Scenes with Angelina Mouseling 29
[The scene --after the lunchtime theater where Marco, Gracie, and Vicki were-- then cuts to Ms. Mimi's classroom. Angelina has to stay after school and she's in the classroom. That afternoon --after school-- Ms. Mimi has asked Angelina to stay after school for after school detention because Angelina was talking in class. Ms. Mimi is disciplining Angelina. In other words: "The scene cuts to where Ms. Mimi is issuing Angelina with her after school detention". Angelina is seen in Ms. Mimi's classroom. She was making noises like the drum after being asked for quiet. So it cuts to where Angelina is in after school detention. She --sitting on a time-out chair-- is facing Ms. Mimi in front of her desk. Before assigning Angelina after school detention after school, Ms. Mimi talks to Angelina.]
[to Angelina] So, when I asked for quiet, Angelina...!
[Ms. Mimi then expects answers from Angelina.]
...I really do expect to get it! I am surprised!
Angelina[apologizing to Ms. Mimi for talking in class] I am sorry, Ms. Mimi.
[It is true that Angelina has apologized for her unruly behavior in class. And she does promise it will never happen again. But even though Angelina apologizes --for her unruly behavior which was talking and Ms. Mimi asked for quiet but she did not listen-- she knows that sometimes an apology/promise does not cut it. Her behavior was still not okay. Really, she's still in trouble. Because in reality, if one apologizes and/or makes a promise --which is a promise to not do it again-- sometimes it does not allow them to get away with being punished. Sometimes it doesn't and therefore, they still have to pay the consequence. There are appropriate/common/natural/local consequences for actions. That means they --one and in this case Angelina too-- must be accountable for their actions. In this case --like for Angelina who talked in class-- she has to pay the consequence. She is ordered to stay after school and see Ms. Mimi to do after school detention. Possibly for a whole week and no drum day on said day. So --as a result-- Angelina is --in fact-- still in trouble. She still did something in class that she was not supposed to do. It was on purpose. Not only on purpose, but also a big no-no. So her "apology" does not work and she's still considered a wrongdoer --according to Ms. Mimi-- and must be punished or disciplined. Additionally, she --by extension-- is also held responsible for talking and disrupting in class. Although her after school detention was not seen, she still was assigned it by Ms. Mimi for being disruptive even though Ms. Mimi asked for quiet. Now Angelina has it for a whole week and she gets no drum day the next day or in other words, "not this year". From this point, Angelina's "after school detention week" with Ms. Mimi --after school-- starts, and starting today. So until her "after school detention week" is over, there is no drum day nor any after school activities for Angelina. Because she is in after school detention with Ms. Mimi. We may be sorry, and we may make an apology/promise. But we are still considered a wrongdoer. An apology/promise alone does not erase the action you --and in this case Angelina-- did. In the meantime, Angelina is in trouble, she gets a week of after school detention, and she gets no drum day this year. Her turn for the drums --on drum day-- is dismissed.]
[Angelina tries to talk her mom into letting her and Gracie and Vicki have a sleepover. Mrs. Mouseling is playing cards with Polly]
Angelina
[asks her mother about a sleepover] Please, can Gracie and Viki sleep over? Please? Please?
[Mrs. Mouseling is playing cards with Polly. Then she turns to Angelina]
[to Angelina] Oh, Angelina?
[Mrs. Mouseling tries to warn Angelina that a sleepover might not be a good idea. That is, as she asks...!]
Are you sure that a sleepover is a great idea?
Angelina
Why not?
[Mrs. Mouseling says to Angelina why a sleepover might not be a good idea. That is, as she says...!]
[to Angelina] Well, for one thing, they must not even be called "sleepovers". Because no one ever sleeps.
[Indeed, that is true. True to Mrs. Mouseling's reason, if Angelina does have a sleepover, it must not be called a "sleepover". Because no one sleeps.]
[The scene cuts to daytime. When morning comes, Mrs. Mouseling turns on the light in the attic and wakes up Angelina, Vicki, and Gracie. She says a big, long "RISE AND SHINE!" in a singy-songy tone. Her "Rise and shine!" command in a singy-songy tone to the girls echoes through the attic window.]
[sing-songy] ♪ RISE AND SHINE (GIRLS)! ♪
[The girls are too tired since they were up all night.]
