| Leila: |
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Hey, Loco,
why did you destroy the farmer’s house? (She
throws a bone and prairie dog at him.)
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| Loco: |
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Why’d
you throw the prairie dog at me? It’s not all my
fault. You had some part in it. So why can’t I
get mad at you?
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| Leila: |
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It
is all your fault. You destroyed it. I didn’t do
nothin’. I was just there. |
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| Loco: |
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So, you’re
sayin’ if you had a gun and somebody got shot,
and you were around, they’re not gonna blame you?
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| Leila: |
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But…
but… but, it’s not all my fault. You had some
part in it. (She throws a bond and pulls her tail.)
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| Loco: |
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Yes
it is. You the one who brought me into the house. You
know I don’t normally go in houses. I felt excited,
adventurous because I’d never been inside a house
because I always destroy them. I felt confused because
in a way I like destroying houses but in a way I like
to be in one of them. So, it is all your fault. |
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| Leila: |
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(She
starts crying and yells) You made me bring you in
the house. You wanted to come in. I hate you. |
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| Loco: |
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Shut up!
Don’t ever say that! You’re the one who planted
all this and the farmer gets in the way. You wanted
me to come in. You planted the whole thing.
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| Leila: |
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(sarcastically)
What you mean? I? I planted all this? You’re the
one who picked me up, took me places, bought me a number
one meal… |
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| Loco: |
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What
do I mean? I’m a tornado! What do you mean? A tornado
in a house? Think about it. And, no, it wasn’t a
number one meal. It was a number two meal. It’s called
the wheat meal.
(They both start laughing. Leila laughs so hard she
spills milk out her nose) |
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| Leila: |
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Ok,
ok, ok. How about this? Why don’t we both take some
part in it? How ‘bout we both take 50/50 %? |
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| Loco: |
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Ok,
ok. 50/50. But not really 50/50. How ‘bout you take
90 and I take 10%? That sounds better. |
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| Leila: |
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What?
What you mean 90%? Does it look like I wanna take 90%?
Look at me. |
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| Loco: |
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Yeah,
I am lookin’ at you. It looks like you wanna open
a milk store. |
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| Leila: |
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What you
mean a milk store? It should be a cheese store. And
by the way, are you makin’ fun of me?
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| Loco: |
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No,
no. I’m not makin’ fun of you. I’m just
tryin’ to push my way in. So, do you forgive me?
Can we start bustin’ jokes? |
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| Leila: |
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Have
you heard of the one with the cow and the farmer? |
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| Loco: |
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No, I haven’t.
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| Leila: |
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Good, ‘cuz
you’re not gonna hear it.
(They both start coming together. They give each other
a hug.)
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| Loco: |
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Ok, could
we agree on somethin’? Can I tell you somethin’?
Let’s keep it real for one time.
(Aside) I don’t have nobody so I want to
destroy every body and Leila likes me a lot and I want
her to care for me more. So, I must show off for her.
So I want to be in the National Geographics by being
the greatest and biggest tornado that ever happened
because I wanna become somethin’ and known by people
and Leila. To feel their hearts pump while sayin’
my name.
(To Loco) Would you move with me somewhere far
away where it’s just the two of us?
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| Leila: |
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(Aside)
I feel this way when Loco told me to move away, far,
far way with him. I feel happy in a way, but in a way
I don’t. I feel happy because I wanna be with him
but I want my dream too, as he wants his dream. I don’t
wanna move because I want to have my dream house where
I was born. I wanna see vultures pokin’ at each
other. I wanna throw prairie dogs at the other cows.
I wanna taste the hot sand. I want to start bustin’
jokes and make milk come out my nose. If I won the lottery,
I would fulfill my dream by buying a house by where
I was born and have fun with lots of friends and with
Loco, my best pal. I would like it if Loco would bring
a house to where I was born. I would live with him and
have a lot of fun where I was born. If the farmer fixed
the house, I would live with him and if Loco doesn’t
wanna live there, I could come visit him, or he could
come visit me. But, I would like it if he would stay.
I want to say yes, but I want him to stay with me.
(To Loco. Choking on milk with a big gasp) What
you mean? Move away from all of this? I had to tell
you somethin’ too, but I guess I’ll just tell
you right away if we’re keeping it real.
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| Loco: |
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What
is it? So do you? Huh? Huh? |
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| Leila: |
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Ummm.
Uh…Ok. But, we gotta work on somethin’. We can’t
always be fightin’ if we’re gonna live together. |
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| Loco: |
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Woo
hoo! |
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| Leila: |
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Can
I reason with you? Can we live together far away, but
come back every day? And it will be a good trip |
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| Loco: |
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Uh…
I don’t know about that. I just wanna leave and never
come back. I wanna move on. I don’t like this environment.
This environment ain’t for me and you. It’s
just not the place where we can build a relationship.
It’s too close. There’s too many memories here.
And we don’t have a home here. We might have a new
life up ahead. We might probably be better off than where
we are here.
(Aside) I feel angry ‘cuz she won’t move
on. She won’t forget what happened to her family.
She won’t give me a chance. This whole place is bringin’
her issues up. Her issues get me upset. Her issue of her
family, her brother, her mother. It gets me upset. Why
can’t she just forget about it and move on? She dreams
of a house, but why here?
(To Leila) But why do you dream of a house here?
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| Leila: |
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“Cuz
I want to have the memories of my family, of the ones
I haven’t seen, to feel their spirit inside of me. |
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| Loco: |
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Just
let it go. Move on. |
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| Leila: |
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(Gets
mad and starts to cry) Stop it. Stop it! Stop talking
about it. |
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| Loco: |
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I’m
telling you the truth and you know I am so stop being
in denial. I’m gonna leave if you don’t stop. |
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| Leila: |
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So
just drop me and be your biggest and baddest tornado you
want to be. (She starts to cry) You always think
of yourself, why don’t you think of me? |
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| Loco: |
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Because
it’s a 50/50 chance that the farmer’s gonna
kill me. So, if we don’t get the heck out of here,
we’re gonna- well, I’m gonna die. I don’t
know about you. |
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| Leila: |
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Ok,
ok, calm down. |
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| Loco: |
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Calm
down? What you mean, calm down? |
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| Leila: |
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Yes,
yes, I know somethin’ might happen to you. But, that’s
beside the point. We’re talkin’ about livin’
in a house, and it’s the middle of the night. Where
we gonna go to sleep? Think about that. |
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| Loco: |
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I
feel mad because you can’t understand what I am tryin’
to say. I’m tryin to say that I don’t like this
place. I don’t feel comfortable here. I’m tryin’
to say let’s move on and forget about here. |
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| Leila: |
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I
didn’t know you felt like that. If I knew that you
wanted a new life, I would have thought about it and the
things that you told me before. So, ok. Ok. I’ll
give it a try. |
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The
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