Back From Camp

Back from camp everyone! I came home surprised that a sign inside the school hallway said "Auditions for Movie" Rebecca was at home visiting her family in NYC, but that did not stop us from auditioning-Neela landed the part of Mr. Haack, the apple seller who lost his job as a musician in the Cincinnati Orchestra, his viola being his only possession. I was given the part of Mary Aaker, the daughter of a farmer who left her to try to land an acting role at Hollywood. Gwen plays Kit Kittredge, and Ruthie plays Ruthie. Duh. Rebecca was upset when she came back, but the drama coordinator said she could sub. Here is the plot-line for the movie.

Kit is walking to Ruthie's house so they can go over homework when she sees the sad looking Mr. Haack selling apples and buys a few with the quarter that her dad had given her to buy some beans for soup. Mr. Haack is very happy, but then, Mary. She became a hobo after her dad had left and was abandoned by the others in her group. Shivering and starving, she had watched the fruit seller's stand many times hoping for an apple or two, but the seller laughed and shooed her away. She goes up to try to snatch an apple while Mr. Haack is chatting with Kit, but Mr. Haack sees her and becomes angry and threatens to send for the police. Kit quiets Mr. Haack and invites Mary to come stay with them for a day.
Kit comes home with Mary, and then Ruthie comes over, angry that Kit did not come over. Kit's dad is also angry because she spent the quarter for beans on apples, which they had a plentiful amount of. Kit helps Mary wash up inside the house, and they eat. They do not have a room, so Mary sleeps in the tree house.
Mary feels like she is imposing too much, as Ruthie stops coming over, and Kit's dad leaves for Chicago, and Mary runs away to try to go to California.
Knowing Mary had never gone to school, and does not realize Hollywood is so far away, Kit sets off to make amends with Ruthie and then to try and find the lost Mary.
Sound interesting? Filming of the first scene has already finished.
Sonali (Mary)