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Arthur's Faraway Friend/Transcript
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Arthur and Buster are lying under a tree in the Reads’ garden.
Arthur: We can’t take this lying down. A couple of months is… practically forever.
Buster: I don’t wanna go, but I kinda do. Since my parents got divorced, I’ve never spent a lot of time with my dad.
Arthur: I’ve got a plan! He jumps up.
Buster: What? What?
Arthur: We’ll do exactly what the heroes in our book would do.
Buster follows Arthur to the house where Arthur gets two shovels.
Arthur: We’ll dig a pit under my house, and you’ll live in it. They’ll never find you. Arthur starts digging.
Buster: I’ll live in a pit?
Arthur: (pants) Yeah. And I’ll sneak you leftovers from the table. Buster stops. Dig! Dig!
Buster: You know, Arthur, seeing my dad is more fun than living in a pit.
Arthur: (pants) But you don’t want to go. Do you?
Buster: I guess I sort of do want to go.
In his imagination, Arthur as Robin Hood climbs a rope up a cliff. Buster holds the rope but suddenly lets go.
Friar Buster: Oh, I’ve got to go. See ya!
Arthur Hood: Ahhh!
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While playing rollerskate hockey, Arthur has a Jedi-like vision of Buster.
Arthur: Use the force, Arthur.
Buster: What are you talking about?
Arthur: Oh, I don’t know. I just thought it was funny.
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Arthur sits at the dinner table looking glum. D.W. comes in with a package.
Mrs. Read: This package came in the mail for you, Arthur.
The package is addressed to “Arthur Ried, 1125 Main St., Elwood City”.
Arthur: It’s from Buster. He always spells “Read” wrong. He can read all right, but he can’t write “Read”.
