Characters Tom , a very kind 6 th Grader who has missed a lot of school the last few weeks . Mark , in the same class as Tom and his best friend . He misses seeing Tom at school . Old Woman , a mysterious and magical old woman who lives in the woods . She speaks Latin . Tom ’ s Mom : Off Stage Voice .
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Time and Place : Modern Day America ; in the woods behind Tom ’ s Home . Tom and Mark play in the woods . Carefree and innocent for the moment .
And then Mrs . Berger told Garret he had to kiss Marcy ?
MARK
What ? Why would she do that ?
TOM
MARK Because he ’ s the Prince and Snow White needs to be kissed to wake up . His face turned so red .
TOM Please tell me you got that on video so I can post it on my YouTube channel .
MARK I wish . My mom took my phone away after we posted the video of Braxton taking a big bite out of the Caramel “ apple .”
TOM Oh man , that was a good prank . I ’ ll never forget the look on Braxton ’ s face when he realized it was an onion . That was genius .
Tell my mom that .
MARK
TOM Braxton must have been pissed about Garrett getting to kiss and Marcy . He ’ s liked her since kindergarten .
Not anymore . He ’ s all about Sarah now .
MARK
Wait ! When did that happen ?
TOM
About two weeks ago .
MARK
TOM Are you kidding me ? I thought they would end up getting married and having five or six kids . ( Tom and Mark laugh . Tom ’ begins to cough continuing through the next line )