I Just Want to Be Cleft Alone

This short story is based on my personal experiences with people asking about my cleft lip scar. I often wonder about what I could tell those people and what I could get away with, and this story plays with this concept.

Transcript

2. TERRY : *Whistles*
3. TERRY : *Whistles*
4. TERRY : *Whistles*
13. TERRY : What’s tha’?
15. JOSH : What’s what?
17. TERRY : This scar…
18. TERRY : Riiiiiiiight ‘ere…
26. JOSH : What should we tell him?
27. INNER VOICE : Hmm…
28. INNER VOICE : Hmm…
31. INNER VOICE : Maybe a run in with some seedy Italians…
32. INNER VOICE : Maybe a run in with some seedy Italians…
33. INNER VOICE : Maybe a run in with some seedy Italians…
34. INNER VOICE : Maybe a run in with some seedy Italians…
41. INNER VOICE : Or a hiking mishap?
42. INNER VOICE : Or a hiking mishap?
43. INNER VOICE : Or a hiking mishap?
44. INNER VOICE : Or a hiking mishap?
45. INNER VOICE : Or a hiking mishap?
46. INNER VOICE : Or a hiking mishap?
47. INNER VOICE : Or a hiking mishap?
52. SFX: Twigs snap
53. JOSH : *GASP!*
54. JOSH: So cuuuute!
55. JOSH: What are you doing out here all alone lil’ guy?
56. JOSH: What are you doing out here all alone lil’ guy?
57. JOSH: What are you doing out here all alone lil’ guy?
65. SFX: *BEAR HUFFS*
66. SFX: *BEAR HUFFS*
69. SFX: *GULP*
72. SFX: *BEAR ROARS*
73. SFX: *JOSH SCREAMS*
74. SFX: *BEAR ROARS*
75. SFX: *BEAR ROARS*
76. SFX: *BEAR ROARS*
78. INNER VOICE : Perhaps a feline fiasco?
79. INNER VOICE : Perhaps a feline fiasco?
80. INNER VOICE : Perhaps a feline fiasco?
81. INNER VOICE : Perhaps a feline fiasco?
82. INNER VOICE : Perhaps a feline fiasco?
83. INNER VOICE : Perhaps a feline fiasco?
91. JOSH: Oh great…
92. JOSH: Oh great…
93. JOSH: Oh great…
94. JOSH: Oh great…
95. JOSH: Who’s a nice kitty…
98. SFX: *CAT GROWLS*
99. SFX: *CAT SCREAMS*
100. SFX: *CAT SCREAMS*
101. SFX: *CAT SCREAMS*
102. SFX: *CAT SCREAMS*
103. SFX: *CAT SCREAMS*
104. SFX: *CAT SCREAMS*
106. INNER VOICE: Nah, too many questions with those, I’ll just tell him the truth I guess…
107. INNER VOICE: Nah, too many questions with those, I’ll just tell him the truth I guess…
108. INNER VOICE: Nah, too many questions with those, I’ll just tell him the truth I guess…
109. INNER VOICE: Nah, too many questions with those, I’ll just tell him the truth I guess…
110. INNER VOICE: Nah, too many questions with those, I’ll just tell him the truth I guess…
111. INNER VOICE: Nah, too many questions with those, I’ll just tell him the truth I guess…
115. JOSH : Its cleft lip.
116. TERRY : Ahh right...
119. TERRY : What’s tha’?