Wait for the Big One

[KID] (whisper) one cookie... on the plate... clock go tick... clock go tick... hand on my hand — sit and wait... tick... tick... tick... one... two... three... I count it slow... hold up — DON'T eat it — here we GO —

[CROWD] WAIT FOR THE BIG ONE! boom! one now, TWO real soon! WAIT FOR THE BIG ONE! boom! (tick-tick-tick — BOOM!)

[KID] my tummy grumble, my toes go tap (hey!) drool on my chin like a leaky tap (hey!) clock go tick and I hum my song, bounce on the swing while I wait so long — wiggly, jiggly, hard to do, but count to ten and you push on through!

[CROWD] WAIT FOR THE BIG ONE! boom! one now, TWO real soon! WAIT FOR THE BIG ONE! boom! (tick-tick-tick — BOOM!)

[KID] (whisper) eight... nine... TEN — DING DING DING!

[CROWD] lift the lid — ta-DAA!

[KID] TWO fat cookies, one in each hand! practice the wait like I practiced ten — that's the BIG one, do it again! CHOMP. CHOMP. whole plate gone — (whisper) one cookie... waited... now there's none.