TOOL TIME
Scene III
by Darien Gabriel
(This scene opens at the home of the Taylors) (Jill is pulling white clothes out of the dryer & finding they're not dry-again)
Jill: Tim, this dryer is not right! That's the third time I've run them through and they're still not dry.
Tim: No problem. Just let me finish up with the hot rod and I'll take a look.
Jill: Make sure you call Al to come help. I don't need you to install a thermo-nuclear device-just a dryer that dries.
Tim: I'm not going to call my furry flanneled friend! He'll just bring his laundry over here and make a weekend of it. (Brad comes through the kitchen sneaking a cookie but gets caught)
Jill: Brad, my little Tollhouse Troll, what great timing! How about helping your hot rod dad fix the dryer. It can be one of those male bonding experiences.
Brad: (with terror in his eyes) Ahhhhhhhh…I have homework to do!
Tim: (to Jill) I can do this myself. I don't need any help, Jill. (sticking head into dryer but still talking) Just tweak the thermostat, maybe ramp up these blowers a little…
Jill: (to Brad) You haven't had homework in 2 months! Anyway, your dad needs your help so he doesn't blow up anything.
Brad: Ah, mom!
Tim: Ah, Jill! (to Brad) 2 months?! Impressive. I once went 4 months. That was my FIRST time through 6th grade.
Brad: Actually, it was 3 months but I had Mark doing it for me until he figured out I wasn't really going to pay him.
Tim: Why no homework?
Brad: It's too hard. I don't feel like doing it.
Tim: Why not ask for help? I could help you!
Brad: Yeah, right.
Tim: Well, I'm going to fix this dryer & show your mom that I can do this alone. (Brad seems content with this until he realizes Tim's going to lecture about asking for help while he works alone on the dryer)
Tim: (Jill returns) (confidently) Ok, Jill, give it a try.
Jill: (skeptically) Your finished already?
Brad: Yeah mom, and he did it ALL BY HIMSELF.
(Jill turns on dryer and lets it run. Dryer begins to smoke (fog machine). Jill opens door and more smoke comes out. She pulls out the black clothes already placed in the dryer earlier and just looks at them and then at Tim)
Tim: Hey, look at that. From BVD to BBQ! (gets killer look from Jill) Brad, whatcha say we go work on that homework and some of those "algebretic" equations.
(Scene moves to Tim's backyard again) Tim (to himself) I don't know what went wrong this time.
Wilson: Hi Ho neighbor!
Tim: Oh, hey Wilson.
Wilson: Do I detect melancholy in your disposition?
Tim: No, I'm just sad.
Wilson: Do you smell something burning?
Tim: Oh, I just had a small underwear mishap.
Wilson: ahuh ahuh
Tim: Jill wanted to call Al to help me fix my own dryer! Can you believe that!
Wilson: Actually Tim, asking for help is wise council. In fact, about 2,000 years ago, Paul of Tarsus wrote an epistle to Christians in Rome and said that they need each other, that they all have different gifts and functions, and that they are to all work together using their own gifts to perform their function. So you see Tim, while you have . . . some interesting gifts, you don't have them all. So, you need others who have some of those other gifts to come alongside and help. Whether it's Al helping you on the dryer or you helping Brad with his homework.
Tim: So, just because I need help doesn't mean I'm weak?
Wilson: No Tim. Even a weight lifter has someone spot for him.
Tim: Arrrrrh (Tim's Growl)…I know what you mean. Thanks, Wilson.
END OF SHOW
©2004 by Darien Gabriel
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