Muggle Studies Lesson 1 (ACTING THREAD)

[lightstar1154]

Professor Light called the students to calm down. "Ok guys, ready or not, it's time to start doing these! Whichever group wants to go first can do so now. And remember, you'll get the 5 points just for doing it, so just try you best." And with that, Professor Light sat back and watched the first group of students come to the front of the classroom.

occ: and remember to put you actual character RP in as well... aka "Jen walked to the front of the room, taking a deep breath..etc..." then you can start your acting.

[lightstar1154]

Professor Light looked around the classroom. Stagefright, apparently. She shrugged her shoulders and bounced up. "Alright, then I'll go first! Caitlin, an extremely nice Hufflepuff has agreed to act with me, the weird ex-Ravvie Muggle Studies teacher... and together, we came up with..."

Professor Light paused and turned around, grabbing a stick from the corner of the room.

"The policeman with hidden Ninja skills vs. the Young wipper snapper who stole that old ladie's purse.... or something like that."

Professor Light cleared her throat and began.
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(I'm the old lady)

Professor Light crouched down with her stick that she used like a crane a brandished in in the air. She changed her robes to hot pink and gave the police hat to Caitlin.

In a high pitched old lady type of voice she began. "Heeeeellppp meeee! Helllppp meee!!! That lousy, no good, raggmuffin, whipper snapper stole my purseeeee!!! I had pictures of all my grandchildren and my 20 cats in there!!! I miss you already Snickers.... And... oh lord help me... my coupons for free denture paste!!!"

Professor Light/old lady caught sight of an office standing by. "Sirrrrr! Kind sir. Please, help meeee!!! She wacked the officer on the shoulder with her cane. "A boy has stolen my purse... I can't go on. Your the only one who can help me!"

[the.time.is.now]

Caitlin tried not to giggle as the Professor began the scene. Her bright pink robes were so old-ladyish that Professor Light actually appeared older in seconds, despite her howling about her cats. Caitlin fitted the hat onto her head, then took on her role.

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Caitlin/Policeman looked around as the old lady cried for help. This was his chance to stop crime and save the day! Villians, beware! "Old lady! Have no fear, Officer Manly is here!"

Officer Manly looked around the street, declaring loudly, "IT IS MY DUTY TO SERVE AND PROTECT!"

He did a backflip in the air, pulling out his shurikens. "Where did he go? I can rescue your purse!"

[lightstar1154]

Professor Light fought back a smile as Caitlin performed her police officer-ness perfectly.

"Ohhh... Officer Manly!" she grumbled in a high pitched voice. "Ohh, bless your heart young man!" She grabbed his hands dramatically. Then she paused as she looked near the door of the classroom only to see the evil boy who had taken her purse.

"Oh!!! she shouted dropping her cane and pointing, suddenly jumping slightly. "That's him!!! That's him!!! Get him officer manly!!" she shouted, now falling to her knees and crying hysterically.

[the.time.is.now]

Caitlin jumped up, following the Professor's gave to the door.

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"Oh, I see him!" Professor Manly cried, then pushed the old lady behind him. "He can't get you now!"

And before anyone could see as to what he was doing, Officer Manly had kicked off the ground, and did a triple backhandspring flip and landed right ontop of the theif that he was persuing! He pulled out his katana and held it to the back of the man's neck. "You have a right to remain silent! Anything you say can or will be used against you in the court of law. You have a right to an attorney. If you can not afford one, we will provide one for you."

He slipped the filthy theif's hands into cuffs and walked him back to the old lady. Handing the lady her purse, he smiled. "I hope this has done you some justice, ma'am. Remember, if you ever need help, call on Officer Manly or another Policeman!"

After placing the theif into a policecar, Officer Manly flipped away.

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Caitlin smiled at the class and the Professor as they finished their skit.

[lemondrop13]

When it was her pair's turn to act out their skit, Kennedy walked to front of the classroom, took a deep breath and announced, "So I partnered up with Cora from Slytherin and we came up with this - the fairly round, middle-aged police officer with bad breath vs. the defiant, misguided teenager wielding a can of spray paint." Kennedy then took her position and nodded to Cora to begin.
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Kennedy, who was playing Police Officer Doodle, hiked her pants up high above her waist, held onto her belt with both hands, pushed her stomach out and strutted down the row between the desks and back up another row. She rubbed her tummy as if she was hungry and said aloud, "I think it is time for a McDonald's burger and Supersize fries with a large Coca-Cola."

