It was a normal day at Lindbergh Elementary School. Ms. Fowl was going over
her boring lectures. Then the bell rang.
"Students," said Ms. Fowl "I have an important announcement."
Then with a long and boring sigh they sat back down to their seats and listened with anticipation.
"Tomorrow after school we will be having auditions for the famous William Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet" in the auditorium. If you would want to go the auditions, please sign up right now on the audition sheet on my desk."
After she said the announcement, Jimmy signed his name so fast that nobody saw him get up, and then everybody stood up started talking about the play.
"Hey Jimmy," said Sheen "are you trying out for the school play?"
"Yeah," said Jimmy shrugging his shoulders forgetting that nobody saw him get up "since my inventions are all done I have a lot of extra time on my hands."
"But Jimmy," said Carl "have you ever read the play?"
"Yeah," said Jimmy curiously "why do you ask?"
"Because at the end Romeo gets to be kissed by Juliet right before they die."
"I know," said Jimmy "but I doubt if I am going to be cast for Romeo."
"Like what girl would want to kiss you?" said Cindy right behind them with Libby.
"Who was asking you, Vortex?" said Jimmy defiantly.
"She's just pointing out the obvious," said Libby with her hands on her hips.
"Like would want to kiss a spoiled brat like you, Vortex."
They kept on arguing until they went into each other's houses with their friends behind them. They went to their houses did their homework ate and dinner.
"How was school today, Jimbo?" asked Hugh.
"Not bad," said Jimmy shrugging his shoulders "they're having an audition for "Romeo and Juliet" and I am going to try out."
"That's great," said Judy.
"You know I tried out for "Romeo and Juliet" and I was Romeo," said Hugh gladly.
"You did," said Judy "you never told me that."
"I thought I did," said Hugh "I must get help for these darn memory back- outs."
Jimmy giggled while his father told him all about how he turned the whole scenery apart and how he landed on the girl playing Juliet. After he ate dinner he went to bed and thought about whom would be chosen for Romeo and Juliet. He woke up at the sound of his alarm clock sounding like a missile count down.
"Abort mission, abort mission," he screamed as he turned the alarm off.
He did what he normally does in the morning. He took a shower, ate breakfast and ran to school (because he missed the bus again) and sat threw one of Ms. Fowl's boring lectures. Then went to the auditorium for the auditions.
"Hello," said the stage director "I'm Mr. Davis, and lets get the auditions started. I want the boys on the left and the girls on the right."
Mr. Davis was a tall black man, with a nice mustache and with a nice wide, white smile that could, and did, light up a room. Then all the boys went to the left and the girl's right. He didn't have to speak so loud because it was only six of them: Brittany, Libby, Cindy, Carl, Sheen and Jimmy.
"Now all the girls will come up by the order I call them in, get a piece of paper with some stuff from "Romeo and Juliet" and recite it. First up, Brittany."
Brittany went up and recited horribly, then it was Libby she was good and defiantly better than Brittany was, but it left something to be desired. And finally it was the last one, Cindy. "Carl, Sheen?" asked Jimmy.
"Yeah," said Carl.
"Did you know that Cindy was trying out for the play?"
"Of course," said Carl grinning "you and Cindy always competed with everything," he said grinning "and she was not passing up a chance to compete with you."
She was magnificent; she said it with such enthusiasm, with such feeling Brittany was jealous.
"Okay," said Mr. Davis "next will all the boys come up."
Sheen recited just like Brittany, just plain horrible. Carl on the other hand recited better than expected (maybe because he remembered some of it from Birth of a Salesman.) But nobody was better than Jimmy. He recited the part as if he was born to play the part. When the auditions were done Mr. Davis announced the parts.
"After some real hard thinking, the parts go like this: Sheen is the friar, Brittany, the background, Libby the nurse, Cindy the Juliet and Jimmy is Romeo.
Both Jimmy and Cindy screamed in unison "NOOOOOOO!"
