Be Together

顾晶

一場突如其来的新冠肺炎疫情席卷了大地，牵动了亿万人的心。大年三十晚上，医生妈妈、警察爸爸因为加班，没法为孩子们包饺子，准备丰盛的年夜饭。医院里人满为患，妈妈忙得顾不上吃一口饭。更不幸的是，外婆也感染了病毒……妈妈刚从电话中得知外婆病重的消息，来不及悲伤，病房里的病人又突发险况需要抢救……

疫情终于得到了控制，孩子们兴奋不已，期待着一家人团聚！他们动情地谈论起疫情期间发生的故事……一起来听一听他们的故事吧！

Actors：

张天瑜 叶晨浩 叶梓希 殷 悦

Sites：

江苏省泰兴市襟江小学教育集团襟江校区

Scene 1 Waiting

Tiantian： I miss mummy and daddy.

Lele： Mummy and daddy will come back soon.

Tiantian： They keep saying that they’ll be back soon， but they don’t keep their promise.

Lele： They promise to come back earlier and celebrate the New Year’s Eve with us.

Tiantian： Lele， I’m hungry.

Lele： I’ll fry eggs for you.

Tiantian： No！ I want mummy’s dumplings！

Lele： Our mum is a doctor and our dad is a policeman. They are really busy. Our country needs them more than we do.

Scene 2 Parting

Dad： Sweeties， we’re back.

Mum： My little boy， we’re so sorry.

Lele： Mummy， daddy， Tiantian cried so hard. Now， she is sleeping.

Dad： Lele， sorry. Today， dad and mum...

Lele： It’s OK. Can I make dumplings with you？

Mum： Too late. How about frozen dumplings？

Lele： All right.

（During dinner， the phone rang.）

Mum： Hello， Director Zhang.

Director： Doctor Feng， Covid-19 in Wuhan has broken out. More and more doctors are needed. Could you please consider going and helping people there？

Mum： Of course！

Director： Thank you so much.

Dad： Honey， I know what happened out there. Go to Wuhan and do whatever you should do！ （turns to children）Sweetie， dad will stay with you. Mum is a doctor. Lots of patients in Wuhan need her.

Lele： （takes out a family photo）Mummy， this is Tiantian and this is me. We can be together all the way.

Scene 3 Fighting

In the hospital， Doctor Feng was too busy. She had no time to have a meal. Taotao， a young patient， was crying.

Taotao： I want to go back home！ Doctor Feng， I hate the pills！

Mum： Taotao， be strong just like the superman. You’ll go back when you feel better.

Xiaoxiao： Doctor Feng， I am thinking about being a doctor， just like you.

Mum： You are so great！ Good luck！

（It was late at night， Doctor Feng leaned on the chair tiredly. The phone rang.）

Lele & Tiantian： I miss you， mum. How is everything going？

Mum： Very well. Just take good care of yourselves.

Dad：We are fine.

Tiantian： （cries）Mummy， please come back. Grandma is in hospital now.

Mum： What’s going on， honey？

Dad： I tried to call you yesterday. She has been in hospital for four days.

Mum： I... I am so sorry...

（A nurse said in the distance， “Doctor Feng， the patient is getting worse here！”）

Mum： Sorry， I have to go. Take care of yourselves and my mum. Don’t tell her I’m in Wuhan.

Lele & Tiantian： Mummy... Mummy...

Scene 4 Being together

（The radio said， “Everybody， attention please！ Stay at home！ No visiting！ No gathering！ No wandering！” ）

Dad： （answers the phone）Yes， sir. I will be right there！

Lele： Dad， don’t worry. I can take care of Tiantian and myself. Our policeman， fighting！

Tiantian： （looks out of the window）Look！ Our neighbors are all staying at home.

（The children were making video calls happily at home.）

Guoguo： Hello！

Qiqi： Hi.

Lele： Hi， what are you doing？

Qiqi： I’m drawing. My mum is a teacher and she is teaching online.

Guoguo： My dad is a volunteer（志愿者）. He is working day and night.

Qiqi： My dad is a business man. He donates many masks to Wuhan.

Lele： My mum is a doctor. She works in Fangcang hospital now. She is a superwoman.

Tiantian： My dad is also a superman！

Lele： Hey everybody， we are a big family. Let’s sing together！