Scene 9

Question 1

“THE TRUNK!”

Answer 1

“WINNERS—YES! We beat him to the top! We came in first, I’ll make that very clear when he gets here.”

Question 2

“If he gets here.”

Answer 2

“Of course he’ll get here! He has to!”

Question 3

“Say what?”

Answer 3

“That red dot on the horizon!”

Question 4

“Full speed ahead!”

Answer 4

“They’re safe. That’s good.
I wish Peter was here.”

Question 5

(THUNDER! LIGHTNING!)

Answer 5

“The mission comes first. Get the trunk to the beach. Now, move it!”

Question 6

“—surrounded by trees smacking your face.”

Answer 6

(Regular accent) “And you can’t breathe—“

Question 7

“—and up your nose—“

Answer 7

(Regular accent) “—and down your front!”

Question 8

“—and you still have to reach the beach!”

Answer 8

“I said forget about sleep! Teddy!”

Question 9

“He’s spark out.”

Answer 9

“Peter! Oh, Peter! I thought—“

Question 10

“The most incredible thing—you won’t believe—I met this—“

Answer 10

“Right. Well. Good to see you, Peter. Shall we wake the boys?”

Question 11

“Leave ‘em be.”

Answer 11

“Just us then.”

Question 12

“—make sure the starstuff’s okay.”

Answer 12

“Oh no, that’s not, no- “

Question 13

“I wanna sit in the starstuff—“

Answer 13

“Very dangerous—exposure to so much of it.”

Question 14

“I don’t care!”

Answer 14

“Well, I do! I was so worried. We waited and waited. I told them you’d come. We waited—
and then the rain and the dark and I was so worried—“

Question 15

“Do you think I’ve changed?”

Answer 15

“You’re dirtier.”

Question 16

“—you know—about that thing you did—“

Answer 16

“What thing?”

Question 17

“The kiss.”

Answer 17

“What kiss?”

Question 18

“The one you gave me!”

Answer 18

“Oh, the kiss.”

Question 19

“‘What kiss,’ she says.”

Answer 19

“Well, what about it?”

Question 20

“Nobody’s ever wanted to kiss me, that’s all—“

Answer 20

“Want to? I didn’t want to, we were about to be eaten alive and—“

Question 21

“I mean, I was just sitting there and you grabbed me—“

Answer 21

“Oh fir heaven’s sake, such a fuss! Didn’t you like it?”

Question 22

“No, it was—“

Answer 22

“You didn’t like it. You didn’t like it, and now you’re telling me you didn’t like it! Unbelievable.”

Question 23

“Mmm… pork.”

Answer 23

“Then what’re you saying?”

Question 24

“—I guess I’m asking—“

Answer 24

“You stop that right now. I won’t answer any such question. You’re inching toward the sentimental and that’s all well and good for a boy, but the fact is—“

Question 25

“Inclining toward what?”

Answer 25

“—we girls can’t afford to be sentimental. We must instead be strong.
And when I marry, my husband will have to—“

Question 26

“MARRY? Whoa, you thought I was asking you to—“

Answer 26

“Not you, you swot. Uch, the ego.
And when I marry, I shall make it very clear to this person—that sentimentality is not on the calendar. He will have to lump it or leave it. And if he should choose to leave, I’ll stay a spinster and pin my hair back and volunteer weekends at hospital. And I will love words for their own sake, like ‘hyacinth’ and ‘Piccadilly’ and ‘onyx.’ And I’ll have a good old dog, and think what I like, and be part of a different sort of family, with friends, you know?—who understand that things are only worth what you’re willing to give up for them.
Even if I—in the face of death, I may have—you know—“

Question 27

“Wanted to?”

Answer 27

“I didn’t say that.”

Question 28

“Got it.”

Answer 28

“Good.”

Question 29

“Wow.”

Answer 29

“You know, I might just—now that you’re here—rest my eyes for a little—“

Question 30

“The leader has to be a—!”

Answer 30

“Where’s Peter?”

Question 31

“If you can see the sky at all—“

Answer 31

“We must be very near the beach! C’mon, Boys! We made it!”