Dialog from Episode 1, scene 4. [Teletype® is heard in the Clarion office as Allison enters.] AM: Evening, Uncle Matt. I forgot to bring in my Teen Topics column. MS: Well, that is a courting moon tonight. AM: I wasn't courting. I was in the library. MS: With Norman Harrington. AM: How did you know? MS: Well, first, there is the law of probablilty. And second, I saw you coming out with him. That's still a courting moon going to waste. AM: That's what I told mother. Not in so many words. MS: What did you tell your mother? AM: I tried to indicate that maybe she should stop living in the past so much. MS: Agreed. AM: What will happen next year if I go away to college? MS: You could go here to Peyton. AM: Suppose I don't. Suppose I do go away? Mother has built so much of her life around me. MS: Your mother is a very strong woman, Allison. Stronger than you know. AM: It's just that I feel so . . . MS: . . . Obligated. AM: Yes. MS: Well, do things out of love, Allison, and not because of an obligation. AM: Sounds so simple. MS: It isn't. AM: Here's my column. Goodnight, Uncle Matt. MS: Going home? AM: Uh huh. No, I won't. I'm going to take a walk under that courting moon and I'm going to . . . MS: . . . write a poem. AM: [Shakes her head no.] Make a wish. [Allison leaves the Clarion.] Episode 1, scene 4 HOME