Mowing the Lawn

AT RISE:

A MAN and a WOMAN sit on a large galapagos tortoise.

WOMAN:
Tell me a story.

MAN:
About what?

WOMAN:
A donkey.

MAN:
Once upon a time-

WOMAN:
Wait.

MAN:
What?

WOMAN:
Donkeys make me sad.

MAN:
Because they're sterile?

WOMAN:
No, that's mules.

MAN:
Then what's wrong with donkeys?

WOMAN:
One time I read a sad story about a donkey and a dolphin. I was depressed for a week.

MAN:
Okay fine.

WOMAN:
But you still have to tell me a story.

The man thinks.

MAN:
Once upon a time, a man and a woman sat on a tortoise. They were happy on the tortoise, but still found themselves, on occasion, wondering what their lives would have been if they'd decided to ride a donkey instead.

They sit for a moment.

WOMAN:
That still had a donkey in it.

MAN:
Did you like it?

A beat.

WOMAN:
Yeah, I liked it.

The tortoise plodes on.

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.