Bookworms

August 8th, 2020

Starring: Poppa (male, fatherly age), Older (late teens), Younger (early teens)

Older and Younger are on the couch, on their electronic device of choice.  Poppa enters, going up to Younger.  Older doesn’t look up at all.

POPPA

Hey

Can you look up for a second?

YOUNGER

What’s up?

POPPA

Did you have summer reading?

YOUNGER

Yes.

POPPA

Did you do it?

YOUNGER

Yes.

POPPA

When?

YOUNGER

While you’re at work.

POPPA

What was the book?

YOUNGER

Lord of the Flies.

POPPA

What happens in it?

YOUNGER

A bunch of boys get stranded on an island.

POPPA

Ok, then what?

YOUNGER

There’s a split between the survivors over who should be leader between Jack and Ralph.  And then there’s a big fuss over hunting a pig and then there’s this mystical beast they’re afraid of and they get so freaked out they kill one of the little kids and the fat kid and they all go crazy savage and then they get found at the end by an adult and they all go back to being kids.

POPPA

Did you like it?

YOUNGER

It was fine.

POPPA

Ok.

Just checking.

Poppa leaves.  Older finally looks up at Younger.

OLDER

No way you actually read that.

YOUNGER

I did.  

The Wikipedia summary.

Hey, all he asked is if I read it.

OLDER

Sorry.

YOUNGER

For what?

OLDER

Being a bad influence on you.

YOUNGER

You’re not sorry.

OLDER

Yeah

I’m kind of proud.  

They each go back to their devices.

END OF PLAY

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