Journey to the future

Journey to the future

Characters:
Lisa: 13 years old. Studies very well, knows a lot.
Aisha: 13 years old. Funny, good, friendly.
Jonas: 14 years old. Arrogant, funny, likes to command everyone, always right.
Alexander: 13,5 years old. Good, funny, always agrees with everything.
Mantau: the girl in the future and a classmate.
Tauman: the girl in the future and a classmate.


Scene 1

In the forest .It is getting dark. Long shadows of the kids who are walking with
their bags.Dim red lights.

Lisa:
- I don‘t like walking-tours... (sad)
Alex:
- It‘s better that sitting with parents at home.
Aisha:
- I‘d better be at home
Jonas:
- Stop it. Better go faster because I think that we are lost! (Shouting. Angry)
Lisa:
- Oh my god! It can‘t be!!! (surprised)
Aisha:
- Now we‘re like in the serial ,,Lost“.
Jonas:
- Go right because I saw that they walked that way!
Alex:
- Why are you standing? Listen what Jonas just said. Let‘s go!
Lisa :
- Why do we have to go that way? Maybe they walked left...
Aisha:
- Or maybe straight? We have to decide.
(Draw lots)
Jonas:
- We won!
Aisha:
- Ok, you won.
Lisa:
- Let‘s go right... (sad)
Alex:
- You know, it‘s getting dark. Maybe we should put a tent here and make a fire.
Jonas :
- Ok girls, you go and find logs and we‘ll put tent. Ok?
Lisa and Aisha:
- Ok.
(Aisha and Lisa walking)
Lisa:
- Boys ordered us to find lops while they are putting tent.
Aisha:
- Yeah. It‘s not fair.
(While Lisa talking, Aisha sees the skeleton)
Aisha:
- Look.
(They come closer)
Lisa and Aisha:
- Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
Aisha:
- What a hell is that?
Lisa:
- Oh my god! It‘s skeleton!
Aisha:
- Let‘s run and call boys here.
(They run to their camp and they are very winded)
Aisha:
- Silence! I saw a dead man!
Lisa:
- A skeleton!
Aisha:
- Better go faster out of this wood! I‘m so scarred!!!
Jonas :
- Coward! Ok let‘s go and see if it‘s true because I think that there‘s just something bad with their heads.
Alex:
- Yeah yeah...
Aisha:
- I‘m not lying! (says angry)
Lisa:
- Yeah, we‘re not lying!
Alex:
- Me and Jonas go first and walk after us.
Jonas :
- You see that? There is something white. I hope it‘s not skeleton.
Alex:
- Oh my god! It can‘t be!
Aisha:
- I think it was very strange person.
Jonas:
-Maybe he‘s from future?
Lisa:
- I‘d better go and make a fire.
Aisha:
- See you guys.
(Aisha goes too)
Alex:
- What to do with him? (shows at skeleton)
Jonas:
- What if we scare them at night? (laughing)
Alex:
- Ok. But we better go now until it got dark.
(They go to their camp)
Aisha:
- Where is the tent?
Alex:
- Teacher has it.
Lisa:
- So where we‘ll sleep?
Jonas:
- Around the fire, I guess.
(All sit around the fire)
(Birds sounds)
Lisa:
- Did you hear that?
Aisha:
- Yeah, I heard. It‘s getting very scary.
Alex:
- I‘ll never go to walking-tours in my life.
Jonas:
- You little children got scared of the bird???
Aisha:
- I want that the wolf bite your ass.
(Lisa laughs)
Alex:
- Better don‘t joke because a wolf will come with a bear to visit us.
Jonas:
- Let‘s sleep because in the morning we‘re going to find our friends.
Lisa:
- Why are you ordering us what to do?
Jonas:
- And do you have anything better to do Mis Lisa?
Lisa:
- No...
Jonas:
- Then shut up! (angry)
Aisha:
- Oh, if my phone worked, I would call teacher and she would find us.
(Silence, everyone lies around the fire and tries to sleep)
(Plays wolf sound)
Jonas:
- Did you hear that?
Aisha:
- Now you‘re scarred.
Jonas:
- How to not be scarred if wolf is somewhere near us.
Aisha:
- Someone got scarred... Aren‘t you like a baby?
Alex:
- Shut up both of you! I want to sleep! (angry)
Lisa:
- What happened?(sleepy)
(Jonas walks around and can‘t sleep, Aisha gets up and walks near Jonas)
Jonas:
- Don‘t scare me!
Aisha:
- I‘m sorry that I talked to you unkindly.
Jonas:
- Go to sleep!
Aisha:
- Why are you so angry? I came to apologize and you‘re just shouting. (angry)
(Jonas doesn‘t say anything and then Aisha goes to sleep)



Scene 2

(Jonas goes and takes skeleton)
Jonas:
- Wake up!
(Alex, Lisa and Aisha stand up)
Aisha and Lisa:
- Are you crazy?
Alex:
- Put down that skeleton.
Jonas:
- Get up and let‘s start looking for our friends.
Lisa:
- It’s only 2 o‘clock in the morning. I want to sleep.
Alex:
- Yeah, me too.
Aisha:
- Wait. What‘s that?
(She shows at the skeletons hand)
Alex:
- I think it‘s some kind of... puzzle. We have to take it off the skeleton but I won‘t do this.
Aisha:
- I‘d better go eat breakfast.
Lisa:
- Yeah. I think we have to eat before going.
Jonas:
- I‘ll be the hero and take that puzzle.
Aisha:
- Look. There is a piece of paper.
Lisa:
- What is written here?
Aisha:
- It‘s like hieroglyphic.
Lisa:
- Maybe it‘s futures speech because I can understand some words.
Jonas:
- We have to solve the puzzle that all numbers be right. (Reads slowly, like first-former)
Aisha:
- Give us that. We‘ll solve this and you go decide what we‘ll eat.
Lisa:
- And clean up the camp.
Alex:
- Just like always.
Jonas:
- It will pass half of day till they solve that.
(They eat some chocolate and clean the camp)



Scene 3

Jonas:
- Hey girls! It‘s 3 o‘clock. We have to go.
Aisha:
- It’s not that easy as you think.
Lisa:
- It will take 1 or even 3 hours till we transcribe this.
Alex:
- It‘s hopeless.
Jonas:
- Teacher told something about that when we were driving here but I can‘t remember. (thoughtful)
Alex:
- I remember! She told that man from the future came here and left the puzzle but no one knows where it is. And only 4 people which are very different with their character and mind can solve it. If they will do it like a team.
Lisa:
- We have to do this together.
Aisha:
- Oh my god...
(All start to solve it but Jonas gets bored quickly)
Jonas:
- I‘m tired of this. I can‘t do this anymore!
Alex:
- It‘s hopeless. Better start looking for our classmates.
Lisa:
- Give me that. I‘ll solve it.
Jonas:
- Why should I give you?
Lisa:
- I‘ll do it better than you.
Jonas:
- Really?
Lisa:
- Yes.
Jonas:
- Then catch it.
(He throws the puzzle and everything turns dark)


Scene 4

In a future building. The room with a table and a chest , some chairs. The screen for
showing slides.Darkness on the stage only some spotlights on the faces of the children.
When they open their eyes they see that they are in the new building in the future.