Oh dear. You girls must have been up very, very late.
Angelina
Look, I think we broke lamp.
Luckily the lamp isn't broken. But you did break your promise.
Angelina
I did break my promise. And I am really, truly, sorry.
[The scene then cuts to Angelina's school. Angelina, Gracie, and Vicki get back to school and end up extremely tired since the night before]
Angelina
[narrating] I am not just sorry...! BUT ALSO SO SLEEPY! Things are not looking very good.
[about the girls being late for class] You girls are late.
AGAngelina, Gracie and Vicki
Sorry, Ms. Mimi.
I hope you have learned your double pirouettes, Angelina.
[To practice for the performance, which is the next day, Ms. Mimi plays the song on the radio.]
The only dance you can do on this state, it is "Sleeping Beauty". So, I am going to have to ask you three to go home and go straight to bed.
[Then she talks to the girls about a make-up rehearsal. That is, after she tells them that "Sleeping Beauty" is the only dance that they can do in this stage. From her --Ms. Mimi's-- previous quote, she says, "The only dance that you can do in this stage is Sleeping Beauty". Then she --Ms. Mimi-- next says...!]
Then we have a make-up rehearsal later this afternoon.
[Gracie mentions that she and Angelina and Viki have the fair. That is, the Silly Hat Carnival. And she knows that she and the others may have to miss it since they are going to do an afternoon rehearsal for a make-up rehearsal.]
But that is when the carnival starts...!
Angelina
Oh no.
[After Angelina and Gracie have mentioned the fair since they had made their silly hats the night before, Ms. Mimi starts with the options.]
[to Angelina, Gracie and Vicki] Well, if you like, you can do the carnival and miss the rehearsal.
[But Ms. Mimi has another option if the girls go to the fair.]
But if you miss the rehearsal, then you miss out the performance.
[Soon, the girls --Angelina, Gracie, and Viki-- have the choice between the performance or the carnival. If they go to the rehearsal and practice, they get to be in the performance. But if they go to the fair and miss the rehearsal, they are going to have to miss the performance.]
Angelina
Oh no.
If you have not rehearsed, that would be not fair to the dance, the audience, nor to yourselves. Think about it girls. It's your decision.
[The scene --after Angelina and the other girls Gracie and Vicki make their decision which had been shown at the school-- cuts to Angelina's house.]
[is prepared for the fair] Woo-hoo! Carnival time!
[But Angelina has made a good choice to do the performance and not the carnival. So she tells Polly that she is not doing the fair. Polly still wants to go, but Angelina is not going to the fair.]
Angelina
[still holds her crown] I'm not doing the carnival this year, Polly.
[This is the last time that Angelina mentions the fair.]
But, it is the silly hat carnival.
Angelina
Why don't you wear my hat?
[as Angelina hands her hat to her] Wow! Me? For real?
[Polly might be able to wear Angelina's crown which Angelina had made with her friends the night before. She might even wear it to the performance too. That is, even though Angelina was supposed to go to the carnival. But since she and Vicki and Gracie had the choice from Ms. Mimi between doing the performance or the fair, Angelina made the right decision to go to not the carnival but the rehearsal]
Angelina
Yes, Polly. It's all yours.
[Angelina heads out the door and off to rehearsals. Ms. Mimi did say, "make up rehearsal"]
Angelina
Well, I must be going to rehearsals like I promised Ms. Mimi.
Angelina
You mean, "Your big girl".
[Angelina hugs her mom]
Angelina
Big girls keep promises.
[Angelina leaves the house to the afternoon rehearsal with Ms. Mimi, Gracie, and Vicki. The scene cuts to night time and to Angelina who is now in her bedroom. Angelina --along with Gracie and Vicki-- did do the rehearsal. Now on the night before the performance, Angelina is preparing for bed. She goes to bed early knowing that she has plans for the performance.]
Angelina
[narrating] Now it is the night before the performance. So, I have big plans.
[Angelina now in her pajamas is seen getting ready for bed and preparing for the performance which is the next day. Mrs. Mouseling and Polly are watching her --happy that Angelina went to bed early.]
Look! Angelina went to bed very, very, early!
She is going to be one well rested little dancer.
Angelina
[sadly] I have invited far too many people! Now everyone is cross with me!
