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NUGGET: Look! It's a cat!
(A cat begins to slink onto the stage. All the chickens squawk and
run in circles before hiding behind Faith.)
CAT: Did someone call for a cat?
ALL CHICKENS: NO! Nobody called for a cat!
NUGGET: Thanks for the cat, Faith.
CAT: Yeah, I'm a cat alright! (menacingly) And I'm the keeper of
the Pit of Fear.
SCRAMBLES: I liked the happy face better. This is a big problem!
(The cat saunters up to Buttercup menacingly. Buttercup is
shaking in fear.)
CAT: What's the matter, Buttercup?
BUTTERCUP: Th-the cat knows my name!
CAT: Why don't you cough up your lunch money?
BUTTERCUP: M-my what?
CAT: Your lunch money. Give me your lunch money or I'll
punch ya!
BUTTERCUP: Again … we're chickens. We don't have any money.
CAT: You look like you're about to cry. You gonna cry?
BUTTERCUP: Chickens don't cry!
CAT: Oh, playing brave?
SCRAMBLES: No. It's just a biological fact. Chickens can't cry.
FAITH: You stop it! You're just a bully!
CAT: What do you know about bullies?
FAITH: You don't think I know about bullies? About mean kids who
make fun of me if I get good grades, or tell me I'm stupid when
I'm not? You don't think I go through that? Well I do!
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