27-20
3) Finally, here comes
Al Colo. Tristina’s
husband. He has a beef
bottle in his hand (AI
and the other men’s
parts are played by
women dressed up lo
look like men.)
4) Tristina asks. ‘Ymere is the food you went
to buy for dinner?” Al admits that he forgot
He Hies to explain that he met some friends
at the store. They gave him one drink, and
then another and another. “And little by luile.
my judgement left me!” he says. “I felt I had
10 buy them drinks in return. So the money
is gone. I’m sorry, Tristina. Really sorry!” The
children begin to cry again from hunger, louder
than before. Al feels ashamed and promises
never to drink again.
5) At that moment, Al’s drinking buddies come
along, singing loudly. (One could be named Mr.
Whisk, and his friends could call him Whiskey.
The other could be called Lee Core.) They shout
for Al to loin them. “The night is young. We lust
bought more beer.”
6) Tristina begs Al not to go.
“You promised!” she cries.
“And I’ll keep my
promise. This is the
last night, honey. I
swear it!” says Al,
as he leaves with
his friends. The
children cry even
harder.
7) The scene changes to the home of Whiskey,
one of Al’s drinking buddies. His wile, Dolores,
is serving dinner to their two children. “Mama.”
complains the older daughter, ‘Why do we
always eat just plain tortillas’” Her mother
explains that they have no other food because
Father already sold the maize crop before
harvest time to get money tor drinking.