!
ANNABELLE: Okay, who wants to help? CLOWNS:
(ad lib.) I do! Let me!
ANNABELLE: Well, I can't spare all of you. Here, let's flip for it. Who has a coin?
(The clowns make a big production of reaching into their pockets, nobody has a coin.)
ZOE: Well, I have my coin. (holding out her palm carefully)
ANNABELLE: Oh, thank you, Zoe. But that's the special coin you use in your juggling act … you know, with the balloon, the watermelon and the chain saw!
ZOE: It's okay, just be careful.
(Annabelle is ready to flip the coin as Shep dashes back through and bumps into a few clowns who fall backward, knocking into Annabelle, and the coin goes flying.)
SFX 2: "Coin Drop"
EVERYONE: (ad lib.) Oh no! Look out! A.J.: ZOE: A.J.:
Shep, please! Oh no, where'd my coin go? Everyone, start looking!
Forget it! We're way behind schedule. It's just a lousy coin. It isn't worth the time and effort.
ANTONIO: A.J.:
SHEP: A.J.:
(returning with his coat on) What's all the commotion?
I'm trying to get things under control here! It seems Shep lost one of his one hundred dancing sheep.
Petunia. And Annabelle lost Zoe's special coin for her act.
ANNABELLE: Don't worry Zoe, we'll find it. (consoling Zoe) A.J.:
I'm trying to explain to everybody that it's just one sheep, nobody will know the difference; and it's just a worthless coin that can be easily replaced. Of course, we will deduct the replacement cost from Zoe's salary.
For Preview Only
