D.W.'s Deer Friend/Transcript

Introduction

The Reads sit at the dinner table.

Arthur: Wow! Double decker carrot cake? My favorite!

Mrs. Read:  Well, everyone, it’s time for another weekend trip.

Arthur: Oh no.

Mrs. Read:  What’s wrong? I thought you’d be excited about a trip.

Arthur: It’s D.W.’s turn to choose. That probably means… Ponyland.

Mr. Read:  How bad could Ponyland be?

Arthur: Em…     In his imagination, preschoolers and ponies sing and dance around his chair.   Augh! My brain is melting!    The fantasy ends.    Suddenly I’m not hungry.

Mrs. Read:  We’ll all have fun. I promise.

Mr. Read:  It’s your choice, D.W.

D.W.: Hm. Where do I want us all to go? I’ll have to think about it.

Arthur: Come on, D.W. We know where you want to go.   D.W. starts pacing the room.

D.W.: Whatever place I name is where we’re all going to go. Mommy, Daddy, Kate and Arthur.

Arthur: Say it! Go ahead and say it!

D.W.: I choose that we all go…

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

D.W. Read: Yeah!

Walter (deer): She watched me all weekend from the bushes! I wish I could have brought her to live with us.

Walter's father: Now you know those animals never stay very long, and they live in those metal rolling things. She'd never have been happy out here.

Walter: Yeah, I guess you're right.

(they leave)