User:Malokai92/Of Mice and Jack

Of Mice and Jack
Cast of Characters:
 * Jack Barrymore: Son in Barrymore family, a brilliant young kid
 * Annie: Jack’s fat nurse
 * Mum Mum: Jack’s mother
 * Mice: Jack’s little rodent buddies

The Kitchen has counters and appliances lined up against a wall. A table can be found at center stage right.

Scene 1

 * (A crashing of a teacup greets the beginning)
 * Annie: EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeek!!!!
 * Mum Mum: (Running into the room and spies the mouse) Oh my.
 * Annie: You know how I hate those rodents! You must get rid of them.
 * Jack: But they’re my friends Mum Mum.
 * Mum Mum: You’ll have to do away with them Jack.
 * Jack: (Attempts to defend the rats) Annie pulls my ears when you aren’t looking!
 * Mum Mum: Then I’m quite sure she has a reason too, like playing with these rats.
 * Annie: I better not see a single rat Jack!
 * (Annie trots off to clean up the mess)
 * Jack: But they’re my friends. (Jack turns away then grins with an absolutely fantastic idea.)

Scene 2
The stage is square. There is a bed in center stage. A rug is below it. In upper stage left is a hole. On the upper wall there are two windows adjacent to the bed. A desk is located in upper stage right. A dresser can be found on the opposite side.


 * (Jack is in his uncle’s room and begins whistling; a scurry of little feet can be heard)
 * Jack: Come out little buddies.
 * (Out of the hole mice pop out)
 * Mice: Squeakie, squeak!
 * Jack: There are my buddies.
 * Mice: Squeak. (Mice seem to agree)
 * Jack: (Reaches into his pocket and pulls out warm bread from dinner) I saved this for you guys.
 * Mice: Squeak, squeak, squeakity squeak squeak squeak! Squeaky squeak. (They seem delighted)
 * Jack: I will never abandon you guys to the horrible old nurse. I- (The mice scurry off after :hearing footsteps and Annie bursts through the door)
 * Annie: Whom were you talking to? (Agitated)
 * Jack: No one, why do you ask?
 * Annie: I heard a voices coming from this room. (Conspiratorially) It sounded like a bunch of giggling girls. You’re not hiding any girl are you?
 * Jack: No Annie, you are just hearing things, I wouldn’t hide no girls in this room.
 * Annie: Well come out and go play with your toys.
 * (Jack nods and looks back as he walks out the door)

Scene 3
Back in the kitchen, Mum Mum is making porridge for supper.


 * Mum Mum: I still hear scurries in the attic; you must have missed some Jack.
 * Jack: I’ll look for them after dinner Mum Mum.
 * Annie: God knows what is in the attic these days.
 * Jack: Certainly not any girls I suppose.
 * (Mum Mum eyes him with a bit of suspicion but doesn’t mind the comment)
 * Jack: I’m gonna check if I left one of my toys in Uncle’s room.
 * Mum Mum: Eat your porridge first honey.
 * Jack: Fine.
 * (Jack finishes dinner and runs back to his uncle’s room)
 * Jack: You guys can come out now. (Jack whistles and the scurry of feet can be heard as the mice run to him in search for food.)
 * Jack: Well I don’t have any food right now, so you will have to wait.
 * Mice: Squeak…(They sigh disheartened)
 * Jack: You guys will have to make for the best of it right now.
 * (Again Annie barges through the door, this time seeing one of the rats, and screams)
 * Annie: EEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeek!!!! GET THAT RATS OUT OF THIS HOUSE NOW.
 * (Jack feints running after to show Annie he made an effort)
 * Annie: (More calmer now) You missed one Jack, be sure to get rid of it by tomorrow.
 * Jack: Aye, aye, Captain Annie! (He looks behind as he walks out the door; this time sees a couple mice peeping out of the hole, staring at the nurse)
 * Jack: (Under his breath) She will pay, oh she will pay. I will make sure of it.

Scene 4

 * Back in the kitchen, Jack is returning from school and tracks mud all over the floor.


 * Annie: Jack! Look what you have done! Now I will have to mop it all over again.
 * (Annie grabs his ear and pulls it)
 * Jack: (In a pleading voice) Ow! It wasn’t my fault! It’s raining outside you know! I can’t help if the dirt doesn’t like to get wet.
 * Annie: Well now it doesn’t matter obviously. In fact, you can mop up the mess, and after that, you can go catch the rat that you have been letting around the house. I want them all gone, those filthy rodents.
 * Jack: They aren’t rats, they’re mice, and they don’t hurt you.
 * Annie: Those snarling biting things are a far cry from harmless, I say! (Pulls his ear again) Now hurry up and clean the mud of the floor.
 * (Jack, disgruntled, begrudgingly mops up the floor wondering when the best time to strike would. His plan should go perfect. After supper, Jack makes his way back to the bedroom once again to confer with his troops.

Scene 5
 * Jack: Today is the day we strike. I have it all planned out. As soon as Annie comes up, I will- :(Jack begins whispering instructions to his brave soldiers)
 * Annie: JACK! You better not be in that bedroom, you are suppose to be catching the rodent!
 * (As Annie walks up the stairs, Jack shoos the mice into hiding)
 * Jack: I was looking for the mouse in here.
 * Annie: (Pulls his ear) I doubt you will find- (Jack begins whistling and the scurry of feet begin) Oh my goodness, that can’t be one rat!
 * (The mice begin pouring through the hole)
 * Mice: SQUEAKITY SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK!!!!!!!!!!
 * Annie: Ahhhh! (She faints and collapses on the bed)
 * (Mum Mum hearing the commotion, runs upstairs)
 * Mum Mum: What happened?
 * Jack: I don’t know, I think poor Annie has a little too much to drink.
 * Annie: (Recovering awkwardly) I seen them, their beady eyes and thrashing tails!
 * Mum Mum: Annie, perhaps you should go take a break and rest, it has been a long day.
 * (Annie looks at Jack, the hole, then back at Mum Mum, nods, and walks off, Mum Mum follows her downstairs)
 * Jack: (Quietly) We have won my brave soldiers, the day is ours for the taking!


 * The curtains fall down in front of the stage.


 * THE END