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I wish I had known your name at least…
Ananya Singh 2017B5A10970P, Divya Kapur 2017A3PS0283P, Madhumitha Muralidharan
2017B4A21194P, Abhiram Manoj 2017A4PS0410P and Baani Ajmani 2017ABPS1189P
CHARACTERS
Person 1: A bald man in his late 40’s. He had a thick moustache and a rough unshaven beard
Person 2: A handsome fellow with eyes the colour of the morning sky. He is in his early 30s
and has a serious yet cheerful look on his face.
SETTING
The setting is a barren empty land with the sky looking reddish-orange as the sun is about to
set. It is very windy and the air smells like rain. The only backdrop is a bonfire around which
people are dancing and singing. Laughter and chatter can still be heard from the background.
BEGIN.
It was late into the evening. The two strangers decided to sit down far from the bonfire and
tried to enjoy a quiet conversation amongst themselves.
Person 1: (laughing) “Yeah, I used to be a Mathematics professor. The papers they turn in are
truly a marvel. It used to boggle me as to how those kids managed to conjure up those
calculations!”
Person 2 (chuckles): “Well, I can't imagine seeing you teach kids. You were lucky you didn't
have students like me, man. Your bald head would be the only graph I would like to study.”
(Laughs)
Person 1: What did you do?
Person 2 (slightly embarrassed): “Not much! Used to drive my old man's truck. Delivery kind
of stuff, you know the man! My Ma used to spoil me rotten.”
Person 1: “Sounds just like my wife with my two sons. She’d do anything for them. She’s a
godsend. Heaven knows how we would survive without her.”
Person 2:(eyes wide open) “You got a wife! Huh. Never liked the idea of marriage myself.
But there was this one gal I liked. Crazy ‘bout her, I was. Fancied myself to be in love with
her.”
Person 1: “Oh is that so? What was her name? Anything ever happened between the two of
you in the end?”
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