My folks are never coming for me. I gotta go find them.
Annie, you’re crazy. Miss Hannigan’ll catch you.
I don’t care. I’m getting’ outta here. Wish me luck.
ALL EXCEPT PEPPER
Good luck, Annie.
So long, dumbbell. And good luck.
(ANNIE sneaks across the stage. As she reaches to open the door, MISS HANNIGAN, flings open the door.)
Aha! Caught you!
(ANNIE falls backward.)
Get up. Get up!
(standing up)
Yes, Miss Hannigan.
I’m not an orphan. My mother and father left a note saying they loved me and they were coming back for me.
That was 1922; this is 1933.
(blows her whistle)
Get up! All of you. Now, for this one’ s shenanigans, you’ll all get down on your knobby little knees and clean this dump until it shines like the top of the Chrysler Building.
(The ORPHANS all get out of bed.)
But it’ s four o’ clock in the morning.
Yes, Miss Hannigan.
Why any kid would want to be an orphan, I’ll never know.
SIDE 3
(There is a knock at the door.)
Yeah. Come in.
(LT. WARD enters with ANNIE.)
Good afternoon. Miss Hannigan. We found your runaway.
Oh, poor punkin, out in the freezin’ cold with just that thin sweater. Thanks so much, officer.
All in the line of duty. Good afternoon.
(LT. WARD exits. MISS HANNIGAN acts like her true self again.)
Well are you glad to be back? Huh?
Yes, Miss Hannigan.
Liar. What’s the one thing I always taught you: never tell a lie!
(GRACE FARRELL enters.)
Good afternoon. Miss Hannigan?
I’m Grace Farrell, private secretary to Oliver Warbucks.
The Oliver Warbucks? The Millionaire?
Mr. Warbucks has decided to invite an orphan to spend the Christmas holidays at his home.
(ANNIE smiles really big.)
What sort of orphan did he have in mind?
(ANNIE waves.)
What about this child right here?
Annie? Oh, no! You don’t want her.
Annie, would you like to spend the next two weeks at Mr. Warbucks’s home?
I would love to.
If you get her coat, I’ll take her along right now.
She don’t have no coat.
Then we’ll buy her one.
(to MISS HANNIGAN)
Merry Christmas.
(to ANNIE)
Come along Annie.
SIDE 4
Oops, pardon me, blondie.
(GRACE gives ROOSTER a disdainful look and exits.)
Hiya Sis. Long time no see. This is Lily.
Rooster? They finally let you out of prison.
Who was the blondie I bumped into on the way in?
She works for Oliver Warbucks.
The Oliver Warbucks?
Annie, one of the orphans, is gonna go live with him.
Yeah, livin’ in the lap of luxury while the two Hannigan kids ended up on the skids!