Day 5: May and the Stolen Cowbell

Aim: To write a "fun" monologue. I've been writing depressing things, so now for something lighter. Meant for kids, obviously.

Time: 20 minute synopsis, 20 minutes writing.

Short description:
May is a lactose intolerant cow with a problem. No, not that she can't drink milk--that's surprisingly not a problem. The problem is that she's lost her cowbell! She recounts the story of how she lost her cowbell to her friend Timmy the Squirrel, in the hopes that he might be able to help her get it back from the Cow Bully, April.

Character bio:
May is a worrisome cow who is very fond of her cowbell. She is an average young calf, just coming into... cowhood? She is the favourite of many of the older cows, because she's very obedient and polite.

Emotional undercurrents:
oh god I feel ridiculous. Okay.

May is very panicked about the cowbell; she's afraid of April and the Horses, but she's even more scared of what her mother will do if she finds out that May has lost the bell.

Synopsis:
May asks Timmy if she's seen her the Cow Bully,, April. On hearing that he hasn't, she explains to him why she asks. She's lost her cowbell! Or more accurately, it was stolen from her by April.

May was doing her daily walk through the fields when suddenly the Cow Bully, April, confronted her backed up by two of her larger bovine friends. (May secretly calls them "the horses", since she thinks they look less like cows and more like horses. Cows have a great hatred of horses.)

April demanded that May give her the cowbell. April has an obsession with collecting cowbells; everyone hears her coming from miles away, since she has quite the little collection hanging from her neck. (May snidely remarks that she has back problems from all the bells, but her mother says she just has an oversized udder.)

May tried to run away, but The Horses cornered her, and April took the bell, laughing meanly. May started to cry, and April just laughed harder, and walked off with the bell newly placed on her neck.

The cowbell was a present from her mother, and May is worried that if her mother finds out she has lost it, she'll be grounded, unable to leave the calf-pen for a whole week.

Upon saying this to Timmy, May realises that if she did tell her mother, her mother might just talk to April's mother, and May would get her bell back. May, suddenly excited and happy, thanks Timmy for the advice and walks away, determined to get her bell back.

Now to write it...

Okay, as I wrote it, I made the decision to make it so that May is talking to the audience. The above mostly still applies though, so I'll leave it as it is. Without any further ado...

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