The Second Shop

This is in the past.  There are lots of different shops.  Food shops, toy shops, beautiful shops all with loads of different colours. 

Now step into the future and the rise of big companies, money orientated.  Build malls, shopping centres, smaller shops go out of business, big ones take over.  These shops are very busy, bigger shops buying in bulk, can make things cheaper. 

Queues are everywhere, people queuing for jobs in factories, making clothes and toys for the big companies.  These people are not very happy, the world is very dark.  The city centre is very dark, lots of shops closed and the area very dark and unattractive. 

People are miserable, just plodding along. 

Sky scrapers fill the skyline.  A father is at the top of one of these sky scrapers.  He is the chief executive and his office is very dark.  The boy opens the door and goes into his dad’s office, his father is in a swivel chair and turns to face his son with a very cross expression. 

The boy presents to his father a ship which he has made.  He puts it on his desk and pushes it towards his dad.  His father’s response is to flatten the ship with his fist.  He frowns at this son and tells him that this is not a suitable project for him.  ‘I told you that you need to learn the business in order to make money.’ He points to the door and orders his son out.  The son is disappointed and sad and leaves the building. 

He goes back to his bedroom, sits quietly and thinks about what he would like to do.  He wants to go outside himself without his father’s knowledge.  He opens the door very quietly, and sneaks out.  As he walks along the streets he notices that everyone he meets looks very unhappy. 

He comes across a very small shop, that looks desolate.  It is surrounded by wood, blocked up windows and a worn sign outside.  The son decides that he would like to go inside.  He climbs inside with some difficulty and to his delight he realises that it was a toy shop in it’s day. 

He picks up a doll and immediately it disintegrates into dust, it is so old.  When this happens he notices a box which he lifts and inspects.  It carries the name off...............  He forces the lock open and slowly opens the box and sees something at the bottom of it.  He lifts this item out and after examining this he realises it is a wind up toy.  He winds the toy up and sits down to see what it does.  The arms begin to move and toy stands up.  Wings begin to spout and he realises that he is looking at a fairy.  The fairy begins to fly and the boy shots back in amazement and fear.  The fairy flies very close to the boy’s face and he is afraid to move.  He can’t understand what is happening.  The fairy does not speak to him but flies to the doll that has broken into dusk.  It fixes the doll back to its original form, the doll looks like new. 

The fairy proceeds to move around the shop and fix all the toys lying around the shop.   The boy stands back in amazement as each of these toys come to life.  The fairy then begins to dance whilst the boy looks eagerly on. 

The boy looks really happy.   A little girl is looking in through the window and she sees what was happening.  She sees the toys and eagerly climbs in through the open door to play with the toys. Suddenly the toys stop moving and become very quiet.  The girl moves towards the boy and he gives her a doll.  More and more children start coming into the shop and begin to choose the toys that they like.  Mums and dads follow them and start to buy the toys which are brightly coloured and happy looking. 

When at last the toys ran out, the boy wound up the fairy and suddenly through its magic, new toys began to appear. 

Back at Dad’s Office, the boy is working with his father.  He is learning the business from his dad.  Dad is showing him projection charts and starts to smack the table in anger.  His company is losing money and he is not happy.  Dad then goes into the small shop and destroys the toys.  He is helped by his security men as being rich he has employed these men.  He turns to see his son standing behind him in the shop.  He attempts to slap his son but suddenly the fairy appears to stop this action.  The father is very surprised seeing the fairy and he panics and flicks the fairy away.  The fairy falls under the pressure of his hand.  The boy is shocked and very sad.  The father scornfully tells his son to go back home.  The son leaves walking off very slowly and full of grief. 

From the fairy a spirit is seen to rise, firstly in blue and then changing to red.  This spirit spreads out over the shop and takes the form of a giant snake.  It attacks the father and his security men, beating them up. 

The snake then shoots electricity from its mouth and hits the father.  The son hears the commotion and rushes back to save his father.  The boy is then killed by the snake.  The snake proceeds to spit out more electricity at the father fortunately, a mirror is at hand which the father grabs.  He places this in front of him and the electricity hits it and makes it rebound to the snake, killing it outright. 

The father is so sad that his son is dead.  He kneels over his body and cries. 

Suddenly the boy screams, he sees lots of fairies.  They are attacking him, more and more they try.  Suddenly he wakes up!  He stands up but falls down again.  The dad looks at him in amazement; he cannot understand what is happening to him.  As he falls he notices a winding mechanism on his back.  Slowly the father winds this and the boy begins to stand up and steadily move.  The father then realises that the boy is like a fairy. 

The boy now again makes a ship and presents this to his father.  The father is really happy with this ship.