Script+Period+1+Daniel_Keegan_Ben

= Boy Billy and the Missing Homework =

Billy- Funny, strange, sixth grader Teacher- Strict, not gullible Billy's Mom- Gullible, eccentric, mildly insane**
 * List of characters:

//(The three characters are sitting at a desk, with a few sheets of paper and pencils lying around. Billy's mom is eying them hungrily. Billy's Mom has a piece of paper on lip, and rubs it off once the teacher eyes her warily.)//


 * Teacher**: //(annoyed)// I assume you know why we're here today. Billy has an absolutely pitiful homework record. This is the fifth time this week he has had homework missing.


 * Billy's Mom**: (//flabbergasted//) But it's only Tuesday!


 * Teacher:** Well, that's beside the point. We need to do something about Billy's homework problem.


 * Billy:** I told you, my dog ate it!


 * Billy's Mom:** We don't even have a dog!


 * Billy:** Well if we did, he //would// have eaten my homework.


 * Billy's Mom:** But that doesn't even make sense!


 * Billy:** Sure it does! You see, if I had a dog-


 * Teacher:** (//cutting in//) Stop arguing! Once you tell us why you did not turn in your homework, the //real// reason, you can go home and do your homework for 3% credit tomorrow.

//(Billy's Mom nibbles on a pencil, teacher eyes her and she stops.)//


 * Billy:** (//standing up//) But that's not fair!

//(Billy's Mom nibbles on a pencil, teacher eyes her and she stops.)//


 * Billy's Mom:** Sit down, Sonny!


 * Teacher:** Yes, sit down, and tell us the truth!

(//Billy sits down)//


 * Billy:** Alright, here it is. One day I was doing my homework on my computer. Then, suddenly, I saw the ice cream man! I was in the mood for a chocolate chip fudge bar, so I chased after him. But when I finally caught up to him, the ice cream man really turned out to be the evil spirit of my grandma!


 * Billy's Mom:** Um... Unfortunately, grandma's still alive.


 * Teacher:** Come on, Billy! Tell us the //truth!//


 * Billy:** Okay, here's the //real// story! I was doing my report on the physical properties of tin, when my "T" key, my "I" key and my "N" key all fell off at once. So obviously I could not do my homework!


 * Teacher:** So, why didn't you just put the keys back on?

(//The following should be acted out by Billy: He stands up and uses his hand to represent the bird. The other closed fist is used to represent the computer)//


 * Billy:** (//acting it out//) Well, that's just what I did, but then, to my surprise, an eagle flew through my window and knocked my computer to the floor.


 * Billy's Mom:** Oh, my! That must have been terrible!


 * Billy**: Oh, yes it was terrible, terrible, but then a giant Orc-


 * Teacher:** (//annoyed//) Billy, we don't believe any of this nonsense!

(A//t this time, Billy's mom is starting to get nervous, begins to tear peices of paper. Tears really loudly, Billy and Teacher look at her and she acts innocent and stops.//)


 * Billy:** Okay! I admit it! It was... It was... It was...um...It was...my mom! //(Billy's Mom nibbles on a pencil, she breaks pencil, teacher looks at her, she puts it down.)// Yes...(//mutters//) that will do... (//louder)// (points at mom) My mom ate my homework!


 * Teacher:** Billy, that's the craziest excuse yet!


 * Billy's Mom:** (//yelling//) Alright, it's true, it's all true! I ate his homework!


 * Billy:** (//surprised//) You did?...(//thinking twice//) Oh, yes, you did!

(//Billy's mom begins to go on a brief rampage; first she throws papers in the air, then starts picking up papers and shoving them into her mouth. Finally, she runs out the door laughing//.)
 * Billy's Mom:** Ha Ha Ha Ha! And I'd do it again! Ha Ha Ha!


 * Teacher:** (//calmly//) Well Billy, I guess I owe you an apology. And a B....well, a B //minus//


 * Billy:** A B minus! Thank you! Thank you //very// much! //(Billy exits and chases after mom)//