The Purple Frog Wearing a Dirty old Baseball Cap

	
SHORT SCREENPLAY BY: BRIAN SPAULDING

Copyright © 2002 Brian L. Spaulding

8/7/02


Last week, Sam was walking in the woods, and he happened upon a purple 
frog playing an orange flute.

Sam's eyes bulged out like two ugly warts. The woods were silent 
Everything was quiet, even the trees. Yarn's mouth was wide open in 
shock. Then he heard a noise. 

SAM
"Hello . . . is anyone there?"
 
Sam started to run as if a bear was right behind him. After a while, Sam 
stopped running . . . Inside, he took off his hat and went to grab for 
the cookies.

MOTHER 
"Hey, wash you hands before you take a cookie."

SAM
"Why?"

MOTHER
"Because, you've been in that woods and the woods are dirty."

Sam was washing his hands at the sink as his mother grabbed his dirty 
old baseball cap from his head.

MOTHER
"You know I don't hats worn in the house, after your done put it in the 
garage."

SAM
"Why, it's clean."

MOTHER
"Sam, it's all dirty . . . I want it in the garage, do I make myself 
clear?"

Just as the phone rang.

SAM
"Yes mom."

He sat at the table eating his cookie. 

MOTHER
"Hello?"
[Talking on the phone.]

MOTHER
"Ah, Danny it's you. How are you?"

DANNY
"I'm doing good, I have some news."

MOTHER
"What?"

DANNY
"I'm coming home."

MOTHER 
"Oh, that's great. When are you coming?"

DANNY
"In two weeks."

SAM 
"Who's That?"

MOTHER
"It's your brother Danny. He's coming home from the army."

SAM
Yeah!"

DANNY
"Hey, mom put Sam on."

MOTHER
"Ok, I love you."

DANNY
"I love you too, here's Sam."

SAM
"Hi, Danny."
[Talking on the phone.]

DANNY
"Hey kid, what's up?"

SAM
"Not much."

DANNY 
"Staying out of trouble?"

SAM 
"Yeah . . . I went in the woods today and saw a purple frog."

DANNY
"Really, did you touch it?"

SAM 
"No."

DANNY
"Good, because it might be poisonous."

SAM
"Yeah, he was playing a flute."

DANNY
Really, I think your pulling my leg."

SAM
"No!"
DANNY
"Your crazy."

SAM
"When are you coming home?"

DANNY
"In a few days, then we can do some things, ok."

SAM
"Ok, I miss you."

DANNY
"I miss you too kid. Well I got to go, but talk to you later."

SAM
"Ok bye."

DANNY
"Bye."

Sam put the phone back. 

 . . . The next day he attempted the dark misty forest again. But this 
time, being quiet, Sam tiptoed through the woods to tried to find that 
purple frog to see if it was real or if his brain wasn't working the way 
it should. So as Sam got to the soggy, green-moldy log where he thought 
he saw the purple frog, he waited, waited, waited, and waited. An hour 
and a half later, he got up from dark muddy dirt. He went home depressed 
with his head down. His light blue jeans had mud on them, and walked 
very carefully and slowly, like a snail going across a highway road. Sam 
went off in the white misty air towards home.

Sam had entered the house.

MOTHER 
"Sam, what have you been doing? And look at you, know what you need, a 
bath?"

SAM
"No, mom."

MOTHER 
"Yes, come on let's go.
SAM
"Ok."

 . . . Sam got into bed as his mother came in.

SAM
"Hey mom."

MOTHER
"Hey kiddo . . . I don't know about you sometimes."

SAM
"What?"

MOTHER 
"You love those woods. I really don't like you going."

SAM 
"Don't worry mom, I'm fine."

MOTHER 
"Your fine?"

She laughed.

MOTHER 
"I love you, you know."

SAM 
"Yeah, I know."

MOTHER 
"You do?"

She messed up his hair and turned off the lights and was about to shut 
the door . . .

SAM 
"I love you mom."

MOTHER 
"I love you too. Night."

SAM 
"Night."

She shut the door. 

That night when Sam's mother was sleeping, at about 11:30, Sam decided 
to make another attempt in the dark, dark forest since it was dark out, 
he grabbed a flash light and his favorite dirty old baseball cap. He 
went back to the moldy log and saw the purple frog. Then the purple frog 
grew bigger, and bigger. Then four more giant frogs joined in and 
started to chase after Sam. With their orange flutes, they started to 
play a melody that Sam was mesmerized on. Sam went. into a trance. Then 
the frogs consumed him for lunch.

The next day Sam's mother was looking for Sam in their backyard.

MOTHER 
"Sam, Sam?"

As she looked through the dry laundry out on the line.

MOTHER 
"Sam?"

  As saw a purple frog wearing a dirty old baseball cap . . .

The End?

Copyright (c) 2002 Brian L. Spaulding