ACT ONE
Scene One
Mac Cooper’s Bedroom
The sounds of Watterson create a rhythm. The honk of a car horn, the ding of a bicycle bell, the thud of roadworks. The beat builds up, providing a soundtrack to MAC COOPER’s awakening. He leaps out of bed, throwing the curtains wide open as sunlight streams onto his face like a spotlight and a bluebird lands on the windowsill. Mac sings to the street . . .
’Good Morning Watterson’
(to the tune of ’Good Morning Baltimore’ from Hairspray)
Good morning Watterson!
Every day promises more fun
Every night is a wistful dream
Every kid has a brilliant scheme.
Good morning Watterson!
Every day promises more fun
Every night is a wistful dream
Every kid has a brilliant scheme.
‘Mac Fleetwood Cooper! You’d better be in the shower already!’
I press stop on Mum’s old iPhone, cutting o my musical alarm and abruptly ending my show-stopping performance. Mum bursts through my bedroom door, but she’s definitely not here to give me a standing ovation.
‘Shower. Now!’ she yells as she fights with the inside-out t-shirt in her grip.
‘Muuuum!’ I yell. ‘What happened to knocking?’
She mumbles at me through the fabric as she yanks the tee down over her messy hair. ‘I’ll start knocking when you start being able to get yourself into the shower before every other kid is already in first class.’
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