Christopher Act II

SIOBHAN. I was wondering if you’d like to make a play out of your book

No.

MRS.GASCOYNE. I think it could be really good fun.

No. Its a book and its for me and not everybody just for me.

SIOBHAN. if people took your book and started acting bit out of it

No. I don’t like acting because it is pretending that something is real when it is not really real at all so it is like a kind of lie

SIOBHAN. You like your Sherlock Holmes stories and you know shelock holmes isn’t a real person don’t you. I would help you if you were worried about that

No.

REV PETERS. I think I’d rather like to take the part of a policeman

You’re too old to be a policeman.

MRS.ALEXANDER. Christopher, what on earth has happened to you?

Can you look after Toby for me?

MRS.ALEXANDER. Oh…

He eats special pellets and you can buy them from a pet shop. And he needs fresh water every day, too.

MRS.ALEXANDER. Why do you need somebody to look after Toby, Christopher?

I’m going to live with mother

MRS.ALEXANDER.I thought you told me your mother was dead

I thought she was dead but she was still alive. And father lied to me. And also he killed Wellington.

MRS.ALEXANDER. Is your mother here?

No. Mother is in London.

MRS.ALEXANDER. So you’re going to London on your own?

I think I am going to do that yes.

MRS.ALEXANDER.Where’s your father at the moment Christopher?

I don’t know

VOICE SIX. 3558

3558

ME. 3558 scene change

Where can I buy a map?

LADY IN STREET. A map of where?

I don’t know

LADY IN STREET. Where do you want to get to?

I’m going to the train station

LADY IN STREET. You don’t need a map to get to the station, you can see it from here

No I can’t.

LADY IN STREET. The stations at the bottom of that

Do you mean the stripy building with the horizontal windows that you can see poking out over those houses?

LADY IN STREET. That’s the one

How do I get to that building?

LADY IN STREET. OK, we’re done here.

I knew that the train station was somewhere near. And if something is nearby you can find it by moving in a spiral, walking clockwise and taking every right turn until you come back to a road you’ve already walked on, then taking the And that was how I found the station.

STATION POLICEMAN. Are you all right. young man.

You’re too old

STATION POLICEMAN. Are you alright. Young man?

No.

STATION POLICEMAN. What’s your name?

Christopher Boone

STATION POLICEMAN. Where do you live?

36 Randolph street

STATION POLICEMAN. What are you doing here?

I needed to sit down and be quiet and think.

STATION POLICEMAN. OK lets keep It simple. What are you doing at the railway station

Im going to see mother

STATION POLICEMAN. Mother?

Yes, Mother

STATION POLICEMAN. whens your train

I don’t know. She lives in london. I don’t know when there’s a train to london

STATION POLICEMAN. So, you don’t live with your mother

No. but I’m going to.

STATION POLICEMAN. So where does your mother live?

In London

STATION POLICEMAN. Yes, but where in London?

451c Chapter road, London NW2 5NG

STATION POLICEMAN. What is that?

Thats Toby, my pet rat.

STATION POLICEMAN. A pet rat?

Yes a pet rat. He’s very clean and he hasnt got bubonic plague

STATION POLICEMAN. Well that’s very reassuring

yes

STATION POLICEMAN. Have you got a ticket?

No.

So how precisely were you going to get to London then?

I have a bank card.

STATION POLICEMAN. Is this your card?

No its Fathers.

STATION POLICEMAN. Fathers?

Yes, Father’s

STATION POLICEMAN. OK

He told me the number. It’s 3558.

STATION POLICEMAN. Why don’t you and I take a stroll to the cash machine, eh?

You mustn’t touch me.

STATION POLICEMAN. Why would I want to touch you?

I don’t know

STATION POLICEMAN. Well, neither do I

Because I got a caution for hitting a policeman but I didn’t mean to hurt him and if I do it again it’ll be a lot worse because of the caution.

STATION POLICEMAN. You’re serious aren’t you?

Yes.

STATION POLICEMAN. you lead the way

Where?

VOICE ONE. 100 pounds

How much does it cost to get a ticket