SCENE 1.
INT. BEDROOM. NIGHT.
A SMALL BOY (TIMMY) IS FAST ASLEEP, A LIGHT ENTERS THE ROOM AS THE DOOR OPENS AND DEATH ENTERS. HE APPROACHES A HAMSTER CAGE.
TIMMY (SUDDENLY AWAKE)
Who are you?
DEATH
I am the Grim Reaper.
TIMMY
Am I dead?
DEATH
No your quiet safe. I have come for your Hamster.
TIMMY
Mr Chuggles or Bilsworth?
DEATH HOLDS UP A PIECE OF PAPER
DEATH
It just says hamster.
TIMMY
What did he die of?
DEATH
I don't know, it doesn't actually say. I'm not really qualified I could arrange a post mortem if you want, I know people.
TIMMY
I don't believe in Death.
DEATH
What with all the evidence, in the news and what you read in the papers I assure you Death is very very real.
TIMMY
I mean as an Anthropomorphic being...
DEATH
Right...
AWKWARD SILENCE.
DEATH
Fancy a lollipop.
SCENE 2.
INT. HALLWAY. DAY.
"DEATH" EMERGES FROM TIMMYS BEDROOM, HE REMOVES HIS COWL TO REVEAL IT IS IN FACT A NORMAL PERSON, TIMMY'S DAD.
TIMMYS MUM (OFF)
How was he?
DEATH (TIMMY'S DAD)
Last year, he stopped believing in Father Christmas, January it was the Tooth Fairy and NOW he doesn't believe in DEATH as an anthroporphic being. I hate it when they start to grow up.
END