Lost In The Dark Unchanted Forest

A comedy in three acts; 45 script pages.

Characters

HANK THE COWDOG, Head of Ranch Security
DROVER, a little mutt
PETE, a cunning little cat
J.T. CLUCK, a rooster
LOPER, the ranch owner
SALLY MAY, Loper’s wife
ALFRED, a five-year old boy
SINISTER, a bobcat
MADAME MOONSHINE, a witchy little owl
SNORT, a coyote
RIP, Snort’s brother
WALLACE, a grouchy buzzard
JUNIOR, Wallace’s son

Story

When Sally May comes home from the hospital with a new baby girl, it causes a stir on the ranch. Hank thinks it’s a Giant Baldheaded Lizard. Alfred is jealous of the new baby and runs away from home, into the Dark Unchanted Forest. He is followed by Sinister, a ferocious bobcat, and Hank must go into the forest and save the boy. On the way, he encounters a weird little owl, Madame Moonshine, and a couple of rowdy coyotes, Rip and Snort. At last Hank finds Alfred, sitting in a shallow cave with Wallace and Junior, the buzzards.