31 Plays in 31 Days - Day 10 - Lorina by the Brook

LORINA BY THE BROOK

SCENE - THE BROOK

Daylight. The Brook. LORINA sits with her younger sister

ALICE by the lake. LORINA is reading a book on philosophy as

ALICE makes a daisy chain crown. LORINA starts to mumble to

herself as she reads, causing ALICE to walk over to her to

look into her book.

ALICE

What good is the use of a book

without pictures or conversations.

LORINA 

Really?

ALICE

How do you know what the writer

wants you to know?

LORINA

Here's a hint little sister, you

read the words.

ALICE

Yeah?

ALICE notices a WHITE RABBIT pass by in a clothes. LORINA's

eyes stay on her book.

LORINA

Or you use your imagination.

ALICE

Did you just...

LORINA (IGNORING ALICE)

Really Alice, for someone with such

an extreme personality, you really

do lack imagination.

WHITE RABBIT  takes out a watch and shivers at the sight of the time.

ALICE

Lorina, there's a rabbit over

there.

WHITE RABBIT

Oh I'm late.

ALICE starts to freak out at WHITE RABBIT talking.

LORINA (STILL IGNORING ALICE)

You talk like a grown up sometime.

But the queer thing is that you

talk about childish things like a

grown up. Now how does that make

sense I ask you.

ALICE (STILL FREAKING OUT)

The rabbit was talking.

LORINA (IGNORING ALICE)

That's nice Alice. 

WHITE RABBIT hopes away. ALICE runs after him.

LORINA

What you need to do is get out of

your tiny bubble. I think mother

and father have you cooped you up

for far too long in the house. It's

understandable that you'd go mad. 

LORINA puts her book down.

LORINA (CONFUSED)

Alice? Alice? Where did that girl

go? 

LORINA gets up and walks on to find ALICE asleep on the

grass nearby.

LORINA

Poor thing, she fell right to

sleep. Oh well back to Plato.

LORINA sits herself next to ALICE's sleeping body and reads

her book. 

FADE OUT

FADE IN

Twilight. The Brook. LORINA is still next to ALICE and ALICE

is still sleeping. LORINA puts her book down and looks at

the twilight sky.

LORINA

Oh dear look at the time. Wake up,

Alice dear. Why, what a long sleep

you've had. 

ALICE slowly wakes up. Exhausted.

ALICE

Oh, I've had such a curious dream.

There were talking animals. A

talking white rabbit. I grew up, I

grew down. And the Queen. Oh the

Queen. She's crazy.

LORINA

It was a curious dream, dear,

certainly; but now run on to your

tea; it's getting late. 

ALICE

I think I need to get some rest. 

LORINA

You were asleep all day.

ALICE

It was very exhausting.

ALICE tuns off. LORINA stays by the brook as a WHITE RABBIT

passes by. 

WHITE RABBIT

I'm late again.

LORINA (CONFUSED)

Did you just?

WHITE RABBIT hops away. LORINA chases after him.

END