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CAST: Herbie and Joe
PROPS: Opened gift box with instruction sheet inside and alarm clock
SCENE: Herbie's room
(HERBIE SITS BESIDE AN OPENED GIFT BOX AND UNWOUND ALARM CLOCK)
JOE: (ENTERS) Hi there, Herbie! I just dropped in to wish you a happy
birthday.
HERBIE: Oh, Thanks, Joe. Charlie was just here a little bit ago.
JOE: Looks like he brought you a gift. Wow, an alarm clock!
HERBIE: Oh is that what it is?
JOE: Why sure! Haven't you ever had an alarm clock?
HERBIE: Nope, never have. I'm not sure now that I want one.
Sounds like something that'd scare the daylights into you.
JOE: No, no...
HERBIE: Well, isn't that what "alarm" means?
JOE: Listen, Herbie, this clock will revolutionize your life. No more
being late in the morning. Just set the alarm and it'll wake you up!
HERBIE: Just like I said, it will scare the daylights into you.
JOE: Come on, now, it has a pleasant ring.
HERBIE: How do you know? It's not ringing now. Doesn't even look to me
like it's working.
JOE: Well of course not, you have to wind it.
HERBIE: Look, Joe, I think I'll just set this clock up on my dresser and keep it
nice. If I wind it, someday it'll get old and worn out.
JOE: But, Herbie! Charlie gave it to you to use. He'd really be
hurt if you just set it on your dresser. And it wouldn't do you any good.
HERBIE: Oh. Well, I don't know how to use it.
JOE: (REACHES IS GIFT BOX AND PULLS OUT A SHEET OF PAPER) Look, here are the
instructions.
HERBIE: Oh, no. That's too complicated for me. I never can
understand instructions.
JOE: Herbie, you're just lazy. Is that why your new lawnmower is still sitting
in your garage?
HERBIE: Well, uh...
JOE: And your electric can opened is still in the box? And you're still using
a broom on your carpet instead of a vacuum cleaner?
HERBIE: Well, uh...
JOE: Herbie! All of these things could make your life so much better if only
you'd use them! You're just lazy.
HERBIE: Well, uh I...
JOE: Hey! That's it! I've got it!
HERBIE: Got what? The new flu that is going around?
JOE: No, I -
HERBIE: Don't come near me!
JOE: Herbie I don't have the flu. You just showed me what to tell
Tommy, that boy next door.
HERBIE: I did?
JOE: Tommy has a new bible, but he doesn't use it. He says he doesn't have
time to read it and he cant understand it, and it might get worn out. So he just
leaves it on his shelf. He's being just like you.
HERBIE: You mean he needs an alarm clock?
JOE: Sort of. Someday it'll be too late for him to read his Bible.
Listen, Herbie, I gotta go tell Tommy how he needs to use God's gift. See you
later. (EXITS)
HERBIE: Yeah... 'bye. (SIGH) Well, I guess he's right. I'd better
figure this clock out, then the vacuum cleaner, then...oh boy, what a day. Let's see
now... (EXITS READING INSTRUCTIONS)
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