After saying these words, Kennedy/Police Officer Doodle turned at the front of the room and stood frozen in her tracks staring at Cora, who was pretending to spraypaint the wall, which served as a courthouse for the purposes of this skit. Kennedy/Doodle pointed at Cora and called out, "Hey! Stop that! I am Police Officer Doodle and I demand that you stop defacing public property that taxpayers in this town give their hard-earned money to keep clean!" Kennedy/Doodle jogged breathily up to Cora/unruly teenager and came right face to face with her. She then exclaimed, "If you ruin the courthouse, we won't have anywhere to punish criminals like yourself! And besides, you're keeping me from lunch and I am hungry!"

[confusion.girl]

Cora took a deep breath as she entered the room. Giving Kennedy the nod, they began.

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Teenager Karl/Cora began chewing on imaginary chewing gum and produced an invisible can of spray paint, which she began spraying on the wall.

As Kennedy/Police Officer Doodle jogged over, Karl/Cora began waving a hand in front of her face. "Sheesh, man! Talk about bad breath! I can recommend Sensodine tooth paste, perhaps a tictac..ooh!" She reached into her mouth.

"This Airwaves Gum is great and what about..." Karl/Cora stopped and grinned stupidly. "Doodle? That's your name? I'm so sorry. You see, my parents put down Tiddles the cat and I was so upset that I painted him a memorial..." She indicated to the wall.

"Please Officer Doodle, down take me down town! I swear I'll be better! It's just, when the vet got out the needle...It tore me apart..." Karl/Cora shuddered realistically. "Well Sir, if I can help in anyway with your hunger problem...I could always take you to a Starbucks! There's one just around the corner. On me?" She grinned again, this time pretending to light a cigarette and breath heavily.

[lemondrop13]

It took all of Kennedy's energy not to laugh at Cora when she pretended to reach into her own mouth and pull out a piece of gum. Keeping a straight face, Kennedy continued with her role.
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Kennedy/Officer Doodle's scowled as Cora/Karl insulted the freshness of her/his breath. "How dare you speak to me like that?! I have undergone extensive training at the police academy for booking and arrest procedures, firearms training, physical training..." Officer Doodle paused, then added "Though it may not look like it... Anyway, I have put in the work and I demand respect from you at all times!"

Kennedy/Officer Doodle stepped back to view the memorial Cora/Karl painted for his cat Tiddles, sighed resignedly and said, "Listen kid, I know what it is like to lose a pet. I had a fish named Jake once and I fed him everyday and cleaned his bowl and then one day he died and I wanted to bury him in the backyard but my parents, they..." Officer Doodle/Kennedy was blubbering like a baby at this point "They FLUSHED HIM AWAY!!" Officer Doodle(Kennedy) sobbed with his face in his hands, and this was difficult because Kennedy really wanted to laugh at how melodramatic this skit had become. All of a sudden, "Oh man!" Doodle exclaimed. "I do have bad breath! Do you have any of those tic-tacs you mentioned? Maybe a certs? I need to lay off the 'everything bagels' from now on. WOAH!"

Kennedy/Doodle saw Karl/Cora lighting up a cigarette and shrieked, "What on earth are you doing?!? You think I have bad breath! Do you know how much you are going to stink after smoking one of those!?! Not to mention, that it is terrible for you! Put that cigarette out young man!"

Officer Doodle's outrage subsided and he then continued, "Listen, I am gonna let you off the hook this time because I understand how a loss that big can really make you go crazy and act strangely. But only on one condition... ok two... ok actually three. Number one, you are going to come back here on Saturday morning and wash this paint off the building. And by the way, if you don't show up, I will come to your house and explain to your parents why we are charging you with vandalism of public property. So it is just best if you arrive at 8am on Saturday right here where I will be waiting." Doodle paused to rub his tummy, "Number two, you stop smoking cigarettes, or I will also inform your parents of your nasty habit. A number three, you actually do take me to a Starbucks and buy me a tall froo-froo type drink that all the kids are having these days. You know, when I was a kid, we didn't have starbucks and kids your age certainly didn't drink coffee! Man I'm old..." Doodle trailed off with a note of sadness in his voice.

[confusion.girl]

Cora's eyes smiled, although not obviously, so.

