Dad says I should watch more T. V.
SCENE 1: THE WORMWOOD'S LIVING ROOM
(MR. WORMWOOD bursts in, pushing past MATILD A and speaking into
a telephone.)
MR. WORMWOOD
Yes, sir. That's right, sir. One hundred and fifty five
brand new luxury cars, sir.
MRS. WORMWOOD
Ahhhh! Harry!
screams noticing MATILDA reading a book
MR. WORMWOOD
Hang on-
MRS. WORMWOOD
Look at this, she's reading a book. That's not normal for a five-year-old. I think she might be an idiot.
MATILDA (reading out loud)
Listen to this: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...
MRS. WORMWOOD covers her ears.
MR. WORMWOOD
Stop scaring your mother with that book, boy!
MATILDA
I'm a girl.
MRS. WORMWOOD
And she keeps trying to tell me stories, Harry. It's not normal for a girl to be all thinking-
MR. WORMWOOD
into the phone
I'm gonna call you straight back.
hangs up, to MRS. WORMWOOD
I'm trying to pull off the biggest business deal of my life and I have to listen to this?