Lisa:
- You moron! Look what you‘ve done!
Aisha:
- Oh, my head. Everything is spinning around... Where are we?!
Alex:
- Are you ok? Are all of you ok?
Lisa:
- No, we‘re not. I don‘t know where are we. (angry)
(Jonas sees the window and walks near it)
Jonas:
- Hey guys! Look. (He is looking out the window)
(Aisha runs at Jonas)
Aisha:
- Is it wrong with my head or there are flying cars???
Alex:
- I think it‘s future...
Lisa:
- Jonas, what have you done? Look what happened because of you.
Jonas:
- Where is puzzle?
(Everyone look at Lisa)
Lisa:
- Hey, don‘t look at me like that! I didn‘t take it.
Aisha:
- Look it‘s peace of paper.
(Alex takes the paper from Aisha)
Alex:
- There is something drawn on it.
Lisa:
- Give me that! I always descramble things like that.
Jonas:
- Why do we always have to give you everything?
Lisa:
- And why do we always have to give you?
(Lisa and Jonas scuffle, shouting)
Jonas:
- Give it back!
Lisa:
- Shut up you fool!
Alex:
- Calm down.
(Jonas and Lisa doesn‘t hear anything and unripe the paper)
Lisa:
- Look what you‘ve done!
Jonas:
- It‘s not my fault. You did it!
Aisha:
- Shut up both of you. I have a headache.
Alex:
- We have to lay it together and maybe then we‘ll transcribe this.
Aisha:
- But there have to be another missing piece because this edge is ragged.
(Jonas, Aisha and Alex stand around the paper)
Jonas:
- Yeah. Look. There is a diamond or something.
Lisa:
- That‘s interesting. Show me that. (Lisa squeezes in between Jonas and Alex)
Jonas:
- Get off! (He pushes Lisa)
Alex:
- What are you doing? Are you totally stupid? I nearly unripped that paper!
Aisha:
- Lisa calm down.
Lisa:
- But he pushed me! (angry)
Jonas:
- Ok ok. Don‘t shout:
Aisha:
- I don‘t care who pushed who. It‘s our last hope! Don‘t you understand?
Jonas:
- Who made you my mother?
Aisha:
- Oh, just shut up.
(All trying to decide what to do. Suddenly Jonas sees the chest)
Jonas:
- Hey look. There is a chest.
(Lisa runs pushes Aisha and she falls down)
Aisha:
- Damn Lisa! It hurts.
(Alex walks near Aisha and helps her to stand up)
Alex:
- Are you ok?
Aisha:
- I think so...
Lisa:
- Stop flirting with each other and come here.
Alex:
- We‘re not flirting!!!(angry)
(They comes to help friends and Alex with Jonas trying to unlock the chest)
Jonas:
- It‘s hopeless. This box is too heavy.
Alex:
- We need a bar or rock.
(Aisha finds a rock and takes it)
Aisha:
- Is this rock ok?
Lisa:
- Show me.
(Jonas interrupts her)
Jonas:
- Give me.
(Aisha gives him a rock and he breaks the lock)
Alex:
- It was hard. (Dry up sweat)
(They see a gemstone)
(Aisha and Lisa talking farther)
Jonas:
- What a beauty.
Alex:
- Good souvenir to bring home.
Jonas:
- A half for me and half for you. We decided.
(Aisha comes near them and Lisa is still looking around)
Aisha:
- What are you talking about?
Jonas:
- No no. Nothing.
(Jonas looks at Alex and he subjoins)
Alex:
- Yeah. Nothing.
(Lisa comes)
Lisa:
- Guys... I think there is someone except us.
(Everyone is looking at the chest and nobody listen to Lisa)
Aisha:
- Isn‘t there a map or something?
Alex:
- I looked everywhere but there is nothing more except a gemstone.
Lisa:
- Hey!!! Do you hear me?! (shouting) I think there is someone except us.
Aisha:
- Did you say anything?
Jonas:
- She said something but so quietly that only rats heard her.
Lisa:
- Stop it!
Alex:
- Then say it because we don‘t have much time.
Lisa:
- I said that I heard something.
Aisha:
- Ok. Me and Lisa will go and look if there anyone else and you decide what to do now.
(Aisha and Lisa go to look around)
Jonas:
- Let’s look at the map. (Twiddles the map)
Alex:
- Don‘t you know how to look at the map?
(Then girls come back)
Alex:
- Did you see anything?
Aisha:
- No.
Lisa:
- Maybe I heard badly.
(Aisha looks at the map)
Aisha:
- Look, it‘s another diamond. You only have to go according this map and you‘ll find it.
Jonas:
- What are you talking about? I don‘t see any other diamond.
Alex:
- Aisha, are you crazy? There is only one diamond which we already have.
Lisa:
- Probably it‘s because of knock when I pushed her.
Aisha:
- I‘m okay!!! (angry) I think so...(easier)
(Alex turns to Jonas)
Alex:
- Do you see anything in this map?
Jonas:
- No.
Aisha:
- Then look more closely and you‘ll see. (angry)
Jonas:
- Better go and sleep because you going totally mad.
Alex:
- I‘ll go with her and you two try to find something.
Jonas: (turns to Lisa)
- Ok. I‘ll go right and you go left. Ok?
Lisa:
- Ok.
(Jonas and Lisa goes to backstage, searching for something while Aisha and Alex talking)
Aisha:
- Alex, I really saw another diamond. You have to believe me.
Alex:
- Ok ok. Go to sleep and I‘ll help them to search.
Aisha:
- No one believes me. Just like always... (sad)
Jonas:
- Hey guys! I think I found something!
(Aisha stands up, runs and pushes Alex)
Alex:
- Hey, Aisha. What happened to you?!
Aisha:
- What do you mean?
Alex:
- You always so calm. But now...
Aisha:
- Stop it... Better look at this. (Shows at the paper)
Lisa:
- It‘s missing piece of map.
Jonas:
- Look. It‘s another diamond.
Aisha:
- I told you!
Jonas:
- Ok ok. Better tell us where to find that diamond.
Alex:
- She needn‘t to do that because that diamond is moving.
Lisa:
- And it‘s coming near us!
Aisha:
- Maybe there really is something except us. Better hide somewhere.
(Everybody hides in the room)



Scene 5

The light on the stage.
Two strange girls come into the room. They are from future.
They came from the party.

