Figment is having a 29 Day Writing Challenge for the month of February. I am a few days behind, but I am going to catch up. Here is Day Nine.
Write about your earliest memory.
BOOT-BOOTS
Ext. Sidewalk––Night
Snow drapes the ground. All is quiet and still in the small
town. We see a small child trudging through the snow, a large
puppy follows closely behind. The puppy SHOTGUN is a large mutt,
covered in shaggy black and brown fur. SHOTGUN walks with a
determined pace as he follows the little girl. The little girl
ALICE is two and a half years old, wearing a thin, pink
Christian Dior nightgown and white ‘boot-boots’––white leather
cowboy boots with tassels and a big silver buckle on the front––
and no winter coat. ALICE, who is supposed to be in bed, is
outside in the dark, cold evening. No one is sure what is on
that little girls mind, but boy is she determined.
Cut To:
Int. Movie Theatre––Night
BRUCE is cleaning the counter and straightening the candy on the
display while CHRISSY organizes the ticket booth. Bruce is in
his own land, humming along to the rock song we can hear
drifting in from the soundtrack of the movie, he is suddenly
pulled from his thoughts as he hears Chrissy gasp.
BRUCE
(shocked)
What is it? What’s going on?
CHRISSY does not answer, she just runs out of the ticket booth
and to the front door. When she get to the front door we see
what has her in such a state. Her daughter ALICE is standing at
the door to the theatre wearing only a thin nightgown and ‘bootboots’
with SHOTGUN standing stoically behind her.
CHRISSY
Alice Marie, how did you get here?
ALICE
I walked!
Chrissy picks up her daughter.
CHRISSY
You walked? Our house is three blocks away!
ALICE
Shotgun came, too!
Chrissy hugs her daughter as she lets Shotgun into the theatre.
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