"Tic-tacs? Yer, mate!" Cora/Karl rumaged around in their pocket and produced an imaginary packet. "Here ya go!" She tossed Kennedy a 'tic-tac' and then began chewing on her invisible chewing gum, again. Looking sadly at Kennedy/Doodle, Cora/Karl pretened to put out her cigarette and coughed.

"Sorry, sir, yes, sir. 8am, sir?" She scratched her head stupidly. "I have judo class then!" She frowned. "I guess I'll miss it. Yes, sir, never again sir..." Cora/Karl threw her cigarette away and grinned.

"I'll take you to Starbucks now! Those chocolate frappuchino's are really awesome!" She linked arms with Kennedy and began walking across the room. Her chewing became more aparrent as they strode through the classroom, their expressions humourous and realistic.

"Here we go! Good old Starbucks! I'll have a large Cappuchino and one of those muffin baskets...oh no sir!" Cora/Karl put a hand up. "This one's on me! How much will it be, d'you reckon?"

Cora racked her brains for the muggle money name. It suddenly came to her. "Around £10? And thank you Officer Doodle for restoring the peace to this town and preventing me from filling my lungs with black smoke. Without you, I would still be a misguided youth but now I understand what I have done wrong." Cora ended it with a cheesy grin and patted Kennedy's shoulder.

[Golden Monkey]

Ariana walked up to the front of the class, shaking slightly as she looked around. Getting her nerve she said, "Here goes!" and changed into her punk clothing. Speaking to the class she said, "This is the story of the punk kid and the Pepsi machine" nodding to Kerry she began.

She sat there, her hot bubblegum pink hair whipping her face as she glanced around, seeing if anyone was about. Nodding to herself, she casually got up, tying her hair back and walked near the pop can machine which had been calling her name. She began humming a famous rock song she had heard recently while with her buddies and soon found herself head banging to the invisible music.

Finally stopping at the machine, she heard someone walking up behind her and saw an old woman watching her suspiciously, "What'cha looking at?" she exclaimed, waving her hands in the air and jumping to face the woman. The woman screeched loudly, her eyes bulging out of her head, turned and ran the other way, screaming something about punk kids trying to give her a heart attack.

"Yeah, that's what I thought!" Ariana said as she laughed and turned, her pink hair lashing out behind her and started singing again as she began to break into the soda machine, hoping to grab a few bottles before getting caught.

The machine was tough; it wouldn't budge no matter how hard she bumped it. Getting a little frustrated she stopped, her hair whipping in front of her smacking her in the face and glowered down at the ridiculous box and said, "Listen, you're going to open up for me you got it? If not then," she kicked the machine hard with her light pink steel-toed boots. Cringing at the pain she got angry and began shouting at it, "Ok, you asked for it mister!" Gritting her teeth, she kicked the machine again. Nothing happened but a sharp pain I her big toe.

Finally after minutes of kicking and muttering the machine began to whir and 5 bottles of Pepsi popped out. Grinning and in pain, Ariana bent down, picked them up and sat innocently beside the now dented machine, cracked open a bottle and drank half of it in one gulp. Letting out a huge burp she snorted and began to rock out to the music inside her head.

[shortfry]

Kerry nervously walked up to the center of the room with Ariana... acting was never really her thing, so pretending to be a police officer which she had never seen in real life before was not going to be easy. But Kerry wanted to win the contest so she was going to do her best not to let Ariana down.

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Taking the police officer hat and placing it upon her head and watching it droop down over her small face, Kerry tossed it away. "Oh well, this officer is too proud to wear hats!" Kerry laughed, trying to make light of the hat not fitting. Then, police officer Kerry went up to the front of the room with her hands at her waist. She remembering in the pictures she looked at that the officers had some sort of belt on that carried a contraption Kerry knew was called a gun. To Kerry, the belt looked like it weighed a lot, so she waddled a bit as she walked with her hands at her waist, pretending to have her hand on the gun, ready to shoot. Kerry wasn't sure what else to do.

Kerry got up and with her other hand free she pretended to finish the donut she knew all cops liked to eat and then brought her sleeve up to her mouth, and wiped away the milk mustache and crumbs from the donut and let out a big belch, as she patted her stomach which she puffed out, pretending to be fat.

Kerry had no idea how a cop walked, she could only imagine as she visualized in her head the heavy belt that they wore. Figuring it had to be heavy, Kerry began to waddle a bit across the room. Then remember that one of the officer's she saw in the picture had some sort of stick on their belt, Kerry pretended to take the stick out of the holder and swing it as she waddled down. She began to whistle to herself, looking around for some sort of trouble, and really getting into the role of the cop.

