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Christine Potter Dialogue assignment
So many scenes to choose from! I guess that's one advantage to being so old! This is one of my favourite memories from my son's childhood.
The duck is dead
“My mum’ll fix it! She’s done artifishul res-resp-respritashun”
(Doorbell rings)
“Hello boys! Whatever’s taken you away from that hockey game? I heard you yell ‘CAR’ at least twice. And what have you got in that box?”
“I told them you can fix it, Mum. I said you know how. Feel its neck ….”
“Oh love, I’m so sorry, I think he’s dead.”
“He can’t be dead. He’s still warm! Feel him!”
“There's no sign, I would feel something in his neck. And look, his eyes are closed. He’s not going to wake up anymore. What happened, anyway?”
“He flew into Darcy’s upstairs window. There was a big bang, and next thing he was on the ground in front of our net. Can’t you save him? Please? Please? He’s so pretty. He’s got lovely green and blue feathers, and his beak is almost orange colour. He must miss his friends. They were all flying together in a sort of a V-shape.”
“His neck is broken, darling, and when ducks necks are broken, they can’t be saved. You could take a couple of those beautiful feathers to school for show-and-tell, though.”
“Oh. Oh dear. Well . . . could we have him for dinner then?”
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