Act II - The Marble Revolution
Upon Sticks 'n Stones Building the Barricade
Saturday morning late in September, 1939. Spanky is addressing his troops near the Klubhouse. They are standing on the banks of a dry shallow ravine. The Burbank Rivulet. Officially, the gulch is a neighborhood drainage canal handling an occassional Southern California rainfall. Unofficially, this ravine separates rival gang territories.
Spanky Enjolras	Here beside this ravine We'll build our barricade In the territory Butch has tried to claim as his own! Each kid to his duty And don't be afraid. Wait! We'll need a report On the strength of the foe.
Butch Javert (disguised as a rebel)	I can find out the truth I know Butch's ways Fought his gang's wars Served my time In the days Of my youth.
Mickey	Now the rivals will fued
Froggy	And throw their food Meringue in your eye We face the pie
Chubby	Yummy! Good eatin' tonight!
Jackie Marius spots Shirley Eponine, who is dressed as a boy. She is desparate to fit in. She just wants to be accepted as "one of the guys".
Jackie Marius	Hey, little boy, what the heck do I see? Rabbit stew, Shirley Eponine, the stuff you do!
Shirley Eponine	I know this ain't no place for me, Jackie Marius, I just wanna be with you! C'mere handsome... Give us a kiss!
Jackie Marius	Go home before the fight starts. Go home, Shirley Eponine, if you got any smarts!
Shirley Eponine	Jackie Marius, you're worried about me! That shows you like me quite a lot!
Jackie Marius	There is one way that you can help You can yet help answer my prayer! Please take this letter to Darla Cosette Only she is to read this, if she's still there!
Shirley Eponine	If you only would care... Or if you'd notice I'm here...
She walks to the road, where she meets Alfalfa Valjean. Heading to take his place at the barricade, he is hauling a Radio Flyer filled with foamy pies of dubious origin.
Shirley Eponine	I have a letter Alfalfa It's addressed to Darla Cosette It's from a soldier at the barricade, Guarding the shores of the Burbank Rivulet.
Alfalfa Valjean	Gimme that letter, my good fellow. Say, you're a little young to attempt shaving aren't you?
Shirley Eponine	Hmmmmmmfffff! He said to give it to Darla Cosette
Alfalfa Valjean	You got my word that Darla Cosette will drown in The thoughts this letter explains. Tell 'im she'll read it tomorrow Here's a dime for the titanic efforts of your pains Go home, careful now, you'll stay sound Danger's flying low keep your head down.
He opens the letter... and reads it. What are friends for, if not to snoop?
The Letter From Jackie Marius	Darla Cosette, you have flooded my heart! Near far wherever you are I believe that the heart does go on Once more you open the door And you're here in my heart And my heart will go on and on You're here, there's nothing I fear And I know that my heart will go on We'll stay forever this way You are safe in my heart And my heart will go on and on
Alfalfa Valjean	Sheesh, what utter nonsense! That's all wet! It gives me a sinking feeling.

On My Own
Shirley Eponine has now reached her desolate home. Her parents are divorced. Her mother works in a factory twelve hours a day, six days a week. Shirley goes through life totally alone except for the kindness of Buckwheat and Porky... who guide her for a price. She looks into the mirror hanging from her bedroom wall. She doesn't like the life that is reflected before her.
Shirley Eponine	And now I'm home alone again Nowhere to turn, no one to go to A working mom, a distant dad, There's no one to belong to. A lonely key to the revolution drawing near I can only make believe love still lives here. Sometimes I read myself to sleep When nobody is around to tuck me I think of mom and dad and then Jackie Left unnoticed and alone and answering Buckwheat and Porky, their demands command me And I'm home alone again.
I'm Banished
Shirley Eponine	I'm banished Pretend safe course is charted All alone, I've drifted through my lifetime No lifeboat from Jackie or my parents No one ever notices how deeply I can vanish In my room, cold reflections haunt the mirror Swirling storm, the sea of life is chilling Zest for life, one's quest to be immortal The future I see is without me forever and forever Yet I know the pain is only in my mind Yes, I know the gang treats me kind, at times And I know that all is fair in play Still they say, "You missed the boat today!" All alone When daily tides are ebbing They have gone, the mirror's just as bitter Astounding, floating in spurts and spasms A gentle ship crushed by their 'bergs Icey words slice deeply in life's chasms I struggle But every day I'm sinking These titanic emotions I must juggle And I'm drowning, without him in my life Whistling through a sea of emptiness That few have ever known! I'm banished I'm banished I'm banished But I'm happiest on my own.
She falls face down on the bed. She weeps silently. Her body twists and contorts. Suddenly, a moment of serenity engulfs her. A new spirit of self determination sets in. Shirley Eponine is reborn. She rises and leaves her house. Alone, but not for long...
Upon These Stones - At the Barricade
The barricade is now complete. The gang feels a collective moment of pride, muffling a feeling of severe trepidation. Still, they agree that, although ragged and piecemeal, it looks just swell!
The Whole Gang At The Barricade	We pledge now to hold this barricade!
Jackie Marius	Let Butch come with his henchmen. Yeah, they will be met.
Spanky Enjolras	Have faith in yourselves. Now, don't be afraid.
Wheezer	Let's get back those marbles that Butch should never have kept!
Scotty	This is where Butch's reign ends!
Harry	And if it takes almost an hour we'll see Butch's last fifteen minutes of sweating How grand it will be!
Mickey	Let him come if he dares! Spanky, we'll be there!
Froggy	Hey gang, anybody seen Alfalfa Valjean? Pro'lly out chasing girls ag'in... knowin' him! That lazy so and so... Makin' us do all the work while he croons the day away... Why, I never... If you ask me, we should kick him out of the He Man Woman Hater's Klub... He's not worthy of bein' a honorary member! Hey gang...! Where's everybody going? Hunhh! Imagine that, leavin' me to do all the work ag'in...

