The Prodigal Son

NARR	Once upon a time there was a man who had a son.  One day the son decided to take his share of his father's money and leave home.  (DAD and SON wave goodbye.  DAD exits)  He caught the first bus to the station, and then the 8:25 to Waterloo.  He then took the northern line to Picadilly, changed, waited for the ...
SON	I think they get the idea.
NARR	OK, OK.  He finally arrived at Scunthorpe.
SON	Scunthorpe?!  I wanted to go to Las Vegas.
NARR	I'm sorry, our budget just doesn't allow for that.  So, in Scunthorpe, he wasted all his money on parties, drinking, gambling... until he had none left.  Once his money had gone, his friends deserted him.  He was very hungry, and very lonely, and very cold, and very wet and very miserable.  So he decided to get a job.  But the only one he could find was cleaning the public toilets.  He was so hungry, he resorted to eating the toilet roll..
SON	Do I have to eat this?
NARR	I'm afraid so.  There's nothing else. (pause while SON eats toilet roll) ...but it didn't taste very nice.  (SON spits it out)
SON	This is terrible.  Even the cleaning lady in my father's house has chips for tea.
NARR	So he decided to go back home and beg his father to let him in on the condition that he do the washing up, Hoover the carpet, iron the clothes, dust the ornaments, cut the...(SON clears his throat loudly).. Sorry,  all because he didn't feel worthy to be called his son.  He had barely got off the train before his father got word of his arrival and ran to meet him.  (DAD runs onto stage)  His father was so angry that his son had wasted all his money.  He told him off, threw his luggage back in his face and put him on the next train to Aberystwyth.
NE1	Hang on a minute.  That's not how it ends.
NARR	What?  It isn't?  Oh No!  Wrong script!  (Fumbles papers)  Ah, here we are.  Right, REWIND!  (DAD and SON mime the last section backwards, double time.) He had barely go off the train before his father got word of his arrival and ran to meet him.  He flung his arms around him.  He was so happy to see his son home safely that he forgave him all his foolishness and insisted that they all go to McDonalds to celebrate!

	The End

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