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'''Arthur:''' My Sister Is A Sissy by Jack Prelutsky. | |||
'''Arthur:''' | |||
My sister is a sissy<br /> | My sister is a sissy<br/> | ||
She's afraid of dogs and cats<br /> | She's afraid of dogs and cats<br/> | ||
A toad can give her tantrums,<br /> | A toad can give her tantrums,<br/> | ||
And she's terrified of rats | And she's terrified of rats | ||
She screams at things with stingers,<br /> | She screams at things with stingers,<br/> | ||
Things that buzz and things that crawl.<br /> | Things that buzz and things that crawl.<br/> | ||
Just the shadow of a spider<br /> | Just the shadow of a spider<br/> | ||
Sends my sister up the wall | Sends my sister up the wall | ||
A lizard makes her shiver,<br /> | A lizard makes her shiver,<br/> | ||
And a turtle makes her squirm.<br /> | And a turtle makes her squirm.<br/> | ||
She positively cringes<br /> | She positively cringes<br/> | ||
At the prospect of a worm. | At the prospect of a worm. | ||
She's | She's scared of things with feathers.<br/> | ||
She's | She's scared of things with fur.<br/> | ||
She's scared of almost everything.<br /> | She's scared of almost everything.<br/> | ||
How come ''I'm'' scared of '''her'''? | How come ''I'm'' scared of '''her'''? | ||
== Title Card: Arthur with Umbrella == | === Title Card: Arthur with Umbrella === | ||
''Mr. Ratburn | ''Mr. Ratburn hold up a list in class.'' | ||
'''Mr. Ratburn''': Only two days until the library poetry contest and only one student has signed up: Fern. | |||
''' | '''Francine: '''Fern never said she wrote poetry | ||
''' | '''Binky: '''Fern never says anything. | ||
''' | '''Mr. Ratburn''':The judge is famous poet Jack Prelutsky. It's not too late to enter. | ||
''' | '''Francine''':Listen, I'm a poet. Moon, June, spoon, a loon... | ||
''' | |||
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''Fern sits in the cafeteria reading a book. Binky and Rattles walk past her.'' | ''Fern sits in the cafeteria reading a book. Binky and Rattles walk past her.'' | ||
'''Binky:''' Just thinking of poetry, oh, it makes me sleepy. | '''Binky: '''Just thinking of poetry, oh, it makes me sleepy. ''He fakes falling asleep.'' | ||
''He fakes falling asleep.'' | |||
'''Rattles:''' Binky, know what’s twice as boring as a poem? | '''Rattles:''' Binky, know what’s twice as boring as a poem? | ||
'''Binky:''' What? | '''Binky: '''What? | ||
'''Rattles:''' Two poems. | '''Rattles:''' Two poems. | ||
'''Kids:''' (laugh) | '''Kids:''' (laugh) ''Fern looks annoyed, then stands up.'' | ||
''Fern | '''Fern:''' You only make fun because you couldn’t write a poem if you tried. ''She leaves.'' | ||
'''Kids: '''Hhh! | |||
'''Kids:''' | |||
'''Francine:''' That’s the most she’s said all year. | '''Francine:''' That’s the most she’s said all year. | ||
'''Buster:''' You tell ‘em, Fern! (whistles) | '''Buster:''' You tell ‘em, Fern! (whistles) ''Binky gives him a death glare. He shuts up.'' | ||
''Binky gives him a death glare. He shuts up.'' | |||
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''After school the kids run after Fern.'' | ''After school the kids run after Fern.'' | ||
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'''Arthur:''' Me too. No problem. | '''Arthur:''' Me too. No problem. | ||
'''Binky:''' I can write a better poem than you with my brain tied behind my back, Arthur | '''Binky: '''I can write a better poem than you with my brain tied behind my back, Arthur. | ||
''Fern stops so abruptly that the others bang into one another.'' | '''Arthur:''' Ha! Oh yeah? I’d like to see that. ''Fern stops so abruptly that the others bang into one another.'' | ||
'''Kids:''' | '''Kids:''' Ow! Ow! | ||
'''Fern:''' I bet none of you could even write a poem. | '''Fern:''' I bet none of you could even write a poem. | ||
'''Francine:''' I could too. | '''Francine: '''I could too. | ||
'''Arthur | '''Arthur''': Maybe Binky can’t, but I can. | ||
'''Binky | '''Binky''': There’s nothing Arthur can do that I can’t. | ||
'''Muffy | '''Muffy''': You are so rude, Fern. | ||
'' | '''Kids:''' (all talk at once, except Fern) | ||
'''Binky | '''Binky''': Someone hold me back or I’ll write a poem right now. | ||
