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Monologue
Mania Day #287 by Janet S. Tiger Giving Thanks Nov. 26, 2014 Note: A few words about 'free' - all these monologues are protected under copyright law and are free to read, free to perform and video as long as no money is charged. Once you charge admission or a donation, or include my work in an anthology, you need to contact me for royalty info.
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Other monologues from Book of Teas - Day # 15, 51, 52, 53, 69, 84, 96, 105, 118, 156, 173, 175-8,181, 184-5, 269)
Giving Thanks
(from Book of Teas)
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
A monologue by Janet S. Tiger © all rights reserved
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(This is T's Daddy, who is a big man, full of life and he is shaking his head at T. He has a deep Southern accent, too.)
Can you hear me?
(He nods at T)
(He kneels down next to her)
So, T, if you can learn how to be thankful for what you have, you will get to live in and enjoy every day of your life, even the ones that don't seem so good.
Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
Luck - everyone has luck! They just can't see it cause most people are
blinder than bats. You have
luck right now, T, and I bet you don't see it.'
Here you are, complainin about (imitates his daughter) Bertie made me my least favorite breakfast, corn muffins! They stick in my throat and make me cough for HOURS, Daddy, just hours, and then, when I was walkin to school, I encountered my arch nemasis Carol May Andrews, who had a new dress and was very mean to me........'
(He pretends to cry)
'And then there was school!'
(He stops and leans close in to T.)
Can you see me, T?
(He listens)
(He listens)
Can you hear me?
(He nods at T)
Good, that means your brain is workin', too. Three lucky things
and you are not even aware of
them.
(He watches her think on this)
(Kinder) Most people don't realize that the only real luck on this earth is the fact we are given today.
(He watches her think on this)
(Kinder) Most people don't realize that the only real luck on this earth is the fact we are given today.
Today! Today is your lucky
day. No matter what happens to you today, it is better by far than any day for the people in the
cemetery over by the edge of town. They have no more luck. Their luck has run out. You, on the
other hand, have the luck of today, being
able to see the sunshine, and hear the crickets, and enjoy being miserable if
you so desire. You have
choices, my lovely daughter, and that, that is what luck is.
Most
people have no idea how very lucky they are, how much they have to be thankful for! They complain bitterly and moan about things that
others would be happy to have to complain about!
You may not understand
this now, but watch, and listen. When our dear neighbor, Mz Gautier
talks with your mother about how her
new car is not the color she
ordered, I want you to watch the eyes of
the servants around her - look at ol' Edward, the man who drives that new ugly yellow car. Do
you think he would give just about anything
to have that ugly car for his family? Of course he would, but he can't afford it now, because
his daughter is sick, and the money he saved has to go to fix her problem.
And he listens to Mz. Gautier complain, and maybe some days, if he's lucky, he realizes that Mz. Gautier does not have a sick daughter - she has no children at all to worry about. So he is lucky to have a child to worry about. Thankful he has a child at all. So no matter how bad a day he has, it can never be as bad as the day Mz. Gautier has.......and that's how he can keep goin.
And he listens to Mz. Gautier complain, and maybe some days, if he's lucky, he realizes that Mz. Gautier does not have a sick daughter - she has no children at all to worry about. So he is lucky to have a child to worry about. Thankful he has a child at all. So no matter how bad a day he has, it can never be as bad as the day Mz. Gautier has.......and that's how he can keep goin.
(He kneels down next to her)
So, T, if you can learn how to be thankful for what you have, you will get to live in and enjoy every day of your life, even the ones that don't seem so good.
Luck - everyone has just about
as much as they want, only most people don't ever know. It's like they lived in a giant palace, and all
they could see were the cracks in the floorboards
where they walked.
(Her father turns and walks away, stops and looks back.)
Look at the palace, T, not the cracks. Give thanks and life will be your palace.
(Her father turns and walks away, stops and looks back.)
Look at the palace, T, not the cracks. Give thanks and life will be your palace.
(He exits. End of scene)
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Janet S. Tiger 858-736-6315
Member Dramatists Guild since 1983
Playwright-in-Residence
Swedenborg Hall 2006-8
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