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Handling Criticism

FLYNN: Your songs are too LOUD.
SHELKEY: Your ears are too STUPID.

FLYNN: Hey!
SHELKEY: You're right, I'm sorry... I have to be able to handle criticism.

SHELKEY: I hear you. I value your feedback. And I THANK you.
FLYNN: You're welcome.

SHELKEY: I thank YOU... and your stupid, STUPID ears.

Heartsick Trees

FLYNN: I like Fall.
FLYNN: The trees slump...
FLYNN: Like their hearts are broken.

TREE: Sure, (sniff) I SLUMP... (sniff) So? Who cares... Nothing matters anyway... (sniff)

TREE: I'LL NEVER FIND LOVE AGAIN!! Waah!!

TREE: Oh no. no... (sniff) You don't have to- I'll pick all this up... God, I don't mean to be a BURDEN...

Settle an Argument

PITTMAN: Can you settle an argument?
FLYNN: Sure. You're wrong.

PITTMAN: OK, but let me just-
FLYNN: No. You're wrong.

PITTMAN: You haven't even heard what the argument was ABOUT!
FLYNN: Look...

FLYNN: You asked me to settle it. You didn't ask me to settle it FAIRLY.

Rain

HOT CHOCOLATE: All this rain makes me nervous. Will it ever stop?! Is it a FLOOD?!

Rain slows.

Rain stops.

HOT CHOCOLATE: Now I'm nervous about a drought.

Dinner

ROONIE: Wanna have dinner together?
PITTMAN: To see who can eat more?

ROONIE: No... to just... have dinner.
PITTMAN: -and we'll see who eats FASTEST?

ROONIE: No! (sigh) Never mind...
PITTMAN: Ooo, how 'bout I cook? I can cook the BEST!

PITTMAN: I bet I get invited to more dinners than ANYONE...

Tentatively

ROONIE: Wanna have dinner tonight?
FLYNN: TENTATIVELY... let's say yes.

FLYNN: But it's very tentative.
FLYNN: Because I don't really want to.

FLYNN: So... let's actually just say NO.

FLYNN: Tentatively.

New

ROONIE: This anthill is new.

The rabbit stomps the anthill into oblivion.

ROONIE: I fear change.

Funny Joke

RABBIT: Wanna hear a funny joke?

SQUIRREL: Sure.

Fall

SQUIRREL (thinking): I like Fall. The trees mope... Like sullen teens.

TREE (thinking): Um, OK, WHATEVER, I'm not "sullen"...

Leaf Pile

RABBIT (thinking): I've been hiding for hours, and when Flynn gets home, I'm gonna jump out and surprise him. It's the perfect plan.

SQUIRREL: Hello, Roonie.

Great Art

BIRD (thinking): Great art takes time.

A pause.

They’ll Never Know

SKINK (thinking): (sigh)

SKINK (thinking): They'll never know how much I love them.