Scene 1
A house in a farmland. It is the year of 2017. MOM is in a big farmhouse kitchen. She
pours smoothies from a blender into a glass on the kitchen table.
MOM yells towards the stairs.
MOM
Kelly, come on down. You’re going to miss the bus.
KELLY’S voice comes from upstairs
KELLY
Coming.
MOM
I made you a smoothie.
KELLY
Thanks.
KELLY
Mom, have you seen my backpack?
MOM
I brought it down here so I could pack it.
KELLY
Thanks.
MOM walks upstairs.
MOM
Kelly, get out of bed!
DAD walks in.
DAD
Kelly, what are you doing? The bus is honking outside!!!
KELLY
Ughh, again?
DAD
Kelly, I can’t drive you to school every day because you miss the bus.
KELLY
Please, just one more time.
DAD
No, I have a meeting today, and I can’t be late.
KELLY
Mom, can you drive me please?
MOM
This is the last time. Tomorrow, you have to get up on time.
KELLY
Fine.
Scene 2
They’re outside. It is 8:00 in the morning, and they’re walking to car.
MOM
Get in.
KELLY
What time will we be there?
MOM
8:30. Why?
KELLY
Shoot, my teacher said that if I was late one more time, I would get detention.
MOM
But you have been taking the bus for a while.
KELLY
Yes, but you give me breakfast, and I am not allowed to eat in the bus, so I hide in the bathroom and eat for an hour.
MOM
Why would you do that?
KELLY
I don’t want to choke.
MOM
Well, we are here, and you have ate your breakfast. Go straight to your class and give her this note.
KELLY
What does it say?
MOM
You will see. Now go.
KELLY
Kay, bye.
MOM
Bye, sweety.
KELLY
Mom, you’re embarrassing me. All you have to say is bye.
MOM
Sorry.
KELLY
Bye.
MOM drives away. KELLY walks over to her best friend, ALLY.
ALLY
Kelly, you are so lucky. There was a fire drill, and class is starting late today.
KELLY
Yes, but I bought a donut, so I need to hide and eat it.
ALLY
Can you ever not bring food?!
KELLY
NO.
ALLY
Kelly, Kelly, Kelly.
KELLY
Ally, Ally, Ally.
ALLY
What!
KELLY
Do you want to ride my horses after school?
ALLY
Sure.
All the kids go to class, and KELLY goes to the bathroom.
TEACHER
Ally, do you know where Kelly went?
ALLY
Umm, she is using the bathroom.
TEACHER
Really using the bathroom?
ALLY
Not really.
TEACHER
Then what is she doing?
ALLY
She is eating a donut.
TEACHER
Thank you for telling the truth, Ally.
ALLY
You are welcome.
TEACHER
I am going to go get her. Everyone stay put.
TEACHER leaves.
ALLY
Let’s PARTY!!!
TEACHER walks into bathroom.
TEACHER
Go to the principal.
KELLY tries to talk with a donut in her mouth.
KELLY
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TEACHER points, and KELLY runs out.
After school in the barn.
KELLY
Let’s go to my house.
They walk out of the barn, and there are two very shiny rocks in front of the door. They
pick them up, and they are zapped to a backwards place.
KELLY
Where are we?
GUY walks up to them.
GUY
Ereh evil uoy od?
KELLY
What in the name of horses did you just say?
GUY
Ereh evil uoy od?
ALLY
I think he is talking backwards.
KELLY
Good thing I have these.
KELLY holds up a thing that goes in your ear so you can tell what GUY is saying. The
gadget translates backwards talk into regular talk. It also translates what KELLY and
ALLY say to the backwards man.
ALLY
Where on Earth did you get those?
KELLY
In the teacher’s lounge?
KELLY
Don’t even ask.
They put them in.
GUY
I said do you live here?
KELLY
No, but can you help us go back to the real world?
GUY
Come to dinner with me.
They go to a restaurant, and the waitress ask them what they want backwards. KELLY
holds a menu. It’s backwards. They start with dessert.
KELLY
What on Earth does this say?
ALLY
Just order something you like.
They can’t read the menu.
GIRL
Can I get you something?
KELLY
Can I have a grill cheese?
GIRL
(Through the translation device)
Ugh, we don’t serve grilled cheese. We serve roasted worm, slug, elephant tusks, raw fish heads, and lions’ heads with mane.
KELLY
I think I’ll just have a water then.
GIRL
We don’t serve water. We have elephant blood, lion’s blood, and worm juice.
KELLY
Well, then, I’m okay. I’ll just sit here.
GUY raises his hand.
GUY
I’ll have all the items and drinks, please.
GIRL
Coming right up!
KELLY
Ew.
GUY
What is so gross?
KELLY
You eat this stuff.
GUY
Yes, this is what everyone eats.
ALLY
Well I think we have to go home now. Right, Kelly?
KELLY
But where are we going to sleep?
GUY
You can stay at my house.
KELLY
Ugh.
GUY
Come on. Let’s go to my house. I am finished.
KELLY
Really? You ate all that in two minutes?
GUY
Yes.
GUY
Well, come on. Eating makes me sleepy.
KELLY
Where is your house?
GUY
Right there.
KELLY
Which one?
GUY
That big mansion right there.
ALLY
Wow, that is a really big house.
GUY
Yes, you guys will sleep on the 10th floor. Good night.
KELLy and ALLY
Good night.
GUY
Good night. Sleep tight.
ALLY
See you in the morning.
The next morning.
GUY
Good morning, Kelly. Where’s Ally?
ALLY
Right behind her. Are you blind or something?
GUY
Actually, yes.
KELLY
Wait, really?
GUY
No, of course not. If I was blind, I would not know where the man you need to see to get to your old world is.
KELLY
Really? Where is he?
GUY
Right in front of you.
To be continued…