Penny and Herbert: Leap of Fun Elizabeth Ciobanu

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PENNY: Herbert, today is a BIG day!

HERBERT: Oh?

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PENNY: Today, I will JUMP over the log in the yard!

HERBERT: (blinks)

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PENNY: It will be AMAZING! It will be INCREDIBLE! It will be—

HERBERT: Dangerous?

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PENNY: No!

HERBERT: Tricky?

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PENNY: No!

HERBERT: Very, very, VERY hard?

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PENNY: No! I will do it! Watch me!

(Penny runs to the log. She stops. She stares.)

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PENNY: That log looks... BIGGER than before.

HERBERT: It does.

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PENNY: Maybe I should... think about this.

HERBERT: You are thinking about it.

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PENNY: Maybe I should... wait until tomorrow.

HERBERT: You could.

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PENNY: Or maybe—

HERBERT: Maybe you should JUMP!

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PENNY: (deep breath) Okay. I will jump!

(Penny runs. Penny jumps. Penny... LANDS ON THE LOG!)

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PENNY: Oh no!

HERBERT: Oh yes.

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PENNY: I did not make it over.

HERBERT: But you made it ON!

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PENNY: I did!

HERBERT: That is AMAZING! That is INCREDIBLE!

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PENNY: It is!

HERBERT: Now what?

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PENNY: Now... I JUMP AGAIN!

(Penny jumps down. Penny smiles. Penny runs back to try again.)

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PENNY: Watch me, Herbert!

HERBERT: I am watching!