Argos

The Dog's Last Bark

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__1. SOUND: THE CAVERN__

2. ARGOS: Hello and welcome. Once upon a time, I was known as Argos, the athletic, loved hound of the great King of Ithaca, Odysseus. Now come with me, and listen to my terrible tale… __3. SOUND: WHOOSH__

SCENE 2

1. ARGOS: As I waste away on this pile of dung outside the former estate of Odysseus, I ponder about the most influential, confusing day of my life that causes me so much suffering.

SCENE 3

1. ARGOS: On this day, I was about half a year old and I’d been fantasizing about hunting/training sessions with Odysseus and the other young dogs. I’d really progressed in the past weeks through hard work, but at this point, I noticed two men I’d never seen before approaching Odysseus as he tended to the garden. They looked muscular and imposing, almost as if they were hungry for a fight. Odysseus, that trickster, was completely ignoring these men as he plowed the herbs. Suddenly, those blood-thirsty men picked up the Odysseus’s young son, Telemachus, and placed him right in front of Odysseus’s hoe. At that point, my master stopped his gardening and began to consult with the men. Soon thereafter the men left, leaving Odysseus more depressed than ever, and before long, Odysseus had followed in their footsteps and was gone, too. __2. SOUND: WAH-WAH__

SCENE 4

1. ARGOS: To this day, I’ve no idea about Odysseus’s whereabouts because I’ve been stuck on this pile of dung for most of the time. I’ve heard nothing other than he was fighting. How ironic that he’d be fighting after encountering those violent men. Ah, here comes Eumaeus, Odysseus’s loyal swineherd. What an honorable man…But what’s he doing now? Why’s he with that measly beggar? __2. SOUND: BEGGAR BEGGING__

SCENE 5

1. ARGOS: Hold on a second. I know that scent. It’s one I haven’t smelled in many-a-years. Holy guacamole! It’s Odysseus! After all these years, it’s him, it’s him! At this sight, I wag my tail for the first time in longer than I can remember. And wait, yes! Odysseus sees me! The reason why he’s here, I dunno, it’s beyond me. If I’d had something to eat in the past week, I’d gallop over to him, but I can just wait for him to come over here. W-w-what? What’s happening? He’s walking away. Leaving, as if I’m not even here. Odysseus, my life line, my master, my friend, has ditched me. I cannot carry on. I can fight no more… __2. SOUND: JOHN VAN BAREL CLASSICAL__