Lick Yourself

Nerida arrives with Greedy.

Ready for the singalong? asks Nerida.

Nearly, says Terence. What rhymes with click?

Stick, says Nerida. Thick, sick, kick....

That's enough icks, says Terence. Choose one, Freddy.

None of them are good, says Freddy.

What's this for? asks Nerida.

My Frog Song, says Terence. The last line has to rhyme with 'some bark and some click'.

And have me in it, says Freddy.

Ooh! says Nerida. Let me think now...How about lick?

Perfect! says Terence. Because he's made out of chocolate!

That's what I was thinking, says Nerida.

But it's supposed to be a sound that I make, says Freddy.

You don't make one, says Terence. But some people lick loudly.

Ha ha, laughs the pobblebonk. Your sound is when sombody licks you!

That's embarrassing, says Freddy. 

No, it's cool, says Nerida. 

Okay. Cool. If she says so.

Gaius appears. 

I hear we'll be having a singalong, says Gaius. That will be jolly.

Do you have a favourite song? asks Nerida.

Certainly, says Gaius. But it's in Latin and most of you will not know it.

You can teach us, says Nerida. 

Now? asks Gaius.

Is it long? asks Nerida.

Not too long, says Gaius. It is short, like its subject.

Start singing, says Nerida. We'll try to pick it up.

Gaudeamus igitur, (sings Gaius), juvenes dum suuu-mus!

Terence laughs.

You may laugh, says Gaius. The words mean let us rejoice, while we are young.

Woop! says Terence.

That's nice, says Nerida, 

It starts off that way, says Katherine. Then it becomes darker.

Katherine has appeared, drawn by Gaius's singing.

It is realistic, says Gaius.

Why? asks Nerida. What comes after?

Nos habebit humus, says Katherine. The earth will have us. Are we happy with that for our singalong?

Maybe if we don't sing it last, says Nerida. We can finish with something up-beat.

Like my song, says the pobblebonk. Wop Bop a Loo Bop.

Yes, says Nerida. Or mine. Shake it Off.

I don't know those songs, says Gaius. Are they modern?

Well this is going to be fun, says Katherine. Shall we sit in a circle?

They all sit in a circle. 

The pobblebonk sits next to Freddy

Lick-lick, says the pobblebonk.

Lick yourself, says Freddy.