B Enjamin Story

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Time: U can not hold...

I am very bold...
The same eye i have for one n alll
The poor, the rich, short or talll
I believe in no crime..
I am the narrator , I’m TIME
Benjamin:
The amusing wonder......
A fantabulous miracle...
U can not judge...
Destiny..which is hard to tackle...
I arouse curosity within..
I, the hero....Benjamin
Daisy:
I believe in love..
I eat, n drink love...
Benjamin’s skylark and adorable dove...
I, the indispennsable part of my love
I make my Benjamin crazy
I am his soulmate...obviously the heorine Daisy
John:
I’m married
I am still
My wife left me....
Now Looking for a new pill
I booze and always on
My character’s name is JOHN

Manny:
Daisy has only one friend..
I wont let her bend..
Friends r everywhere
Good frns r very rare
I am the sweetest gem
M Manny, Daisy’s only frnd

Time: I am Time and I move on and on... I dont stop for


anyone..I can not help u in changing ur destiny. I am
helpless at times as u. I am time who plays such pranks
on people that people cant digest them. I am time... I
again made them people realise in their destiny...with the
story of Benjamin Button... O my poor child!! But poorer
is my Daisy too...Here she is coming...Daisy is coming....
Daisy: O time! What u did? Why u did? M on my death
bed....Oh! Benjamin!!! Where are you??? My love, my
passion, my soul, my mate,...m soon coming to meet
you....How we met and why we met???? I donno... Oh
Benjamin!!! My love, my passion, my soul, my mate....M
coming...m coming...
Where is my diary????
Ah! It’s here... Oh Benjamin...even this is full of your love,
passion and My love, my great love...how scared I
was..when I first met you....though you were very nice to
me.... I remember ...still remember....
[She moves slowly vd dairy out..n benjamin enters..]
[Benjamin appears on the stage in his 70s...]
The Power... the almighty.... thou abandoned me...., I,
Benjamin,...Benjamin (laughs) Benjamin an infant...6
months old and age 75??? M here...what curse has fallen
on me??? Who casted the spell on my parents...parents...
(Laughs) ..Thomas Button...my father, ...who left me in
the lurch....my mother died while giving me birth...or was
she shocked to see the 8th wonder of the world...her son
who is newly born.... is an aged person....
Oh mercy???? Where are you??? Wt’s dis??? A prank of
nature...on me or on my parents???? They threw me
up...they could nt see...they could nt accept....they left
me to die.... thanks to Quinnie and Mr. Tizzy who brought
me here at their place and took care of me... What will I
do??? What Life will I lead??? Will that be exactly life????
Will this world accept me??? Will they love me for what I
am??? Will they take my words seroiously...May
be...might be not... Lemee see... lemme with this world...
[Benjamin moves and time enters]
Time: I ....the time....Which believes in ,moving on....N i
do...My son benjamin... a wretched creature...forsaken by
God....or by me???? He was happy when he met Daisy
first time... r u interested in watching??? Here it comes.....
[Time moves and Daisy and Her Friend Manny come from
one side Benjamin come onto the stage from oppsite
direction]
Daisy, Hi, M daisy
Benjamin: M Benjamin.
Manny: I am Manny, I dance..Shall I?
Daisy: Will u be my frnd?
Benjamin: Oh sure!
Manny: Mine too?
Benjamin: Sure Honey! See....
Daisy: Leave her.... U r wrinkled.....How old are you?
Benjamin: 5 years
Daisy( Shocked) : Nooooo.. R u lying??? M 5 years old.
Manny: I too...v both r friends and I dance too...shall I?
Benjamin: My age will move anti clock wise...M now 70
and after 5 years I’ll be 65
Daisy: Ohhh!!!
Manny: Oh Really!!! Leave that.... I dance... Shall I?
Daisy: Nyways will u be my friend?
Benjamin: Yes! My plesure! My First friend...ever since
after my birth
Manny: M d second....I dance also...Shall I?
Daisy: Now daily we will play.
Manny: Nooooo. You r leaving ... going to Berlin
tomorrow and will come back after 15 years. Okay!
Daisy: O yes! I know...How cud I forget?
Daisy leaves and benjamin in his thoughts...
Benjamin: Oh Daisy! Where r u going??? Why r u leaving
me alone???? M in love with u. I’ll wait...wait...wait....for
u....Will u accept me when u be here back???? Daisy...
Daisy...
[Benajmin is leaving and Time enters]
Time: I am time...I move on....15 years passed...Daisy
didnot turn up...Benjamin kept on waiting for her...But
she...did not turn up...Benajmin the wisest of the
wisest...25 years....???? Benjamin is now 40... Who is
coming here...Ah ha!!! Love made all this
possible....Love...A blessing.... Love...a curse.....It’s my
Benjamin....Here he is...He is now changed...Will u see
him .... he is coming.....Coming.........
Benjamin: Now I feel good...people have accepted
me...though it was hard for them..still they are not ready
to witness...how God forsakes His people??? They cant...
why will they....???
[Song: 2 lines...It’s been so ling....washing away]
[Daisy appears in her full youth in front of benjamin on
the road and he suddenly mutters a word...Daisy]
Benjamin: Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! Where are u? U told me to
come back...M missing you ... Where r you? Can’t u b
here back? I cant be in love vd anybody else. Come
honey meet....meet me...I am waiting.... it appears as if
since ages you r known to me. How beautiful u were! Will
