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SCENE 4
(They take a break after walking for hours. Now it's late.)
NUGGET: I think we've been walking for hours. I'm exhausted.
BUTTERCUP: (listens to Benedict, as if he's telling her something) Benedict
says he's fried.
FAITH: Look! We're at the edge of a mountain!
(All, even Benedict, look up at an unseen, insurmountably high
mountain.)
ALL: Oh no.
NUGGET: What do we do now?
SCRAMBLES: (pointing off stage) DUCK!
(Everybody hits the dirt except Scrambles, who stands, pointing off
stage. From that direction, an Owl walks in and they get to their
feet.)
OWL: I'm not a duck! You can't tell the difference between a duck
and an owl?
SCRAMBLES: What's an owl?
BUTTERCUP: She doesn't get out much. Any bird that isn't a chicken is a
duck to her.
FAITH: Mr. Owl, you must know where we are. We're not at the …
OWL: Mountain of Expectations? Yes, you are. And as you can see, it
is a very big mountain, made up of many, many expectations.
SCRAMBLES: Well, at least they're not scary.
FAITH: They look pretty scary to me.
NUGGET: What are expectations?
FAITH: Well, there are other people's expectations … that I'll be
smarter, or more athletic, or prettier. There's my parents'
expectations that I'll be a good student like my older brother.
BUTTERCUP: Like people expecting us to lay so many eggs a month … it's
terrifying sometimes.
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