Act I, Scene I:
An overcast Wanstead Flats; early morning.
A handsome birder is walking across the bit with the barrage hitches towards East Copse. Occasionally he raises his binoculars, scanning for non-existent Wheatears. He is silent, cooly surveying his surroundings, massively alert to both movement and sound.
Birder: -
[Enter Fuquittus, a dog-walker, stage left, and his large dog Romeo]
Romeo: Woof! Woof woof!
[Romeo runs miles away, straight across Skylark breeding habitat]
Fuquittus: Romeo! Romeo! F’kin come ‘ere Romeo!
Romeo: Woof Woof! Woof!
Birder: Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha
Fin
a modern classic
ReplyDeleteThe same scenario is being played out now at Wormwood Scrubs (swap Meadow Pipits for Skylark) and across the country. .... :(
ReplyDeleteWas it Claire Danes practicing her lines in the Wanstead vernacular?
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