That's when Kerry spotted it out of the corner of her eye... someone was trying to stick their arm up into a soda machine and took out 5 cans of soda. Being the smart police officer that she was Kerry went up to the perpetrator...otherwise known as Ariana and tapped her on the shoulder with her stick while glancing at her furiously.

"Excuse me, but I don't think that's how this machine works. It only gives out one bottle at a time and you clearly have 5. And..." Kerry pretended to eye the machine clearly, then with her eyes bulging out continued.. "Hmmm, it's pretty amazing how this machine did not have any dents in it when I walked by earlier, and now you're standing here with 5 bottles in your hand, in front of a freshly dented machine. A coincidence? I think not." Said the snooty officer... I mean Kerry. Care to explain?" Kerry asked tapping her foot impatiently on the floor, and waving the stick at Ariana, waiting for a response from the punk girl.
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[Golden Monkey]

Ariana almost laughed out loud when Kerry performed her act. Grinning at her, she gave the thumbs up and went back to the front to finish her part.

Ariana smirked as the police officer Kerry waved her stick at her. She got up into the police officers face and said "Oh, forgive me officer, I know not what I do!" she said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Rolling her eyes she sat back down. She continued to rock out, suddenly jumping up and grabbing the police officers stick, banging it off her leg like a drum before handing it back and smirking at her.

She noticed the police officer didn't look to happy about her stick being taken away and grinned. Standing back up she said mockingly, "Awww, sorry about that Sir. Would you like a pop? I have plenty!" she than began to hit the machine again, watching as another pop came shooting out. Picking it up, she offered it to the police officer Kerry.

That done, she sat back down and waited for the punishment she just knew was coming. Let it, she'd be out in a few hours anyway.

[shortfry]

Police officer Kerry was now very angry. Swatting the bottle out of Ariana's hand, Kerry swung her leg out and kicked Ariana's legs out from under her. Kerry tried not to laugh as Ariana face said it all... a look of shock came across it as she fell to the floor. Staying in character, Kerry pounced on top of Ariana and placed a knee on her back and pretended to put the stick on her head, keeping her head down. Then to be over the top and have some fun with the acting, Kerry reached over and pretended to grab a bottle before grabbing the handcuffs. "Ahhh, such a shame that you have to go to jail over a few bottles of soda." She said and then pretended to open the bottle "Well the least I can do is let you have some before I take you away." Then Kerry began to pour the soda on Ariana. Laughing Kerry threw the bottle away and grabbed her hand cuffs and handcuffed Ariana. "You have the right to remain silent," she said, trying to remember what the students before her said, "You have the right to ahhh .... ummm..." Forget it!! You're under arrest!!! Deal with it!" Kerry laughed, she knew she had no idea what else to say, but she was really enjoying the role playing.

As she stood up over Ariana, she decided to have a bit more fun before the acting came to an end. Reaching into her robes she took out some galleons and threw them down at Ariana. "Next time you might want to think about paying for the bottles, and perhaps you wouldn't find yourself in this predicament." She said as she reached down and helped Ariana up and led her away.


As Kerry walked to the door, she turned around and bowed and then burst out in laughter, embarrassed at her craziness, but surprisingly happy she had enjoyed the task so much. She hoped to do something like this more often as she high fived Ariana and skipped off to her seat, still laughing.

[Suziella]

Suzy quietly and calmly walked up to the front of the class room to start the skit she and jasmine had decided to do.

"this skit is called the policeman and the scatter brained witness"


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Suzy started to run franticly around the room, "officer, officer i just witnessed a robbery over at that clothing store. You must do something quick!" Suzy stopped, "but the robber already got away" she had a regretful face on, "i dont think it matters now." She started to cry.

She sat down on the ground and just started wailing like a 5 year old child would, it was so funny she was trying not to laugh herself. "officeer you must do something now!" she screamed. "but what can you do, im the only person who saw the guy."

She continued to sit on the floor and cry.

