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A Hamster's Workday

from Backstroke Raptor by The Story Pirates

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lyrics

SFX: Alarm clock

MISS SALLY: Yawning. 7am! Time to start my day.

SFX: knock knock knock

BUNNIES: Good morning Miss Sally!

MISS SALLY: Hello Bunnies!

BUNNY 1: Are you ready for work Miss Sally?

MISS SALLY: Am I ready for work! Ahahaha!

OH YES, OH YES I’M READY FOR WORK I WILL
EAT MY BREAKFAST
IT’S A PEAR, IF YOU CARE
NOW I’LL FINISH MY LOOK
PUT A CLIP IN MY HAIR

AND THAT’S THE START OF A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY

BUNNY 1: Which clip would you like for today Miss Sally?

MISS SALLY: The pink.

BUNNY 1: Ok-

MISS SALLY: No the blue.

BUNNY 2: You got it.

MISS SALLY: No the pink.

BUNNY 1: Here it is.

MISS SALLY: It’s gotta be the red.

BUNNY 2: The red.

MISS SALLY: Except not the red, the green.

BUNNY 1: Here’s the green.

MISS SALLY: Better make it the pink, though.

BUNNIES: The pink!

MISS SALLY: The yellow.

BUNNY 2: Yellow, of course.

MISS SALLY: Of course. The pink.

BUNNIES: The pink?

MISS SALLY: The green.

BUNNIES: THE GREEN??!!?!

MISS BUNNY: Yes. The pink.

BUNNIES: THE PINK?!?!

MISS BUNNY: Exactly! The pink.

BUNNIES: Yes!/Ok yes we did it!/Etc.

MISS BUNNY: Now I’ll just put this green clip in my hair and…

SFX: Bloop!

MISS SALLY: Perfection. I look...incredible.

(applause)

I ATE MY PEAR, PUT A CLIP IN MY HAIR
THEN I CALLED UP THE BUNNIES AND JUST TO BE FAIR
THEY’LL CARRY MY COMPUTER FROM HERE TO THERE
SO I CAN HAVE A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY

BUNNIES:

HAVE A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY

MISS SALLY: (Screamed) THAT’S WHEN A HAMSTER GOES TO WORK!!

MUSIC: GLISS

SFX: Bustling office sounds, fax machines, etc

WORKERS: Work, work, work, work.

SALLY: Ah, here I am at my job where I work!

DESK CLERK: Good morning Miss Sally!

SALLY: Good morning desk clerk! Which one is my desk today?

DESK CLERK: Well I was thinking-

MUSIC: In right away

SALLY:

THERE SHALL BE WORK AND I MEET THE DESK CLERK
AND HE TELLS ME MY DESK IS THERE!

MUSIC: Out

SALLY: AND HE TELLS ME MY DESK IS THERE!

Silence

SALLY: AND HE TELLS ME MY DESK IS-

DESK CLERK: Oh! Oh! Is that where you want to sit?

SALLY: Uh huh.

DESK CLERK: I mean this is a coworking space you can just sort of sit wherever you-

SALLY: Just tell me where my desk is.

DESK CLERK: That one’s perfect.

SALLY: Thank you.

DESK CLERK: Do you need anything e-

SALLY:

I SIT ON MY CHAIR
I AM GLAD TO BE THERE
A GOOD PLACE TO SIT IS A THING THAT IS RARE
WHEN YOU FIND A GOOD SEAT, DON’T GET UP DON’T YOU DARE!
YOU SHOULDN’T SHARE, YEAAAAAAH!
AND THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
YES THAT’S A HAMSTER’S-
Wait a second. Where’s my computer?! Where are the bunnies! BUNNIES?!?!

BUNNIES: (Out of breath) We’re here!

BUNNY 1: We have your computer!

BUNNY 2: It’s safe.

SALLY: Good!! If it wasn’t I wouldn’t have been able to do my work at my job! Speaking of, here comes my work boss!

BOSS: Hello Sally!

Intro
(New Key of E)
MY BOSS CAME TO ME AND MY BOSS SAID OUT LOUD :
EDIT THIS STORY ABOUT A CLOUD
I DECIDE TO CONFESS WHICH INCLUDES SAYING YES

BECAUSE I AM AN EDITOR


ALL: BECAUSE YOU ARE AN EDITOR

SALLY: MY JOB IS BEING AN EDITOR!

ALL: YOU EDIT STORIES AND THAT’S YOUR JOB


SALLY: AND THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY


ALL: THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(Sally: “Yeah”)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(Sally: “A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY”)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY

Claps.

HAMSTER: You know, people have a lot of notions about what a hamster does all day. They think we just run on a wheel. Drink from a metal straw. Are fluffy. But if there’s anything you’ve learned from this story it’s that every day I do a ton of amazing stuff. I wake up, eat a pear, put a clip in my hair. I call up some bunnies, and just to be fair, they bring my computer to work for me! A desk clerk shows me where to sit and my boss asks me to edit a story about a cloud. Because yeah, I’m an editor and that’s my job. And hey, guess what, that cloud story? I won a Pulitzer for it. And hey, guess what else? I am fluffy. And that’s a hamster’s workday.

ALL: AND THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(SALLY: YEAH)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
(SALLY: HAMSTER’S WORKDAY)
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S WORKDAY
THAT’S A HAMSTER’S

SALLY: I’m Sally the Hamster and I’m ready for anything!

ALL: WORKDAY

THE END!

credits

from Backstroke Raptor, released June 14, 2019
Written by Rachel Wenitsky
Based on a story by Nina, age 10, New York
Produced by Eric Gersen
Associate Produced by Jack Mitchell

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