Purim Spiel, Part 4

Int. Zenut Rehabilitation Facility Lobby, Nurses' Station Area, New York - Day.

Dance music is playing; laughter can be heard from another room.

Phone rings. Nurse Lola picks up.

            Lola
    Hello.
        (Beat.)
    Ms. Anavian. Calling from Israel.
        (Beat.)
     Oh. I'm sorry to hear that.
        (Beat.)
    Wait one moment, I'll go see if she's available.

Lola puts down the receiver, walks toward the room from which the laughter is emanating. She opens the door. People, in various states of unattire dance to pop music. Nanny rides a handsome orderly, Enrique, in his mid-40s. She is whipping him with a toy whip and laughing.

Lola closes the door, walks back and picks up the telephone.

            Lola
    I'm sorry Ms. Annavian, your mother can't come to the phone right now. But I assure you she's drug free and very happy.
        (Beat.)
    Multiple orgasms? What? Beat.

She hangs up the phone.

            Other Nurse at the Nurse's Station
    What is it Lola?

            Lola
    I don't know. The reception must have gone bad. I kept on hearing something about multiple orgasms.

Int. Hallway next to Bathroom, Israel - Day.

The shower can be heard, along with Lally singing. Ehud is standing outside the bathroom door.

            Ehud
פתחי, נו! אני נשבע, עוד שניה ואני משתין על הרצפה -  אל תהי אכזרית, נו! ללוש! אני סופר עד שלוש, ואז אני מכנס. אחת, שתיים,  שלוש.

Ehud waits a second.

            Ehud
שייט!

He opens the door and enters, closing the door behind him. He can hear - but not see - Lally singing. He pees. As he is finishing, Lally steps out of the shower and begins to scream. Ehud puts a hand to her mouth.

        Ehud
שש!  לא שמעת כשדפקתי מיליון פעמים?

He lets go.

                Lally

לא. מה אתה עושה פה?

                Ehud
הצתרכתי לפיפי.
    (Beat.)
למה יצאת?

            Lally
הצתרכתי לפיפי.

Ehud laughs.

            Lally
נו, אל תצחק. זה דחוף.

            Ehud
בבקשה, מדם.

            Lally
 תסתלק מפה.

There is a knock on the door.

            Female Voice
יש מישהוא פה?

            Lally
כן.

In quick pantomime:  Lally: Go in the shower. Ehud: Are you crazy? Let me leave. Lally: No'! She'll see you. Get in the shower. NOW.

He gets in the shower. She pees, flushes, washes her hands, gets back in the shower, leaving the shower curtain ajar.

            Ehud
כמעט שכחתי כמה את יפה.

They kiss.

            Lally
מה אתה עושה? זה אסור….

            Ehud
הִנָּךְ יָפָה רַעְיָתִי, הִנָּךְ יָפָה עֵינַיִךְ יוֹנִים*

        Lally
הנך יפה דודי אף נעיםפ

They kiss.

            Ehud
כְּמִגְדַּל דָּוִיד צַוָּארֵךְ, בָּנוּי לְתַלְפִּיּוֹת;
    (He kisses her neck) 
שְׁנֵי שָׁדַיִךְ כִּשְׁנֵי עֳפָרִים,
        (He kisses her breasts)

They begin to kiss passionately, etc. A woman walks in and screams. They pull apart.

        Lally
מה? באתי פה לעשות ניחום אבילים.

The woman walks out, slamming the door.

        Ehud
שייט. היא חבירה של האמא שלי.

Lally jumps out of the shower and wraps herself in a towel.

        Ehud
לאן את הולכת?

        Lally
להתלבש. אני לא רוצה להיות ערומה כשהאמא שלך מגרשת אותי.

Lally runs out, leaving the door ajar. Ehud, stunned for a minute, walks after her. He knocks on the door.

    Ehud

Lally? Lally!

He opens the door. Lally is lying on the bed, wrapped in a towel, crying. Ehud sits down and strokes her hair.

    Lally

באתי לנחם אותך, ועכשיו אתה מנחם אותי.

Sarah walks in.

    Sarah
If you came here to fuck Abba, why didn't you just say so?

She runs out of the room.

Int. Kitchen, Day.

Ehud and Sarah are sitting at a table, with mugs of coffee.

    Ehud
Your mother didn't come here to fuck me. Trust me - do you know how many times I tried to fuck her in New York and she refused?

    Sarah
Eugh! Abbah!

    Ehud
What? You can't have it both ways - being a big girl and a little girl at the same time. You asked tough questions, and I'm answering you.

(He takes a sip of coffee.)

Do you remember the time you asked your mother what sex was and she told you to call me?

(Sarah laughs.)

That was her way of getting revenge.

    Sarah
Revenge for what?

    Ehud
For hitting on her, that night at the Plaza.

Sarah takes a sip of coffee.

    Sarah
You still love her, don't you?

Ehud keeps on drinking his coffee.