Mantau:
- Fe, kažkokia nesąmonė. Visiškai nevykęs vakarėlis.
Tauman:
- Jo, tikrai.
Mantau throwing her bag.
- O kas gi čia dabar? Skrynia praverta.
Both coming to the box.
Mantau:
- Kieno tai?
Tauman:
- Hm, nežinau.
Lisa: (shouting, from the backstage)
- I told you that there is someone else.
Aisha:
- You stupid girl!!! Now they know that we‘re here.
(They turn computers on their hand)
Tauman:
- Did you hear that?
Mantau:
- Of course I did. That‘s why I changed my language.
Tauman:
- Let‘s search the room.
They start moving things without touching them.
They find Jonas.
Jonas:
- Oh my god. Help me!!!
All come to the room.
Tauman:
- Who are you? Where are you from?
Jonas:
- I’m from Kaunas.
Lisa:
- We are from Lithuania, stupid boy.
Aisha:
- Oh it seems we are from the past.
Alex:
- Yeah yeah seems from the past.
Mantau:
- Lithuania? Kaunas?
Tauman:
- Where is it?
She takes a map from her bag.
Aisha:
- Look, this is our country.
Alex:
- And Kaunas is here. (Shows on the map)
Mantau:
- lt's the same! Litwa here.
Tauman:
- And the same town - Kownas here.
Lisa:
- Litwa, Kownas?
Aisha:
- Are you serious?
Alex and Jonas:
- Wow... Kaunas in the future.
Tauman:
- So how did you come here? It‘s 2294 year.
Alex:
- We don't know what happened. We were lost in the forest... (thinking)
Lisa:
- Who knows what happened?
Aisha:
- lt was a big bang and...
Jonas:
- We are here you see.
Mantau:
- Oh, what are your names?
Jonas: (Shaking hands)
- Jonas, nice to meet you. My friend Aisha, Lisa and Alex.
Alex:
- And what are your names?
Tauman:
- My name is Tauman. And she is Mantau.
Lisa:
- Yeah, seems strange names.
Mantau:
- Would you like something to drink or to eat?
Mantau brings some tubes and gives each.
Mantau:
- Help yourself.
Jonas takes a bottle from the table and tries to drink, but there is only flour inside.
He spills it into the plate.
Jonas:
- OUU. What's that?
Aisha:
- l want to drink!
Mantau and Tauman come to her.
Mantau:
- Calm down, we'll give you something else.
Lisa:
- But there's no real water.
Alex:
- lt seems they drink flour.
Tauman:
- Yes, it's our drink.
They all start crying:
- We want home!
Lisa:
- We want to our school!
Alex:
- We want to find our families!
Jonas:
- Oh again those crying babies.
Aisha:
- Let's look at those instructions! We found something here.
Mantau:
- Oh I know.
Lisa:
- What do you know?
Tauman:
- That was our grand grandfather’s box. Once he travelled to the past. He promised to come back but he never did. Give me that instruction, I will try to read it.
Aisha:
- So it was his skeleton and puzzle in this forest...
Mantau:
- We‘ve never opened the box. lt was forbidden.
Alex:
- Why?
Tauman:
- lt's family secret.
Jonas:
- Give it to me. Give it, l'll try. (takes it from her)
Lisa:
- Give it to me!!! Stupid boy...
Alex:
- Calm down! Let's study it carefully.
All sit down around a paper.
Mantau:
- So it seems here is an instruction how to travel in time.
Tauman:
- Stand all together around the diamond join, your hands and say ,,Home sweet home“ 5 times.
They do it all together.
Aisha:
- lt doesn't work.
Mantau:
- Oops, sorry.
Tauman:
- Oh we need to put diamonds together first.
Jonas:
- But where is the second diamond.
Mantau:
- Here it is. (she takes the necklace off her neck and there is smaller diamond on it)
(They lay both of diamonds together on the floor)
(Music playing)
And they all say magic words again.
- Home sweet home, home sweet home, home sweet home...



Scene 6

When they say those words fifth time, light turns out. lt's darkness again. They are in the forest again.
The sun rises.


Aisha:
- We back home! (Happily)
Lisa:
- At last.
Alex:
- Yeah yeah seems at home. And lost again...
Jonas:
- Thanks God the sun rises.
Aisha:
- Let's look around, I think we'll find the way now.
Suddenly two girls from their class come.
Gabija: (Shouting)
- Where have you been?
Goda:
- We were looking for you all night long. And you‘re making jokes here.
Gabija:
- At last we found you.
Lisa:
- You won‘t believe us! We travelled to the future.
Goda:
- And so we don‘t. You must have been dreaming.
Alex:
- No no! It‘s true! We found the diamond teacher told us about.
Gabija:
- Ech, children stories...
Jonas:
- You‘re hopeless!..I think that everywhere is nice , but the place you live in is
always the best place for you.

They all start hugging and singing happily the song.
The lights turn slowly down.



The end

Written by Kaunas Radvilenai secondary school (Lithuania)
Goda Barilaite 7th form, Viktorija Kazlauskaite 7th form and Gintare Mickeviciute 6th form

The broken time machine

The broken time machine

Characters:
Aleksandras-he is the boy from the present. He‘s 12 years old.
Jonas-he is boy from the future. He‘s 12 years old too.
Lisa-she is a girl from future, she‘s Jonas‘s sister and she‘s 11 years old.
Aisha-she is Lisa‘s best friend from her school. She‘s 11 years old.

The play

Scene 1

Aleksandras comes into scene. He sees a strange thing in the corner and that strange thing is a time machine.
Aleksandras:
- Wow, what‘s this?

He sits in it and by mistake presses a button. There‘s a loud „boom“ and then Alenksandras opens his eyes
Aleksandras:
- Where am I?! What is this place?

Suddenly three kids run into scene: Jonas, Lisa and Aisha. Aleksandras hides quickly.
Lisa:
- Where did that boom came from? And… What’s that big strange thing doing here?!

She runs to the time machine and finds Aleksandras.
Aleksandras:
- Aaa, don’t hurt me, I’ll give you anything just don’t hurt me!..

Lisa, Jonas and Aisha laughs.
Jonas:
- Don’t worry, we are not going to hurt you! So… What’s your name?

Aleksandras:
- Erm… I’m Aleksandras…

Lisa carefully takes something out from time machine and takes that into her pocket.
Jonas:
- Nice to meet you. My name is Jonas, this is my sister Lisa and that’s her best friend Aisha… So, how did you get into my house?

Aleksandras:
- Well, I got into this thing and I accidentaly pressed a button. And now, I got here somehow.
Aisha:
- Wow, you came from the past!

Aleksandras:
- What?! How?! How do you know that? It‘s impossible!!!

Lisa:
- Well, this „thing“, or how you are calling it is a simple time machine.

Aleksandras:
- What?! So now I am in the future?! What year is it now?!

Aisha:
- Well, telling the truth you are in 2508!

Aleksandras:
¬- Alright guys, now I really need to come back to my time.

Aleksandras presses the button and... Nothing happens!
Aleksandras:
- Wha... What happened? Why isn‘t that thing working?

Jonas:
- Maybe you should try again?

Aleksandras presses the button again but still nothing happens.
Aleksandras:
- Damn, how am I supposed to come back now?!

Aleksandras starts running around the time machine and then kicks it.
Aisha:
- Carefull, you can brake it!

Aleksandras:
- I don‘t care, it‘s not working anyway!

Jonas:
- Wait, I will take a look at it.

Jonas looks around it.
Jonas:
- There‘s one part missing.

Lisa:
- Eh, anyway, time machines are forbidden now...

Aleksandras:
- Why are they forbidden?

Aisha:
- Well, they were too dangerous. Not many people came back.

Aleksandras:
- Great! Just great!..

Jonas:
- Well, look at the bright side. You are in the FUTURE! Isn‘t that interesting for you?! Many kids could just dream about this!

Aleksandras:
- I would enjoy that, if I knew that I could safely come back home...

Lisa:
- You are hopeless!..

Everybody leaves.

Scene 2

Everybody comes into scene.
Lisa:
- So, Aleksandras, tell me about your your time?

Aleksandras:
- Well... Umm...

Jonas:
- How does the money of your time look??!

Aleksandras puts his hand into pocket and then he takes out some money.
Aisha:
- Show me that, show me that!

Aisha quickly takes money from Aleksandras.
Aisha:
- Wow, ten euros!

Lisa:
- What, ten euros?

Jonas:
- Man, do you know how much lakos you could get for this on Ebay?

Aleksandras:
- Umm... No, I don‘t. And what those „lakos“ are?

Aisha:
- Ha! Lakos are our money. Here, take a look at this!

Aisha shows Aleksandras one lako.
Aleksandras:
- Now this is cool! Future coin!

Aisha gives Aleksandras the lako coin.
Aisha:
- Here, take it. It isn’t worth much.

Jonas:
- Maybe you could give us that ten euros?

