Scene Four: Later that day, Elizabeth's house again
Katie: (squeals) We're back! Melanie, check out these ADORABLE blue pajamas we bought!
Jessica: (sniffs) But keep your filthy hands off of them!
Katie: Well, we should dispose of our old pajamas...they're not in fashion. Blue HAS become the new orange.
Elizabeth: Good idea, dear. Melanie! Take these old pajamas to the dump!
Melanie: (chokes) The DUMP? Why not the Salvation Army?
Elizabeth: They're two weeks old! Who would want them? Take them!
Melanie: (stunned, takes pajamas, walks out) She gave these to me to take to the dump. Two weeks old, and red is probably going to be the new blue or something...no, purple is going to be the new blue, and red is going to be the new purple a week later.
(A group of teenage girls passes by)
One of the girls: What? Purple is the new blue? And then red?
Melanie: Uh...just a prediction...
Girl: Wow, this is amazing. I went to an old fortune-teller today and asked her what colors would be in fashion next. Sadly, she's colorblind, but she said that I'd pass by someone who would tell me the answer. Thanks! (hugs Melanie, runs off)
Melanie: (stunned) Well now they'll be in style, since all of them are going to start wearing purple...then red...I could use this to my advantage...(drops pink silk pajamas off at Salvation Army, stuffs red pajamas under her shirt, runs home)
Elizabeth: Good, you're back. I need you to--(stops, stares at Melanie) You're looking chunkier now...
Melanie: Must be the ten pounds of lard.
Elizabeth: (looks satisfied) All right, then, you may go to your room.
Melanie: (goes to her room) Great...I hope red will be in style by the sleepover. It will be in style in maybe...a week? When's the sleepover? She never told me...(goes to kitchen, looks at calendar) It's in three days? But purple will be in fashion then...I need purple pajamas...
Katie: (runs out of her room, shouting) Muuum...Jenny called me and told me that purple is in fashion now...and apparently red is going to be the new purple in a few days! I need red pajamas!
Melanie: Well that simplifies things a little...
Katie: (squeals) We're back! Melanie, check out these ADORABLE blue pajamas we bought!
Jessica: (sniffs) But keep your filthy hands off of them!
Katie: Well, we should dispose of our old pajamas...they're not in fashion. Blue HAS become the new orange.
Elizabeth: Good idea, dear. Melanie! Take these old pajamas to the dump!
Melanie: (chokes) The DUMP? Why not the Salvation Army?
Elizabeth: They're two weeks old! Who would want them? Take them!
Melanie: (stunned, takes pajamas, walks out) She gave these to me to take to the dump. Two weeks old, and red is probably going to be the new blue or something...no, purple is going to be the new blue, and red is going to be the new purple a week later.
(A group of teenage girls passes by)
One of the girls: What? Purple is the new blue? And then red?
Melanie: Uh...just a prediction...
Girl: Wow, this is amazing. I went to an old fortune-teller today and asked her what colors would be in fashion next. Sadly, she's colorblind, but she said that I'd pass by someone who would tell me the answer. Thanks! (hugs Melanie, runs off)
Melanie: (stunned) Well now they'll be in style, since all of them are going to start wearing purple...then red...I could use this to my advantage...(drops pink silk pajamas off at Salvation Army, stuffs red pajamas under her shirt, runs home)
Elizabeth: Good, you're back. I need you to--(stops, stares at Melanie) You're looking chunkier now...
Melanie: Must be the ten pounds of lard.
Elizabeth: (looks satisfied) All right, then, you may go to your room.
Melanie: (goes to her room) Great...I hope red will be in style by the sleepover. It will be in style in maybe...a week? When's the sleepover? She never told me...(goes to kitchen, looks at calendar) It's in three days? But purple will be in fashion then...I need purple pajamas...
Katie: (runs out of her room, shouting) Muuum...Jenny called me and told me that purple is in fashion now...and apparently red is going to be the new purple in a few days! I need red pajamas!
Melanie: Well that simplifies things a little...