Back
to the old setting: The Orphanage
Loracarol: Miss Kagura is
hugging Rin.
Miss. Kagura: My god, I thought I lost you. You
scared me to death. I was worried sick, officer. Oh, you poor thing,
I hope you didn't catch a cold out there. What would I ever
do without you?
Rin: Scrub the floors yourself? (Kagura pushes Rin
to the back of her)
Miss. Kagura: Thank you, Officer; you don't
know how much she means to me. Of all my little girls, Rin here is my
favorite. Thanks for bringing her back.
Officer Miroku: Well,
seein' as she really means that much to you, ma'am, I guess I
don't mind that I spent the whole night chasing after her.
Miss.
Kagura: Well, if there's anything I can do to repay you,
officer.
Officer Miroku: Well actually there is.
Miss. Kagura:
Uh-huh.
Officer Miroku: There was this mangy mutt with her that
got away, if he comes sniffing around, give a holler, and he's off
to pound.
Miss.
Kagura Oh, yes, sir, you can count on me, sir.
Officer Miroku:
Thank you.
Miss. Kagura: For anything! Ta-ta!
Loracarol: The police man leaves the orphanage.
Miss.
Kagura: (Holding Rin by the neck) Now, you, if the board of orphans
find out about this, they'll come searching here and I can lose my
Job.
Rin: But I thought you hated your Job.
Miss. Kagura: Oh
no, I love my Job, its kids I hate! You wait here, I'm gonna go
cook up your punishment.
Pepper: Miss Kagura, we saw a mouse! Its
there!
July: No, its there!
Pepper: I'm telling ya, its
there!
Loracarol:
Pepper steps on Miss Kagura's foot
Miss. Kagura: Get out of
here, all of ya, move it! Ow.
Loracarol:
All the orphans leave Miss Kagura.
Miss. Kagura: Little
girls, little girls, everywhere I turn, I can see them. Little girls,
little girls, night and day I eat, sleep, and breathe them. I'm an
ordinary woman with feeling, I'd like a man to nibble on my ear,
but I'll admit no man has bit, so how come I'm the mother
of the year? Little cheeks, little teeth, everything around me
is...little. If I rang little necks, surly I would get (She picks
up a doll and twist her neck) acquittal! Some woman are drippin'
with diamonds, some woman are drippin' with pearls. Lucky me, lucky
me, look at what I'm drippin with little girls. How I hate little
shoes, little socks, and each little bloomer. I'd have cracked
years ago if it weren't for my sense of humor! Someday, I'll step
on their freckles, some night straighten their curls! Send the flood;
send the flu, anything that you can do to little girls. Someday I'll
land in the nuthouse, with all the nuts and the squirrels! There I'll
stay, tucked away, till the Prohibition of little girls!
Loracarol: Miss. Kagura walks back to Rin with a toothbrush.
Miss.
Kagura: Okay, missy, I don't want you to ever do this again. So
you're gonna scrub every inch of this dump with this. (Shows her
the toothbrush) Glad your back?
Rin: Yes, Miss Kagura.
Miss.
Kagura: Liar. What's the one thing I always taught you?
Rin:
Never tell a lie.
Miss. Kagura: That's right (Hands her the
toothbrush).
Loracarol: Kagome comes in.
Kagome: Excuse me I
was told I'd find a Miss. Kagura here.
Miss. Kagura: And who
might you be?
Kagome: (Holding out her hand to shake hands) I'm
Kagome the city board of orphans sent me.
