Monday, June 3, 2013

One Act Play: Daydreaming

Photography by Rita Bourland © 2013

Girl:  What’s a daydream?

Mother:  It’s a dream we have in the middle of the day when we stop thinking about now and start thinking about other things we’d like to be doing.

G:  What‘s the matter with thinking about now?

M:  There’s nothing the matter with thinking about now, but sometimes people need a little escape from the everyday things they have to do.

G:  What kind of everyday things?

M:  Oh, you know, like going to work, paying bills, mowing the lawn, going to the grocery, and doing the laundry

G:  So, a daydream is kind of like taking a vacation?

M:  Yes, kind of like that.

G:  Maybe people could try to have more fun in the now.

M:  How do you think they might do that?

G:  Well, for starters, they could take a bike ride or have a picnic in the backyard.  Or maybe they could do some coloring or painting, or tell stories to each other before bedtime.

M:  I like those ideas.  What else?

G:  They could order pizza for a whole week and not worry about going to the grocery!

M:  Do you think they might get sick of pizza?

G:  Maybe, but there are so many kinds.

M:  So, do you think we shouldn’t daydream?

G:  I guess it’s okay to daydream, but sometimes, when the teacher is making us recite the multiplication tables, I think about how I wish I was flying a kite, and then when she calls on me I don’t know the answer.

M:  So, maybe we need to do the things we have to do and try to have some fun in the now, but also reserve a little time for daydreaming. 

G:  Yeah, I think that’s good.  So, mom, what do you daydream about?

M:  I daydream about all the fun I’m going to have with my little girl when school gets out this summer. 

G:  Now, that’s my kind of daydream.

2 comments:

  1. Oh my....I would just love to see this on an outdoor stage and can picture the beauty of this simple yet overwhelmingly profound exchange. This speaks to my very core on many levels. I have such gratitude that you are generous enough to share your talents.

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  2. Thanks, Michelle. Your words hearten and encourage me. I love to write short scenes and may try more of this in the future. Thanks for commenting.

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