SOCIAL SKILLS: Resolving conflicts.
SELF-MANAGEMENT SKILLS: Codes of behaviour.
SOCIAL SKILLS: Co-operating.
A: What can we do?
B: I don’t have a clue!!
A: She will kill us!
B: I know!!
A: What if we pretend we haven’t seen it?
B: And what about the noise? We could have not seen it, but it is impossible to haven’t heard it!!
A: Sure…
(They hear something)
B: Shhh! She’s coming! (Mum enters) Hi mum!
A: Hi mum! How are you?
Mum: Great! In a hurry, as usual! Let’s go quick!
A and B: Where to?
Mum: To the train station. Dad is coming back home tonight!!
(SILENCE)
Mum: I’ve said dad is coming back home tonight!
B: (hesitation) Ahh! Really? What a surprise!!
A: Yes!! What a surprise!
(Mum grabs the car keys)
Mum: Off we go! Into the car! Seatbelts, please!
(music sounding in the car and mum singing ridiculously)
A: (whispering) Well, tell me what to do.
B: (whispering back) No, you tell me. You are the eldest so you must have a solution for everything.
A: (continues whispering?) A solution for explaining mum what happened? And what’s worse: explaining mum and dad?!!!!! I don’t have a solution. The only thing I can do is….
B: Great, tell me.
A: It’s…
B: Say something quickly, we are nearly there!!!
A: I’ll tell them it was your fault. Yes, that’s it. Yesterday you licked my carrots before mum went into the kitchen so…
B: And you hid my broccoli under the sofa and told mum that I had thrown it to the bin!
A: (raising his voice) Yes, but that was after you…
Mum: So, tell me guys, what’s going on? Why are you whispering? Are you preparing a surprise for dad? Oh, you’re lovely! My dear boys!
(ridiculous singing again)
A: Can you stop shaking your hand in front of my face?
B: You can’t complain, haha, I’m not touching you!!
A: I’m giving you the hi five in your face!
Mum: Can I hear angels talking at the back?
A: (touching B’s ears) Yes, this angel next to me with his ridiculous wings! Haha
Mum: PLEEEEEASE! Stop fighting now or I’ll leave you right here.
(two seconds silence)
B: Perfect, let’s keep fighting, she’ll leave us here and they won’t punish us.
A: OK, to the count of three.
A and B: ONE, TWO, THREE.
