Scene 8 - Grotto

Question 1

(Perched on a rocky ledge above the water, a grand dame of a mermaid looks down at Peter.)

Answer 1

Teacher -
Well, well…nice of you to drop in. I’m Teacher - that’s what I’m called. And yes, I speak English. I know your name is Peter. I know a lot of things.

Question 2

Peter -
Where am I?

Answer 2

Teacher -
In a hurry.

Question 3

Peter -
That’s right…I was running away from -

Answer 3

Teacher -
The Mollusk natives.

Question 4

Peter -
They’re trying to kill us! And we just wanna get home!

Answer 4

Teacher -
Yeah, life is complicated.

Question 5

Peter -
I was gonna build a raft to get to the Wasp, but Molly’s father is -

Answer 5

Teacher -
You don’t need a raft to get home, and you don’t need the Wasp. All you need is starstuff.

Question 6

Peter -
How’d you know about - ?

Answer 6

Teacher -
Listen to Teacher. When you rode the trunk to this island, seawater seeped inside. Then the starstuff in the trunk enchanted the water. Then the water enchanted the fish in the wake of the trunk. Then the waves -

Question 7

Peter -
But how’d you know about - ?

Answer 7

Teacher -
I’m not finished. Then the waves washed the water right into this grotto, where I was swimmin’.

Question 8

Peter -
So you used to be a fish?

Answer 8

Teacher -
Scotch salmon. This is way cooler, FYI. The starstuff’ll change you, too. It makes you what you want to be.

Question 9

Peter -
But I just wanna be a boy for a while. Couldn’t I just be a boy?

Answer 9

Teacher -
Well, I suppose…once you sit in the starstuff -

Question 10

Peter -
Yeah, then what?

Answer 10

Teacher -
Sky’s the limit. You could even fly yourself home maybe, just like you dreamed.

Question 11

Peter -
And find a family.

Answer 11

Teacher -
In which case, you’re going to need something. A name.

Question 12

Peter -
Instead of Peter?

Answer 12

Teacher -
In addition to. A family name. (calling to the grotto) And we’ve come up with a good one, haven’t we?

Question 13

Narrator Alf -
And in the grotto, or in the water, or both - an acho, or a voice or both, seemed to answer:
Narrators -
PAN.

Answer 13

Teacher -
What are you, boy?

Question 14

Peter -
I’m Peter.
Narrators -
PAN.
Peter -
Pan? You mean like in the kitchen?

Answer 14

Teacher -
You are just too cute. I mean two things, actually. First is fun and frolic - anarchy, mischief, all of the things a boy likes to -

Question 15

Peter -
Fun! Okay! I’m Peter Pan.

Answer 15

Teacher -
There. You’re changing already.

Question 16

Peter -
You said Pan means two things. What’s the second thing?

Answer 16

Teacher -
Shouldn’t you be on your way? Molly’s going to beat you to that trunk.