the mysterious Box
The Indefinite Article
(it is coffee time at the Friends' National Bank. Mary, Ellen, and Lisa are bank tellers. They are standing outside the employees' lounge. There is a box on the floor. The girls are laughing. Miss Zilch, the senior teller, appears. She is frowning.)
(with her hands on her hops) What's that? What is that noise? Girls! (She points to a box on the floor.)the girls are laughing miss zilch, the senior teller, appears. she is frowning)
miss zilch; (with her hands on her hips) what's that? what is that noise? girls! (she points to a box on the floor.)
what is that?
mary: it's a....a....it'sa...(she laughs and points to the lounge.)
miss zilch: a what? what is it? (the box moues. she jumps.)
is it a sprng?
lisa:no, no. it isn't a spring.
miss zilch: is it a cat?
mary: no, it's not a cat.
(the box moues again.)
miss zilch: a dog? is it a dog?
ellen: no,no it isn't a dog.
miss zilch: well, what is it? (the box jumps. miss zilch jumps.)
miss tudor, is it a rabbit? in the bank?
ellen: no, no, miss zilch.it isn't a rabbit.(the girls giggle.)
(mr.Blanchard, the bank manager, comes into the room.)
mr.blanchard: what is that noise? (he glares at eueryone. the girls freeze.)
what is that box? (he points to the box. it jumps.)
miss zilch: I don't know,mr.blanchard.
(mr. Blanchard bends over and finds a wire attached to the box.)
mr. Blanchard: aha! what is this? it's a wire!
(he follows the wire around the corner to the lounge.)
smith!
(bill smith, an accountant,comes out of the lounge. his face is redใ)