'''Fern:''' | '''Fern:''' QUIET!! ''A car alarm goes off.'' I bet that none of you can write a poem and finish it in time to submit it to the poetry contest. | ||
'''Francine:''' I bet I can! | '''Francine:''' I bet I can! | ||
'''Arthur | '''Arthur''': I’ll not only finish one, it will be better than Binky’s. | ||
'''Buster:''' Is anyone else hungry? | '''Buster:''' Is anyone else hungry? | ||
'''Fern:''' Anyone who doesn’t has to join the poetry club for a year. Bet, or are you bunch of chickens? | '''Fern:''' Anyone who doesn’t has to join the poetry club for a year. Bet, or are you bunch of chickens? | ||
''She holds out her little finger. The others hook their little fingers in.'' | ''She holds out her little finger. The others hook their little fingers in.'' | ||
'''Arthur:''' '' | '''Arthur:''''' to Buster: ''How do you write a poem? | ||
'''Buster:''' I thought you knew. | '''Buster:''' I thought you knew. | ||
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''Arthur and Buster look through books in the library.'' | ''Arthur and Buster look through books in the library.'' | ||
'''Arthur:''' I don’t want to go to poetry club for a whole year. | '''Arthur:''' I don’t want to go to poetry club for a whole year. | ||
'''Buster:''' It’ll be a cinch. We just find a good poem and write one like it. (reads:) “The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things / of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings / and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.” No, I don’t think I can write like that. | '''Buster:''' It’ll be a cinch. We just find a good poem and write one like it. (reads:) “The time has come, the walrus said, to talk of many things / of shoes and ships and sealing-wax, of cabbages and kings / and why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings.” No, I don’t think I can write like that. | ||
'''Arthur:''' Let’s find one that makes sense. | '''Arthur:''' Let’s find one that makes sense. | ||
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'''Arthur:''' Nothing’s better than my dog. Skip this guy, he doesn’t like dogs. | '''Arthur:''' Nothing’s better than my dog. Skip this guy, he doesn’t like dogs. | ||
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''Arthur and Buster check poetry books in the treehouse.'' | ''Arthur and Buster check poetry books in the treehouse.'' | ||
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'''Arthur:''' That must be about a giant worm. | '''Arthur:''' That must be about a giant worm. | ||
'''Buster:''' Listen to this: | '''Buster:''' Listen to this: “It was the dead who groaned within. | ||
'''Arthur+Buster:''' Cool! | '''Arthur+Buster:''' Cool! | ||
'''Arthur:''' I got one that makes sense. (reads:) | '''Arthur:''' I got one that makes sense. (reads:) “Listen, my children and you shall hear / of the midnight ride of Paul Revere... „ | ||
'''Buster:''' All right. We're ready. | '''Buster:''' All right. We're ready. | ||
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''Binky, Fern, Brain, Buster, Arthur and Muffy sit at a table in the cafeteria.'' | |||
'''Buster:''' How long did you work on your poem last night? | |||
'''Arthur:''' I... sort of watched TV. | |||
'''Fern: '''Brain has finished his poem. ''Arthur spits out milk.'' | |||
'''Arthur:''' Already?? | |||
'''Brain:''' Can I read it to you? Any comments will help me perfect it for the contest. “I, The Brain will explain what makes rain. / Water droplets are what clouds contain. / They reach saturation / become precipitation / hit the ground and go right down the drain.“ | |||
'''Binky: '''(yawns) Fern claps. | |||
'''Muffy: '''I'm done too. „My favourite thing to do is shop / for shoes, shirts, coats, rings...” You can never have enough jewellery. “...and games until I drop. / I love to shop.” | |||
'' | '''Buster:''' That's not a poem, it's a list. | ||
''' | '''Muffy: '''“Shop” rhymes with “drop”. Duh. | ||
''' | '''Fern: '''Everyone else, remember -to have your poems done by tomorrow. | ||
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'''D.W.:''' I know a great poem: “Roses are red / violets are blue / my nose smells / and your feet do too”. | |||
