A Bear in One Act

Setting: Susan and Dean's deck. Hamburgers on the grill. A plate of cheese waiting to turn the plain hamburgers into cheeseburgers.

Dean - inside getting a glass of wine.

Oso - inside with Dean.

Susan - heading across the deck to pick mint for her iced tea.

Bear - right next to the turn onto the deck from the path

Susan sees the bear and thinks for a split second it is Oso. Realizing it is a bear, she begins to holler and bang on a near by grill. "Get out of here. Go. Get out of here."

Bear heads up the hill.

Oso hears the call to arms  (Susan banging and yelling) and comes racing out of the house barking and following the bear up the hill. Neither the bear nor Oso pay any attention to the path but rather head straight up the rocks and into the forest.

Dean and Susan stand on the deck waiting. Susan finally returns with her mint to the kitchen and Dean checks the burgers. Oso returns amidst praise for his bravery.

Curtain.