Bob: Where are we today, Ted?

Ted: Morrisville Elementary School …The back field. Recess. The wind is taking people.

Bob: Oliver stands in the grass with his jacket open.

Ted: He’s giving it his front.

Bob: The wind hits the front of his jacket—whoomp.

Ted: He’s took.

Bob: Oliver spreads his arms wide.

Ted: That’s more front. That is unwise.

Bob: The wind pushes him backward.

Ted: He’s really took now.

Bob: His shoes slide in the grass.

Ted: There’s not much space for his needs Bob.

Bob: He leans forward and pushes harder.

Ted: That just feeds this situation more.

Bob: The jacket snaps tight—pop.

Ted: That’s worse. I think that is more worse.

Bob: A gust hits him from the side now.

Ted: He’s still showing his front. Why?

Bob: His hat lifts off his head—gone.

Ted: It took his hat. It’s gone.

Bob: The hat rolls across the field.

Ted: Can he chase it in these conditions?

Bob: Yes. There he goes.

Ted: Oliver is took.

Bob: What are you talking about? He almost reaches it.

Ted: He’s still took.

Bob: He stops.

Ted: He’s too late.

Bob: Oliver turns his body sideways to the wind. That’s smart.

Ted: Do not turn Oliver.

Bob: He stays sideways.

Ted: That does not count.

Bob: The jacket drops flat against his side.

Ted: …No.

Bob: Yes. That’s the correct move Ted. The wind moves past him.

Ted: It missed him.

Bob: His feet stop sliding.

Ted: He’s not giving it his front.

Bob: He’s fine now.

Ted: He’s still took.

Bob: He stopped. It’s all good.

Ted: Once you’re took, you stay took.

Bob: That’s not a real thing Ted

Ted: It is now.

Bob: Oliver stands there, turned sideways.

Ted: He’s holding.

Bob: The wind keeps moving across the field.

Ted: It can’t take his side.

Bob: The hat rests against the fence.

Ted: It stays.

Bob: Another kid runs into the wind with his jacket open.

Ted: He’s giving it his front.

Bob: The wind hits him—whoomp.

Ted: He’s took too.

Bob: Oliver points at him.

Ted: He’s took.

Bob: The other kid turns sideways quickly.

Ted: Still took.

Bob: He stops moving.

Ted: Too late.

Bob: Oliver stays turned, watching him.

Ted: That kid stays took.

Bob: So he’s still took?

Ted: He showed it his front.

Bob: That was before. I don’t understand what you are talking about.

Ted: Before still counts.

Bob: Even if he fixes it?

Ted: Front counts forever.

Bob: I guess that is the story

Both: Bob and Ted—Play-by-Play of Your Life.

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