CHARLIE ONION: WHEW, IS IT HOT? I THINK I’LL GO FISHING TODAY? AND WHO BETTER TO INVITE THAN MY OLE PAL, NESSA THE FIRE BREATHING DINOSAUR.

(NESSA IS NOW WALKING TOWARDS CHARLIE)

CHARLIE ONION: HI NESSA. CARE TO GO FISHING?

NESSA: NAH! I DON’T LIKE PUTTING THOSE SQUIRMY WORMS ON THE HOOK. IT’S SO YUCKY!

CHARLIE ONION: THAT’S OKAY. I CAN DO THAT FOR YOU. COME ON. IT’LL BE FUN.

NESSA: THE FISH SMELL AWFUL BAD TOO. BUT I GUESS I CAN FRY THEM WITH A QUICK SNORT OF MY FIERY BREATH. AFTER ALL I’M A FIRE BREATHING DINOSAUR.

CHARLIE ONION: YES YOU ARE, AND A VERY FINE ONE AT THAT.

NESSA: THANK YOU CHARLIE O. OKAY, LET’S GO.

CHARLIE ONION: I HAVEN’T SEEN YOU A WHOLE LOT LATELY SINCE I MOVED TO THE LAND OF IN-BETWEEN.

NESSA: I KNOW. WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE LAND OF NOW, YOU CAN GET KINDA WRAPPED UP IN YOURSELF, AND DOING THINGS. FRIENDS CAN TAKE SECOND PLACE.

CHARLIE ONION: YOU’RE NOT A SECOND PLACE FRIEND TO ME, NESSA. YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND, MATTER OF FACT.

NESSA: THANKS CHARLIE O. YOU’RE A REGULAR ONION PEEL.

CHARLIE ONION: YEAH, I GUESS I AM.

NESSA: ANYTHING NEW HAPPENING AT YOUR HOUSE LATELY.

CHARLIE ONION: MATTER OF FACT, THERE IS. MY MOM HAS BEEN SEEING OWL A LOT, AND I NOTICED A REAL CHANGE IN HER.

NESSA: YEAH?

CHARLIE ONION: AND I REALLY DO LIKE IT.

NESSA: I HAVE TO WARN YOU CHARLIE…..

CHARLIE ONION: ABOUT WHAT?

NESSA: THAT OWL CHARACTER CAN HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE ON OTHERS. IT MAY BE DANGEROUS.

CHARLIE ONION: NO WAY, NESSA. OWL IS VERY KIND, AND I HAVE ONLY SEEN GOOD THINGS COME FROM MOM. THAT CAN’T BE ALL BAD.

NESSA: HAS HE TOLD HER ABOUT HIS “HANDBOOK”?

CHARLIE ONION: YES, HE HAS.

NESSA: IS THAT WHY YOU MOVED?

CHARLIE ONION: UH HUH.

NESSA: SEE. HE IS STARTING TO SHOW HIS INFLUENCE.

CHARLIE ONION: BUT WHEN MY MOM QUOTES FROM OWL'S HANDBOOK, IT MAKES SENSE. IT REALLY DOES.

NESSA: YOU’RE NOT GETTING TOO WRAPPED UP IN OWL ARE YOU.

CHARLIE ONION: NO. NOT YET ANYWAYS. BUT OWL IS REALLY VERY NICE, AND TAKES A LOT OF TIME TEACHING ME TO “FISH”.

NESSA: REALLY?

CHARLIE ONION: YEAH, REALLY.

NESSA: IS HE REALLY NICE?

CHARLIE ONION: YEAH, HE IS. HE WANTS ME TO BE A FISHERMAN OF ONIONS SOMEDAY, AND LEARNING TO FISH IS PART OF THE LEARNING PROCESS.

NESSA: I SEE.

CHARLIE ONION: OWL IS ALWAYS ENCOURAGING ME TO GET BETTER AND BETTER. WHAT’S WRONG WITH THAT?

NESSA: I DIDN’T SAY THERE WAS ANYTHING WRONG. WELL, DID I? DID I?
(NESSA BREATHS A LITTLE FIRE)

CHARLIE ONION: OWL GAVE ME SOME NIFTY LURES TO GET THE FISH’S ATTENTION, AND SOME REAL LOOKING FLYS THAT LOOK REAL YUMMY.

NESSA: YOU LIKE FLIES?

CHARLIE ONION: NO, SILLY. I MEAN YUMMY TO THE FISH. YOU ARE A REAL FUNNY DINOSAUR, NESSA.

NESSA: I GUESS I AM AREN’T I.

CHARLIE ONION: AREN’T?

NESSA: YEAH, AREN’T. I LEARNED THAT IN SCHOOL.

CHARLIE ONION: HEY, MAYBE WE CAN GO SWIMMING AS WELL.

NESSA: OKAY, AND I’LL SWIM RINGS AROUND YOU, AND SPLASH YOU WITH MY TAIL. I CAN SWIM QUITE WELL YOU KNOW.

CHARLIE ONION: I KNOW YOU DON’T LIKE WATER.

NESSA: DINOSAURS NORMALLY DON’T GO IN THE WATER. WHEN YOU GET WATER IN YOUR NOSE, YOU CAN’T BLOW FIRE.

CHARLIE ONION: I KNOW. BUT FIRE BLOWING ISN’T NECESSARILY A GOOD THING.

NESSA: YEAH, I GUESS. BUT THAT’S WHO I AM, AND I DON’T LIVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE IN THE LAND OF NOW.

CHARLIE ONION: BUT EVERYONE CAN CHANGE, IF THEY OPEN UP THEIR HEART.

NESSA: HUH?

CHARLIE ONION: THAT’S WHAT OWL SAID, AND HE SHOWED ME SO IN HIS “HANDBOOK”.

NESSA: THERE WE GO WITH THAT HANDBOOK AGAIN.

CHARLIE ONION: YOU’LL SEE SOMEDAY. I CAN’T EXPLAIN IT WELL YET, BUT I’M LEARNING MORE EVERYDAY, WITH THE HELP OF MOM AND OWL. HE SAYS THAT THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD OF THE ONION FIELD IS THE “LAND OF FOREVER”.

NESSA: I’VE ONLY LIVED IN TWO PLACES, THE LAND OF COAL, AND THE LAND OF NOW. I DON’T EVER WANT TO GO BACK TO COAL.

CHARLIE ONION: ME NEITHER.

NESSA: I GUESS THE LAND OF NOW IS BETTER.

CHARLIE ONION: AND THE LAND OF IN-BETWEEN IS BETTER THAN THE LAND OF NOW.

NESSA: YOU THINK?

CHARLIE ONION: I KNOW.

NESSA: I’M NOT SURE ABOUT OWL THOUGH.

CHARLIE ONION: I KNOW, BUT SOMEDAY I PRAY THAT YOU WILL SEE THE KINDNESS THAT I FOUND IN OWL.

NESSA: YEAH, YEAH!

CHARLIE ONION: OWL SAYS THAT HE SEES A REAL GENUINE ARTICLE IN YOU. HE REALLY LIKES YOU.

NESSA: YEAH?

CHARLIE ONION: YEAH!

NESSA: LAST ONE IN IS A ROTTEN ONION.

CHARLIE ONION: DON’T FORGET TO HOLD YOUR NOSE.

(SPLASH! SPLASH! ---SOUND EFFECTS)

THE END OF “GOING FISHING”