Setting: The local library on a warm Saturday afternoon. Patrons are using computers, perusing the stacks, sitting uncomfortably in too-small chairs.
Indistinct voice from stage right, indignant: Mumble mum mumble my shoes! Mum mumble!!
[Jennica's ears prick; she moves down the stacks to get a clear yet discreet view of the offended party. She passes Amos and catches his eye with a delighted grin.]
Indignant: He took my shoes!
Librarian hurries up
Librarian, amazed: What?! He took your shoes?!
Indignant, rising above a stage whisper: Yes, he took my sneakers and left these flip flops! I told him to stop messing with them. I just thought he was bopping to his music or something, but he took my shoes!!!
[Jennica secretly wonders why she removed her tennis shoes in the first place]
Librarian, amazed: . . .
Helpful patron: Yeah, she told him. I heard her.
Third patron brings up pictures of the suspect on a laptop or phone
Indignant: No, that wasn't him. He looked nice. He was dressed in bright colors, with pink.
Librarian: Pink!
Indignant: And he took my athletic shoes! And they were women's shoes!
Librarian: Those aren't yours? [gestures at flip flops]
Indignant: No! I'm from Arkansas, so I can leave barefoot [smoker laugh], but he took my shoes!
Librarian: This happened before, just a week or so ago!
Amos and Jennica are done picking out materials, so they reluctantly exit stage left.
Moral of the store: Never remove your shoes at the local library!
Indistinct voice from stage right, indignant: Mumble mum mumble my shoes! Mum mumble!!
[Jennica's ears prick; she moves down the stacks to get a clear yet discreet view of the offended party. She passes Amos and catches his eye with a delighted grin.]
Indignant: He took my shoes!
Librarian hurries up
Librarian, amazed: What?! He took your shoes?!
Indignant, rising above a stage whisper: Yes, he took my sneakers and left these flip flops! I told him to stop messing with them. I just thought he was bopping to his music or something, but he took my shoes!!!
[Jennica secretly wonders why she removed her tennis shoes in the first place]
Librarian, amazed: . . .
Helpful patron: Yeah, she told him. I heard her.
Third patron brings up pictures of the suspect on a laptop or phone
Indignant: No, that wasn't him. He looked nice. He was dressed in bright colors, with pink.
Librarian: Pink!
Indignant: And he took my athletic shoes! And they were women's shoes!
Librarian: Those aren't yours? [gestures at flip flops]
Indignant: No! I'm from Arkansas, so I can leave barefoot [smoker laugh], but he took my shoes!
Librarian: This happened before, just a week or so ago!
Amos and Jennica are done picking out materials, so they reluctantly exit stage left.
Moral of the store: Never remove your shoes at the local library!
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