MOM

The bear between
Was that bear always between them?

CONVERSATIONS WITH MOM

CHAR: Okay, mom, now I'm a little uncertain about where I turn next.

MOM: Up ahead...I think that bump in the road and the big white house on the corner. You turn left there. [CHAR TURNS LEFT] Left!

CHAR: I did turn left.

MOM: I mean right.

CHAR: Right?

MOM: Yes.

CHAR: Okay, I'll turn around. Now I turn right.

MOM: Left I think.

CHAR: I thought you said right.

MOM: But we reversed.

[CHAR STARTS TO HEAT UP]

MOM: My mind is a complete blank.

[CHAR BITES HER TONGUE]

CHAR: What street is the cemetary on?

MOM: Well, it's either Greenfield or Valley Vista or Granita. Yes, I'm sure it's one of those three.

[CHAR BEGINS TO FUME, DRIVES IN CIRCLES, DISCOVERS CEMETARY ACCIDENTLY. IT'S NOT ON ANY OF THESE ROADS]

THEY GET TO WALMART
CHAR: [PUZZLED] Yeah so...

MOM: We only have 7.

CHAR: Mom, it means no more than 8.

MOM: I think it means you have to have 8 or they buzz you.

CHAR: They buzz you?

MOM: Yes. If you don't have the right number of items.

CHAR: [TOTALLY EXASPERATED] No, Mom, they shoot you!!

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