SUBJECT: Thanksgiving 

CHARACTERS: Maria, the mother, Mr. Ramos, an elderly man,

Reba, the babysitter, The son, 6-8 years old 

SETTING: Maria''s apartment 

PROPS: Some dishes of food (don''t necessarily have to

have food in them) 

Maria: "Reba, thank you so much for watching the

kids this afternoon.  I''ll be at Mr. Ramos'' house for thirty minutes or

so." 

Reba: "No problem.  What''s all this good food

for?" 

Maria: "This is what I''m taking over.  Mr. Ramos

attends my church.  His wife died last year, and he''s been really sick lately. 

This poor man has been through everything!  His daughter and son-in-law and

kids were going to spend the holidays with him, but then their son had

emergency surgery about a month ago. What with the hospital bills, they can''t

afford to come visit him now.  I feel f…