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Prunella's Special Edition/Transcript
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Prunella imagines Lakewood Elementary as “Pigblisters School of Charms, Tricks & Spells”. Mr. Ratburn’s car gets caught by a tree.
Mr. Ratburn: Mr. Morris! The Mangling Maple needs trimming again. It’s getting wild.
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Prunella: Everybody knows what’s going on but me. I’m as lost as Perse-PHONE in “The Tweezers of Woe”.
Mr. Ratburn: I believe it’s pronounced Per-SE-pho-nee.
Prunella: Huh?
Mr. Ratburn: Persephone. Taken from Greek Mythology. She was the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.
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Prunella gets an E-Mail from Arthur.
Prunella: (reads:) “Prunella, I just finished reading chapter twelve, Arthur. P.S.: Henry turns himself into a kumquat.” Aughh!!
Buster: I thought you were on chapter six.
Arthur: Actually I haven’t even finished chapter three yet.
Buster: Wow. I gotta go!
Arthur: Why?
Buster: I’m on chapter four. I wanna keep my lead.
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Prunella has tried without success to learn Braille.
Prunella: I guess I could use it as a paperweight.
She bumps into Marina. Both girls fall down.
Marina: Oh.
Prunella: Oh. Marina feels for her cane.
Marina: In bowling I think that’s called a strike. They get up. My name’s Marina.
Prunella: Oh, hello. I’m Prunella. Marina picks up Henry Skreever.
Marina: Is this one mine? Whoa, this is the new Henry Skreever.
Prunella: You read Braille?
Marina: Ya, don’t you?
Prunella: Oh, er… no. I’m not, um…
Marina: Blind? (chuckles) It’s all right to say it. How did you get your hands on a Braille copy of “The Cabbage of Mayhem”? I’ve been trying to get one for weeks.
Prunella: So you haven’t read it yet either?
Marina: Nope. She feels the first page. Oh, gosh, this is really cool. Hey, Prunella, I know we just met and all, but since Braille’s not you thing, can I borrow it?
Prunella: You can have it.
Marina: Oh, I couldn’t take it for good. This one has your name on it.
Prunella: It does?
Marina: Here, give me your hand. It says: Marina moves Prunella’s hand over the book cover. "This book belongs to Prunella". If you want it I could read it to you.
Prunella: Oh, um, I kind of wanted to read it myself. I do all the voices out loud. But you can still borrow it.
Marina: Great. I’ll meet you’re here next Saturday to give it back. She sits down at a table. Prunella walks away. Oh, so soon, too. Henry Skreever, you don’t waste a second. Prunella comes back.
Prunella: Wait, wait! What happened? Tell me! She sits down at the table.
Marina: Okay then. From the top. “Henry awoke to the sound of a creaking, croaking voice. His enchanted dresser was talking again, and it had a strange tale to tell."
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Marina reads to Prunella at Prunella’s home.
Marina: (reads:) "Chapter twelve: Henry and the Kumquat."
Prunella: Hey, Marina. You know, you do Persephone’s voice perfectly.
Marina: Without you, I’d still be saying Perse-PHONE. Both laugh. Would you pass the pumpkin juice please.