Aleksandras:
- Sure.

Aleksandras gives Jonas the ten euros.
Lisa:
- Man, my friends won‘t believe it!

Aisha:
- Aleksandras, tell us about your time studying. How do you study there?

Aleksandras:
- Well, we have schools, where...

Jonas:
- What is „school“?

Lisa:
- Oh, my silly bro. How are you studying history?!

Jonas:
- Well, actually I don‘t study history. I play „Counter stike“ instead.

Aleksandras:
- WHAT?! „Counter strike“ is STILL known?!

Aisha:
- Yep... I know, it‘s an old game but it‘s still interesting. At least to Jonas...

Aleksandras:
- So, as I said, we study at schools. There are teachers who teach us things like math, English, arts, music...

Lisa:
- Wow... Humans teach you?

Aleksandras:
- Yea... What else would teach us?

Aisha:
- Well, a computer. Here we have small computers, just like watches and at the time computer turns on and teaches us.

Aleksandras:
- Wow. This world is much more different than I thought! Erm... by the way. If this is your house then where are your parents?

Jonas:
- Well, at first this is my and Lisa‘s house. Aisha is Lisa‘s best friend but she decided to live with us for a while. And we don‘t live with parents. No one does.

Lisa:
- Yea. We don‘t even know who our parents are.

Aleksandras:
- Wow, everything here is much better than I thought!

Aisha:
- You call that better, when we don‘t know our parents?! You don‘t get their love and care...

Aleksandras:
- Umm... I haven‘t thought about that. I hate when my parents shout at me so I would do my homework.

Jonas:
- You live with parents?! Oh, my. I would love to have been born in your time...

Lisa:
- And you should know that everything isn‘t so as good here as you think.

Aleksandras:
- What do you mean? Are there no candies and crisps in your time?!

Jonas:
- What are candies and chi..?

Lisa:
- Shut up, Jonas. We have candies but they‘re quite expensive. But no. Everything‘s not so good becouse there‘s too much pullution all around us.

Aleksandras:
- Argh, who cares. What, will we die because of pollution? That‘s just SILLY!

Aisha:
- Are you acting like this or you are really totally crazy?!

Aleksandras:
- What? What‘s wrong? Are my jeans dirty?

Lisa:
- NO! The pollution IS bad and we CAN die because of it.

Aleksandras:
- Ok, ok, stop shouting. But you‘re not dying, are you?..

Jonas:
- Just shut up, you two. Nevermind that. Let‘s go and have some chocolate.

Everyone leaves.

Scene 3

Everyone comes into scene except Aisha.
Aleksandras:
- Morning everyone...

Lisa:
- Good morning...

Jonas:
- Not everyone. Where‘s Aisha?

Lisa:
- Oh, she‘s stydying.

Aleksandras:
- And what she‘s studying?

Jonas:
- Probably planting again...

Aleksandras:
- And you have to learn that? It‘s nothing hard to do, just plant the flower into pot and water it every day...

Lisa:
- It‘s much more difficult than you think. In our time there are not many plants. As you know, plants make oxygen, so we can breathe. And plants don‘t grow anywhere, anyhow, anytime.

Aleksandras:
- Couldn‘t you talk, so I can understant?

Lisa:
- So tell me, which part do you not understand?!

Jonas:
- Here it comes again...

Lisa (angry):
- Here it comes again what?!

Jonas:
- Your and Aleksandras‘s barney...

Lisa (shouting):
- WHAT BARNEY?! SHUT UP IF YOU DON‘T HAVE WHAT TO SAY!!!

Jonas:
- Hey, easy! It is still early in the morning and you‘re shouting...

Aisha comes into scene.
Aisha:
- Hi everybody! Nice morning.

Aleksandras:
- Yeah. Ecpecially for Lisa-she‘s so happy so she can shout...

Lisa (angry):
- Wha?!.

Aisha:
- Carefull, Lisa. Don‘t explode!

Lisa:
- Aaargh... What-ever...

Aleksandras:
- Well, I‘m still scared that I‘ll have to live in the future all my life from now... I think, my parents are stressed.

Aisha:
- Yes... So from now on you‘ll have to live just like us.

Aleksandras:
- I don‘t think that‘ll work out very well. But I‘ll try.

Jonas:
- Oh, come on! It can‘t be so hard. You‘ll see - no one will notice that you‘re from the past!

Aleksandras:
- Until I won‘t say that my teacher is emo or goth.

Aisha:
- Then we‘ll hope that you won‘t do such a big mistake!

Everyone except Lisa laughs.
Lisa (bored):
- Ha, ha, very funny... Well, I‘m going to my room. Need to study maths.

Lisa goes out of scene.
Jonas:
- That‘s strange. I‘ve never seen her like this...

Aleksandras:
- Let‘s just hope that her mood will get better...

Aiha:
- Hope so...

Everyone goes out of scene.

Scene 4

Aleksandras comes into scene. He searches around.
Aleksandras:
- There must be a way to come back!..

Suddenly Lisa comes in.
Lisa:
- Hey, what are you doing here?!

Aleksandras:
- Erm... Nothing, just... wondering around...

Lisa:
- Oh yeah?! Then why everything is so messed around like you have been going through my things?

Aleksandras:
- Oh, alright. I‘ve been searching around...

Lisa:
- And what‘ve you been looking for?

Aleksandras:
- Well, I need to come back home somehow! I can‘t just sit here acting like nothing has happened and I belong here!

Lisa:
- Forget it. You will not find a time machine here.

Aleksandras:
- I don‘t know why, but feelings are not letting me down that the missing part is here somewhere.

Lisa:
- Aargh, no one is making parts like this any more, we told you. Bye.

Lisa goes out of scene. Aleksandras stands like in fog.
Aleksandras (sad and puzzled):
- No... No, it can‘t be true... Why me?!

Jonas and Aisha comes into scene
Jonas:
- What‘s wrong?

Aisha:
- Yeah, you look like you are about to be sick.

Aleksandras:
- Guys, I REALLY need to come back to past... Why the part isn‘t being made any more)?.. Why is everything messed up!!!

Jonas:
- Lisa, come here!

Nothing happens.
Jonas:
- I will be right back. I want to call Lisa.

Aisha:
- We‘ll wait for you here.

Aleksandras:
- Why do you need to call her?

Jonas:
- Wait.

Jonas runs from scene. After two seconds he comes back with Lisa.
Jonas:
- Lisa, give that part back to Aleksandras.

Aleksandras:
- What... What the heck are you talking about?

Jonas:
- Well, actually when you came here, Lisa took the part from the time machine so you couldn‘t come back. We all wanted you to stay here for a while.

Aleksandras (very angry):
- What?! Give me back that part!

Lisa almost crying gives the detail to Aleksandras. Jonas pulls the time machine into scene. Aleksandras puts the detail in it‘s place. He sits in time machine.
Aleksandras:
- And I thought you were my friends...

Aleksandras presses the button, there‘s a loud „boom“. Everything turns dark.

Scene 5

After a while the lights turn on and there lies awaken Aleksandras.
Aleksandras
- Whoa! Now this was a funny dream. Man, I almost thought it’s real!

Aleksandras comes in school. There come three new children. They look just like children from Aleksandras’s dream. But Aleksandras has never seen them in reality before!
Aleksandras:
- Umm… Hi.

Lisa, Jonas and Aisha:
- Hello.

Jonas:
- What’s your name? I’m Jonas, this is my sister Lisa and her best friend Aisha.

