This afternoon we had our usual after school rehearsal. Today was the first day we had in place the back drop covers (the kids had been seeing and working around some framing for the past few weeks), and some boxes that will be stones used to construct the temple, and a couple of our band to see and hear the flow of the show (including the percussionist, who brought several sound effects that will be part of some of the songs).
So the kids had a whole lot to take in and a lot to comment on.
As we were doing notes at the end of rehearsal, we came to "question time," when I take 5 questions from the performers. The rules: one person; one question; five times. And then we leave.
Standard procedure.
Our lead actor had his hand up first, nurturing his question for about 5 minutes, while I finished my notes. He was patient, but about to explode with curiosity. So I called on him first.
He put his hand down and thought.
One second, two, three.
I could almost see the wheels turning in his head to figure out how to ask all the things he wanted to know, and still make it sound like a single question.
His question was about 752 words long and covered everything from soup to nuts, but he did it with one breath, and there was only one question mark at the end!
Too smart.
And too funny.
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