Friday, August 15, 2008

"The Hoods", Episode 2

An uneventful episode.  Things seems cordial once again between the capricious Baby Hood and the wolf girl.  Robin Hood seems to be completely ignoring the drama of yesterday: if he was ever even really aware of it in the first place.  It's little things that catch the attention of the chaperone Big Bad Wolf (aka, me) today.  The wolf girl is constantly hanging around Baby every single time they have have a break, leaving no opportunity for she and Robin to be alone.  Even when the other wolfgang girls, her true companions, are off on their own, the one girl remains glued to the littlest Hood's side.

It is only on stage that signs of romance between Baby and Robin take shape.  Every time Baby Hood cries, excepting in the first scene when her mother is on stage, it is Robin Hood's sleeve that she tugs on.  He in turn, always pats her head to comfort her.  He came up with the idea that she should smile charmingly every time the family sings "Oh Baby" in their anthem "Stay on the Trail".  Ranger Rooney does her best to dispute any idea of a romance going on between them declaring, "No, Robin only pats her head since he observed mother doing it.  There's no way my little Robin is going home with that little hussy!" (p.s. that is a direct quote from Sam)

There is one incident worth noting.  In a desperate, futile attempt to get her beloved to notice her, the young wolf sat in front of him during one of our speeches today.  We had dismissed the girls to go get a drink of water and instead of merrily tagging along with her compatriots, the wolf girl forced herself up into a backbend to look back at Robin and coquettishly, if also quite awkwardly, said "hi".  He looked at her disbelievingly and told her she was supposed to get going.  Another incident: said wolf girl asked if she could throw out her lemonade.  I told her she could, but she ambled away with no sense of urgency and took far too long to return.  Baby could tell I was angry and I couldn't help but notice her satisfied smirk.

Who knows what new drama show day will bring to episode 3 of "The Hoods".

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