( Lights start fading as ROSALINE is trying to direct BEEF on how to properly switch the pots .)
( Lights come up . BEEF and ROSALINE are at the community garden . There is now a large sapling coming out of the pot .)
Now we get to plant the sapling in the ground . It ’ s just like what we did before .
( BEEF picks up the sapling from the pot and places it in a hole in the garden , as ROSALINE begins talking .)
Our little acorn has come so far , and soon it will flourish into a beautiful tree .
( BEEF gently sets the sapling in the ground and starts filling in the hole with dirt )
Is this right ?
BEEF
ROSALINE Yes . Good job , Dearie . Now why don ’ t you help me get the watering can .
( Lights fade as BEEF grabs ROSALINE by the arm and helps walk her off stage left , as she is talking .)
You ’ ve grown a lot too , you little acorn .
Scene 5
( Lights come up on BEEF and ROSALINE staring happily at their fully grown tree . BEEF is holding his axe .)
ROSALINE The tree is fully grown now . See these acorns ?
( ROSALINE bends over and picks up a handful of acorns that have fallen off the tree .)
They ’ re dozens of new lives waiting to start .
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