| Sherly: |
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What are you? What are you doin’ here? Who are you? Do you eat wire?
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| Mikey: |
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Hold up. You are asking too many questions and I don’t understand what you’re saying.
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| Sherly: |
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Sorry, I’m scared. Answer my questions. Please. |
| Mikey: |
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I am a free star that has a lot of goals to reach. I’m trying to be known. I was just exploring this beautiful room. No, I’m a vegetarian. I’m very nice, I think I am. Who are you?
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| Sherly: |
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I’m Sherly.
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| Mikey: |
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What are you doing here all messed up? Look at you. Your wires are pulled out. Some parts look scraped as if you fell. |
| Sherly: |
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It’s a long story. |
| Mikey: |
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I want to hear it.
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| Sherly: |
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NO! You’re a stranger. Your are a weird looking thing. A star, if that’s what you say you are. |
| Mikey: |
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You got an attitude. |
| Sherly: |
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NO. I don’t. Stop being nosy.
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| Mikey: |
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I can help if you want |
| Sherly: |
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No I don’t need any help. |
| Mikey: |
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You look like you do. You’re all beaten up. |
| Sherly: |
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I can take care of myself. |
| Mikey: |
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It doesn’t look like it.
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| Sherly: |
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Well guess what, you don’t know me to tell me anything. |
| Mikey: |
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Look, I’m here trying to be nice and you’re having a fit. |
| Sherly: |
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How are you trying to be nice? You’re butting in my business. |
| Mikey: |
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Wait, do you hear that? |
| Sherly: |
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(wiggles to Mikey)
What is it? |
| Mikey: |
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The closet doors are opening |
| Sherly: |
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What’s behind it? |
| Mikey: |
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Oh it was just the wind. |
| Sherly: |
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Jerk. You scared me half to death. |
| Mikey: |
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You’re rude. I would leave but I don’t want to leave you alone. |
| Sherly: |
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Go ahead leave. See if I care. |
| Mikey: |
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It’s all in your face you’re scared. But I don’t care what you say, I’m not leaving. |
| Sherly: |
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Why do you care so much? |
| Mikey: |
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I don’t. I just don’t want to leave you alone. Why don’t you leave? |
| Sherly: |
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I’m scared of those dark corridors and the open windows. Something might creep up and eat me or hurt me. Plus I can’t leave. This place is my new home. |
| Mikey: |
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How did you end up here? |
| Sherly: |
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It’s a weird story you won’t understand. Well, my dad brought me here. The rest is too complicated for you to understand.e verge of crying) |
| Mikey: |
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I’m not stupid, even if I do look stupid. |
| Sherly: |
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I didn’t say you were stupid. You’re retarded. Just kidding. |
| Mikey: |
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Nice joke. Ha Ha Ha. |
| Sherly: |
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What’s your name? |
| Mikey: |
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Sorry I didn’t tell you. It’s Mikey. (sadly) Just Mikey. |
| Sherly: |
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What do you mean just Mikey? |
| Mikey: |
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Why do you care? |
| Sherly: |
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Dang. What’s wrong with you? |
| Mikey: |
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What do you mean what’s wrong with me? |
| Sherly: |
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You just had a mood swing. |
| Mikey: |
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No I didn’t. I just wanted to show you how you were acting. |
| Sherly: |
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Oh. Sorry. |
| Mikey: |
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No problem dude. |
| Sherly: |
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Why did you say your name is just Mikey? |
| Mikey: |
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Because I want to be known. Not just Mikey the unknown star. I want to be “Mikey the Ball player” or “Mikey the Great.” |
| Sherly: |
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What makes you want to be known? |
| Mikey: |
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Before I used to live on a pole. I belonged to a flag. But I didn’t know what I was. I was tired of seeing the same old things. I wanted to become someone big so I left. |
| Sherly: |
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Did you like the flag? |
| Mikey: |
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Yes. I liked it but not loved it enough to be there forever. I was proud to represent. But something was missing. |
| Sherly: |
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What was missing? |
| Mikey: |
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Happiness, and fame. |
| Sherly: |
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What do you mean happiness? I would love to be in your place. You had a good life. |
| Mikey: |
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But not the life I wanted. |
| Sherly: |
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You’re nuts. I never had to represent anything. No one knows me, or seen me. I’m an outcast. I have not been proud of anything |
