Scene 1
All but Bob : Happy Birthday, Bob!
Bob : Thanks!
Dad : Blow out all 10 candles and make a wish!
Bob : (Blows out his candles)
All buy Bob : Yay!
Seth : What’d you wish for?
Bob : I can’t tell you! If I do, it won’t come true! Once it happens I can tell you.
Seth : Oh yeah, I forgot.
Mom : Well, why don’t you two eat your slice of cake and ice cream then I can pop some popcorn and you can go to the theater room and watch that DVD Seth bought you!
Bob and Seth : YEAH!

Scene 2
Bob: WAKE UP SETH!!! WAKE UP NOW!!!
Seth: WHAT?
Bob: Look! A genie lamp! This is what I wished for yesterday! Let’s rub it!
Genie: Hello! I’m Gene the genie! You know how it goes, you get three wishes and blah, blah, blah! Just one thing first! You must sign this contract! You don’t have to read it, it’s just a bunch of words saying, “Bob Klepoopanackerowski now has a genie.”
Bob: (Grabs a pen)
Seth: Hey! Wait! Shouldn’t you read that first?
Bob: No! He said not to! (Signs contract)
Genie: Perfect! Now you have your three wishes! No rules either! You can wish for anything you want!
Bob: First of all, I want a new name. I want my name to be… Dan Druff!
Seth: WHAT?
Genie: Done! Vaga Hoga Biddelly Sphiki Doo! Bob Klepoopanackerowski is now Dan Druff! Vaga Hoga Biddelly Sphiki Doo! POOF!
Dan: Cool! Everyone will think my new name is so awesome!
Seth: No they won’t!
Genie: Shh!!! Don't let him know! What’s your next wish, Dan? Oh yeah, every thing you have ever written as, Bob Klepoopanackerowski, is now magically changed to Dan Druff.
Seth: Don’t you know you could have changed your name without wasting a wish?
Dan: That would take too long! Besides, I needed a new name as quickly as possible!
Genie: Next wish please?
Seth: Don’t wish for something dumb again! Wish for cool super powers or magic powers or something like that!
Dan: Ok! Hmm… I want to be able to… have power over pencils!
Seth: What?
Genie: Goosa Poosa Duliver Inda! Dan Druff will now have pencil power! Goosa Poosa Duliver Inda! POOF!
Dan: (Gloves appear on his hands) Cool! How do I use them!
Genie: Well, by saying “Pencil Power!” you can move pencils. By saying “Sharpen!” you can sharpen pencils. If you say “Pencil!” The nearest pencil will come to your writing hand and the rest is in the manual.
Seth: BOB!
Dan: It’s DAN now.
Seth: Why did you wish for that? You could have gotten shape shifting or super strength or super speed! Pencil powers are dumb! I bet if I put up a survey online most people would say something cool and maybe .2% or less will say pencil powers. They may make you money, but after a while, it’ll be ancient history!
Dan: You’re just jealous cause you don’t have a genie!
Seth: Well, my birthday’s only in 3 months! I could wish for one ya know!
Dan: So?! I don’t care!
Genie: Next wish please!?
Dan: Ok, genie! I think my last wish will be for school. Yeah! I don’t want to have to go to school anymore!
Seth: No!!! Bob, believe me on this last wish! Wish for life! If you don’t you’ll be sorry! Wish that you can live 1000 years or something!
Dan: Why? I don’t wanna live that long!
Seth: Then 100 years. Anything!
Dan: NO! You made me wish for dumb pencil powers!
Seth: No, that was your idea! I told you to wish for cool powers like shape shifting! You came up with the pencil powers!
Dan: Look genie! Now he’s blaming me for my dumb actions!
Seth: I’m going home!
Dan: Fine! Go! I can’t believe I invited such a bossy boots to my party! Get outta here!
Seth: (Leaves)
Genie: Don’t listen to him! He’s an idiot! You’ve got a whole wish left! Don’t waste it on life! You’ve got many years ahead anyway. You’re only 10.
Dan: You’re right! Only thing is, I don’t know what to wish for. Maybe I’ll save this last one for later.
Genie: (Groans) OK, but hurry up with it!
Mom: Dan! Time for bed!
Dan: OK, Mom!

Scene 4
(2 months later)
Dan: (Is playing Road Race Rage III that he got for his birthday)
Mom: Dan! It’s time for you to do your Saturday morning chores!
Dan: Aww! Mom! Do I have to?
Mom: Yes! It’s not much! Just… (walks in his room) Dan!
Dan: What?
Mom: For starters, pick up these clothes! They’re almost completely covering your floor!
Dan: So?
Mom: So, I want you to pick them up and wash them!
Dan: That’ll take too long!
Mom: No it won’t! It should take you about three minutes to pick up all the clothes and put them in the wash. Then I need you to make your bed which should only take two minutes. Then take out the trash, one minute and do the dishes. There aren’t many so it should take about five minutes and then put away all your toys, two minutes. That should only take about 15 minutes total.
Dan: BUT MOM!!! I have to go with Semore to his dad’s new coffee shop!
Mom: Dan, that’s an hour away. It won’t take you an hour to do that! Look, I’m going to the store to buy a few groceries. Have your chores done by the time I get back. Bye!
