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BENNY
What?

KIDS

BENNY, WE LOVE YOU…

BENNY
I told ya. This isn‘t what I‘m-

ALL KIDS
BENNY OLD FRIEND
[BbMaj7/Descending chord intervals, fade and wait…]

BENNY
I said no. Ya hear me? (Waving them to stage) Go. Practice something. (Looks around, moment, to
Alyson) You. Where'd ya hide it?

ALYSON
(Innocent) Moi? (Moment) Behind the plant.

BENNY
They‘re killin‘ the plant now. (He slowly exits into his back room; after the kids watch him off, their
expressions abruptly change.)

ADAM

[Piano: Two bass note intro. Very uptempo]

HEY THIS IS SOMETHING NEW

ALYSON

BUT IS IT REALLY TRUE?

STEPHANIE

YOU NEVER KNOW WITH HIM IF ANYTHING HE SAYS IS REAL.

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