MMr. Mouseling
There must be a solution. Let's think.
[Angelina's frown turns into a smile for planning a solution]
Angelina
[for one solution] Maybe we (me, Mom, Alice, and Vicki) could bring Polly in a very big purse...!
[The scene cuts to the said theater where "The Nutcracker" where Angelina, her mom Mrs. Mouseling, and her friends --Alice and Vicki-- have a big, giant purse big enough for a mouseling that size to fit inside like Polly. And Polly is inside of it and indeed fits inside the giant purse. So true to what Angelina says, her first idea is Polly in a giant purse. When that does not work, Angelina says...!]
Angelina
[for a second solution] Or Vicki could dress up as a pet canary...!
[The next scene shows to where the said theater where Angelina and Alice have Viki in a bird cage and Viki is dressed up as a pet canary]
Angelina
The theater, they might not allow pets.
[The third scene shows to the said theater where Alice and Viki are dressed up as a conjoined twin or "conjoined sister"]
Angelina
[for a third solution] Or, maybe they could come as a two headed lady!
[However, Angelina knows the correct truth of what would happen if she and her friends try one of those three false solutions --Polly in a giant purse, Vicki as a pet canary, or Alice and Vicki dressing up like a two headed lady.]
Angelina
[as the scene cuts back to reality] On second thought, none of that may work. Oh dear!
[Polly taunts Angelina that she is going to the nutcracker. She dances with the nutcracker doll]
[sing songy] ♪ POLLY'S GOING TO THE NUTCRACKER! ♪
Angelina
Oh, what can I do?
MMr. Mouseling
You have a hard solution to make. But I know you may think of something fair.
Angelina
[has a solution] Well, there is one thing I can do. But it's a super, super, duper tough thing to do. Really, truly, hard.
[The scene cuts to night]
Angelina
[narrating] I did the super tough solution. I gave up my tickets so Polly, Alice, and Vicki could go.
MMr. Mouseling
[hands Mrs. Mouseling the tickets] You are not going to go very far without these.
[As Mr. Mouseling reveals the tickets to Mrs. Mouseling, it is shown that there is a ticket for Mrs. Mouseling, a ticket for Polly, a ticket for Alice, and a ticket for Vicki. Then Mrs. Mouseling sadly walks over to Angelina, then she takes pity over Angelina, even though Angelina did her best.]
[to Angelina] I am sorry, dear.
[Mrs. Mouseling kisses Angelina.]
Your friends and I really wish that we could buy another ticket.
Angelina
Me too.
MMr. Mouseling
We are proud of you for making a grown up choice.
Angelina
Thanks, Dad. Are you sure my name is on the waiting list to see "The Nutcracker"?
MMr. Mouseling
Yes. But we cannot get a hopes up.
Angelina
I heard you playing the harmonica. Do you mind if I come in and listen?
Angelina
I'm sorry I've been such a grouchy mouse.
I'm sorry I ruined your reading. Maybe we could read your book together.
Angelina
I've got a better idea. Let's do the pirate dance just once before we go to sleep.
[after hearing from Angelina that Marco cannot speak until 6 o'clock] Oh. I don't like it when Marco does not speak.
[Polly runs up to Marco.]
[in a sneaky little sister smile] I am going to make him!
[Polly tickles Marco on the tummy. She does it to make Marco speak. So she says...!]
[Polly tickles Marco on the tummy --this time pinning him to the floor with herself on him-- and says the same thing while tickling him to make him speak. That is, as she says...!]
[Marco laughs silently because it tickles. Then Angelina laughs and taunts Marco about Polly. That is, as she --Angelina-- says...!]
Angelina
[to Marco] Sorry, Marco. I wish I could stop her. But I can't tell you how little sisters are!
[Angelina --upon saying this-- she watches in horror. Then with a sneaky smile, she says to Marco she wishes that she could speak for him, but he should know how little sisters are.]
Angelina
[she is paired up with not Alice; but Marco] But I want to pair with Alice! Alice and I already talked about it!
Sorry, Angelina. But you and Alice always pair up together. And this time I want you to be with someone else (like Marco). That way you can explore different approaches and styles.