u accept me...If u come back? I see ur face in all girls
around me...
[He moves in his own thoughts and and hits that girl]
Girl: M sorry!
Benjamin: It’s okay.
[Manny Enters]
Manny: What happened sweet heart?
Girl: May I know your name?
Benjamin: Honor Bright! M Benjamin.
Manny: Nobody is interested my name? Shall I tell u?
Daisy: No Manny..Dont talk vd him...
Manny: He is handsome. Isn’t he?
Daisy: Might be...
Manny: Might be???... you r telling me....dat girl wil be
great...who will marry him...
Manny: Have u listened to what he
said...Benjamin...Remember???
Girl: Benjamin! Yeah! Even I met a person few years
back..His name was also Benjamin ... I had one day
friendship with him....and I dont know whether he was
lying or not...but he was a depressed soul... God’s curse...
I dont know exactly but..
[Benjamin stops her]
Benjamin: R u Daisy?
Daisy (shocked): How do u know?
Manny (equally shocked): How does he know?
Daisy: I dont know you mister..
Manny: I dont know u mister
Benjamin: M the same. Shall i tell u ...Who m I?? m in love
vd u since I saw u once. Wil u b mine? Wil u say yes...Tell
me.. I love u..for what u are...
Daisy: r u crazy?
Manny: Is he crazy?
Benjamin: I am the same Benjamin..Benjamin...Benjamin
Button...who met u...and who gave u everything
possessed by him...M d same...
Daisy: M now a ballet dancer... M liking ur words.. M still
in shock ... n it’s hard to believe that It’s happening...m
witnessing... But for how long can v be together.
Manny: For how long can u be together...
Benjamin: One moment with u is life for me...Will u be
mine... say yes!!! Say yes!! Please my Dove! My sky lark!
My Princess!!! Say yes!!!
Daisy: Yes! I do.
[They leave and Time enters]
Time: Now .... [in back ground.- Daisy n Benjamin
dance.... daisy becomes older and Benjamin getting
younger] after 20 years... for last twenty years...Daisy
saw Benjaming geeting younger and she is growing...
Love..love...love...has many forms...love...A
bliss...Love...A curse...Like me...Time...which moves
on....The reality is knocking at its door...N benjamin is
now a boy ...Do u wanna see...So here is the
man...noooo...A boy...
Benjamin: What has happened...I love the
world...M so much in love with this world...My
daisy...She is getting older...Daisy...dasiy....
Daisy: I’m here...I wanna talk to u... U knw wat??? I have
to leave u...u r a boy of 20 and m in my 50s
Benjamin: I understand.. u dont find me compatible
enough to understand ur emotions..n it’s true... M now
not d same Benjamin...m changed...I fell lyk freaking all
the time... M heart is not set...It is hard...but still v have
to....I still love u... might be not as lover but as
mother..cant be v together...
Daisy: No...m here to bid u adieu
[Both depart and move in opposite direction...and time
enters]
Time: Daisy.... Benjamin...who loves whom more...no one
knows...Quality never goes out of it’s style....Their
truthfulness remained true...but Daisy had to marry
John...but unable to forget Benajmin...See....they are
coming....
[Daisy appears vd some new guy]
Daisy: I still love Benjamin.
John: No u cant...y did u marry me den?
Daisy: I had to...for my family..dat was a need not the
love..I was under pressure
John: Dont annoy me much.
Daisy: U have to accept the reality dear
John: Ur benjamin is now not able to recognise u... he is
now mus be 5-7 yrs old...
Daisy: but my love is 55 yrs old..u indersatnd...
John: u r impossible
Daisy: My benjamin....never said to me so harshly... u r
comparing ur lov vd him...
John: love...my foot...is this d love... dat stupid huy...8th
wonder... a miracle... might be a magic trick.... He n u
both r impossible
Daisy: U know wt??? U can never be like my
benjamin...never...
John: lemme confess... i leave u ryt now...ryt here... go
back to dat stupid kid... who may not recognise u
evn....go...i said ....goooo....goooooo
[Daisy moves and he follows her]
Time: She left John for Benjamin...Tried to find him..At
last finds him when he was three years old....My
child...and She spent last three years...Today I will take
Benjamin back to heaven...I am moving and Daisy is
coming....
[Again daisy appears vd one infant in her lap]
Daisy: my benjamin...m here..u r here... u cant recognise
me... but m here fr u....after leaving John I came here in
old age home... I found u soon... 3 yrs old... How cud u
recognise me?? now u may die at any moment and so I...
if I die...u cant perform my funeral... for U I can....evn i
wanna go vd u....but m helpless.. u r going.. m witnessing
ur death... my love...my love...benjamin...benjamin...
[screams] benjamin...
[ Time’s voice: Benjamin died in Daisy’s lap... Now she is
all alone..
My child daisy is passing her days for Her benjamin...My
lady...Benjamin had only one thing to say...”Song”
do u know how she appears now......
[now she is the same as she was in the beginning vd her
dairy]
...u went... n left me here... all alone... M discarded
soul...v were true...V undertood each other well...u know
that quality never goes out style.... m appraching u
dear...m coming...m coming...m coming.........
[Time comes: She is gone ... may soon meet her soul in
heaven... and daisy is vd all bent head there on the
stage...I am coming...[Repetition] Time: I am taking...m
taking...
Daisy: M coming......

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