The Domino Effect
by Jon Forsythe
Characters:
Human
Cow
Grass
Grass Cousin1
Grass Cousin2
Rabbit
Cabbage
Fox
Chicken
Squirrel
Oak
Insect
Bird
Lumberjack
Scene:
Human: Hello boys and girls. I'm a human being just like you and you and you. [points to different people] To survive, I must eat food. Otherwise I will starve and that's not good.
Cow: Hello, I'm Miss Cow. And I produce milk for people to drink and put on their cereal. My whole purpose in life is to become pregnant so that I can make milk. Then when I become to old to have kids, I am killed so that you may have hamburgers to eat. While you may eat me, I eat just grass.
Grass: Hello, I'm Stubby the Grass. I love to just stand in one place and bask in the sunlight. My whole life is carefree; except when Mr. Evil Lawnmower comes to chop my head off. But don't worry, it grows back ...only to have it happen again next week. My cousins in the country have even more to be worried about. While I'm [make quotations with fingers] "well cared for", they could be eaten.
Couisin1: That's right. We could be eaten by any animal which is hungry like Miss Cow.
Cousin2: Yep, I saw my neighbor get eaten right next to me. It was horrible.
Cousin1: Our friend Mr. Cabbage knows exactly what we're talking about.
Cabbage: Yes, I feel your pain. I usually soak up the rays but I also worry about Hoppy the Rabbit.
Rabbit: I love Mr. Cabbage. Without him, I would starve. But I too have worries. I always have to be on the lookout for Sly Fox.
Fox: You don't understand, Hoppy tastes great... just like Chicken.
Chicken: Hi.
Fox: Sometimes I can't find Hoppy. So I have to resort to hunting Scrappy Squirrel.
Squirrel: Hello, I'm Scrappy Squirrel. Sly Fox likes to chase me but I'm always safe in the tress. That's where I live, you know, up in the branches of Mr. Oak Tree. I really like his acorns.
Oak: Scrappy survives on my acorns. He and his friends play in my branches. We all are happy and live in peace. Sometimes Mr. Insect likes to crawl on me.
Insect: Mr. Insect here. I crawl on Mr. Oak to get away from it all. Her majesty the queen works me and my co-workers to death. It's always [whinny voice] 'get me some more leaves. I need more leaves. Move my eggs over there. Get me my food.' And on top of that, there's always the chance that I may get eaten by a bird. Now you know why we don't whistle while we work.
Bird: Hello, I'm Chirpy Bird. Insects are tasty. I also live in the branches of Mr. Oak. He lets me be there because I sing beautiful songs.
Oak: Her songs make me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.
All except Human: We all make up nature and live in harmony.
Lumberjack: "I'm a lumberjack. And I'm O.K. I sleep all night. And I work all day."
All: "He's a lumberjack. And he's O.K. He sleeps all night. And he works all day."
Lumberjack: "I cut down trees. I eat my lunch. I go to the lav..."
Oak:[interrupts] CUTS DOWN TREES!?!
Lumberjack: We need space for a new strip mall. Ha, ha, ha!
[Lumberjack cuts down Mr. Oak; Mr. Oak falls down and dies]
Squirrel and Bird: Noooo! Our home is gone!
Insect: Great, no more leaves for her highness. Now she'll starve and die. There go our lives. [dies]
Bird: Noooo! No more insects for me to eat. [dies]
Squirrel: No more acorns for me to eat. [dies]
Lumberjack: The weeds have to go to make room for the parking lot to be used for the new strip mall.
[Lumberjack cuts down Grass, Cousins1&2, and Cabbage]
Grass, Cousins1&2, and Cabbage: Oh, Nooooooooooo....[all four fall over and die]
Rabbit: My lovely Cabbage [pets Cabbage's hair], I can't live without you. [dies]
Fox: Shit! Mr. Squirrel and Mr. Rabbit are dead. There goes the neighborhood. [dies]
Chicken: Uh, shoot. No more seeds to make me fat. [dies]
Cow: Hey, where'd the grass go? [dies]
Human: [to Lumberjack] Now look at what you did. All the life is dead. There's nothing to eat. Thanks a lot. [dies]
Lumberjack: Opps. That sucks. Maybe I should have cared for the environment a little bit better. [dies]
[Scene]
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