05- Twenty-One

(Mrs. Walker is celebrating her birthday with her 4 year old son Tommy, and her new love. With his shirt off and very much at home, the Lover watches as Tommy impatiently waits for his piece of cake.) Mrs. Walker: (to her lover) Gotta feelin' twenty-one Is gonna be a good year Especially if you and me See it in together. Lover: (to Mrs. Walker) Now you're twenty-one You're ready for a new year. Let's marry now And celebrate forever. Mrs Walker: I had no reason to be over-optimistic, But somehow when you smile I can brave bad weather. Mrs. Walker: Lover: Gotta feelin' twenty-one Twenty-one today- Is gonna be a good year Especially if you and me Your future is with me now. See it in together. (Mrs. Walker puts Tommy to bed in the back of the bedroom, where he gives her a flower.) Mrs. Walker: Lover: Only twenty-one today Now you're twenty-one And I've grown such a grown-up son. You're ready for a new year. Wish your Mum a happy day! Let's marry now And celebrate forever. Four-year Old Tommy: Happy birthday, Mum. Mrs. Walker: ( to Tommy) I had no reason to be over-optimistic, But somehow when you smile I can brave bad weather. (Mrs. Walker kisses Tommy goodnight and rejoins her lover in front room - who is waiting with a bottle of champagne) Returning unexpectedly from the war, Captain Walker appears at the door late at night to find Mrs. Walker and her lover in an embrace. The lover attacks Captain Walker and the 4 year old Tommy is woken up by the commotion. Mrs. Walker tries to turn him away from the violent scene but he faces a mirror in which he witnesses the lover slapping his mother and threatening to attack his father with a chair. The father shoots the lover in the head. The Walkers embrace, helplessly, then realize that Tommy has seen it all in the mirror. Mrs Walker: What about the boy? Captain Walker: What about the boy? Both: What about the boy? He saw it all! You didn't hear it, You didn't see it, You won't say nothing to no one Ever in your life. You never heard it. How absurd it'll Seem without any proof. You didn't hear it, You didn't see it, You never heard it, not a word of it. You won't say nothing to no one. Never tell a soul What you know is the.. You didn't hear it, You didn't see it, You won't say nothing to no one Ever in your life. You never heard it. How absurd it'll Seem without any : You didn't hear it, You didn't see it, You never heard it, not a word of it. You won't say nothing to no one. Never tell a soul What you know is the truth. Captain Walker: What about the boy?