Scene 5
Mom: Dan! I’m home! Those chores better be done!
Dan: Oh, no! I totally ignored her when she said to do my chores! I’m in such big trouble!
Mom: Dan! This room better not still be a mess! (Comes in his room) GASP! You didn’t do any of your chores did you?
Dan: Umm… Maybe.
Mom: You didn’t! You’re grounded for two weeks!
Dan: But Semore is coming to pick me up in five minutes! He just called. Then I was supposed to go with Oliver next Friday to see a movie!
Mom: Oh, well! You should have done your chores! Now turn off that game and get to your chores! NOW!
Dan: (Groans) (Turns his game off)
Genie: (Comes out once his mom leaves) Have you figured out what you want to wish for yet? If not, please hurry!
Dan: I’ve decided. I wish I wasn’t grounded and could never be grounded again!
Genie: (Laughs) Go Me Kakas Bot! No more grounding for Dan Druff! Tob Sakak Em Og! (Starts turning into Dan and Dan turns into Genie)
Dan: What? I’m you? What? How? Why?
Genie: (Laughs) It’s in the contract you signed! It says right here, sector 13, chapter 3,section 7, page 99, paragraph 4:
If the kid owner of the genie does not wish for life or to never be a geni e, he/she will be sentenced to be a genie until (a) They serve as a genie to the GOTAGETOUT (Genie Owner/(Master) Tortures All Genies Extensively Til’ Owata Ufter Time) Owata Ufter Time (every 1,000 years) - When all Genies are set free and 1,000 random kids switch places with them to serve on the GOTAGETOUT. Or
B. The kid who they must grant three wishes does not wish for life or to never have to be a genie. The genie and kid must switch places. Also, if the new genie doesn’t pay his yearly $3,000,000 he must stay a genie until the next Nowata Ufter Time.
Dan: So… Seth was right… WHY DIDN’T I LISTEN TO HIM AND READ THE CONTRACT!?!?!?
Gene: Because your stupid! And now before you go in line of 1,000 genies to be the next genie to serve a kid, you must grant me three wishes! It’s in the contract! Sector 9, Chapter 6, Section 2, Page 78, Paragraph 6.
Dan: How long until the next Owata Ufter Time?
Gene: Well, it came just six years ago in 2000, so… 1994 years of genie time!!! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I never thought I’d get a kid THIS STUPID!
Dan: Hey! Stupid Genie!
Gene: Yes you are! And my name’s GENE now! (Sticks his tongue at Dan) YOU’LL BE TORTURED FOR 1994 YEARS!
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!
And because he didn’t listen to Seth’s warnings, (he never paid either) that was the end of Dan Druff.
Author notes
I wrote this in 6th grade by the way.
A contest entry
- Be a Storyteller by The Imagined.
400 points, ended January 22, 2007, 18 entries
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Gold trophy winner
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Did you think it was funny? Do you like the not-so-happy ending for once? :D Did you get the moral? : ALWAYS read contracts.
Comments
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bossy boots?
It's a cute play, the end was a little complicated with the made up language being used so much.
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haha
That was very funny and had a nice moral. It had a nice twist to it and was unpredictable. Nice work!
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YAY!
HAHAHAHAHA! That was AWESOME! You ROCKED as a sixth grader! I loved the stupid jokes and the obvious plot twists and the silly names. Very very enjoyable! Great job! :-) -
Very interesting. For a screenplay this was good. I liked the moral.
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Make sure you remember that moral too! It will get you throught life!
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This is an interesting screenplay. The dialog is simple, easy to follow. "Gene the genie" was a nice touch. The contract thing and the long last name were, too. I laughed at how easily excited Bob was and yet so naive, and how honest Seth was. This would make for an adorable children's story. It just lacked detail. The balance of dialogue and description was unbalanced, as it often is with scripts like this. Still, this captures that silliness that so many people are afraid to express, for fear of seeming childish or immature, and yet, it does it with relatively good grammar and spelling. I like it. The end was very strange but in an entertaining fashion. It shows that people ought to read directions, and reminded me of an assignment we did in elementary school when I was younger that hid the directions at the bottom to see if anyone would catch them. No one did. If you'd like to polish your spelling, here are a few examples of errors.
With play scripts, don't put in the action in the middle of the dialogue, like with where you wrote: Mom: Yes! It’s not much! Just… (walks in his room) Dan!
Secondly, consider that his mother wouldn't know his name was Dan without questioning why it was changed, because Seth remembered it was "Bob". Be careful to be consistent.
Then there's just little things, like, with "GOTAGETOUT", there is no word for the "E". Then the word "your" in "your stupid" should be "you're", short for "you are".
That aside, good job and good luck in the contest. Thank you for your entry.
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Just... 'pretend' those errors were supposed to be there... I'll fix them though! Then you'll think, "Hey, no errors at all! I love it!" Just keed in mind, I wrote this in 6th grade in a day and I never really did much editing afterwards.
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Welcome To SW
This was really good..I love reading stories made out into almost a play. It makes it a lot easier for the member to picture.
Kamala Kari -
except for one fact that he could have gotten out of it. he changed his name and the name on the contract said he was seth when in fact he had the genie change his name to dan. i thought this was a good story especially written by someone in the 6th grade. It could use more description other than just dialogue but otherwise very amusing.
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