School Play

Ha ha. I’ve been a bit stressed for the last 2 weeks, trying to learn my lines for the end of year school play – in Spanish of course!!

We classmates put our heads together, and came up with; The Vets. All of us were different animals, with funny ailments for the vet to sort out. There was a penguin that was 3 years pregnant which turned out to be wind (a balloon that was popped); An elephant that lost its memory; a bunny wanting a contraceptive; a lion with a tummy ache (after eating a bus full of tourists); a gorilla with a flatulence problem, whose pet ladybird had died and also, finally, a tortoise that got there so late, the vet shut just as it got to the consultation room.

It was very funny. To our horror, all of the chairs were filled. There must have been 30 or 40 people watching. (Even people standing at the back) We expected about 10. However, they were mostly Spanish ladies, who positively screamed with delight at everything funny. We had to keep waiting for them to be quiet, before we could say the next lines. Our first practice took just 20 minutes, but the actual performance was nearer 40!

This week, is ‘Cultural Week’ so the school had wonderful displays of paintings and embroidery from the other classes. I don’t think our play rated very highly as ‘culture’ but, hey, we did our bit (and had a laugh in the meantime).