[Magical_Mione]

Jasmine walked to the front of the class and waited for Suzy to start. After her opening to the skit Jasmine composed hrself since she had been laughing, and walked over to where she was sitting and began her part.Lowering her voice to sound like a man, Jasmine said to her,

"Now just calm yourself Madam, its never too late to catch a bad guy. Now I'm Officer Iva Badge and with your help I'm sure we can catch this guy." Taking out a small notebook and a pencil, he said,"OK Now Madam, first we need to know the location of the crime,what time it happened, and what was stolen." Officer Iva Badge sized up the witness and wondered how reliable any information pertaining to the incident would be useful in this case. Sighing, he went on.

"I will also need a description of the perp. So I need you, to the best of your..." Looking at the sobbing mess of a girl he said," erm.. ability, describe what he looked like. And don't leave anything out because the smallest thing can be the most important." Pencil at the ready, he waited for her to reply.

[Suziella]

Suzy composed herself and tried to keep from laughing, she stood up.

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"Oh officer, it was dreadful. It was at the, "she paused to think of a muggle store, "the Old Navy. The man took all the money out of the cash register, he even had a gun." She sighed and started to tear some more. "its just happened about 30 minutes ago."

She walked over to jasmine and put her hand on her shoulder. "He had black long hair, steal grey eyes," she paused and acted like she was watching jasmine draw the person, "No not like that like this." She took the notepad and pencil and started to draw. "like this you see, big nose, tiny ears. You got me?"

[Magical_Mione]

Jasmine bit her lip to stop from laughing then finished the skit.


Officer Iva Badge wrote down all the information the girl gave him, nodding his head here and ther as he wrote. "OK Old Navy, uh-huh, OK 30 minutes ago, I see."

As he was wrote down the description of the perp. he then began drawing a quick sketch. But the girl took his pencil and pad and drew her own picture. Rolling his eyes he took the pad back and pursed his lips. "OK So we are looking for a monkey." He thought to himself. Tipping his hat at the girl he went on to say."Thank you for your cooperation madam."

Officer Iva Badge shook his head and was about to get in his patrol car when darn it if he didn't see a guy matching the girl's description in an alley across the street. Calling for back up he approached the alley and carefully peeked around the corner. The perp was loading some clothes into the back of a black van. Pulling out his gun he approached the perp and with gun drawn said "Freeze! Police!" The perp immediately froze and put his hands in the air. Hearing his back up units on the way, he took his handcuffs and apprehended him. Later when he was putting the perp in the back of his patrol car he realized that he did look a bit like a monkey.

Finished with the skit Jasmine mock bowed and said,"No please don't stand up! Please sit!" Acting for all the world like they had gotten a standing ovation.

[bitsyandtank]

Molly nervously headed up to the front of the class for her first skit. She couldn’t believe that she had to get up in front of the entire class and make a fool out of herself. She took a few shaky deep breaths before beginning the skit.

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Molly/old lady stood out in the middle of the street looking up at a large tree. She was holding a can of cat food in her hand and wearing house slippers and an old bathrobe. “Here kitty kitty kitty” she said to the rusty orange cat up in the tree.

Old woman looks over and sees a police officer heading towards her. “Oh, Officer. Please help me. My beloved cat ran out of the house and up in this tree. I have been chasing her for over an hour and I don’t remember where I live or how to get her down.”

[Maxilocks]

Watching Molly play her part, Shel just had to smile. She was definitely doing it brilliantly. When she was done, Shel stepped over to do his part. As he did so, he placed a policeman cap he had conjured a while ago over his deep, black hair, to really look the part he was playing.

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As he walked down the street, Officer Somi twirled his baton in his right hand, resisting the temptation to hum as he walked past a row of neat houses. Instead, he made himself look attentively in every direction for signs of trouble and potential mischief-makers, though he knew it would be useless. This patrol always went by peacefully, without what you could call any real disturbance.

Then, just when he was thinking of getting himself a doughnut to eat from the nearby bakery, he saw an old lady address him desperately.

“Not to worry, m’lady,” he said, bowing quiet low in an attempt to be gentlemanly, but only ending up with his baton slipping out of his hand. Attempting to catch it before it fell, Officer Somi went sprawling on the ground in front of him. A cloud of dust rose up in the air, making him cough. Blushing, he hastily got up again. “Not to worry, m’lady, not to worry,” he repeated hurriedly, clearly embarrassed.

“What were you telling me again? No, wait, I remember – Your cat. Let me get it for you, m’lady. It won’t take a minute.” With this bold declaration, Officer Somi at once hurried over to the tree which the old lady had been speaking of.

