Eliza's Early Birthday Present

(Fred and Dhaphne enter.)


Fred: Eliza, your mum and I thought maybe you'd want to open your birthday present tonight.


(They hand her a Once Ler bar.)


Dpaphne: Here you are.


Eliza: A Once Ler Whipple-scrumptious fudgemallow delight! I think I'd better wait until morning.


Merlin: Like hell.


Fred: Pop!


Carl Fredrickson: If you add our ages together, we're three hundred and eighty-one years old. We don't wait!


Dhaphne: Eliza, you mustn't be too disappointed if you don't get one.


Fred: Whatever happens, you'll still have the candy.


(Eliza opens the bar- no golden ticket.)


Carl Fredrickson: Ah, well. That's that.


Eliza: We'll share it.


Carl Fredrickson: Oh, no, Charlie. Not your birthday present.


Eliza: It's my candy bar, and I'll do what I want with it.


(She breaks it into pieces and shares it out. Everyone eats their piece slowly, savoring it.)

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