So how do you like it, bad, good? Please R/R
"Students," said Ms. Fowl "I have an important announcement."
Then with a long and boring sigh they sat back down to their seats and listened with anticipation.
"Tomorrow after school we will be having auditions for the famous William Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet" in the auditorium. If you would want to go the auditions, please sign up right now on the audition sheet on my desk."
After she said the announcement, Jimmy signed his name so fast that nobody saw him get up, and then everybody stood up started talking about the play.
"Hey Jimmy," said Sheen "are you trying out for the school play?"
"Yeah," said Jimmy shrugging his shoulders forgetting that nobody saw him get up "since my inventions are all done I have a lot of extra time on my hands."
"But Jimmy," said Carl "have you ever read the play?"
"Yeah," said Jimmy curiously "why do you ask?"
"Because at the end Romeo gets to be kissed by Juliet right before they die."
"I know," said Jimmy "but I doubt if I am going to be cast for Romeo."
"Like what girl would want to kiss you?" said Cindy right behind them with Libby.
"Who was asking you, Vortex?" said Jimmy defiantly.
"She's just pointing out the obvious," said Libby with her hands on her hips.
"Like would want to kiss a spoiled brat like you, Vortex."
They kept on arguing until they went into each other's houses with their friends behind them. They went to their houses did their homework ate and dinner.
"How was school today, Jimbo?" asked Hugh.
"Not bad," said Jimmy shrugging his shoulders "they're having an audition for "Romeo and Juliet" and I am going to try out."
"That's great," said Judy.
"You know I tried out for "Romeo and Juliet" and I was Romeo," said Hugh gladly.
"You did," said Judy "you never told me that."
"I thought I did," said Hugh "I must get help for these darn memory back- outs."
Jimmy giggled while his father told him all about how he turned the whole scenery apart and how he landed on the girl playing Juliet. After he ate dinner he went to bed and thought about whom would be chosen for Romeo and Juliet. He woke up at the sound of his alarm clock sounding like a missile count down.
"Abort mission, abort mission," he screamed as he turned the alarm off.
He did what he normally does in the morning. He took a shower, ate breakfast and ran to school (because he missed the bus again) and sat threw one of Ms. Fowl's boring lectures. Then went to the auditorium for the auditions.
"Hello," said the stage director "I'm Mr. Davis, and lets get the auditions started. I want the boys on the left and the girls on the right."
Mr. Davis was a tall black man, with a nice mustache and with a nice wide, white smile that could, and did, light up a room. Then all the boys went to the left and the girl's right. He didn't have to speak so loud because it was only six of them: Brittany, Libby, Cindy, Carl, Sheen and Jimmy.
"Now all the girls will come up by the order I call them in, get a piece of paper with some stuff from "Romeo and Juliet" and recite it. First up, Brittany."
Brittany went up and recited horribly, then it was Libby she was good and defiantly better than Brittany was, but it left something to be desired. And finally it was the last one, Cindy. "Carl, Sheen?" asked Jimmy.
"Yeah," said Carl.
"Did you know that Cindy was trying out for the play?"
"Of course," said Carl grinning "you and Cindy always competed with everything," he said grinning "and she was not passing up a chance to compete with you."
She was magnificent; she said it with such enthusiasm, with such feeling Brittany was jealous.
"Okay," said Mr. Davis "next will all the boys come up."
Sheen recited just like Brittany, just plain horrible. Carl on the other hand recited better than expected (maybe because he remembered some of it from Birth of a Salesman.) But nobody was better than Jimmy. He recited the part as if he was born to play the part. When the auditions were done Mr. Davis announced the parts.
"After some real hard thinking, the parts go like this: Sheen is the friar, Brittany, the background, Libby the nurse, Cindy the Juliet and Jimmy is Romeo.
Both Jimmy and Cindy screamed in unison "NOOOOOOO!"
So how do you like it, bad, good? Please R/R
