THEIR CHRISTMAS PARTY
ACT I
Time: Afternoon of the 24th of December.
Scene: A street corner on a snowy day. Barrels and boxes in front of a small grocery store. Enter Dick and Dot, well wrapped up, dragging a sled.
Dick. Whew! that's a dandy coast, but it's pretty hard work pulling up.
Dot. Let's sit down a minute and rest. [They draw sled to left of stage and sit down side by side on it.] I'm so tired. Oh, Dick, I thought we were going to run over that poor gray cat, didn't you?
Dick [nodding]. It's lucky for her that she knew how to jump. The Comet would have hit her sure! This rope needs tying tighter. [Goes to front of sled and kneels down, fixing rope.]
Dot [looking around]. It's so nice and quiet here. No big boys ever coast on this street. Big boys always bump into you.
Dick [shaking his mitten at her]. Now, Dot, that's just the very reason I don't like it. You don't know how much more fun it would be to have just lots and lots of boys on this track all the time, climbing up and whizzing down. I bet none of them could beat this old sled.
Dot [doubtfully]. Maybe it would be nice, but, Dick, I think it's such fun to have just us two.