Mother - I think someone just stole! (Pause) You couldn�t get him?
Dade - It was a her
Mother - (Spoken In Suprise) A Lady?
Dade - I couldn�t chase her she came in and took a loaf of Rye and left!
Mother - (Questionaly Asked) Why?
Dade - (Retorted Quickly) It was something that happened too quickly!
Mother - Fine (Rolling eyes, while shaking head) I usually agree with you but how
stupid are you; it happend so fast (Single Laph)
Dade - (Discusted Look) Your just like dad, I get sick with discust when I try to talk
to you. You know what I think of when I�m dreaming and on the roof, We all
dream; we do not understand our dreams, yet we act as if nothing strange goes
on in our sleep minds, strange at least by comparison with the logical, purposeful
doings of our minds when we are awake.(Thoughtfull Look) I believe that
everyone has great dreams even if you dont rember them but to compare what
people do when they are sleeping to what they do when they are awake is just
unthinkable.
Mother -(Questionable)But if things are judged differently when you are sleeping then
why didn�t you run after her and stop her from stealing from us, it wasn�t just
from any store it was from our store our home, we have worked really hard to
get this place and you let people steal from it.
Dade - (Look down to ground, Then to Mom�s Eyes) Mom The true test of character
is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know
what to do. i did not know what do when I saw that that lady was stealing from
us she was some one like you or I and I didnt know what to do until she was
gone.
Mother - (Laphing) Dade, did you know �We have a criminal jury system which is
superior to any in the world; and its efficiency is only barred by the difficulty of
finding twelve men every day who don't know anything and can't read.� Mark
Twain said that and what has happened when everything you do is wrong there
is no point for a criminal system if the criminals are not even caught why don't
you try to figure out some aspect of getting your dim witted stupidity out from
where ever it is so that each person that comes into our store is watched I'm
sorry for using such harsh word but it is true.
Dade - (Sadly) How do you know my dim witted stupidity isn't just a mere suttle form
of manipulation to lower peoples expectations therefore enhancing my ability in
any given situation? (Angrly) I don't even want to be in this stupid place, I don't
want to work as a stock boy, welcome to the HARSH reality but I cant tell you
what it feels like to wake up every morning and want to be somewhere else but
cant because you are tied up with family that you love.
Mother -(Dade Suprised)You don't have to tell me how it feels I know. Your father and
I aren't getting along so well when we got the place and there started to be a lot
of shop lifting, i hate to see kids get in trouble but I cant watch over him every
second I don�t like a lot of the things he does.
Dade - (Sadly) Oh, I'm Sorry, I didn�t know
Mother - (Flatly) Because I didn�t Tell you
Dade - (Sadly) Mom I�m sorry for letting her go again but I didn't know what to do, I
will stop her next time. mom what i believe is that anyone can escape into sleep,
we are all geniuses when we dream, the butcher�s, the poet�s and even the Star
Food stock boy are all equal there and that�s what i like to believe in the real
world even people who steal can change.
Mother - (Questionally) Dade do you wanna go up on to the roof maybe we could
escape into some dreamful sleep there.