| Mikey: |
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My life was not so great. I saw the same things every day. |
| Sherly: |
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Don’t some things change? Things don’t stay the same forever. And you see different faces. |
| Mikey: |
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Some things do stay the same. |
| Sherly: |
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But not all. You see new things. People look up to you, respect you, salute you, and what else. You’re living like a king compared to me. |
| Mikey: |
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Like I said, it’s not what I wanted. |
| Sherly: |
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What is there not to want? You are spoiled. Things like you don’t see what they have. Me, I never had anything that belonged to me. Look at me! Look how messed up I look. Look how clean you are. |
| Mikey: |
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You don’t look too bad. |
| Sherly: |
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Yes I do! Stop lying. Be real. I hate fake things. I’ve been hurt sooo many ways. How have you been hurt? I doubt anything has harmed you. |
| Mikey: |
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Guess what, I didn’t grow up with a mom or dad. No one besides my Grandma. It hurts seeing things with a family. |
| Sherly: |
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At least no one’s hurting you. Beating you up. Being a tool to hurt someone else. Being around an alcoholic. Doesn’t care about me. Says it does but doesn’t act like it. |
| Mikey: |
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You act like you’ve been the only one that’s hurt. |
| Sherly: |
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Guess what, I’m not acting like I’m the only hurt one. I know people have been hurt worse. But you didn’t get beat almost every other day or been close to death. |
| Mikey: |
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No, I haven’t. |
| Sherly: |
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My dad hated me. He tried to do anything to kill me. But still wanted me to suffer. It didn’t hurt on the outside but it hurt on the inside. |
| Mikey: |
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You are right. I did have a good life. |
| Sherly: |
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No. You had a great life. |
| Mikey: |
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You know I was scared to leave. I didn’t want to leave my Grandma. |
| Sherly: |
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Wow. I didn’t want to leave but I was forced to. I was unconscious when I got here. |
| Mikey: |
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Sorry. |
| Sherly: |
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You ain’t sorry. You don’t even know what happened. |
| Mikey: |
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My feelings are confused. I feel horrible for the way you look and the things that happened to you. I didn’t know what else to say. I now see that I did have a good life. |
| Sherly: |
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You don’t have to say anything. I’m tired of people always saying they feel bad. I’ve been lied to, too many times. It hurts. Compare my life to yours. |
| Mikey: |
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I’ve been hurt, even if it’s in simple ways. I’ve still been hurt. |
| Sherly: |
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There has been a lot of things in my life. |
| Mikey: |
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Why were you so closed at first then you just busted and opened up? |
| Sherly: |
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Because I wanted to prove a point. Things like you don’t appreciate what you have. It got me annoyed because you bragged about wanting to leave when I wanted to stay. |
| Mikey: |
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Why did you want to stay? |
| Sherly: |
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Because I was with my lil brother Sam. I didn’t want to leave him. I felt safe at home. A weird safe. The only thing that could hurt me was my dad. Other than that, I had what I wanted. Even if they were little things. |
| Mikey: |
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How did you feel safe when you were getting beaten up? |
| Sherly: |
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I had a roof over my head. I knew where everything was. I saw any new thing that came into my house. I had food brought to me. Here I’m scared, I don’t know anything or anyone. I don’t have any food or even Sam, the one person I confided in. |
| Mikey: |
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I thought you would be tired of the way you were being treated. And how the anger of a person could be taken out on you. |
| Sherly: |
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Guess what, I might have been fed up with the way I was being treated but I had a family. Most of all I had my brother. I don’t really care about the rest. Beaten or not. |
| Mikey: |
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I wouldn’t think you would want to be around so much violence just to be with one person. |
| Sherly: |
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Well that one person is very important to me. I would do anything for him. |
| Mikey: |
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All my life I’ve wanted to be someone big. But things were holding me back. I wanted everything for myself. I left my Grandma just thinking about me! Now I feel angry and selfish for only thinking about myself. |
| Sherly: |
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Why were you thinking only about yourself? |
| Mikey: |
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I thought no one cared about me. But now that I look at it, my Grandma really cared and only wanted me to be happy. She didn’t care if she was left alone. |
| Sherly: |
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Why else would she let you leave? Because she was tired of you, or had no faith? |
| Mikey: |
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I never saw it that way. My Grandma wants me to succeed. She didn’t want me to have the same lifestyle she had. And wanted me to be happy. |
| Sherly: |
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How were things holding you back? You had lots of support. I wanted to be a singer but now that I’m here I realized that’s not what I truly want. |
| Mikey: |
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I’m still trying to become someone big, and famous. At first I just wanted to be free. But now that I’m free I want to make it big. |
| Sherly: |
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I really believe in you and I’m happy that you got what you wanted.
