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HOPPING DOWN IN KENT

 FIRST DAY HOP PICKING

Scene 3.

(Heard from off stage)

Sindy Jones-Wow here we are at the hop farm. This looks very exciting. Don’t it kids?

Kids- Yeah!

Sophia Smith- Look at the scenery Kids

Kids- Wow!

Peter Jones-Stupid kids haven’t you ever seen this kind of stuff in books?

Kids- Yeah but never this close up!

Sindy and Sophia- Come on let’s meet the owner.

(They come on to the stage)

Mr Tone- Hello and welcome to me ‘op farm. And yous be the …….

( He struggles)

Jones- The Jones

Mr Tone- Oh yeah yous the one that broke your leg didn’t ya?

Peter Jones- yep that’s right

Sindy Jones- Oh do you remember he tumbled down from those high stilts remember

Sophia Smith- Really? ( sounding interested )

Sindy Jones- Yep that’s right come to think of it, it was quite funny actually. It all happened when h…

Peter Jones- (interupting them) oh stop gossiping women.

Sindy- Oh shut up moan machine all you ever do is moan, moan, moan

Mr Tone- And yous be the uh

(Once again struggling)

Sophia Smith- The smiths

Mr Tone- uh the Smiths ay. I remember you. Your daughter ran off wit….

Sophia Smith (interupting very suddenly)- OH LOOK THEY’VE STARTED ALREADY HEHE

Mr Tone- Don’t you remember?

Sophia Smith- I’d rather not

Mr Tone- But remember……

Sophia Smith- I’D RATHER NOT!

(Mr tone talks to Peter Jones quietly)

Molly- ugh! What’s that smell?

Sindy Jones- That’s the alley bodge

Molly- What’s that?

Sindy Jones- An ally bodge is a cart to cart around the manure from one place to another.

Molly- oh!

Molly- Who’s that?

(Mr Tone comes back in to action)

Mr Tone-That is Jerry Stringer. He strings the hops but wants to start a chat show. It’ll never catch on.

Here comes Rover the three-legged  Hopping dog.

(Molly screams and Sophia comforts her)

Mr Tone-Get it Hopping dog?

Peter Jones- Please we have had enough hopping jokes for a life time!

Mr Tone- and here are your barracks where you will be staying. I hope you don’t mind sharing, we are running out of barracks this year too many people. Anyway see you later dinner is at seven o’clock. I hop you have a good time.

(walks out and off stage talking to himself and laughing at his joke)

Sindy Jones(Looking out the window)- look at the beautiful scenery, those beautiful green hops

Molly – what are green hops mam?

Sophia Smith- Green hops are freshly picked undried hops

Molly-oh. I get it

Sindy- Now don’t you ever touch the red berries other wise you will die

Sophia- And that counts for you too missy don’t be a pain other wise we will go home to smelly London

Sindy- And don’t go anywhere near those stilts that is daddys job

Peter- you aint getting me up on those things again I broke me leg last time

Sindy- Oh please stop moaning we are on holiday now

Peter- Sorry love

Molly- I hop we have a good time!

Everyone- Molly don’t YOU start!

(sophia taps her on the head)

Sophia- stupid child!

(Peter grunts)