Short but Sweet

Act One: Scene One: A school hallway.

(At rise, we see an empty hallway. Sounds of children happily learning can be heard off stage right. Enter Kindergartner, age five or six, from stage right. Enter Ms. Brugmann, no need to mention age, from stage left.)

Kindergartner: “Can you tie my shoes for me?”

Ms. Brugmann (perplexed): “Why are they untied?”

Kindergartner (self assured and excited): “I was running so fast in P.E. that they came untied.”

(Ms. Brugmann smiles. She bends over to tie shoes as lights fade to black.)

End of Scene One.