Extract from Script

BARBARA: (whispering) Megan! 

MEGAN: (Loud) Yes? Oh, we had such a good time, you should have come with us, hahahah!! 

BARBARA: Megan! 

MEGAN: (Calling out) Coffee or tea? 

BARBARA: Over here!  (Megan comes out of the kitchen) 

MEGAN: I’ve made you tea, (gives Barbara a mug of tea) I know you don’t sleep with too much coffee, now then, what is it that’s so important? 

BARBARA: Shut up! 

MEGAN: What on earth’s the matter! 

BARBARA: After you shot off into town I climbed into bed and opened my book. Then I felt a sort of tickling on my neck, and out of the corner of my 

eye I saw it … a scorpion (worried) moving down the pillow in little 

jerks it was … with its tail glistening and sharp. (Whispering) I just lay there, still, watching it glide without a sound onto my chest. 

MEGAN: Ooooh, Barbara! Then what happened? 

BARBARA: Then, I saw it creep under the sheet … I felt it curl up on my tummy. You see that little lump there – well that’s it. He’s been there all this time!!!! 

MEGAN: (Panicking) We’ll fix it in no time. Now for God’s sake don’t move. I’mjust popping next door to get Miss Fiona.