Roswell 1947 page thirty

Roswell     page thirty

Act 8 Scene2

Narrator:  We are back at the Roswell Air Force Base interrogation room with General Kane, Private Enns and Mick Russell. General Kane is trying to convince Russell to change his story about finding pieces of a crashed flying saucer on his ranch. So far Mick is been adamant about telling the truth.

Mick: I found pieces of a crashed flying saucer on my ranch and it’s the truth.

General Kane:  No! The truth is that that all you found was a weather balloon. We're going to take you back to the radio station and this is what you're going to do. You're going to go on the air and tell the listeners that you started drinking early in the morning. Your wife left you because you were losing too much money on the ranch. So when Dusty's Tavern opened you went there to continue drowning your sorrows. You decided you'd get yourself some attention by making up this crazy flying saucer story and telling it on the radio.

Mick:  No way! I'll be the laughing stock of the whole county.

General Kane:  Would you rather spend the next 20 years in the brig Mick?

Mick:  Of course not.

General Kane:  Here's the deal Mick. You go on the air and tell the story we just told you. And for all your trouble were going to throw in a little bonus. After you retract your story on the radio show, you'll find a new Ford truck with the keys in it parked right outside the radio station. The new red Ford 150 will be yours just for following orders just like any good patriotic American citizen would.

Mick:  Woo! Hoo! A new truck, that's just what I've been wishing for. It's a deal boys. You can drive me down to the radio station right now and I'll retract my story. The town won't be laughing at me for very long when they see me in my new red Ford 150 truck.

Private Enns:  You're a lot smarter than we gave you credit for Mick.

Mick:  Gee thanks guys. Let's go straight to the radio station. I can't wait to get my new truck!