Scene 6 Flashcards
SCENE 6 OPENING LINES
Lennox: Anyway, so here’s me looking sad
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Cooper: In a mood!
Lennox: It hadn’t exactly been a good week. I come here, knowing no-one, trying my best just to get along with everyone and make friends/ ‘cause
Lennox: It hadn’t exactly been a good week. I come here, knowing no-one, trying my best just to get along with everyone and make friends/ ‘cause
Lennox: This is my bit? Trying to make friends ‘cause all of mine, and I had loads, were all back home and all anyone does here is shout at me. And I did know, that I’d pushed Cooper too far. And I felt awful. But it wasn’t like I did it on purpose. I didn’t know how things were, I’ve never… And now we’re all grounded so we can’t even speak so if no-one’s helping me, I’ll do it myself. Find it, keep it, just for me. It must be round here somewhere.
Lennox: This is my bit? Trying to make friends ‘cause all of mine, and I had loads, were all back home and all anyone does here is shout at me. And I did know, that I’d pushed Cooper too far. And I felt awful. But it wasn’t like I did it on purpose. I didn’t know how things were, I’ve never… And now we’re all grounded so we can’t even speak so if no-one’s helping me, I’ll do it myself. Find it, keep it, just for me. It must be round here somewhere.
Lennox: I bet they think I won’t. Can’t. Cooper’s right about that. Adults love to say ‘no’ and ‘you can’t’. But I can and I will. On. My. Own. Like I always do.
Lennox: I bet they think I won’t. Can’t. Cooper’s right about that. Adults love to say ‘no’ and ‘you can’t’. But I can and I will. On. My. Own. Like I always do.
MR ROBIN CHIRPS AGAIN
Lennox: Mr Robin! You’re not grounded! You can help. Oh, how did it go? Mr Robin, robin, show me round the garden… Something about secrets – and I’ve got one of those! Umm.
Lennox: Mr Robin! You’re not grounded! You can help. Oh, how did it go? Mr Robin, robin, show me round the garden… Something about secrets – and I’ve got one of those! Umm.
Lennox: Mr Robin, Mr Robin, you’re such a charmer
Please could you show me the way to the garden?
Dylan: That’s not how it goes.
Lennox: Where did you come/ from
Dylan: /I heard singing. Was Mr Robin/ here
Lennox: /I wasn’t singing. And he’s not yours you know.
Dylan: (Laughing, good-natured) Of course he isn’t. He’s a wild bird. Birds, animals, nature. They don’t belong to anyone, do they?
Even this garden. I know Beth would like to think it’s hers… but we’re just looking after it for a while until someone else needs it.
Lennox: I hadn’t thought about it like that. What are you doing here anyway? You’re grounded you know.
Dylan: So are you!
Lennox: Yeah, but that’s not my Mum who’s spotted us.
Lennox: Yeah, but that’s not my Mum who’s spotted us.
Dylan looks behind her in a panic before realising Lennox is winding her up
Lennox: Your face
Dylan: Alright! Some of us are new to this whole rule-breaking thing, okay?
Lennox: That’s true. Good job you have an expert to show you the way.
Dylan: Now you mention it… I need your help
Lennox: Yes?
Dylan: We need to get Cooper into the garden without anyone/ noticing
Lennox: /No
Lennox: /No
Dylan: Why not?
Lennox: I just don’t want to, you know…
Dylan: Oh Lennox. You didn’t mean to/ hurt
Lennox: /Of course not!
Dylan: I used to be scared too, not of Cooper, but of saying or doing the wrong thing but…
Lennox: Yeah?
Dylan: Well, doing nothing is worse, isn’t it? It’s better to try, even if we get it wrong
Lennox: You think she’ll want to see us, me, again?
Dylan: Yes. You know the things Cooper said, she’s never told me any of that before. I think it’s important. She wanted us to know how she feels. And we’re going to show her that we were listening. By sneaking her out.
Lennox: Okay
Dylan: You’ll help?
Lennox: I’ll help. I’m impressed at this new Dylan. Who knew/ you
Dylan: It was/n’t
Lennox: /It suits you
Dylan: Does it? Right. Well I, yeah, I thought
Lennox: Where’s your Mum?
Dylan: Mam- oh she’s in the village
Lennox: The raven?
Lennox: The raven?
Dylan: Eh?
Lennox: Mr Craven, Raven. Dark, brooding, you know? Code name
Dylan: Right. Mr-, Raven’s in… the nest? Deep in work. Raven work.
Lennox: Gotcha.
Dylan: What about Mam?
Lennox: You said she was/ in
Dylan: /No. A code name!
Lennox: Right, yeah… um… Martha… Mam…
Dylan: Mouth! Well, she’s always talking!
Lennox laughs
Lennox: That’s Raven and Mouth accounted for, what about…
Dylan: Plant… Trees… Beech! She’s like a beech tree! Queen of the trees like a queen of the garden. And the leaf buds are the same colour as Beth’s hair, like little sharp/ things
Lennox: /Sharp? That sounds more like it. Are they old and gnarly too?
Dylan: They can be.
Lennox: So where is she? Beech?
Dylan: She was working on the front when I came past. We’ll just have to hope she stays there.
Lennox: In that case… We are go go go!
Cooper: Finally! Took you long enough
Lennox: We’ve come to- wait how did you know we were coming?
Cooper: I asked Dylan to get you
Lennox: Did you? Did you? Dylan you said this was your/ idea
Cooper: You really think Dyl would have decided to break the rules?
Lennox: Mmm good point.
Dylan: I could’ve!
Lennox: So you’re the criminal mastermind behind this operation?
Cooper: Someone needs help finding this garden
Lennox: And someone else needs help getting out
Cooper: Looks like we can help each other then?
Dylan: Yes!
Lennox: And someone else needs a lesson in living dangerously.
Cooper: Too right. What’s the plan then?
Lennox: We’re going to find the garden! Unless… if you’re too tired then/ we can
Cooper: /Okay. First things first. I’ll tell you if I’m tired, right? Because I’m sick of people asking me. What does it even mean, ‘are you tired?’. Like I’m always tired, but it doesn’t always mean I don’t want to do something.
Lennox: We need a better word
Cooper: For tired?
Dylan: A code word!
Lennox: For if you need to, want to stop, anytime. Like…
Lennox: For if you need to, want to stop, anytime. Like…
Dylan: //Cabbages!
Lennox: //Abort
Dylan: Abort?
Lennox: Cabbages?
