INT. BEDROOM - DAY
GRAVIER, a four-year-old boy with a receding hairline, is
asleep in bed in his pajamas. He rolls over and falls off
onto the floor.
GRAVIER
Oof!
He blinks his eyes open and stands up with a yawn. Across
the room, a big rat crawls out onto the top of a dresser from
behind it.
GRAVIER
Hi, Bubonic! I had a dream about a
tiger who was too old to jump
through a bunch of flaming hoops,
so the sideshow freaks ate him!
Then they came after me.
(beat)
Dadders is taking me to the circus today!
The rat screeches.
GRAVIER
I'm excited too!
Gravier starts running toward the dresser.
GRAVIER
I'm gonna get dressed all by mysel-
He falls through a large hole in the floor.
INT. KITCHEN - DAY
DADDERS sits at the kitchen table, drinking coffee straight
from a coffee pot. Gravier lands face-down on the table.
DADDERS
Damn it, Gravier! You promised
that if we let you have that bedroom
you'd stay away from the hole!
GRAVIER
(muffled)
I forgot.
DADDERS
I'm very disappointed in you. You
will have to be punished in some
way for breaking your promise.
GRAVIER
(muffled)
Okay.
DADDERS
I'll definitely think up a
punishment for you by the time
we're back from the circus. Now
let's get in the car. We don't
want to be late.
Gravier sits up on the table.
GRAVIER
Yay!
MOMMERS walks in with a bucket of ground beef.
MOMMERS
You two better get out of the
kitchen. I overslept and haven't
fed Sissy yet.
SISSY, a goblin wearing a curly red wig, bursts out of an air vent.
SISSY
Sissy hungry!
Gravier jumps off the table. He and Dadders run out.
DADDERS
I call shotgun!
EXT. CAR - DAY
Gravier sits in the driver's seat and Dadders sits in the
passenger's seat as the car idles in the driveway.
GRAVIER
I don't think I can drive, Dadders.
My feet can't reach the pedals.
DADDERS
That's why God invented this brick.
Dadders holds up a brick and throws it down at the pedals.
The car speeds in reverse out of the driveway and directly
into a huge pothole.
DADDERS
Damn it, Gravier! You promised to
stay away from the street hole!
GRAVIER
I forgot.
DADDERS
Go to your room!
END