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I really don't want to make you guys upset. But I've been thinking… about movin'.
- excerpt from The Hunter's Point Cat Family

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The Hunter's Point Cat Family
A Play by Aggie

Performance: February, 2004
Thornton High School, Daly City


Characters:
Sylvester, the Siamese Cat. She's 14 years old.
Sylvia: Sylvester's cat sister. She's 10 years old.
 
Time: 2001. Winter. Noontime
 
Place: The top of a hill in Hunter's Point, under a tree in a small tiny quarter-size dark cave, where it's cold, windy never sunny. Lots of noises around us. Cars rolling by, dogs barking like coyotes. And cats for crying out loud. It's a place where there's no sleep.
 
The inside of the cave is like a rock, bumpy itchy, small crowded and smushed. Smells like dirt, sometimes like fresh air. And smells like cats: fish and tuna.
 
At rise: Sylvester, the Siamese Cat is taking a walk down the street in front of her cave. She's looking down. She stops and sits down and puts her hand to her head.



Sylvester:

Gosh, how am I gonna tell my family I want to leave without them getting upset. Maybe I can tell them one by one. So, I won't hear them yelling at me all at one time. I really want to tell them, but I just don't want to walk out with telling them…. I got it!
Sylvester makes it back to the cave. Her family, her mom, her sister Sylvia, and her brother, peanut are sleeping. Her sister wakes up.

Sylvia:

Sylvester, where have you been?

Sylvester: Sylvia, I've been thinking about something that's really been on my mind for a long time. And every time I try to tell you, the words just don't come out. I really don't want to make you guys upset. But I've been thinking… about movin'.
Sylvia:

Movin'! How could you want to do such a thing? Leave mom, and peanut just here.

Sylvester:

I have dreams and wishes. And my greatest wish is to move to a big house with a human family. So, someone could take care of me and a special someone to love me. Sylvester walks away to tell her mother. Sylvia pushes her.

Sylvia: Wait! You have mom. We love you. You have a family here.
Sylvester freezes.
Sylvester: I have to leave right now. I have to be at the pound, now. Because today is the last day a family can see me. The pound is closing at three.
Sylvia:

Well, I'll follow you to the pound.

Sylvester: No, how could you such a thing? Follow me? What if they only need one cat. You're my friend. You're supposed to have my back. But the wish is all I have.
Sylvia: Well, I have a wish and I been wishing that you stay.
Sylvester: Well, look let's make a deal I go you stay. Maybe you can come on the weekends.
Sylvia: Uh, uh, uh…. What if you're family moves out of town?
Sylvester: It's 2'oclock, gotta go. See you when I see you.
Sylvia: Wait! Wait! Can we still keep that deal we made? Can I still visit you?
Sylvester: Sure, you can!
Sylvia: Okay, keep in contact.
 
Sylvester runs out. Sylvia cries herself to sleep.
 
After Sylvester was adopted by Mr. Boylan, she comes back to visit the cave. It's been a month. Sylvia comes to the door. They give each other a kitty rub. And they jump up and down.
Sylvia: You're back, you really came back!
Sylvester: Yeah, I did. Where's Peanut?
Sylvia: Well, Mom's in the back, but Peanut….got catnapped.
Sylvester:

How? What happened?

Sylvia:

Well, Sylvester since you left Peanut had took a walk to go find you and we haven't seen him since. Are you here to stay? Are you here to stay?

Sylvester:

No, Sylvia just for a visit.

Sylvia: No, Sylvester. We lost Peanut, we can't lose you, again.
Sylvester: We can't start this again. I have a new family. They're nice, generous and helpful. They mean a lot to me.
Sylvia: Doesn't we mean a lot to you? She lost you to a new family. And Peanut gone. Mom got sick. We need you here.
Sylvester: I gotta think about it.
 
To herself:
 
I'm thinking about where I want to live. Mom's home sick. They need me, they really do. Peanut got catnapped. Sylvia is too young to go get food. Yeah, what if Mom die. That' be sad. We need Mom here. Maybe I'll just come back home. Maybe this is where I'm supposed to be. Maybe Sylvia would probably run away. I don't want that to happen. I'll just tell Mr. Boylan, my owner, I need to move back home 'til everything get right with mother. Maybe he'll get mad. Mother need me more than him. I have feelings and I feel for my mother to die. So, I have to choose.
My mother's all I have, I didn't want this to happen to our family. Maybe, I'll just move back home so everything can be the same so Sylvia can get back on track.
 

Sylvester walks to Sylvia.
Sylvester: I am here to stay. I need you guys and you need me.
     
    The End.
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