Sledding
Cast:
Dale
Riah
Thug1
Thug2
Thug3
Setting: Top of a large sledding hill.
(Lights up, enter Dale and Riah, in winter gear, with a a nice wooden tobaggen)
Dale: Here we are, honey!
Riah: Wow, Daddy, this is a big hill!
Dale: So many good memories of sledding here when I was a kid. This is going to be great fun; let's go!
Riah: Yeah!
(they get in the tobaggen, push off, lights out)
Both: Wheee!!!
(lights up, Dale is pulling Riah "up" to the top of the hill. A couple steps should suffice for this)
Dale: (breathing hard) Again, sweetie?
Riah: Yeah!!
(in tobaggen, push off, lights out)
Riah: Wheeee!
Dale: (at the same time) Ahhhhh!
(Lights up, walking back up the hill, Dale is laboring under the strain)
Riah: Again! Again! Again! Again! Again!
Dale: (face flushed, straining for breath) O.... kay.
(in tobaggen, push off, lights out)
Riah: Wheeee!!
Dale: (after her this time) Uhhhhhh....
(lights up, walking up hill, Dale is moving very, very slowly, loudly gasping for air)
Riah: Again! Again, Daddy!
Dale: (something starts going very wrong) Ohhh... (grabs his chest, collapses)
(quickly enter Thug1, Thug2 and Thug3)
Thug1: Get his snowpants off!
(They remove Dale's snowpants)
Riah: Stop!!
Thug1: (brandishing a knife) Shut up, little girl, or I'll cut ya!
(Riah whimpers throughout)
Thug2: (holding up Dale's wallet) Check it out, man! This guy's loaded!
Thug3: Yeah, always go for the guy with the fancy sled.
Thug1: I knew he'd drop fast.
Thug2: Hey, what about the little girl?
Thug1: We gotta take her; she's seen too much.
(Thug3 picks up Riah)
Thug3: Can't have you squealin', little piggie!
(they start exiting)
Thug2: Sledding is a dangerous sport.
Thug1: Especially for others.
(they laugh and banter as they hustle off stage)
(lights fade to spot on Dale, he promptly stands up, smiling)
Dale: (getting into the tobaggen) Perfect! Now, I don't have to pull her up the hill anymore. Sledding... just like when I was a kid.
(Dale pushes off, lights out)
Dale: Wheeee!!!
(end)
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