Swinging his leg over the lowest branch and grabbing the branch just a few inches above him, he somehow managed to climb the tree. Craning his neck at a craaazy angle, he could just about manage to see a furry, little, orange tail. Aha! That must be the cat. Instinctively, Officer Somi attempted to grab the kitty, only to lose his balance before he could even come within five inch’s distance of the cat, and found his own self stuck in the branch. Oops.

Untangling himself, he finally made his way where the kitty was and reached a hand towards the cat. A second later, he gave a yell and backed off as the cat tried to scratch him, one, pinkish paw outstretched.

He gave it another try. This time, he succeeded. Although the cat scratched and bit him at frequent intervals all the way back down, Officer Somi, though red-faced and panting when he reached the old lady’s side again, was definitely looking very pleased with himself.

“Is this your cat, Madam?” he asked, showing the cat to the old lady as if he had just performed the world’s most challenging feat. “I told you I could get it, didn’t I? Are you pleased? Oh, but I know you are. Off you trot, then. Oh no, wait, I remember. You’re lost.” He finally paused properly for breath, letting the words sink in his mind. Well, Officer Somi was always ready to help the public, so he nodded enthusiastically at the old lady.

“Let’s see,” he began sweetly. “Just tell me where you live, my dearest lady, and we’ll have found your house in a jiffy.”

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Okay, so he was done. As he waited for Molly to play her own part again, Shel really hoped he had not made a complete fool of himself.

[bitsyandtank]

Molly could hardly keep from falling over laughing at her partners performance. She turned her back to the class to regain her composure before continuing.

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“Oh dear are you alright kind sir?” she ask as he reached the ground slightly bloodied from the scratches. “Mr. Tumblebunny gets a bit cranky without his nap.” The old lady grabbed her cat and stroked its head. The purring of the cat shook the frail woman’s body so much she dropped the cat food.

“Well sir, if I could remember where I lived then I wouldn’t be lost now would I.” she said to the much younger man. In all her years she had never met such a cop. “Since all I have on are a robe and some slippers, I’m not sure how I’ll ever find my way home.” the old lady continued to pet her orange cat, gently tugging its collar back and forth to make the tags jingle.

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Molly paused to see what Shel was going to do.

[Maxilocks]

Shel grinned, before beginning to act once more. This was a lot more fun than he had imagined it would be.

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“Never better, never better,” Officer Somi said, waving his hand as though being scratched by a cat was nothing compared to the dangers he was usually up against. You did not have to be a genius to tell that Officer Somi was itching to get back home for a good, long nap. “Mr. Tumblebunny is a nice cat, I’m sure,” he said, trying to smile. The kitten growled in response, and he took a step back at once.

Seeing the old lady drop her tin of cat food, he immediately picked it up and handed it back to her, readjusting the cap he wore as he straightened up. Always ready to help, was Officer Somi.

His face fell when the lady told him that she had no idea where she lived. Uh-uh. This was going to be difficult. “Right, let me see, I think I might know who you are, and if it turns out I do, it will be all the better.” He paused, trying to recall where he had seen the old lady before. He was sure he had seen her but where, he was still in doubt about that. Then it clicked. But of course, she was the one who lived in the house next to the paper girl’s. He always called it the paper house, for some odd reason that he himself did not know.

“Ha!” he said, so loudly and abruptly that he sent Mr. Tumblebunny sprawling to the ground; only, he managed to catch the cat before he hit the ground which was just as good, or he was sure he would have received a good beating up from the old lady. Mr. Tumblebunny, though, did not look too pleased at this turn of events and, as Officer Somi tried to give him back to his real owner, he almost received another bite.

“As I was saying, m’lady,” he said, turning his attention back to the old woman. “I think I’ve found out where you live; it’s next to the paper house, it is.” He was off before the old lady could say a word, hoping the lady followed; reaching his car, he held the car door open for the old lady, before swiftly climbing in himself. His foot somehow got stuck though, and it was a while before he could free it. Blushing profusely, he finally hit the wheel, screeching to a halt just next to what he called the ‘paper’ house.

