A Journey Over the Fence BY: Camryn and Izzy

Prologue ( Scene opens in a small town in mexico. The sun has just gone down. The children are tucked into thier beds, with a whool blanket drawn over thier tired bodies. A fire cracing in the background, and a cool breeze blowing through the fractured wood door. uan the father packs and kisses the children on the fore head. !lara the mother watches uan as she worries for the safet" for her and the children while uan is gone.# !lara$ uan please be safe, % dont want "ou hurt. ( uan gives her a comferting grin and tells her ever"thing will be ok.# uan$ &one", keep m" girls safe. % promise % will return, and we will come back with mone" and everthing will be ok. 'od is here for "ou, he will protect "ou and the girls. (Scene fades out as uan shuts the door (uietl", the fire cracks and !lara grabs a blanket and curls up on the couch.#

Scene One (The girls wake up, tired, forgetting what happened the night before. The smell of fresh baked bread and a crisp cold morning sourrounds the air. )rost is dripping on the window and !lara is in the kitchen humming (uiet tunes.# !lara$ 'irls please wake up, breakfast is almost read". ulia$ *heres papa+ !lara$ *e will discuss this over breakfast. (The girls and thier mothers sit at the table in silence. ,ne of the girls butters her bread and starts to eat.# Anida$ -omm" %.m cold. !lara$ (/osn.t repl" to Anida.# 'irls, "our papa has left to the states to earn mone" so we can support the famil". &e will come back in a while with mone" and food and we can pa" off the horses and goat. 'irls$ Silent

!lara$ % will need "our help aroud the house cleaning and caring for the animals while papa is gone. % need "our girls to get along and be nice to eachother. Agree+ 'irls$ Agree (The phone rings and !lara hurries to get the call.# !lara$ &ello+ uan$ &e" hone". &ow are the girls+ !lara$ *here are "ou are "ou ok+ uan$ %m in the states ever"thing is fine. % have gotten a job picking strawberries in a field. % get 0 dollars per carton and i plan to sta" for three months. !lara$ The girls are good. 1e safe, and ma" god be with "ou. (!lara heres beeping the phone has hung up on the other side.# !lara$ 'irls, % talked to papa. &e has gotten a job picking fruit to make mone" for us. 'irls$ ,2. !lara$ ,2 girls lets get in bead and read some books. (-other puts the girls to bed and sits in the window sill staring out the window thinking about the da"s ahead of her.# !horus$ 3ife is hard, and troubles live, "ou must sta" strong and sta" positive. -one" is coming, and life will be ok. ust live life strong da" b" da". 4apa is working hard for "ou, 5ou and the girls must work and tr" to. To be ok "ou need to be positive, love and pra" "ou will live, for now "ou are alone, with no help or love,

but jesus is wa"tching "ou and the girls from above. Scene 2 (4apa is out in the field working and picking strawberries. The sun is hot, and papa is thinking about mone", and stressing for the girls and thier mother.# 1oss$ % need 6ver"one over here. %t.s come to m" attention that "ou gu"s are not picking fast enough, and we alread" have alot of left over berries. %m sorr" to sa" the price we are pa"ing "ou per carton has gone down 7 dollars. its now a dollar per carton. 6ver"one get back to work. (papa go.s inside for a brake and startes writing a letter to his famil".# 3etter$ (in spanish# /ear mama and girls. *ork is hard out here the rate has gone down and i am working from da" to night. % must return home soon for it isnt woth m" time. % plan to be home in the next week, im sorr" i have done this. 82eep the girls safe, uan.

uan$ (looks around to make sure no one is watching, and sneaks off the field to the back road.# -an$ ('et off m" propert" bo", go back to where "ou came from "ou alien.# uan$ 3o siente (runs off the backroad to the /umpster behind the building.# uan. (meets miguel, in a all" behind a tin" resteraunt the man who brought him to america.# (0 hours later the" are driving almost to the border.# (A loud honk is heard and the "elling of a man. 9Stop9.# -iguel. (dosnt stop the car# uan$ *hats happeing+ -iguel. %t.s the americans the amerian police. *e have been caught. % need "ou to hide the mone" "ou have made and dont be suspicios. ,fficer$ (*alks up to the vehicle.# *here are "ou men going so late at night+ -%guel$ *e just got done with a nice famil" vecation and we are heading back to our home in mexico. :ow please we must get back before dark sir.

,fficer$ % need both of "ou to step out of the car and put "our hands on m" vehicle. The more "ou cooperate, the eaier this will all be. 1oth$ (step out and put thier hands on the car not tr"ing to start a fight.# ,fficer$ !ome into m" car and "ou both will be detained for 7; da"s. uan$ :ods (gets to police station# ,fficer$ (hands them clothes and teells them to sit in a small waiting area where the" will be asked (uestions.# (officer comes back and asks them both a list of (uestions he has provided.# <uestions$ *here are "ou from+ *h" are "ou here+ what where "ou doing+ Age, sex, gender+ etc. !horus$ 5ou have been caught, that is bad, "ou have left "ou famil" lonel" and sad. "ou broke "our promise on retutning on time, 5ou have passed the clockes ticking chime, now it is over theres no use to tr", "our girls are going to be torn apart and cr", "ou should be sorr", for theres nothing to sa", ma"be "ou will return home another da". Scene Three: (-ama recieved a letter telling her and the girls that thier father is in jail and wont retutn home for a long time, the girls are on the couch, and thier mother is cr"ing, and worr"ing.# !lara$ )inds the gun thats held captive in the closet

'irls$ -ama no. -ama please. 5ou cant. (A shot is heard and the village is silent, a neighbor runs into thier house and grabs the girls and covors thier e"es as thier mother l"es dead on the cold cement floor.# :eighbor$ 'irls im sorr". !ome with me. 'irls$ *e want our dadd" :eighbor$ 'irls im sorr". !horus$ A tragic scene, a da" not to remember, dadd" wont be home before december. -emories are lost and momm" is gone for long, her whispers remain like a little faint song, :o mone" is here to bu" stuff in our cart, immigration is sad, and tears families apart, immigration is full of risk, and father diserves a tisk tisk. sta" strong and bold, soon "ou will forget all of this and grow old.