Troubled Waiter
Part 4: Air Travel
| Fat Blue
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Waiter! Oh… eating outside makes me really hungry! The waiters are on roller skates… maybe I’ll get lunch faster! Waiter! |
| (Grover skates by.) | |
| Grover
|
Just a minute, sir! |
| Fat Blue
|
Oh, no, not him again! What is he doing, following me? |
| Grover
|
Good day, sir, and welcome to Charlie’s Outdoor Al Fresco Fresh Air Cafe. Where you eat outside, and breathe the lovely fresh air. (Grover breathes.) |
| Fat Blue
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I’d like something to eat, please. |
| Grover
|
You know, sir, even if you cannot SEE air, it is all around us. We breathe it, and is it not lovely when it is fresh, like the air here in Charlie’s Fresh Air Cafe. |
| Fat Blue
|
Oh, yes, it is. But how about some fresh food? |
| Grover
|
I shall get you a menu, sir. |
| (As Grover skates away, the wind picks up. Fat Blue’s napkin blows away.) | |
| Fat Blue
|
Whoa! Hey. Really getting windy out here. Hmm. |
| (Grover is blown back to the table.) | |
| Grover
|
Whoa-oa! Oh, sorry, sir. Here is your menu. |
| (Zzip!) | |
| Fat Blue
|
It blew away! |
| Grover
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Of course! Air moves things, and when fresh air moves, it becomes WIND… and when air becomes wind, air moves things, like that, like menus. Yeah. |
| (Zzip!) | |
| Grover
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And flowers. Uh, I will get you another menu, sir. |
| Fat Blue
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Forget the menu, forget the menu! I think I’ll eat inside. |
| Grover
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There is a twenty minute wait inside, sir. That means an hour for sure. May I suggest a cheeseburger? It is nourishing, and it is HEAVY. |
| Fat Blue
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All right, all right! A cheeseburger! |
| Grover
|
Fine. |
| (Grover struggles against the wind on his skates.) | |
| Grover
|
Charlie! Get me a cheesburger on a lead plate! Boy, I think there’s a hurricane out there! Oh! Phew! |
| Fat Blue
|
Oh, I’m really hungry… maybe this air will quiet down. |
| (Zzip!) | |
| Fat Blue
|
Oh. Uh oh. |
| Grover
|
Wish me luck, Charlie! |
| (Grover pushes out through the doors. He’s blown by the wind, and smacks into the table.) | |
| Grover
|
Whaaa-aaaa-aaaaa! Phew. |
| Grover
|
Here you are, sir. |
| (Zzzzip! Splat.) | |
| Grover
|
Eureka! Air can also move cheeseburgers! |
| Fat Blue
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My cheeseburger blew away… That does it! I’m getting out of here! |
| Grover
|
Oh, no, not so fast, sir. You forgot to pay your check. |
| Fat Blue
|
Check? |
| Grover
|
Mmm hm. Yeah. That’s 5.50 for the burger. |
(As Grover puts the check on the table, the wind dies.) |
| Fat Blue
|
But… what about the wind? |
| Grover
|
That’s another thing about the wind. It is never there when you need it. Is it, sir? |
(Fat Blue faints.) |
by Danny Horn
