Sally And Connie - Dialogue 

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Narrator: This presentation is about a mother and a daughter who

found it difficult to get along. They were often engaged in bitter disagreements.

Scene One: (Mother and daughter can be heard arguing just 

before bedtime.

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Connie:

Sometimes I find it very difficult to understand you mother

You’re meddling and intrusive; you’re really just a bother

No wonder it’s so impossible for us to get along together

I am convinced that I must be someone else’s daughter

Sally:

Sometimes I have to remind meself that I love you Connie

For we tired fight and we tired disagree

You so rude and lazy, and you always stressing me

De nurse and doctor dem did gi’ me di wrong baby

Connie:

Well I’ve seen the world, now I understand things better

I try to enlighten you so that you can develop

But you never appreciate anything I have to offer

It’s all futile I don’t know why I even bother

Sally:

You goin on so because you went to a university

And you earn yourself some big fancy degree

You forget is me who wuk hard to sen’ you de money

So don’t bother think that you better than me

(Mother and daughter go to their separate rooms muttering and mumbling under their breath.  They can be seen kneeling in prayer next to their respective beds and are heard alternatively.)

Connie: Before I go to bed, dear heavenly Father

Sally: Before I go to bed Lord please grant me one favour

Connie: Provide mother with a new job as far as Vancouver

Sally: I could do wid a break from me ungrateful daughter

Connie: Of course from time to time we may visit each other

Sally: I just want some time for meself without her

Connie: Then there is the electronic mail or face book or twitter

Sally: Wid no Connie around, I could do without the drama

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Narrator:  Daughter and mother awake the next day  and cannot

find each other. They are so distraught that they spend the entire

day searching for each other

Scene Two: Sally and Connie are seen simultaneously in their  respective setting as speak alternatively

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Connie: Mother, mother, mother, mother

Sally: Connie, Connie, Connie, Connie

Connie: (remains in front yard, uses the cell phone)

911…..could I talk to somebody please

I can't find my mother, her name is Sally

I’ve been calling and texting, but she has not answered me

Miss Jones next door hasn’t a clue where she could be

Sally: (arrives from town, uses telephone in living room)

911 …..A want to report an urgent matter

I wake up today and I couldn’t find me daughter

A calling a calling and but she wouldn’t even answer

A done check next door but she ain’t by de neighbour

Connie:

I’ve searched every nook and cranny, every alley and street

Now I’m so exhausted from the sun and the stifling heat

(looking quite offended)

How preposterous! I’ve been asked to hold as they are busy

Cant’ they understand that this is an emergency!

Sally:

I check wid she friends and not a soul see her

I tired cry and bawl and pray wid de pastor

Even the dog missing, we use to call him Rover

Please wuk on de case I can’t bear it much longer

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Narrator: The sun has long since set but still mother and daughter

have not received word of each other’s safety or whereabouts.

Scene Three:(Connie dresses for bed and sits at kitchen table.

Sally dresses for bed and sits on sofa in living room)

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Connie:

It’s ten o’ clock already. The day is over.

Mother has disappeared and that inane dog Rover

This is so surreal, there is no sign of mother

Suppose yesterday was the last time that I had seen her

Sally:

Look how de day done, it ten o’clock already

I can’t find me daughter, all day I worry

This whole situation just driving me crazy

Where on earth could that disgusting child be?

Connie: What am I going to do without mommy?

Sally: Wha I gon do without Connie?

Connie: The house feels so strange and empty without her

Sally: I ain’t able to carry on without me daughter

Connie: Mommy is my consultant, my friend and my advisor

Sally: Connie does do me nails and plait me hair, Lord I gon miss her

Connie: Mommy is the one who keeps this house in order

Sally: Connie and me always liming together

Connie: This affair is just horrendous, where could she be

Mother: Hear my cry O Lord, please help me

Connie: Dear Jesus I am just asking for one favour please

Mother: Bring back me dear daughter safe to me

(mother and daughter drift off to sleep)

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Narration:  Both daughter and mother awake suddenly to the sound

of Rover’s barking. They are immensely relieved to discover that it

has all been a dream.

Scene Four: (A dog barks in the distance, mother and daughter jump out of bed and meet in the living room where they embrace.)

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Connie and Mother: Rover! Rover!

Connie : Mother, mother, mother, mother

Mother: Connie, Connie, Connie, Connie

Connie: Mommy I just had a horrible ghastly dream

Connie: Please forgive me for me for being so mean

Mother: Well I just had a nightmare, thank God it over

Mother: I forgive you and I love you my precious daughter

( Mother and daughter sit on sofa and pray together)

Connie:

Lord you know I really love my mother

As she sleeps tonight keep her from and danger

Send your heavenly hosts to protect and surround her

Keep her safe eternal God and heavenly Father

Sally:

Lord you know I love my daughter Connie

Before I go to bed grant me one favour please

Protect her through the long hours of sleep

Send your guardian angels to guard and keep

Connie: I love you mommy

Mother: I love you too Connie

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Narrator:

It is important for us to truly cherish and appreciate each member

of our family.

Of course there will be disagreements but we ought to learn how to discuss issues and resolve our differences. For the solemn reminder

is, we will never know when it will be the last time we see each other.

As the saying goes we will never miss the water until the well runs dry. Let us each then love and forgive each other. How much do we love? Seventy times seven! How much do we forgive? Seventy times seven!

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By Vinette Halliday

May, 2008