Eurycleia+5

MOTHER BEAR  media type="file" key="euryrcle3.mp3" SCENE 1

__ MUSIC: DRAMATIC. __ EURYCLEIA: What? Wait a second I’m listening to what’s going on outside. Go Odysseus, go! Oh yes. My name is Eurycleia, Odysseus’ nurse and housemaid. I remember the man as a little tike. I used to pick him up from preschool and his arms would be full of the other children’s toys. That’s my Ody. What a precious child! But now the man is fighting an army single handedly, giving those ravenous suitors what they deserve. __ SOUND: SUITOR CRYING. __ EURYCLEIA: I’m so proud! But I can’t help being worried for his safety out there. Look through the keyhole yourself and watch him go. An arrow straight through the neck for one man, a blow to the chest for another! __ SOUND: SUITOR SCREAMING. __ SCENE 2 EURYCLEIA: Just the other day, he arrived at our doorstep, in beggar’s clothes, of all things. Trying to pull a fast one was what he was doing, like always. Oh, but he couldn’t fool me. I know him far to well. When Penelope told me to wash his feet, I obliged immediately, out of the goodness of my heart. I was just talking about how much he reminded me of Odysseus, when what do you know! I see the scar he earned as a young man on a boar hunting trip with his grandfather. My baby had finally come home and I wanted to tell the world! I was about to tell Penelope, when he grabbed me, threatened to kill me if I revealed his identity! That Odysseus and his exploits! I set things straight with him, reminding him who raised him and who would protect him at any cost. Now he sees how things work. He’s so silly! SCENE 3 EURYCLEIA: Wait a second, now I see a group of those foolish suitors gathering, making a plan to corner Odysseus. My baby! If only I could be out there to protect him, but no I have to sit here, cooped up in a room with these filthy maids. __ MUSIC: DRAMATIC. __ EURYCLEIA: Oh no, there those suitors go. They’re cornering pour Ody up against a wall and they’ve got spears! (Gasp) They’re going to throw them all at once! I’ve got to go out there! I have to save him! SCENE 4 EURYCLEIA: (Sigh) Athena just beat me to the punch. All she had to do was move her hand and make the spears fly wide. If it was me out there, I would have surely charged the suitors myself, even taken a blow for my Ody. Athena did it the easy way because she’s a goddess. Despicable! But she did save him. I do have to give her credit for that. SCENE 5 __ SOUND: MAN WITH HIGH VOICE CALLING. __ EURYCLEIA: I’ve got to go, Prince Telemachus is calling me. Odysseus must have slaughtered those suitors! And that Prince Telemachus, he’s becoming a little man himself, trying to boss me around! Just like his father: my Odysseus! __ MUSIC: LIGHT, HAPPY LOOP. __