(Sherly starts crying)
I really want to go home. I’m tired of this place. I don’t know anything around here. |
| Mikey: |
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Don’t worry. |
| Sherly: |
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(crying)
What do you mean don’t worry? I don’t know how my brother is, or if he’s getting hurt. Maybe something really bad happened to him. It’s driving me crazy not knowing how he is |
| Mikey: |
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I think you should find a way to go home. |
| Sherly: |
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What do you mean go home? I can’t go home. This is my home now. Whether I like it or not. |
| Mikey: |
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You can go home. Ask your dad to give you another chance. Even though you didn’t do anything. |
| Sherly: |
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It’ll be hard to go home. My dad beat me up and left me here. He was drunk and said he didn’t want to see me again. |
| Mikey: |
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Don’t think about your dad. Think about your brother. |
| Sherly: |
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I do. But my dad keeps coming in my head. |
| Mikey: |
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Your dad is not the main thing here, it’s you getting back with your brother. |
| Sherly: |
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That is true. My dad is not so important. I can make a deal with him or something. |
| Mikey: |
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So do you want to go home and ask your dad for another chance? |
| Sherly: |
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Yes. I really want to see Sam. |
| Mikey: |
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We need to make a plan. |
| Sherly: |
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What kind of plan? |
| Mikey: |
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How to get to your house and for you to talk to your dad. You know what I’m saying? |
| Sherly: |
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Kinda. My house is not too far from here. I live in a small cabin in a small town. We can get there in a day or so. |
| Mikey: |
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First we need sleep. |
| Sherly: |
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Why sleep? |
| Mikey: |
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We need to rest. |
| Sherly: |
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Wait I can’t sleep. I really want to leave this place. I’ve been here way too long. Can we please start going? I need to see Sam. Plus I really don’t trust sleeping here. |
| Mikey: |
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This place is nice. It smells good. And it’s beautiful. Everything is calm. |
| Sherly: |
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There’s something freaky about it. Stop the chit-chatting. Let’s start leaving. Please. |
| Mikey: |
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Okay. Are we going to walk? |
| Sherly: |
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Yes. How else can we get there? |
| Mikey: |
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Okay. Let’s go. |
| Sherly: |
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Thank you very much for standing by my side. You have been very helpful. Sorry I’ve been such a brat. |
| Mikey: |
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Don’t worry about it. Thank you for helping me realize the things I had. You made me see things much clearer. |
| Sherly: |
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You’ve been helping me since we first met. I really appreciate you staying. You are someone important. |
| Mikey: |
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No I’m not. |
| Sherly: |
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I think you are. You’re “Mikey the Great Helping Star.” What else do you want? |
| Mikey: |
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Finally I’m someone. I don’t need anything else. (talking to himself) Mikey the Great Helping Star. Sounds good. |
| Sherly: |
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Ok, let’s go.
(They start leaving) |
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The End. |
