| Darlene: |
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(looking
in a mirror)
I am so beautiful but I really need to convince Starnight
to grant my wish. Right now I feel ugly. I’m so
stressed out. Tomorrow I might not be here with all
these mirrors, my comfy pillow, and my owner, Nelly.
(cries) I’m going to miss my owner. I’ve
been here for so long and I was his only diamond. Tomorrow
he’s going shopping and he might buy another diamond.
He’s going to take me to be appraised. That’s
when he will know who is more valuable.
Starnight, star bright, Please make my day right
I asked you once to grant my wish
But instead you turn around and I got dissed
So please come down, Starnight, star bright.
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| Starnight: |
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I told you,
Darlene, I’m not going to grant your wish.
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| Darlene: |
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But
why, Starnight? We been friends for a long time. All I’m
asking for is to be the most valuable diamond in the world. |
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| Starnight: |
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Please!
Darlene. I don’t care. In fact, what do I get out
of it? I don’t get anything but to see some conceited
diamond get her way. |
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| Darlene: |
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Conceited?
What do you mean? Look at me. I worked so hard to look
like this. I polished myself everyday, eat my sparkles
to shine.
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| Starnight: |
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Your sparkles?
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| Darlene: |
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Yes,
my sparkles. |
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| Starnight: |
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So,
you’re saying that you shine so bright because you
eat sparkles. |
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| Darlene: |
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Yes.
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| Starnight: |
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I
don’t think you should shine the way you do. I should
be the brightest, but a conceited dime like you is standing
in my way. |
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| Darlene: |
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How
am I standing in your way? |
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| Starnight: |
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You
shine so bright. The city stands out because of you. But
I don’t think that’s fair. I don’t understand
why people admire you, what do you do for them? Nothing!
No one appreciates what I do. I done most of your admirers
favors, but the day they wish upon you…. |
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| Darlene: |
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(interrupting)
Wait, wait. I don’t care about that now. You know
how much my owner means to me. And if I don’t get
my wish he will pawn me. Tomorrow he is going to the store
and if he sees that the other diamond is worth more than
me, then I’ll lose everything, my house, my owner,
my pillow, my glass case, and my precious mirrors. I will
feel devastated. |
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| Starnight: |
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Darlene,
Darlene, Darlene. I don’t care about your crisis. |
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| Darlene: |
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Come
on Starnight. I been there for you. Do you remember a
long time ago? When you first got noticed. It was because
of me. |
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| Starnight: |
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How
is that? |
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| Darlene: |
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I
remember like it was yesterday. I was looking real bright
and glistening real nice. My admirers was complimenting
me. My shines was going out the window, and one of my
admirers was, like, I’m going to look out the window
to see how far you shine, and he looked up in the sky
and noticed you. |
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| Starnight: |
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Oh
yea. |
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| Darlene: |
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Come
on, Starnight. You know you’re the most brightest
star in the sky. |
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| Starnight: |
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There
are two reasons why I don’t want to grant your wish.
For one, I’m jealous that you are brighter than me
but that’s really not the case. I’m afraid that
I’m going to lose you. If you become the most valuable
diamond you will be in danger for the rest of your life. |
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| Darlene: |
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Why do you
think that?
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| Starnight: |
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Because
everyone will want you and want to steal you. And if
someone steals you I won’t be able to see you and
you would probably be terrified. We been friends for
a long time and I don’t want to lose you to a stranger.
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| Darlene: |
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Oh Starnight,
you still care about me.
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| Starnight: |
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I
might care about you but I’m still not going to grant
you your wish. |
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| Darlene: |
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You
don’t understand. If I get pawned, then I won’t
be able to see you anymore. I will be kept in a room with
diamonds and jewelry that aren’t worth anything.
I will be trapped like I was in jail. Besides, I won’t
have any mirrors to look at myself. |
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| Starnight: |
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There
you go always trying to look at yourself. You are really
something. I think you deserve to go to the pawn shop.
(Starnight leaves) |
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SCENE
II
Place: Pawn shop.
At rise: Darlene is in the crowded, dirty pawn shop,
with fake jewelry. She smells fear and tastes misery.
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| Darlene: |
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I
can’t believe she didn’t grant my wish. That
wicked star was really jealous of me. I hate her. Look
at me in this ugly room with all this worthless junk.
(beat) I shouldn’t be talking like this. There
is nothing I can do. I’m going to be stuck here for
a very long time. I have no privacy, nothing. (cry)My
owner is gone, and bought a new diamond. I lost my only
friend and now I’m staying in a display case with
all….
(Darlene cries and goes to sleep ‘till 9:00pm)
I’m still here. I wish this was only a dream. I can’t
live like this. I feel so lonely. This is the time Starnight
comes down to see me. I miss her. I would give anything
if I was at home. I wish I was talking to Starnight. |
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| Starnight: |
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Here
I am. |
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| Darlene: |
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What
are you doing here? |
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| Starnight: |
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So,
I see that you don’t like it here. |
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| Darlene: |
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You
think! |
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| Starnight: |
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Don’t
give me any crap right now. |
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| Darlene: |
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I’m
not. |
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| Starnight: |
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I
just wanted to see how you are doing. |
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| Darlene: |
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Well,
you can leave now. As you can see I’m living real
lavish. |
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| Starnight: |
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Whatever,
Darlene. I guess this is it. |
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| Darlene: |
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No,
wait, listen. Starnight, I just want to let you know that
I’m really going to miss you. We been through a lot
and I just wanted to say thank you for being there for
me. Because of you I always had someone to talk to. |
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| Starnight: |
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You
mean it. I always thought you got irritated when I talked
for hours over what people wish for. |
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| Darlene: |
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No,
I was interested in what you had to say. |
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| Starnight: |
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But
I feel bad. |
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| Darlene: |
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Why
do you feel bad? |
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| Starnight: |
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Because
you seem miserable not being at home. I remember you telling
me how it was before your owner, Nelly, bought you. You
was in a jewelry store all alone and now you’re here
in a lower place, a pawn shop. I know you don’t want
to go through what you went through. You’re going
to be lonely all over again. |
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| Darlene: |
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So,
is it too late to grant my wish. |
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| Starnight: |
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What
makes you think I’m going to grant your wish. |
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| Darlene: |
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Because
you know how unhappy I am right now and you want to see
me happy. |
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| Starnight: |
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You’re
right. Even though you might be in danger. I’ll do
all I can to protect you from all those thieves out there.
Are you ready. |
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| Darlene: |
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Been
ready. |
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| Starnight: |
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I’m
a lucky star
I stay in the sky real far
Your wish is my command
So don’t worry about a thang.
(So, that’s when diamond lights up.) |
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The
End. |