Aleksandras (puzzled):
- But… You look like… Three future children from my dream!

Aisha:
- You must be kidding, right?!

The bell rings and everyone runs from scene.

The end



Written by: Gabija Vaitkeviciute, 6b of Kaunas Radvilenai Secondary School-Lithuania

Memories from Kaunas

Planting a tree...

As Deiva told me: "Here is a tree which was planted in the other project "Plant a tree". And it was done all around the earth. But our pupils planted it for peace and friendship during our opening ceremony. It is the tree of our project". What a beautiful gesture!

Our last rehearsals in Kaunas

The Lithuanian team

The Greek team

and the German team

Are you tired, kids?:-)

Poster of the performance in Kaunas (Sept. 26th, 2008)

Our project meeting on the Lithuanian TV, Kaunas, September 20-27, 2008

More and more photos... from Deiva, with love:-)

Deiva says: "Our Russian teacher who had suffered Siberia's cold and is still smiling, and a nice student from the 9th class". Very nice photos, really! It doesn't seem she is suffering from a cold at all, and the traditional uniform looks very beautiful. They are like angels in it.

The Lithuanian Headmaster Mrs. Dalia Valinteliene

The Greek girls, teachers, of course:-)

The German girls, teachers, of course:-)
Eating well in Lithuania:-) Irini told me this.

S-D-H, guess who?


Irini, means "Peace" in Greek

Chating, a little...
So cute, tiny Lithuanian students:-)
It seems this is the Geography class, who is the teacher, Deiva?

Yes, your Green class looks very beautiful, Deiva!:-)

More photos from the project meeting in Lithuania

The German team: It seems that the weather is better in Kaunas than in Velbert or Ioannina, isn't it, Hildegard? Sunshine!
I didn't know that the AKROPOLIS has been tranfered to Lithuania. What strange things can Modern Technology make! Look: The German teachers in front of the Akropolis of... Lithuania:-)):
These beautiful ladies are the Greek and German team in Rumsiskes museum, Kaunas. Except the Greek school headmaster, of course:

"It's all Greek to me", say the German students:-))

Mr. and Mrs.... Happy young grandparents:-)

The four Charites: From the Ancient German and Greek mythology:-)

Susanne and her little students. They look so cute:-)

And in the old Castle, Kaunas. Deiva, tell me who are these beautiful ladies. I need to know urgently:-) Sorry, ladies, I don't know you.(Ok, Deiva told me that you are Deiva No.3:-)

New project meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania

Our next project meeting(workshop) will take place in Lithuania, in Kaunas, the town which was situated about 1000 years ago on the confluence of two rivers the Nemunas and the Neris. The meeting will start on the 20th of September and finish on the 27th. Teachers and students from Germany, Greece and Lithuania will meet at Kaunas Radvilenai secondary school. We will have common rehearsals, work together on our plays. The plays will be presented to the audience of our regional community. The plays are chosen by the countries: ‘Love and fight’ from Lithuanian school, ‘Dangerous chemistry’ from German school and ‘My real life ‘ from Greek school. As our fourth partner Turkish school can’t come to Lithuania, there will be only three plays. The performance of the plays is planned to be held at Kaunas Radvilenai secondary school on the 26th of September 2008 .The Day of European Languages is a traditional festival at our school. This year it will really be the Week of European Languages-we will hear German and Greek native speakers at our school. The plays are written and will be performed in English. Our project guests will be shown Kaunas centre, new and old town with wonderful Town Hall. We plan to go to Rumsiskes folk museum. Also we will have an excursion to Vilnius-capital of Lithuania, to Trakai with wonderful island castle.
Teachers and students from Lithuania, Germany and Greece will live and work together for one week. They will have a chance to know better Lithuania and its people and to make friends with each other. We will have an opening ceremony where Lithuanian folk songs and dances will be performed. Friendship is the main ace in Comenius projects.
Meeting and working together help teachers and students to know better the way of life of each country which they visit. Our project unites teachers and students from very different cultures and it is really very interesting to work together. The main performance of our plays will be at the end of our meeting and that will show the results of our common work. Friendship usually doesn’t end with the end of the meeting. Wish us success in Lithuania. New stars will be born in Kaunas:-).

Daiva Barkauskiene

Classmates

KAUNAS RADVILENAI SECONDARY SCHOOL

CLASSMATES

Characters:

Aldona, Gražina (They’re 12 years old girls)
Jonė (almost 12, a girl)
Viktoras, Robertas (They’re 12 years old boys)
English teacher

Scene 1

AT SCHOOL

Morning. It’s about 7.30. Everyone is going to the school. It’s the last day of school year.

Gražina: Hey, aliens! J It’s our last day when we go to the school. It’s great!

Children: Hey! Yeah! It’s so fantastic!!!

Everyone was very hearty and everyone was smiling but ugly Jonė just whinny. She hasn’t got any friends.

Jonė: It isn’t funny! Gražina, if you don’t have any humour – please SHUT UP!

Gražina: Hey! Why are you screaming on me? You are so… I don’t know… odd?..

Aldona: She’s so stupid - because she’s blond right?

Other girls approve.

Gražina: Girls, easy…

That moment in the corridor Viktoras exclaims:

Viktoras: Good morning Aldona, Gražina… Hello, my sweetheart, Jonė!

Everyone is laughing.Bell is ringing.

Aldona: Hey, where is Robertas?

Viktoras: Er, I don’t know.

Gražina: Ok, let’s go to the classroom.

That moment in the corridor ring Roberta’s echo:

Robertas: WAIT FOR ME!!!

English teacher: Pupils, close the door,please.

Viktoras: Er, Robertas is coming, teacher.

English teacher: Oh, so that’s good.

Scene 2

AT LESSON

English teacher: Ok. Let’s begin our lesson. Good morning pupils.

Children: Good morning teacher. Nice to see you!!!

English teacher: Nice to see you too. Ok, sit down, now open your notebooks and let’s check your homework.

Jonė is saying something in the whisper:

Jonė: I’ve not prepare to this lesson…

English teacher: Do you want to say anything to me, dear?

Jonė: YES! I HAVE NOT PREPARED MY HOMEWORK!

English teacher: Oh . Why are you shouting?

Jonė: No!!!

Jonė bursts into tears. All class is laughing.

Jonė: Please, stop it!!!

Viktoras: Oh my god! Jonė – you are the best!!! Ha-ha!!!

Gražina: Children, what are you doing? Don’t be so unfriendly!

Aldona says in whisper for Gražina:

Aldona: What are you doing, Gražina?

Gražina: It’s not good!

Robertas says in whisper: Whatever…

Gražina: WHATEVER? You are so grim! Shame on you!

Robertas: Oh, so Jonė is your friend now, yeah?

Gražina: What if yes?

Viktoras: If the answer is yes, so you are not my friend.

Gražina: Fine!

Aldona, Viktoras, Robertas in chorus: FINE!

Bell is ringing.

English teacher: Oh, we didn’t do anything well at this lesson. It’s very bad. Ok pupils, you haven’t got any homework because you will have your holidays… And children… Don’t be so angry. Fine holidays for you… Good bye.

Robertas: You too teacher…

Children: Good bye…

Scene 3

In the yard

Gražina alone is sitting on the broadside. Jonė arrives and says:

Jonė: Thank you for your understanding… And I’m sorry for those words in the morning…

Gražina: Oh… Nothing… Just I’m sad that my friends are angry with me now…

Jonė: But they’re culpable, not you.

Gražina: Er… Maybe…

Viktoras, Aldona and Robertas are coming through the door.

