A man debates a little girl over her fervent belief that two deceased siblings should be counted among her brothers and sisters—who then number seven, not five.
Type:
Short
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
3pp
Genre:
Drama, Family
Budget:
Shoestring
Age Rating:
Everyone
Based On:
“We Are Seven” (1798), a poem by William Wordsworth.
Synopsis/Details
Wales, 1798. A country squire encounters an eight-year old girl on a meadow and begins a friendly chat. He asks the little girl how many brothers and sisters she has, and she declares that “we are seven.” The squire asks where all the girl’s siblings are, and learns that two of them are actually dead. He therefore insists that the little girl has only four, not six siblings, but the girl is resolute: her deceased brother and sister still count. They argue a bit, and then the squire gets emphatic, exclaiming that “two are dead!” The little girl sticks to her guns, however, as the script ends with her repeated declaration that “we are seven!”

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Submitted: 2021-Feb-11
Last Updated: 2021-Feb-11
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The Writer: R. J. Cardullo

A former university film teacher, I turned to screenwriting several years ago. I have also written film criticism for many publications. A New Yorker by birth, I grew up in Miami and was educated at the University of Florida, Tulane, and Yale. My last U.S. address was in Milford, Connecticut; I am now an expatriate residing in Scandinavia. Many of my scripts (both long and short) are adaptations of lesser-known works by well-known authors. I am happy to re-write, collaborate, or write on demand. Thanks kindly for any attention you can give my work. Go to bio
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