The Big One-Oh! TYA Atlantic Theatre Draft 1.0 23 SCENE 3 CHARLEY HEAD: r pz \ | CHARDEY trudges home. CHARLEY (to audience) Of course it bothered me that I'd left school without a single name on my Friends list, but that thought flew right out of my head the minute I saw... BOING BOING runs circles around CHARLEY, carrying something in his mouth. CHARLEY (CONT"D) -+-Boing Boing! Goo’ boy! GARRY QUARKY races on, chasing Boing Boing. GARRY Hey! Hey! Doggie! Gimme that back! CHARLEY Whatcha got there, Boing Boing? Is that... BOING BOING drops what appears to be a human foot in CHARLEY’S hands. CHARLEY (CONE'D) ses a HUMAN FOOT?! (screaming) Aaaah! In fright, CHARLEY flips the foot into the air; GARRY catches it. GARRY (stuttering nervously) Waitwaitwait! It’s okay, it's okay. See? (pokes it at CHARLEY, who recoils) Not really a foot. No no no. CHARLEY warily examines it. CHARLEY But that looks like real blood. GARRY Really? Wow. Thanks! (off CHARLEY’s askance look) It's acrylic. Acrylic paint. I left it out to dry, but your dog... he, uh... he found it... (MORE)The Big One-Oh! TYA Atlantic Theatre Draft 1.0 24 GARRY (CONT'D) (waving the ‘foot’ ) +++ and then he... GARRY bites down on the ‘foot,’ which smooshes in his teeth. CHARLEY winces. GARRY (OND) (takes ‘foot’ from mouth) sssand then he... he... GARRY mimes running. CHARLEY Ran away? GARRY Yes! Ran away. To you. To here. And... GARRY realizes that CHARLEY and BOING BOING are still staring at the foot in horror. GARRY (CONT'D) (holds up the ‘foot’) What? This? Oh. I made it. It’s only... He squishes the ‘foot’ into a ball and then releases it. GARRY (GONE™D) Sproing! See? Poof! Squishy! No pain. Okay? They ALL stand in silence; then - GARRY (CONT'D) Okay! (runs off, waving the ‘foot’ overhead) Bye CHARLEY & BOING BOING exchange a look. UNDERSCORE CHARLEY (to audience) Y'know. I may not have any friends. And maybe I’ve got a few little peculiarities. But man, oh, man; at least I’m not bizzaro like my neighbor Garry. BOING-BOING Woof!