Adelle
“The High School Graduation”
NARRATOR: “Once there was a 17-year old girl named
Anne Shea. Anne was going to graduate from high school in a week then. Anne
thought people would not throw a party for her because she never gets a
birthday party, no, nothing at all. But she was just about to find out she was
wrong.”
ANNE: “Mom, Jz was in my room again!”
JZ: (Anne’s brother) “No I was not!”
ANNE: “Yes you were!”
JZ: “No I wasn’t!”
MOM: “Stop it both of you!”
MOM: “Go to your room Jz. You know you can’t go into
Anne’s room.” “Anne you know Jz is younger than you so stop bugging him.”
ANNE: “but..”
MOM: “No buts. Conversation closed.”
NARRATOR: “Anne watched Jz walk to his room. Before
walking in he turned around and glared stuck out his tongue. Then he stomped
into his room.”
ANNE: “You are a big pile of dirt!”
JZ: “Maybe I
am.”
NARRATOR: “A week later, in mid summer Anne was upset
because she was graduating the next day...”
ANNE: “Mom, can I have a graduation party?”
MOM: “I don’t think so.”
NARRATOR: “The next day, it was Anne’s last day at
High school.”
MOM: “Anne you have someone at the door for you!”
ANNE: “Mom why do you always have to snoop into my
room? Anyway who is it?”
MOM: “Someone, “You’ll find out just go to the door.”
ANNE: “Okay, are you sure they want me and not Jz,
dad or you because I never get that many people around here who want to see
me.”
JZ: “Anne
it’s Olivia and Mary they want to
tell you something that is very surprising!”
MARY: “Anne please come down quick, Olivia has something
to say.”
OLIVIA: “Anne you aren’t getting a graduation party?”
ANNE: “I know, I never get parties.”
NARRATOR: “An hour later”
ANNE: “Mom where are you taking me?”
MOM: “You’ll see soon enough.”
MOM: “Here we are.”
NARRATOR: “Anne heard music and yelling. The yelling
was from Mary, Olivia, and Janny. They were saying: “She’s here, she’s here,
hide everyone!” Anne walk around into the room it was empty except a turntable,
chairs, tables, food, stage, and disco lights.”
ANNE: “What is this place?”
MOM: “Here she is! Come out all of you!”
NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, AND FAMILY: “Surprise! Happy
graduation!”
ANNE: “Thank you,
thank you, thank you so much. I have never had a party in my life!”
MARY:”Oh Anne, I’m so sorry, me and Olivia were
lying. You did get a party.
JANNY: “We are going to tell you (Olivia and Mary
too) how your dad skipped work and your grandparents came all the way from
California.”
OLIVIA: “It was your dad’s idea, he put a lot into
the party.”
ANNE: “Thank you!”
NARRATOR: “And from that day on Anne got birthday
parties and parties on the holiday’s”
Dear Adelle,
ReplyDeleteThis is a special story about a graduation party. I wonder why Anne hadn't gotten parties before. Maybe her parents thought that parties weren't important, or that they didn't have the money or time for a party. It was a special thing for Anne to get that surprise party wasn't it?
When you get to be as old as Anne was, and a little older, one of the fun things that happens is that you get to start planning parties for yourself. Surprises are nice, but sometimes it is nice just to invite people to a party.
The dialog with JZ sounds very real. JZ's name seems very much like my husband's name, JT.
Crossing Rebecca