[According to Ms. Mimi, Angelina and Alice always pair together. But Ms. Mimi says Angelina should be with someone else so she "explores different approaches and styles". As a result, Angelina is paired with one of the boys. And it is Marco]
[After wasting one too many sheets of paper for the poster]
[hands Angelina a new sheet of paper for the poster after Angelina has asked for a new one to "start again", but sadly tells Angelina that it is the last one] This is the last one I am afraid, Angelina.
[Angelina takes the sheet of paper. The scene cuts to the dance studio.]
Angelina
[to Marco about the last piece of paper] Well, I don't know what to do!
Angelina
[to her friends] NO SHE IS NOT! SHE IS JUST SHOWING OFF! SHE IS RUINING EVERYTHING!
[Angelina is sick and tired of Polly tagging along and inviting herself.]
Angelina
[to her friends] We are never going to have our dance ready! I wish Polly just stayed at home!
[At that, what Angelina means by that is, she wishes that Polly would disappear. Angelina glares at Polly. The scene cuts to the teary-eyed Polly. Polly --hearing this from her nasty big sister-- tearfully looks at Angelina. Then she stands up and runs away crying.]
[crying] (Insert crying sounds here)!
[Vicki calls out after her and --offscreen-- comforts her.]
Angelina
[to Alice and Gracie] I am tired of Polly always tagging along all the time! She is always getting in the way!
[At the dance class on Saturday.]
Repeat after me just the way I am speaking.
[Ms. Mimi states a quiet sentence.]
[whispers] Today, we are going to learn the word "dynamics".
AAll
[say the same sentence and they whisper it like Ms. Mimi] Today, we are going to learn the word "dynamics".
[Ms. Mimi states a loud sentence.]
[says the sentence again but in a loud voice] TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE WORD "DYNAMICS"!
AAll
[they say the same sentence again like Ms. Mimi --but repeat it in a loud voice] TODAY WE ARE GOING TO LEARN THE WORD "DYNAMICS"!
[After they repeat the same phrase --but in a loud voice-- Ms. Mimi asks them what they think the difference was between the two sentences.]
[then to Angelina, Vicki, Gracie and Marco] What is different about those two sentences?
[Angelina raises her hand]
[Even those two sentences are the same --the same phrase-- Angelina raises her hand. Then --despite the fact the sentence was the same-- she explains what the difference was between the two sentences.]
Angelina
The first one is soft. The second one is loud.
Exactly. We changed the dynamics. First the loudness, then the softness.
[So the similarity between those two sentences was that they are the same phrase --"Today we are going to learn the word 'dynamics'". But the difference was, the sentence --said the first time-- was quiet, but the one --said the second time-- was loud. That is how the second sentence is different from the first.]
Angelina
[narrating] Right after breakfast, Mom put her feet up. And we got to work.
[Mrs. Mouseling is reading a book]
I am looking forward to a peaceful rest.
[Angelina and Polly are singing a song called "The Itsy, Bitsy, Spider" while putting the books away for their mom]
APAngelina and Polly
[singing] ♪ The itsy, bitsy, spider went up the water spout. ♪
♪ Down came the rain and washed the spider out. ♪
♪ Out came the sun and dried up all the rain. ♪
♪ And the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again. ♪
[as Angelina looks at the big mess after she and Polly made with the books that they were supposed to put away and made them into a tower] What is it, Angelina?
Angelina
We were going to give Mom a really nice Mother's Day (surprise and present). But we made too much noise...! [looks at the mess] And a big mess.
[Polly adds more books to her pile; then to Angelina after their said song hoping to try to get to have the same song or another song going on again]
Are we going to build some more?
Angelina
No, Polly. We need to put the books away now.
Okey dokey. [sings a non-lexical song; a song being an inanimate one] ♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la! ♪
Angelina
And we need to do it quietly. So Mom can relax.
[gets loud again] OKEY DOKEY!
Angelina
Shhhh! [remembers the word her teacher Ms. Mimi had told her about the day before; which was about "dynamics". Then she tells it to Polly] I know. Ms. Mimi, she was talking about dynamics yesterday. Loud music makes you want to jump around. Quiet music always makes you dance very softly. [to Polly] Polly? Do you want to help me?
Angelina
I want to sing a quiet little song. Can you sing along with me.
Angelina
And while we are doing it, we can put the books away.
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