Aldona: Oh, look there are our ex-friend.

Robertas: Ha-ha yeah. There is Jonė too.

Viktoras: They’re stink!

Gražina: Shut up, Viktoras.

Robertas: Ok let’s go home…

Gražina bursts into tears:

Gražina: I don’t understand how can I stay with those… buggers…

Jonė: Easy girl… Don’t worry. Everything will be ok.

Gražina: I hope so…

Jonė: So, are you waiting for summer?

Gražina: Yeah! It’s my favorite season.

Jonė: Oh… Great. When is your birthday?

Gražina: In spring on the 22nd of May. When is yours?

Jonė: So you are Gemini.On the 30th of March is mine.

Gražina: Yes, and you are Aries. Like my grandfather.

Jonė: Oh! Now is 9 o’clock. Where is your house?

Gražina: We need go to the left. Come on.

Jonė: Really? Well, ok… J

Scene 4

Near Gražina’s house

Viktoras and Aldona are standing near Gražina’s house.

Jonė: Hey, look…

Gražina: Yeah, I see… What do you want from me?

Viktoras: We want to talk to you but we see you are “busy”.

Aldona: Yeah, write… Ha-ha!

Jonė: Leave her alone!

Aldona: Oh, what I see here. You’re new friend. Congratulations, she’s “great”.

Viktoras: Oh that was good, Aldona. Ha-ha! High five!!!

Gražina: SHUT UP! You are not better than Jonė!

Jonė: Really? Oh that is very funny.

Viktoras: Ha-ha!

Aldona: It is not very funny!

Jonė: And where is your best friend Robertas ?

Viktoras: Amm…

Gražina: Really, where is he?

Aldona: He is in the basketball training.

Jonė: Are you lying?

Aldona: Don’t be silly. Of course not!

Gražina: Really?…

Aldona and Viktoras are thinking for a couple of minutes…:

Aldona: Am… We’re going to the volleyball training!

Gražina: Oh yeah? So you’re playing volleyball...

Jonė: DON’T LIE !!! You want that she would be your best friend again,yeah?

Viktoras: Maybe.

Gražina: Oh… There it is…

Aldona: No! Viktoras want it but I positively not…

Viktoras: Aldona don’t tell that you want to be Gražina‘s best friend!

Viktoras: Jonė do you want to be our friend?

Jonė: Sure! Because I haven’t got any friends :( Oh… Just one… Gražina it is you!

Viktoras: Well, if you do all homework and prepare for lessons… Then you can find friends!

Jonė: REALLY? I didn’t think about that, but I would try!

Viktoras, Aldona and Gražina: Ok, then maybe you want to play volleyball with us?

Jonė: Maybe, but I...

Aldona: What?

Jonė: I haven’t got much money…

Gražina: Then you can attend music school…

Jonė: Well, if that is free! Is it free?

Gražina: Music school not but volleyball yes! Do you want to attend volleyball?

Jonė: Oh of course I want!!!

Viktoras Aldona and Gražina together: OK.

Aldona: Let’s meet Robertas.

Jonė: Oh yeah of course!

Scene 5

In the Roberta’s training

They are inside the hall… Robertas is dribbling between his friend and trying to make points. He is a good player. He is the tallest in his team. Basketball is his life.

Robertas: Wait a minute! I’m finishing the game. OK?

In Chorus: Ok of course!

Robertas: Hey, What’s Jonė is doing here?

Aldona: She’s our friend now!

Robertas: WHAT?

Viktoras: She is very friendly and we were conciliate with Gražina and hobnob with Jonė! Robertai she promise for us always do her homework…

Robertas: Oh, it’s good.

Gražina: Jonė is our friend now! Do you want to go somewhere?..


Scene 6

The circle of one’s friends are in the meet

Aldona: Ok, do you want to go to the cinema?

Tohether: Oh yeah.

Jonė: But,but... I don’t have any money…

Gražina: Hey, don’t worry! There is no problem!

Jonė: Oh thank you…

AFTER THE FILM…

Viktoras: Hey, butties do you like this film?

Robertas: Oh yeah! I love ghost!

Aldona: And I love dragon!

Jonė: Oh, I love it all!

Gražina: Hey, where we can go now?

Viktoras: I want pizza!

Robertas: Me too!

Girls: We want hamburgers!

Boys: Don’t be silly. No…

Girls: WHY?!

Boys. Because we want pizza!!!

Girls: Oh well… Ok…

Then they went to the pizzeria and they all ate BIG BIG pizza!!!

The End

Written by Gintarė Mickevičiūtė 5th class and Otilija Pajaujytė 5th class of Kaunas Radvilenai Secondary School Lithuania.

MY SCHOOL YEARS

MY SCHOOL YEARS

Characters:
Samanta (the twelfth form student)
The teacher

Scene 1

It‘s dark on the stage only the lighted up spot where two desks are and two chairs and the teacher is sitting. The music is playing silently.Suddenly a girl comes from the other corner lighted up with the lamp.Two lights come together.

The teacher:

Hello, dear. How are you today? Why are you so worried? Don‘t forget our last school celebration ‚The Last Bell‘ is coming. You know we need to plan it.Take a seat and let‘s do it now.

Samanta:

Hello teacher. You know the period of exams is coming.I have so much to do and there is no time left. And there are a lot of parties ,a lot of invitations from my friends. So I must be in a hurry and do everything in time. I think ‚The Last Bell‘ will be the last celebration for me at this school. And that will be sad...

The teacher:

I know you are always in a hurry and doing a lot of work at our school and always succeed to do in time.Don‘t worry, dear Samanta, you will do everything in time. Remember your primary classes you had a lot of parties at school and no worries at that time.

Samanta:

Oh, yes, of course, that was a good time... No worries about studies, a lot of friends around and a lot of free time. I remember my primary class teacher Lina. We used to go on excursions all around Lithuania. Everybody liked them so much. But with the years I became more mature and started thinking about my studies and about my future. But inspite of studying a lot I was always
Involved in school Council activities, helped to organize different parties at our school and so on.... But I like it ,you know.

The teacher:

Oh , yes, I remember all our school and class parties, they were so interesting and funny. I was laughing a lot when you played at our class parties especially with Ieva.


Samanta:

The most interesting and impressive were our Christmas parties since the 7th form.I remember our
Christmas party when we were making parodies about different TV programmes. We had some guests and our parents were present.

The teacher:

-Samanta, I know that you are very busy... so how do you prepare for exams when you are so busy?
You need to prepare and to cope with stress.

Samanta:

-Well... actually I study really hard at home... I read a lot of books at home. I pay a lot of attention to History, English and Lithuanian languages, and of course Mathematics. And I am going to take exams on these subjects.
Oh... And do you know the easiest way to learn History? It‘s just to remember subjects. I learn and do some quizzes... So that‘s why I often do quizzes when I‘m alone at home, they help me to remember what I‘ve studied... And it‘s really a perfect way of studying... But on some subjects this method will not help, for example like learning English, you can only learn grammar from English quizzes, but you can‘t learn to talk English ...For this reason I watch English films or listen to english songs and sing together .You know I like singing... I am nervous about my English credit, it will be in ten days...I need to think about all the topics and train my tongue in speaking English. What do you think, will I succeed in taking my English credit?

The teacher: (laughs)

I think...yes, but don‘t know your mark. It will depend on you and your preparation.

