Marlowe Page #3

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Marlowe moves across to the paper and the pencil.

To Cole’s amazement Marlowe picks up the pencil and holds

it so it sits over his shoulder with both of his little

hands around the base.

The mouse walks to the paper with the pencil and examines

the shapes that Cole used. Marlowe draws those shapes with

the word ‘hi’.

Cole is totally frozen looking at the mouse message.

COLE:

No one – is ever going to believe

this. I don’t even believe it

myself – except that I see the

paper you wrote on and it says

hi’.

Cole points to himself.

COLE:

Cole. I am Cole. My name is

Cole. What is your name?

Cole points to Marlowe who just stares up at him wondering

what he wants. Finally Cole takes the paper out of the

little house and with his big pencil he writes his name.

Cole. And then points at himself again. Cole carefully

places the paper back in the house.

Marlowe notices out of the corner of his eye a book in the

toy stack which was open to a page which started with the

symbols M A R L O W E.

Marlowe had no idea what it said but he liked the way the

shapes fit together and the way the whole word looked after

all the shapes were made so – as carefully as possible and

with Cole looking on like he was watching a major surgical

operation – Marlowe copies the letters from the book and

then put the pencil down.

COLE:

Mar – Marlo – Marlowe – you are

Marlowe.

Marlowe heard his name or the name he gave himself, for the

first time. Cole pointed at him and said it again so

Marlowe was pretty sure that he was that sound – Marlowe.

Marlow sat back as Cole wondered around his room trying to

make sense of the situation.

Suddenly and without warning Miss Penney was in the room

and now in the air on her way down to land on the mouse in

the toy house.

Cole did not skip a beat as he pulled Miss. Penney out of

thin air and grabbed her around the scruff of her neck and

took her in the hallway.

He returned to his room and he closed the door. Cole

walked over to his computer and typed some words. He hit

print and the printer printed a sheet of paper which

said in large, bold letters, Keep Door Closed.

Cole found some tape and took the paper and the tape into

the hall and he taped the note on his door and then

returned to Marlowe.

Cole walked back to his bed and sat down on the corner

looking at Marlowe.

COLE:

Wow. This is just so cool. I

guess I’ll have to feed you and

everything until we figure out

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