No Broccoli Ice Cream Please - Superpower Plays

Celine the Fly (Age 5, Female): A young fly who loves flying and burgers. Her superpower is that she can fly.

At Rise: When Celine the Fly wakes up she brushes her teeth and gets some fruit for breakfast. Her mom and her grandmother are not home. She is watching her favorite movie and eating popcorn on the couch at center stage. 

I’m watching my favorite movie Astronaut and eating popcorn, but I really want ice-cream, now! I can’t get any because my mom and grandma aren’t here. (Starts to get mad) Grandma says I can only have broccoli ice-cream, because it is good for flies like me. I hate broccoli ice cream!

After a couple of beats, she gets an idea 

I know! I can ask my friend Samantha the cat for help to get the ice-cream. 

Celine pulls out her phone and dials.  We hear ringing and then Samantha answers opening the window.

(picks up the phone) Hello Samantha! What are you doin? 

I’m watching the movie Astronaut! 

I’m watching Astronaut too.  Gimme a second, I’m going to wash my hair. 

You called me and now you are washing your hair, why did you call? 

Can you come over and help me now?

Yes, of course! I’ll be right over!

After a couple of beats Samantha enters Celine’s house 

What took you so long?

What do you need help with?

I want ice cream! But I don’t have any money.

I don’t have money either. Can we get some?

My grandma keeps it in the cupboard. We need to steal it. I can bring us in there fast because I am a fly. Come on, we need to get the money. 

Maybe we can tell your Grandma and she will give us the money, and we can pay her back. 

I’ll tell Grandma that we took the money to the supermarket to buy broccoli but we will get real ice cream, instead.

That still feels like stealing. Don’t steal money.  

My fear is getting money back when I give it to a friend who doesn’t give it back, and I gave you money last time.

Okay, I’ll help you get the money. 

Okay. I can open the cupboard with the key on the table (Points to key on the table) You can climb up because you are a cat. Let’s get the money! 

Samantha climbs up to the cupboard and puts the key in there. She takes the money out and jumps down. 

Thanks Samantha! Now we can go to the park to get some ice cream. 

Celine, you never share with me. I want some of the ice cream too, and I helped you get it.

I want ice cream the most in the world because my grandmother only gives me broccoli ice cream! If I share, I might not get any more real ice cream.

But it’s not fair that I keep helping you steal from your grandmother and you never share with me!

But you can get ice cream anytime. I can’t.

How do you know that?

Because cats can go anywhere. Like to the supermarket, and the park, the water park, and houses, schools… 

You are always asking me to steal for you. Why don’t you steal for me?

Where do I steal from? My grandmother only has broccoli ice cream. Do you want broccoli ice cream?

NO! I want real ice cream too. From the supermarket. 

OK. Let’s go

But I’m afraid of the supermarket! 

Why are you afraid of the supermarket? 

My fear is I can’t have the cookies at the store, Because the supermarket is so dark, the chocolate looks like a spider, I am afraid of the dark, so I can’t have cookies at the store.

My secret is that I am also afraid of the dark, and I’m afraid of being in the sun too long, that's why I wear sunblock. I’m also afraid that if I give you my ice cream you won’t give it back, cause you are going to eat it, like you don’t give me back the money you borrow. 

 I know, my superpower is I can fly and carry us super fast in the supermarket.

I want chocolate ice cream!

Okay. Let’s grab all the chocolate ice cream we can carry.

Hey you!

Oh no! Lets get out of here.

Don’t steal, because somebody might see you in the supermarket.

I don’t want to steal anymore.

Let’s go to another market, but first lets ask my mom for money. 

Okay, but no broccoli ice cream.