''Arthur | === # === | ||
''Arthur and Buster walk to school with Fern.'' | |||
''' | '''Fern:''' Instead of copying other people’s poems, why not just write about what you like? | ||
''' | '''Buster:''' Who’d want to hear what I like? | ||
''' | '''Fern:''' Who wouldn’t? | ||
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uldn't | |||
' | today is very boring it's a very boring | ||
day there is nothing much to look at | |||
' | there is nothing much to say there's a | ||
peacock on my sneakers there's a penguin | |||
on my head there's a dormouse on my | |||
doorstep I am going back to bed today is | |||
very boring it is boring through and | |||
through there is absolutely nothing that | |||
I think I want to do I see Giants riding | |||
' | rhinos and an ogre with a sword there's | ||
a dragon blowing smoke ring I am | |||
positively bored today is very boring | |||
I can hardly help but yawn there's a | |||
flying saucer landing in the middle of | |||
my lawn a volcano just erupted less than | |||
half a mile away and I think I felt an | |||
' | earthquake it's a very boring day thank | ||
you thank you let's have our first | |||
contestant and the ghosts of all the | |||
' | fallen trees weep for a world that can't | ||
live without them thank you mr. polesky | |||
I have all of your poetry books you are | |||
obviously little girl with impeccable | |||
taste our next poet is francine frensky | |||
my dad took me to a hockey game I got | |||
hit in the head by a puck I get up ow my | |||
head | |||
ow call an ambulance out ow oh brother | |||
this hurts put ice on it is's gonna | |||
swell I got a big old purple lump on my | |||
head and used it for show-and-tell | |||
' | uh sir people think I can't write a poem | ||
but they are so wrong I can write a poem | |||
I wrote this one I wrote this poem and I | |||
gave it the title | |||
' | binky's poem so shut up the end that's | ||
' | not a poem here I'm poem was poem four | ||
times it was great yeah binky our final | |||
poet is Buster Baxter these are the | |||
things that make me nauseous gloppy | |||
green goop that drips from faucets blue | |||
hair that grows on slices of bread when | |||
your big old dog tears in your bag when | |||
a dirty sock drops on your face to you | |||
' | when your friend's baby sister starts to | ||
speak half a worm in the Apple you bit | |||
finding human bone in your jello | |||
throwing no slime lean and yellow and | |||
people who eat creamed corn with their | |||
mouths open so you can see it in i | |||
' | probably shouldn't mention the free | ||
butterscotch pudding being served at the | |||
' | reception Oh Julie I couldn't help it | ||
the street was full of elephants our | |||
final final poem is Jimmy goes to the | |||
city by Arthur read Jimmy was a happy | |||
ape until some hunters caught him he | |||
liked the jungle better than the city | |||
where they brought him the city was | |||
louder this | |||
city was meaner even the dirt and the | |||
jungle was cleaner so Jimmy made a | |||
daring escape the hunters were suddenly | |||
minus-18 he climbed the tallest building | |||
' | because from there he'd seen how far | ||
away the jungle was from the middle of | |||
the city Jimmy jumped into a passing | |||
' | plane but the pilot didn't wait for him | ||
to explain jimmy flew back to the jungle | |||
and all the same friends in their lair | |||
the city is okay for a visit but you | |||
' | couldn't make me live there and the | ||
winner of the contest is I hate | |||
contrasts you all win and nobody has to | |||
join the Poetry Club because they won | |||
the bet but this was young I know lots | |||
of other disgusting if I want to join | |||
'' | hey here's a sign-up list mister / let's | ||
'''Fern:''' Mr. Prelutsky, could you read us another poem? | '''Fern:''' Mr. Prelutsky, could you read us another poem? | ||
'''Jack Prelutsky:''' All right. Well, Buster's poem put me in mind of one of my own, called Jellyfish Stew. "Jellyfish stew, I'm loony for you. I dearly adore you, oh, truly I do." | |||
'''Jack Prelutsky:''' All right. Well, Buster's poem put me in mind of one of my own called | |||
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