One friend has had a nasty knock on the head. It appears to have made his/her forgetful, especially about money owed.
FORGETFUL
by Michele Lourie c 2018
Actor 1: Hello my friend, how are you? I heard you’d just come out of hospital.
Actor 2: Have I?
Actor 1: You do have a bandage around your head.
Actor 2: (feels head) Yes, so I have.
Actor 1: What were you in for?
Actor 2: In where?
Actor 1: The hospital.
Actor 2: What about it?
Actor 1: Treatment. What tests did they run?
Actor 2: (Looks very thoughtful) I don’t think I’ve done a test since last year at school, and I hate running.
Actor 1: (confused) Okay.
Speaking of school, do you know we’ve only got a week before the holidays finish and we go back.
Actor 2: Go back where?
Actor 1: To school. After the holidays.
Actor 2: What holidays?
Actor 1: The one’s we’ve just had!
Actor 2: (pause) What have we just had?
Actor 1: Holidays – from school!
Actor 2: What about school?
Actor 1: Listen carefully. We’re returning in the New Year.
Actor 2: Returning ‘what’ to ‘where’?
Actor 1: Hey, did you go to hospital for treatment of memory loss or something?
Actor 2: Hospital? What hospital?
Actor 1: The one you just got out of.
Actor 2: I just got out of where?
Actor 1: Never mind. Forget I ever said anything. See you later. (exits)
Actor 2: (calls after) See you later where?
(turns to exit and stops)
I just remembered that I owe that girl/boy $20 I borrowed last term.
Funny he/she seems to have forgotten about it! That’s a relief.
