The A.N.Z.A.C Stamp
Characters:
Sergeant
Little
Lieutenant General William Birdwood
Simon
Bob
Scene: 1916 In
the post office.
(Simon and
Sergeant Little stamping letters.)
Sergeant
Little: (writing out stamps for letters with a bored expression on his face)
Man, this takes an extremely long time to write all the stamps out in longhand,
I wish there was a much quicker way to do this.
Simon:
(writing stamps very slowly looking bored) I agree with you Sergeant Little, I
wonder what is happening with the wa…
(About to
say war when Bob comes in and interrupts)
Bob: (walks
in with a cheerful look on face) G’day mates, deliver my mail for me would ya.
(While Bob is throwing his mail at Sergeant Little and Simon)
(Simon and
Sergeant Little groan as Bob walks away)
Lieutenant
General William Birdwood: (marching into office) Mail please boys; the S.S
Mckenzie is coming in 1 hour exactly.
Sergeant
Little: (looking very worried) Sorry Lieutenant Birdwood, Bob just came and
dumped some extra mail on us.
Simon: Also
writing Australia New Zealand Army Corps in longhand is really slowing us down.
Lieutenant
General William Birdwood: Chop chop then, unless you can think of a way to make
it shorter, you’re stuck with this.
Sergeant
Little & Simon: (Looking annoyed) Yes Sir. (Then salutes)
Lieutenant
General William Birdwood: (Salutes then marches away.)
Sergeant
Little: (Looking surprised) I just had an amazing idea. We can make it a rubber
stamp.
Simon: But
Australia New Zealand Army Corps is too long to put on a stamp, (suddenly says)
quick, hide here comes Bob.
(Sergeant
Little & Simon dive under their desks to hide from Bob)
Bob:
(Looking in the office suspiciously) Simon, Sergeant Little, where are you, I
have got some more mail for ya. Oh well I’ll just take my mail elsewhere.
Simon:
(Looking relieved) That was close, let’s just get back to writing out the
stamps.
Sergeant
Little: I just thought of something while I was under the desk, we can make
Australia New Zealand Army Corps shorter by just using the first letters on a
rubber stamp.
Simon:
(looking like it is a good idea) Do you mean like A.N.Z.A.C, and say it like AAAA-NNNN-ZZZZ-AAAA-CCCC.
Sergeant
Little: ANZAC that’s it!
Lieutenant
General William Birdwood: (comes marching in looking serious) Mail ready boys,
the ship is coming.
Simon: Yes
Sir here it is.
Sergeant
Little: Lieutenant Birdwood, we were thinking of putting A.N.Z.A.C on a rubber
stamp.
Lieutenant
General William Birdwood: Sounds like a good idea boys, I will go and see if
that can be done after I drop the mail off. (He marches away)…
(10 minutes
later)
Lieutenant
General William Birdwood: (marches in with stamps in his hand) Here you go
boys, here are your rubber stamps saying A.N.Z.A.C.
Simon &
Sergeant Little: (looking very pleased) Hooray! Thank you Lieutenant Birdwood!
Simon: Here
are the letters for the ship.
Sergeant
Little: Tomorrow we will have the letters on time now that we don’t have to
write the stamps out in longhand.
The End
By Madison D
