARD and VICKIE are holding. JANET and WILLIAM cross and stand be/ore RICHARD.)

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I am Young John from the town.

RICHARD Very well, Young John. You have not won the race. but you have come closer to winning than any man here. And so I give you the prize that was promised - the right to marry my daughter.

WILLIAM Thank you, sir, but I could not possibly marry your daughter unless she wished to

marry me. I have run this race for the chance to talk with Atalanta. e

JANET And I could not possibly marry before I have seen the world. But I would like nothing better than to spend the afternoon with you.

(JANEl' and WILLIAM cross the stage together, and sit down in animated ):>

conversation as VICKIE speaks.)

VICKIE The two of them sat and talked on the grassy field. Atalanta told Young John about her telescopes and pigeons. and John told Atalanta about his globes and studies of geography. At the end of the day, they were friends.

(Now EVERYONE/aces VICKIE as she moves to center stage.) The next day John sailed off to discover new lands ...

(WILLIAM exits, whistling a sailing song.) ... and Atalanta set off on horseback to visit the great cities.

(JANET picks up the golden ribbon and, using it as horse reins, she gallops offstage after WILLIAM.)

By this time, each of them has had wonderful adventures. Perhaps one day they will marry. and perhaps they will not. In any case, they are friends. And it is certain that they are both living happily ever after.

RICHARD ] thought princesses were supposed to listen to kings!

JANET

Well Richard. sometimes you have to make up your own mind about things.

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jRICHARD ~,

l'But there are other things that someone else has to tell you. }j~5

Someone else can tell you how to multiply by three. And someone else can tell you how to spell Schenectady. { And someone else can tell you how to ride a two-wheeled bike. {(This poem develops into an improvisational rap song with the audience

setting the beat by clapping. Eventually RICHARD joins the beat and realizes the importance ofequality.) 1,

JANET

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\ I(Trying again.) Your aunt Louise can tell you how To pI ant a pumpkin seed. Your cousin Frank can tell you how To catch a centipede. Your Mom and Dad can tell you how l To brush between each meal. !

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For how you feel is how you feel!

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ALL And all the whole world through , No one else, no. no one else Knows that as well as you!

(ALL four characters are facing each other center stage, strong and totally free! The lighting and rotating flats magically change the stage into a very colorful environment. resembling the inside ofa rainbow.)

dience lt and Music 11: FREE TO BE ... YOU AND ME

JANET TIIERE'S A LAND THAT I SEE WHERE TIIE CHILDREN ARE FREE, AND I SAY IT AIN'T FAR ,

TO THIS LAND FROM WHERE WE ARE.

TAKE MY HAND, COME WITH ME, 5 1')

WHERE TIIE CHILDREN ARE FREE. COME WITH ME. TAKE MY HAND. AND WE'LL LIVE ...

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TO A SHINING SEA.

VICKIE AND YOU AND ME ARE FREE TO BE YOU AND ME.

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\, I SEE A LAND BRIGHT AND CLEAR, AND THE TIME'S COMING NEAR { WHEN WE'LL LIVE IN THIS LAND,

,[YOU AND ME, HAND IN HAND.

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RICHARD

IN THIS LAND, EVERY GIRL GROWS TO BE HER OWN WOMAN.

(EVERYONE begins clapping along in time with the music, encouraging the audience to do the same.)

ALL

TAKE MY HAND, COME WITH ME, WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE FREE. COME WITH ME, TAKE MY HAND, AND WE'LL RUN ...

TO ALAND WHERE THE RIVER RUNS FREE, TO ALAND THROUGH THE GREEN COUNTRY, TOALAND TO A SHINING SEA. TO ALAND WHERE THE HORSES RUN FREE, TO ALAND WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE FREE. AND YOU AND ME ARE FREE TO BE YOU AND ME!

JANET & RICHARD

AND YOU AND ME ARE FREE TO BE ...

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AND YOU AND ME ARE FREE TO BE ... YOU AND ME.

(A tremendous special effect sen4J_light radiating from th~. CAST into the audience. The.-.S11lg.eJ.LfLllelLwillLcJ?lot a~g §.xcite.llJ1!_nl sy.ml2Qlizin. a new_ beginning_®.4hQJ2~uture. ),.---------- - .­

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