Samanta:

Oh yes, of course, I study hard. Actually there was time when it was so difficult for me to study after... that terrible car accident when my sister and me were in hospital for a long time. I was in coma for a day.That was a terrible weekend in Palanga. We nearly died. In fact I couldn‘t remember anything what happened...just a second..and your life seems comes to the end. A weekend which turned to long months of pain and suffering....I think you must remember that time you came to visit me at the hospital and almost all my classmates came to visit me then. They were so friendly.
After that accidents it was really difficult to study, because I missed a lot of classes. So i had to study at home ..yes really hard...But now everything is OK, because I caught up with my classmates in studies and I started singing and dancing and acting as you see....(smiles)

The teacher:

-Oh, yes really? So that was really difficult period of your life. I remember that time again with pain, and you having terrible headache, and taking lots of medicine. All our class was missing you. Yes… but you survived. That’s great! And you wanted to dance so much. Do you remember that Halloween party. We had to go to other school with Egle and Ieva ? And you started dancing again though it was forbidden after that accident. I couldn’t watch that without pain.You wanted to dance so much.

The lights come down and then light up Samanta and she tries to dance. The music plays.

Scene 2

The teacher:

I see you dance very well. So can you tell me what is your favourite lesson now? And what do you think about your teachers when you are leaving your school? You are going to make speech at your Last Bell celebration. Let’s plan something..

Samanta:

- My favourite lesson is Music...because I really like singing and dancing. I have been dancing for a long time, and I think that dancing is something special...Oh yes and at our school the teachers are very good, they are qualified and always try to help us to prepare for life...they help us with what we don‘t understand and tell us what we want to know...So I just love my teachers they are like second family for me and I am so grateful for them because they taught me so many interesting things...and ..to understand life better...

The teacher:

I know it‘s your last year at school and in two months you will have your national exams.What are you going to do after finishing your school? Are you going to study anywhere? Would you like to stay at school or maybe become a teacher? (smiles)

Samanta:

Oh yes..Absolutely...I really want to stay longer now...because I had a lot of fun at school. Sure there is time when kids don‘t want to go to school, and even don‘t want to study and do their homework, but if you try you can have a really good time at school, and you can even have so much fun, that you would like to stay at school longer and don‘t want to go home...after your lessons.
It‘s a pity that this is my last year at school and I think I will really miss my teachers and my classmates and our plays of course.I met a lot of interesting people and made new friends, so i will miss them all, but i hope that evenwhen we will no longer be classmates we will meet each other.. because I really like my school and friends in it..(talks sadly)

The teacher:

That‘s so nice. And tell me what you like most at your school?

Samanta:

It‘s everything..(laughs)...My school is just wonderful, everyone in it knows each other quite well and when you walk along the corridor or in the hall you can see that all of them are your friends, because you can hear everybody saying ‚‘Hello‘ to each other...
Oh.. and I just love our school. I have been studying here for 12 years.
Especially I liked our Christmas parties...Every year we had a lot of interesting festivals and usually I was the one to write scrips for them and to play, and to dance.Our Christmas festivals were really wonderful each year we had one in our school and in the evenings in our class.We‘ve done so many interesting and funny plays that even now when I remember them I start smiling.

The teacher:

-Oh yes I liked them too.Was laughing a lot when our group was playing ‚Cinderella‘.Arnoldas was great stepmother and you remember playing that sister?

Samanta:

Oh yes, shouting at poor Cinderella „Oh , you, dirty thing, can you bring me my dress quickly..
Do this and do that...

The teacher:

And... when you organized Christmas Eve in the class with all children playing and singing like different actors.Yes our class was the best class at our school that year...Ieva ,Simona Deimante and you were good team... Wonderful menories. I will miss my class too.We have spent together eight years, when I became your classmaster.And your last Christmas play was ‚The Snow White‘Did you like it?

Samanta:

Of course, I liked it. I was playing an angry stepmother you remember(laughs).But actually
I liked being a stepmother...And I really liked asking the mirror:
‚Mirror,mirror on the wall, tell me who‘s the pretiest of all?‘
It‘s so nice to remember everything now, because the memories are so wonderful.. and I will
remember them all my life...I think so..

The teacher:

I was so sorry I couldn‘t help you at our ‚100 Days celebration‘ this year, because of my flue. But you were wonderful as usual and you did everything well.

Samanta:

Oh yes we had some troubles when the last evening you called us and told you were ill.But we are grown up people now and we know how to do everything ourselves...

The teacher:

I know you grew up and you don‘t need your teachers to teach you all the time (laughs) but maybe sometimes.... So it seems you really like your school and it wasn‘t so bad to study here..Ok let‘s go and prepare for our last festival ‚The Last Bell‘.what song could we sing there maybe ‚Imagine‘.
Remember we sang it at the contest eight years ago.

They stand up together and with the sounds of the song they leave the stage.
The lights go down.

Written by
Kristina Garmute 10th class, Samanta Guleviciute 12th class, Egle Zerinaite 12th class
and Urte Puzaite 8th class
of Kaunas Radvilenai Secondary School-Lithuania

Friends

Friends

Characters:
Ruta- 11 years old. She‘s a quiet and hard-working girl.
Migle- a twin of Ruta but she‘s very different: an irrepresible girl. She doesn‘t like studying.
Linas- 11 years old. He loves basketball and always plays after lessons.
Vytas- 11 years old.Llikes teasing girls by pulling their plaits.
Linas‘s mom- She is art‘s teacher.

Scene 1

All children come into school‘s hall. They‘re all laughing.
Vytas:
- Yeah, that was cool! I’ll never forget that BANG!

Ruta:
- What “BANG!”?

Linas:
- Well, when we went on a third floor and something there exploded! That was
soooooo much fun!

Migle (laughs):
- Whoever did it, they are in biiig trouble... But what exploded?

Vytas:
- I saw when one kid dropped a little bomb. Eeee… You know, that bomb which
we use at New Years.

Ruta (a little scared):
- Whew… I thought, it was a REAL bomb…

Migle:
- If it would be a real bomb, all school had been blown up!

Linas:
- Hem… I like this idea!

Vytas:
- OK. I’ll get some matches, Linas will fin…

Ruta (screams):
- Noo!!! What are you doing? Are you stupid?!

Linas (laughs):
- Easier! We are just kidding!

Migle:
- Yeah. Don‘t you understand jokes, sis?

Ruta:
- OK, OK... I was just protecting our school...

Linas:
- I’ll be right back.

He goes out of scene.

Vytas:
- So, it’s Linas’s birthday on the day after tomorrow. We should make him a surprise!
Has anyone got any ideas?

Migle:
- Hem… Don’t look at me like that!..

Ruta:
- If we are his real friends, then he will invite us to his birthday party.

Vytas:
- So, and…?

Ruta:
- When he’ll invite us, we’ll say “Sorry, but we can’t come…”.

Migle:
- So what? He’ll be very sad if we will do it!

Ruta:
- Don’t interrupt me if you want to know my plan! So, we’ll go into his house quietly
and decorate his room with balloons, and other birthday signs.

Vytas:
- One little problem…

Ruta:
- What problem?.

Vytas:
- How we’ll get into his house?

Ruta:
- Oh, sorry. I’ve never thought about that!..

Migle:
- It’s so easy! We’ll ask Linas’s parents for their house key. We’ll tell them our plan and,
I think they will let us take that key!

Ruta (teases):
- I didn’t know that you’re genius.

Migle:
- Shut up. Oh, Linas is coming.
Linas:
- What were you talking about?

Vytas:
- Nothing… We’ve been waiting for you

Ruta:
- Bye. So see you tomorrow

Linas and Vytas:
- Bye!

