3 Kids + 1 C-train = One Great Story!

Act I
Dramatis Personae:
M- Protagonist, very cute wearing capris jeans and a cropped hoody.
R- M's 4 year old cousin, very opinionated! He will be wearing a red shirt and blue shorts, his runners have the special ability to make him run faster due to the fact that they feature a certain cartoon
G- R's 5 year old cousin, also very cute, she will be wearing a pale green terrycloth sweatpants with a zip up hoody to match, her shirt underneath her hoody will feature Barbie, her swimsuit will also have Barbie on it
N- G's 11 year old brother, he will be wearing a orange hoody and camouflage shorts. He will be unenthusiastic throughout the entire play.

At Rise:
M has been asked by R's mom to babysit for the evening while she attends Jubilations for her birthday. M agrees but shows up a little late due to the fact she forgot the off ramp to Crowchild off Sarcee was shut down. M finally reaches the hotel that R,G, and N are staying in. Upon arrival, M soon realizes that R's parents forgot to leave her a key card to get back into the hotel room. After talking to the front desk, she is able to obtain a card. M goes back to the room. M realizes that the hotel is located in Motel Village meaning that the C-train is near, R has been fascinated with trains since he was very little. Putting two and two together, M gets an idea.


M: So I was thinking that we should go for a train ride
N: Are we allowed to?
M: Yes, why wouldn't we be?
N: I don't know I just didn't hear anything about a train ride from my parents
M: That would be because I just thought of it now!
N: Oh ok
R: I like the train, little M!
M: I know you do R.

Act II

The four get ready and venture outside, past the Dairy Queen and Big T's BBQ. The four cross the street. M buys two tickets one for herself, and one for N.

R: Where's my ticket? I need a ticket! On the Polar express everyone had tickets
G: I would like a ticket as well!
M looks in her change purse and finds two train tickets from days past.
M: Here you go!
R&G: YAY!

3 minutes later

R: How much longer?
M: Ummm not that long
R: How long is not that long?
M: The absolute longest that we are going to have to wait is 20 minutes
R: How long is that?
M: Little less then Sponge Bob Square Pants
R: Oh, Ok!
N: You reference Sponge Bob, with time?
M: It works doesn't it
R: G, did you hear that? 20 minutes is a little less then Spongebob, wait some Spongebob's are really short though, so is 20 minutes really short?

At this moment, bells warning people not to cross start and the c-train can be seen.

R: Oh, never mind. G, did you know 20 minutes is really short?

The four get on the C-train. R and G sit together, M and N sit across. The train is empty, there is one man sitting in the middle on the stage left side of the car. He will eavesdrop throughout the conversation. He will be wearing dirty clothes and steel toe boots, he is obviously going home after working construction of some kind.

R: I love the C-train
G: Yes, it's very fun
M: I think that we should go two stops then head back, sound good?
R: Actually little M, I think we should go 7 stops
M: Um no, we'll be on the other side of the city
R: No we won't
M: Yes we will, and besides 2 stops is really four stops because we have to get off and go two stops to get back to the hotel.
R: No it isn't
M: Yes it is
R: No, that's not seven!
M: Ok how about we go downtown?
R: That sounds like a good idea
G: I like downtown!
N: I don't care...

Act III

By this point the gentleman sitting upstage will be laughing out loud.
R will decide that he would like to sit across from N and at the next stop does so.
At the next stop (9th street) the four will get off. G and R will see the Macs and decide that they both need bubble gum. M will pay the $1.90 to get the two each a pack. They will then proceed to the Century Garden located across the street. The park features mainly water and stepping stones to get around the water.

M will lead the troop around the water her destination, a picnic table on the other side of the water. When they reach the stepping stones M notices that two girls are already sitting there. To M's horror she realizes that one is hunched over the bench, snorting a "line" of cocaine. The girl will look up and her nose will be white, her eyes red and neither one look "happy." (In fact they look right pissed off)

This makes M very uncomfortable seeing as how it's not even 7pm yet. As M gets a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, she takes the children down to the lower part of the park, as quickly as possible. The two youngest will play on a statue of two baby bears wrestling. G will pretend to ride on while R will pretend to fight the other. N, being in that awkward pre-pubescent stage of life will just stand there. This will go on for 20 minutes. After that time R will be very adamant that they go back to the picnic bench across the water. M will announce it is time to take the train back to the hotel.

Once the four reach Banff Trail Station M will shuttle them off and they will play on the pedestrian bridge for a few minutes, watching the cars go by. After the four will return to the hotel and go swimming.
All the children would enjoy the night.

M would receive $30 for exposing the children to narcotics.