Tuck Everlasting Play Script [work] Online

No. I’ll remember you. Both of you. And I’ll live a whole, short, beautiful life. And at the very end, when I’m old and gray and ready… I’ll think of you, still seventeen, still running through these woods. And I won’t be sad. I’ll be glad that someone gets to carry the story forward.

(Turning, defensive.) Papa, I’m just showing her—

(A small, sad smile.) Winnie Foster. You know what that water does? tuck everlasting play script

(He laughs, a bright, boyish sound.) That’s the point! You won’t get old. You’ll be eleven forever. Or seventeen, if you wait a few years. We could travel the world, Winnie! See oceans, mountains, cities that haven’t even been built yet. We’d be together. Always.

Drink it, Winnie. Just a sip. Then you’ll be like us. You’ll never have to say goodbye to anyone ever again. And I’ll live a whole, short, beautiful life

I want to see the ocean. And mountains. And cities that aren’t built yet.

(She looks at the bottle, then at Angus.) But if I drink it… I’ll never see the first wrinkle on my mother’s hand. Or watch my father’s hair turn gray. Or know what it feels like to be old, and tired, and ready. I’ll be glad that someone gets to carry the story forward

(Whispered.) You’ll forget us.