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| Sir
Lion: |
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What am
I gonna say when I finally see my mom? Where do I start
first?
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| Celie: |
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Man, I keep
sayin' you don't need this woman. Before you act on
this, take a few days before you actually go try to
find her. If you keep tryin', all I'm gonna do is keep
tryin' to hold you back.
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| Sir
Lion: |
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Why? Why
do you keep holdin' me back? Why don't you want me to
find my mom? If you were a true friend, you wouldn't
try to hold me back.
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| Celie: |
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I try to
hold you back cause I don't want you to find your mom.
I'm not ready to give up all your love & attention.
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| Sir
Lion: |
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Do
you understand that I'm suffering from depression &
if I don't do this right now, I could die? I mean it's
just like sayin' you want me to die. |
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| Celie: |
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That's
not true because deep down inside I really care about
you. I just haven't found the guts to tell you how I really
feel. |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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So, why
don't you just explain to me how you really feel instead
of holding off so long, so I can see from your point
of view why you're holdin' me back?
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| Celie: |
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Right
now I don't think this is the right place or the right
time to fill you in on my feelings about you, cause they're
just so deep. |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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I
really feel you should tell me how you feel because I
really want to get the understanding of why you are tryin'
to hold me back. |
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| Celie: |
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Sir
Lion, don't get me wrong, I do want you to find your mom
& find out why she abandoned you, but I just feel
it's too soon.
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| Sir
Lion: |
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Do
you really understand the urgency of why I would have
had to have done it yesterday? |
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| Celie: |
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I
do. I don't want you to die, cause if you die, I die.
Okay, give me a second to collect my thoughts & I
will tell you how I really feel about you. |
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| Sir
Lion : |
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Okay,
I see what you're doin'. You're tryin' to stall time &
you are still tryin' to hold me back. How about if I just
go find my mom & you figure out what you need to say
to me. |
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| Celie: |
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No-
No- Don't do that. How about I tell you how I feel, but
I won't make it that long. I'll just sum it up for you.
Love flows from your mind to your heart to your soul.
Love is like a petal from a rose that you inhale through
your nose.
And the more you receive it, the more your mind blows.
Love flows from your mind to your toes. Love flows.
Your love enters my heart, & flows though my soul-
Through my veins, through my vessels & it drives me
insane.
At the sound of your name, it runs through my mane.
Like the sound of the rain in my strongest pain.
But yet I still cream your name.
You make me feel the same, but yet so different. |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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That's sweet
& on the under, I feel the same, but if you continue
to try to hold me back, nothing can happen between us.
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| Celie: |
Why
don't you give me a chance? I'm obsessed with you. All
I can think about is you. At times I think I know I can't
have you. I try to stop thinkin' about you, but you're
always there. |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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If I give
this a chance, will you continue to try to hold me back?
I mean, I really do deeply care about you, but this
just can't go on any longer. You should just give up,
because I'm not gonna allow you to hold me back from
tryin' to find my momma.
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| Celie: |
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Maybe
if you explain it to me a little more, I'll understand
it. |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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Alright,
I'll do just that. I'm gonna explain to you what's been
goin' on in my life. As I'm explaining, put yourself in
my paws. |
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| Celie: |
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Okay, explain.
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| Sir
Lion: |
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Okay, here
we go.
When I was a cub, my mom left me floatin' down the stream.
I was found by a family of bears & since I was a
cub, I've been raised by that family of bears. Don't
get me wrong, they did a good job raising me, but I've
grown to be a misguided lion. And for years, I went
through sleepless nights wondering who my mom was, where
she was at, & why she left me. Growin' up, I didn't
quite have that motherly love that a normal animal has.
And I've gone through terrible ordeals in my life. Like
in & out of the slumps tryin' to commit suicide
& goin' through depression. And it's hard. I feel
I would've been a different animal if I had the motherly
love like I was supposed to.
Now everything that I just said, does it make you feel
any different about tryin' to hold me back from findin'
my mommy?
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| Celie: |
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Yeah, I
understand, but it's kinda hard. I don't want to lose
you.
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| Sir
Lion: |
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I understand
your feelings towards me, but don't you think by you
tryin' to hold me back from tryin' to find my mom is
just pushing me further & further away?
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| Celie: |
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Obviously,
if she left you as a young cub, then she's not gonna want
you now. I'm only looking out for your best interest.
What if you do find her & she rejects you? I know
that would crush you & I don't want to see you go
through that. |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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Okay,
I understand this too, & I appreciate you looking
out for my best interest. And if this is true, maybe this
is something I need to go through in life. Maybe if I
go through this, it would make me a stronger animal. |
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| Celie: |
Sir Lion,
you are the strongest animal I've ever known. Maybe
you should try accomplishing a different goal.
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| Sir
Lion: |
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How
'bout this? How 'bout if I write a letter addressed to
my mom & have someone look for her & give her
the letter & wait for her response?
(He writes the letter & sends it with the dove
& waits for a response.)
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II: |
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It's
been two months now. The dove found the giraffe who knew
Sir Lion's mom & gave her the letter. She read the
letter & wrote a note to him. Two days later, the
dove returned to Sir Lion with the note & the letter.
(He reads the note) |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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I'm
sorry to have to be the one to tell you this but your
mom has been dead for 9 months. Sorry I didn't contact
you sooner, but I wasn't sure about how to contact you.
But she did write a letter addressed to you, but she didn't
send it off, but I'll be happy to turn it over to your
possession.
(Sir Lion faints. He's awakened by Celie calling his
name.) |
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| Celie: |
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Are
you okay? What happened? |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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I
received a note from one of my mom's friends & she
informed me that my mom's been dead for 9 months. She's
been dead for 9 months & this whole time you've been
holdin' me back! You know if you weren't holdin' me back,
I could've been there for her & I feel like I could've
prevented her from dyin'.
(He opens the letter & reads it.)
Dear Son,
I realize I made a big mistake by leaving you floatin'
down that stream. A year after I left you I spent two
years looking for you, but couldn't locate you. I stayed
up sleepless nights crying, missing you, wanting to hold
you, wanting to be the mom that I should've been. I feel
I've betrayed you. All these years I've been praying hoping
that you would forgive me. I probably won't be around
when you receive this letter, but I want you to know I
do love you & there's not a day that went by that
I didn't think about you. Son, stay strong & know
that I always care.
-Your Mom
(Sir Lion closes his eyes & lets the tears flow
& after the tears cease, he glows all day. He's happy
with joy.) |
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| Celie: |
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Sir
Lion, I'm happy that you kinda found out the truth about
your mom. I'm sorry to hear she's deceased. You handled
the situation great & I'm sorry for holding you back
for so long. I'm just happy to say we both got what we
wanted. You found out about your mom & I don't have
to give up your love & attention. I don't want you
to ever forget that I did this out of love for you. |
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| Sir
Lion: |
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Okay,
the more I think about it, the more I understand that
you didn't want to see me hurting. Now that we both got
what we wanted, you have to promise me that in the future
this won't happen again. No matter how bad the idea may
seem. When I put my mind to it, just let me do what I
have to do, no matter if I get hurt or not.
You've made me a really strong lion because of this situation. |
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The
End. |
