Horse

An old woman

Someone pretending to be a horse

Someone in a “car”

Voice over

Horse and woman on stage

Voice: One day there will be a horse in your driveway and you wont know how it got there or why.

Horse: neighhh

Voice: You will be old, no doubt, and you will think that someone is watching you, or more likely talking about you without you hearing.

Old woman looks around as if someone is watching her

Voice: You will be living alone, maybe a widow, your husband having died in a home years ago, and you’ll know for sure that this is all a big joke.

Woman smiles

Voice: It will be early morning, in time to see the newspaper hurtle from an old and late (again) pick up

“Car” comes in, throws paper

Voice: The horse will be steaming a bit as they do, thirsty and hungry, but calm.

Woman goes offstage, comes back with a bucket

Voice: There will be a bucket in the garage for the horse to drink out of and you’ll wish you had oats.

“Horse” goes to the woman

Voice: For now, water will have to do




*Adapted from a monologue