Children go out of scene.

Scene 2

Another day. Vytas, Migle and Ruta go into school’s hall.
Vytas:
- Where’s Linas?

Ruta:
- Strange… He is usually one of the first to come in.

Migle:
- Maybe he’s sick?

Vytas:
- I don’t think so… He would definitely text me.

Migle:
- Hey, if he isn’t at school we can decide, what we could buy for his birthday!

Vytas:
- We can buy little cars for him!

Ruta:
- Are you crazy? He’s too old for that!

Vytas:
- Well, my little brother likes them…

Migle:
- Maybe we can buy him a… Book!

Ruta:
- No, he doesn’t like reading too much. But he likes basketball. So, we could buy …

Everyone (shout):
- Basketball ball!

Linas run into scene and asks:
- Why are you yelling?

Vytas:
- Well, we…

Migle:
- Nine hells! Where have you been?

Linas:
- I forgot set my alarm clock on yesterday… So what’s the first lesson?

Ruta:
- Maths.

Linas (takes his head and screams):
- Who can lend me a note book?!

Ruta opens her bag and gives a note book for Linas. Linas props up his notebook on wall and
starts writing.
During writing Linas says:
- Anyone want go to my birthday?
Migle:
- Ruta and I can’t… We are going to the countryside to visit our grandparents

Linas gives Ruta’s notebook back to her and puts his notebook in bag. He looks sadly at Vytas.
Vytas:
- I can’t go too. I must… Tidy up my house.

Linas (sadly):
- Then, I think, I’ll celebrate with my family…

Ruta:
- Oh, don’t be so sad… Maybe we’ll celebrate your birthday anoth…

DZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Migle:
- Bell!

Children go out of scene.

Scene 3

Everyone come into scene. It’s long-break. Ruta sits on chair, takes her notebook and starts writing in it.

Migle:
- What’re you doing?

Ruta:
- My homework.

Migle:
- Why? You can do it in home.

Ruta (shows her tongue for Migle):
- Fine. I’ll do my homework during the break and you’ll do it in home when I’ll play computer games.

Migle:
- Hey, I don’t play like that!

She takes her notebook too and starts writing.

Vytas:
- OK. Than I and Linas will go to play basketball.

Linas and Vytas go out of scene.
Migle (looks at Ruta’s notebook):
- I don’t understand this exercise… Can I look?

Ruta:
- No you can’t! Think your-self.

Migle (sadly):
- Pleaaaaase…

Ruta:
- Oh, OK. Look…

She gives her notebook to Migle and teases:
Ruta:
- Maybe there’s a worm in your head… He eats, eats and eats your brain…

Migle (laughs):
- I think it will be die of hunger in YOUR head!

Ruta looks resented at Migle:
Ruta:
- Just write that exercise in your notebook…

Migle looks with flying colours at Ruta, then writes something in her notebook.
Ruta:
- We’ll buy ball today, after lessons, OK?

Migle gives notebook back to Ruta, and puts her notebook in her bag.
Migle:
- OK. But have you got any money? I have got just 10 Lt…

Ruta:
- Don’t worry. I don’t spend so much money for sweets like you. I’ve got 20 Lt.

Migle:
- Because I like sweets but you don’t like! “Sweets are bad for teeth…” If you didn’t know, chocolate is good for teeth…

Ruta:
- Look, Linas’s mom is coming!

Linas’s mom comes into scene.
Linas’s mom:
- Helo, girls.

Migle and Ruta:
- Hello.

Migle:
- We have a plan for Linas’s birthday. Can you take hi somewhere that day and we’ll decorate his room.

Ruta:
- Yes, can you give your house key?

Linas’s mom takes key from her jacket’s pocket and gives it to Ruta
Linas’s mom:
- Here you go. Good plan, I must say. I’ll take him to theatre at 12:00 p.m.. There we’ll be about two hours.

Migle:
- Great! Oh, I almost forgot. Vytas will go with us.

Linas’s mom:
- OK.
Ruta (smiles to Linas’s mom):
- Thank you. Don’t say about our plan for Linas!

Linas’s mom:
- You can trust me! Good-bye girls!

Migle and Ruta:
- Bye!

Linas’s mom go out of scene.
Migle:
- Yes, we have a key!

Ruta:
- It wasn’t very hard, I thought that she will not trust us!

Boys run into scene.
Vytas:
- Bell didn’t ring?

Ruta:
- No…

Linas:
- Whew… almost thought that we’ll be late… Again.

Migle:
- Then, it’s your lucky day, I must say.

Vytas:
- It really can be.

Ruta whispers in Vytas’s ear:
- We’ll buy Linas’s present and birthday signs today, after lessons. And I have Linas’s house key!

Linas:
-What are you whispering about?

Migle:
- We can‘t say... It‘s secret!

Linas:
- You are concealing something from me!

Vytas (smiles to Linas):
- Yes, we are…

DZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!
Migle:
- That bell rings, when we don’t need it!!!









Scene 4

Another day. Vytas, Migle and Ruta come into Linas’s house. Vytas holds a box with birthday signs and Migle holds box with Linas’s present.
Vytas:
- It’s really 12:00 p.m.?

Migle:
- Stop frightening! It’s 12:20 p.m.!

Vytas:
- I just asked…

Ruta:
- Stop arguing! Who’ll hang balloons?

Migle:
- I wan’t!

Ruta:
- OK. Who’ll toss some coloured papers?

Vytas (bored):
- I’ll…

Ruta:
- Then I’ll write poster with note “Happy birthday” and hang it opposite doors.

Migle:
- I write graffiti style better than you!

Ruta:
- Than you can write poster. I’ll hang balloons.

Migle (happily):
- OK.

Everyone work their jobs. Ruta holds balloon.
Ruta:
- Migle, can you give me some yarn and scissors?

Migle:
- Take them yourself!

Ruta:
- I can’t! I’m holding a balloon.

Migle (gives some yarn and scissors for Ruta):
- OK. Here you go…

Ruta (angry):
- Thank you very much…

Migle:
- Shut up!

Vytas stops tossing papers.
Vytas (laughs):
- Now I can say: stop arguing!

They proceed their jobs.
Migle:
- Who’ll give a ball for Linas?

Vytas:
- I!

Ruta:
- No, I!

Migle:
- OK. Than I’ll give present!

Ruta and Vytas:
- Why you?!

Migle (shows a tongue):
- Because I proposed it first!

Ruta:
- I think, we can give present together.

Vytas:
- Good idea! And… What time is it?

Ruta:
- 1:30 p.m..

Migle:
-Better hurry…

They work silently. Vytas ends tossing coloured papers, Ruta ends hanging balloons and Migle Hangs poster.
Migle:
- All done!

Vytas:
- We can take birthday hats now!

They take some hats from box and put them on their heads. Then they sit on floor and wait.
Ruta:
- Shhh… I heard something!

Linas and his mom came into decorated room. All three children stand up and shout:
- Surpriiise!

All three give Linas a present.
Vytas:
- Open it!

Linas opens box and takes basketball ball.
Linas:
- Cool! My old ball isn’t orange anymore but grey!

Ruta:
- We glad that you like it.
Linas:
- But… But you said, that you will not come to my birthday!

Migle:
- We lied for you. That was a part of our plan!

Linas:
- I never had better friends than you!

THE END

Authors: Gabija Vaitkeviciute , Saule Ratkute and Antanas Puzas
5b class
Lithuania, Kaunas Radvilenai secondary school