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Lion
Relationships
A Play by Richard Unga
Performance:
November, 2002
Gateway School, San Mateo
Time:Daytime
2050
Place:Yosemite, big, small, medium, mountains,
big rocks, a waterfall coming out of the mountain,
all kinds of animals, some are sleeping, some are
mating.
At Rise: Anligina, the Lioness slaps her son
King Psycho the Lion with her paw.
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Mom! I apologize,
stop slapping me.
(She won’t stop)
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| Mom: |
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You want
to play games. We’re gonna play games.
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| King: |
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Why
are you hitting me?
(Mom slaps him again) |
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| Mom: |
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You gotta
get your mind right for college. Collect some knowledge,
get your lazy behind up.
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| King: |
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Mom, I’m
lost. I don’t know what to do. You tell me to go
to college – my most important goal – but
you tell me what to get my degree in.
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| Mom: |
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Cause
I don’t want to lose you, see you hurt, down, or
even dead. |
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| King: |
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Help
me out, let’s talk about it. Mom, I know you’re
dying and I know what you want from me, but then you used
to tell me don’t let anything stand in my way. Do
what I feel is right. And what I feel is right is getting
a degree in what I want, to help out the family, and bring
food, help us survive in the mountains. I want to get
a degree in tactics and strategy. All I’m learning
in territorial markings is how to scratch staff, pee everywhere.
But I want to learn how to kill animals, survive, get
a degree so I can teach other lions to feel good that
I’m passing on my experiences. |
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| Mom: |
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Roarrr!
No, just like I said before, I don’t want to lose
you.
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| King: |
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Well,
mom you said get my lazy but up and this is what I want
to do. |
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| Mom: |
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Well,
I’m sick with cancer and I want to see you go to
college for territorial markings before I pass away. |
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| King: |
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Wouldn’t
you want me to get a degree in what I want? Man, that’s
probably what you wanted – to go to college, but
you couldn’t cause you had lions. |
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| Mom: |
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You
want to get your degree in tactics and strategy, but your
family will always provide for you – food and everything. |
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| King: |
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Man,
if I get weak, my family will kick me out. Or how about
if I’m ever stranded? I could use strategies and
tactics to survive.
(Mom coughs) |
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| Mom: |
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Son. |
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| King: |
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Mom,
are you ok? What’s wrong? |
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| Mom: |
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I
want you to do what you really want son. I want to see
you happy before I go. You’re my son, you’re
my blood. Cause I love you, you’re like my best friend. |
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| King: |
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Mom,
I’ve been stressing a lot lately, but I came up with
an idea. I can get a degree in both tactics and strategy
and territorial markings. |
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| Mom: |
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So
you really want to do this? I guess I should agree with
you, Me dieing, forcing my son to get a degree in what
I wanted. |
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| King: |
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Yes,
I do really want to get this and I think its going to
really help me out in life. I love you Mom. |
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| Mom: |
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I love you
too.
(They hug. Four years pass. At graduation, calling
out random names, then “King Psycho the Lion, graduate
of the class of 2050”. The Lions roarrr! King Psycho
sees his mom happy, but in the clouds. He blows her
a kiss.)
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| King: |
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This is
for you.
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The
End. |
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