Bright sunshine. Abigail making breakfast, Nip darting around.
Elisabeth: (Coming down the ladder) What are you doing, Abi?
Abigail: I thought I'd get a special breakfast started.
Elisabeth: Special? Why?
Abigail: Don't you know what today is?
Elisabeth: Today?
Abigail: One year ago today, we landed on this island.
Elisabeth: (Amazed) A whole year.
Abigail: So I'm making crumpets.
Turk: (Coming out of nowhere) Crumpets?! Did you say - CRUMPETS?
Abigail: Of course, they won't be the same, but I think I've got a pretty good new recipe.
Elisabeth: Do you need any help?
Abigail: (Handing her some dough to knead) Here.
Turk: Did you hear that, Juno? Crumpets! (Starts dancing around obnoxiously ;)
Abigail: Mother?
Elisabeth: Yes?
Abigail: When Fritz and Emily go, I...I'd like to go with them.
Elisabeth: You...what?
Abigail: I want to go back to the mainland. I miss so much there. I miss the Swiss flowers. The mountains. The trees. I miss Heidi and Adelaide - and Johann.
Elisabeth: (Teasing just a little) Johann.
Abigail: Well, I do miss him.
Elisabeth: I know.
Abigail: And I want to learn more. To go to school and see the world. (Pause) Please, Mother. Please let me go too.
Elisabeth: (Gives her a hug) Abi, I would miss you...so much. And I would worry. About all three of you. (Holds Abigail out in front of her.) But...yes, Abi. Go. Go back and make me proud.
Abigail: Yes, Mother. I'll do my best.
Elisabeth: (Holding out the dough) So, how do you plan to cook these? (Both laugh.)
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Swiss Family Robinson: A Place For All Of Us
FanfictionWhen the Robinson family is shipwrecked on a seemingly deserted island, it seems there is no way for them to escape this jail in the jungle. Fritz and Abigail, the oldest two children, miss their home back in Switzerland, and Fritz especially is an...
