The Worst Liar in the World: Another Brief Screenplay

DAY: INT: A MEDIUM SIZED BROWN DOG WITH THREE BALD SPOTS ON THE FUR OF HIS BACK END ENTERS RUNNING THROUGH THE LIVING ROOM WHERE A MAN IS STANDING. TWO SMALL CHILDREN, A 6-ISH BOY AND A 3-ISH GIRL, APPEAR AND ARE FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE DOG.

BOY
Dad! She cut Reese’s hair!

MAN
How do you know?

BOY
(WITH THE MATTEROFFACTNESS OF AN ATTORNEY) She was with Reese under the table and she cut his hair with the scissors. I saw her do it.

MAN
(DRAMATICALLY STERN TO GIRL) Did you cut Reese’s hair?

GIRL
(CAUTIOUSLY SHAKES HER HEAD “NO”.)

BOY
(PLAINLY) Well, there’s a moderately reliable eyewitness account that STRONGLY suggests otherwise.

MAN
(IGNORING THE BOY) What color scissors did you use?

GIRL
(STILL WITH STEADY CAUTION) Green.

MAN
How did you do it?

GIRL
(STILL WITH CAUTION SHE
MAKES A SCISSOR MOTION
WITH HER FINGERS.)

MAN
That was naughty!

GIRL
I didn’t do it.




FADE OUT


THE END