“There you are, m’lady,” Officer Somi said, smiling broadly, pleased at the work he had done today. Not to mention glad that he would not be within reach of Mr. Tumblebunny from now on; really, really glad. “I’m sure this is your house, dear lady," he told her. "You have a right to remain silent. Anything you say can or will be used against you in the court of law. You have a right to an attorney. If you can not afford one –"

It was a moment before Officer Somi realized that he was uterring the wrong speech. Blushing in embarrassment, he immediately came to a halt in his talking. “I apologize most profusely, ma’am,” he said at once. “Wrong speech. I have them all learnt by heart.” He cleared his thought, preparing himself for the right one. Puffing out his chest, he spoke again, “I know you want to thank me, but there is no need, m’lady; because risk is my business, danger is my game, no need to thank me, because Officer Somi is my name.”

He bowed low, dropped his baton once more, picked it up a second time and then, off he was, running across the street as fast as his legs would carry him, and hoping very, very much indeed that Mr. Tumblebunny would not take it in his head to follow him.

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“And that is the end of 'The Policeman, The Old Lady, and Mr. Tumblebunny," Shel announced, stepping away form the front of the classroom and making his way back to where the other students were. He gave Molly a thumbs-up as he did so. In his opinion, she had played her part simply marvellously.

[pgspickles]

Pauline got up and streched her arms. She loved acting adnw as very good at it. She went to stage left and at upper stage she put on the policemen's cap. She was in character and ready to start.

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Pauline/Police woman Hackle walked down the street. It was midnight and the streets were quiet, for now at least. If anything happened Officer Hackle would be on the case ready and willing. She walked foreward with her hands behind her back holding a club. She hit the club to her hand as she walked, shwoing she was tough and would not flinch at danger.

It was all quiet until all of a sudden she heard a noise coming from an Alley. She turned toward the alley and called out "Hark who goes there!!!!" in a booming voice and went closer to find what it was. It was infact a person mugging a handsome young man. This was a good time to impress him.

The thief had obviously not heard her so she creot up behind him and, kicked him in the knee making him fall to the ground. She took one arm and held it behind his back. "In the name of the Law what is do you think your doing?" she asked forcefully and then smiled at the young handsome man and gave him a look like "I got this".

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Molly approached the front of the class yet again and prepared herself for another round of humiliation. She was a little less nervous this time and was thankful her partner was going first. When Pauline finished, Molly realized she was playing the part of a male attacker. She cleared her throat to produce the most manly voice her little eleven year old throat could produce.



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Molly/Male Attacker now on knees: “Get you hands off me, Copper! I wasn’t doin nothin to this here guy.” he said as he wiggled and grunted around attempting to get free. He placed a wallet quickly into his front pocket and appeared to toss a weapon across alley that slid under a dumpster.

“You don’t have nothing on me Bacon man, so you better let me go.” he said as he reached into another pocket and pulled out a few coins “Here, go buy yourself some doughnuts.”

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Molly was still on her knees and desperately trying not to laugh. She couldn’t wait to hear what Pauline was going to say.

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Pauline giggled inside as Molly spoke. She calmed herself down and answered.

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Pauline/ Officer Hackle looked at the man. "Excuse me," she said giving a Z formation snap to go along with it. "Does it look like I eat doughnuts with this smexy body of mine," she added showing off her fantabulous figure she had. She winked at the handsome man and said. "Now mister don't play games with me or I'll lock you up for being rude to an officer.

She saw a glint under the dumpster and went over. "Well look what we have here," she replied grabbing the candle stick from under there and holding it up to show how good of a detective she was. She walked over to the mugger and added, "I believe you Mr. Muggermuggle mugged this, miht I say handsome young man in the Alley with a candle stick."

She went over and handcuffed the man. "You have the right to remain silent, and thing you do or say will be used against you in a court of law" she said and then smiled at the young man again giving him wnat coffee later look.
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Pauline giggled. This was so much fun she thought as she waited for Molly to finish the scene.

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Molly could hardly contain herself. She thought if she didn’t get back to her chair soon she would literally explode from holding the laughter in. She closed her eyes for a moment and started again.

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Molly/Mr. Muggermuggle gawked in amazement as the police officer flaunted herself in front of him and his victim. Then he as momentarily released as the cop pulled the candlestick out from under the dumpster. “Hey, don’t be planting evidence on me.” He turned to the handsome muggle “Oh, I see what’s goin on. You two got a thing or somethin?”

The police officer handcuffed him and read him his rights. “Ya I heard em before. I don’t have to say nothin to ya Mr. Piggie. I just hope you can sleep at night knowin you put such an upstanding citizen in the slammer.” With that he was taken off to jail.

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As soon as she finished , Molly burst out laughing. She was glad it was over and hurried back to her chair.