New Children's/Preteen Monologue: If I Were A Kind of Flower

Check out my new dramatic children's monologue, If I Were A Kind of Flower which runs about 1-1.5 minutes long. Anibel expresses concern over her daffodils covered in snow, and imagines how she would live, if she were a daffodil herself. She speaks to her sister, Gracie, at a cafe.

ANIBEL

Do you know the daffodils I planted last year actually came up? They did! I was like, “What are these little yellow hats doing in the grass?” And then I was like, “They’re not hats, Anibel! They’re your daffodils!” It worked, Gracie! I planted them with Mom and she said they would come up and I didn’t believe her but they did come up! (pause) But then now, there’s all this snow covering them, and it’s already Spring, and it’s not right, but the world keeps getting weirder and weirder. (pause) I don’t want my daffodils to die, Gracie… (pause) Mom said daffodils are really strong and excited for Spring, like me, and that’s why they come up so quickly after Winter. She thinks they’ll survive the snow. (pause) I don’t know if I believe her, but if I were a daffodil, I would—END OF EXCERPT

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