Javert's Arrival
Jerry	You on Spanky's barricade listen to this! Butch is coming to teach you right You're on your own You have no friends Give up your pies - don't fight!
Spanky Enjolras	Jerry's warnings are all lies Butch will see my people rise!
The Whole Gang At The Barricade	Jerry's warnings are all lies Butch will see us people rise!
Butch Javert climbs over the barricade. He's still in disguise and trying to throw the gang off his trail.
Butch Javert	Listen my friends I have done as I said I have seen Butch's thugs I have counted each mug Let me tell what I can Better be warned They have not much ammunition to spare And the danger isn't really there We will need only minor cunning To bring his soul to bare
Spanky Enjolras	Relax, friend If you know what their plans are We'll spoil his marble game There are webs that we can spin To overthrow Butch's spheres of power
Butch Javert	I have overheard his plans There will be no attack today Butch intends to wait you out Before he starts a proper fight Concentrate his meager force Hit you with one small pie. Honest, he's a really swell kinda guy!

Intellektuals
Waldo Gavroche	Peek-At-YOU! Good morning, Butch Javert Oh yeah, I recognize you I know this guy, my friends Name's Butch "Tommy" Javert So don't believe a word he says 'Cause none of it's true This only goes to show What intellektuals can do! And intellektuals know The reason bullies fight We may look perfect victim But we've got some might So never pick a marble Out of our tin cups We'll fight as Spanky's army And we won't give up So you'd better return the marbles Or you won't grow up!
Butch Javert runs as the first pies soar through the air. They all miss their target, Butch has retreated back across the ravine where he taunts Spanky's gang with his laughter. Waldo Gavroche continues his song long after everyone has finished listening. Eponine, still in boyish clothes, enters and climbs the barricade. She's gasping for air and sweating profusely.
Breezy Joly	There's some boy climbing the barricade!
Jackie Marius	Homemade biscuits and red-eye gravy! What are you doing? Shirley Eponine, have you no fear? Have you been with Darla Cosette? Why are you back here?
Shirley Eponine	Took the letter like you said I met Alfalfa in the street He said he'd give it... Whewwwwwwhhhhhh!
She collapses in Jackie Marius' arms. He wants no part of this, so he props her against the side of the barricade. She shakes her head in disbelief as she rises to her feet. She stands over Jackie, taller than she's ever been before, yet quivering inside.
Shirley Eponine	Don't think I will take this any more. I won't have it. I won't stand for it any longer, Jackie Marius, you cad!
Jackie Marius	Eponine, what's wrong with you? Eeee-ewwwwwww! There's something wet in your hair!
There are patches of meringue and colorful sprinkles on his hand. She's been hit!

A Little Pie Meringue
Shirley Eponine	Don't you fret, Jackie Marius I hardly feel any pain A little pie meringue Can only kill me once Still here, and finally you will know And you will keep me warm And you will make me whole Meringue will make marble passion grow.
Jackie Marius	But you are dead, Shirley Eponine, Your splattered head, the hit was clean.
Shirley Eponine	Just hold me now, and notice me. I am someone, please notice me...
Jackie Marius	You would fight a hundred days If they had missed somehow But that can't happen now...
Shirley Eponine	Meringue can't hurt me now This pie will smother what has passed And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close I'll feel your sweet embrace at last. Meringue that makes you notice Sprinkles covering your caress! The pies begin to fall And I'm now at rest Near, far, no matter where you are You are safe within my heart...
Shirley Eponine Now don't you fret, Jackie Marius I hardly feel any pain A little pie meringue Can hardly hurt me now	Jackie Marius (in counterpoint) Go ahead and die, Shirley Eponine, You won't have to feel our pain Another pie meringue Won't do more damage now
Jackie Marius	You're dead
Shirley Eponine	That's all I've left to show
Shirley Eponine And you will keep me warm And you will make me whole	Jackie Marius (in counterpoint) You can work for me Become the barricade
Shirley Eponine Meringue...	Jackie Marius (in counterpoint) Meringue...
Shirley Eponine will make marble passion...	Jackie Marius (in counterpoint) Will make marble passion... grow...
She finishes an agonizing death sequence, gets up and takes a position at the front of the barricade facing Butch's army. Now officially meringued, she is out of play, no longer allowed to participate in the continuing fight. She can serve now as another brick in the wall. Buckwheat and Porky keep running tabulations on the dead warriors.
Spanky Enjolras	She is the first to fall! The first of us to fall upon this barricade... She won't be the last.
Buckwheat - The Injineer	One! Spanky's gang has one dead... So far... Three cents coroner's fee, Spanky!
Porky : The Gatekeeper	Un dead fo' 'Panky's thide! All stiw alive ova here wif Butch. No money yet, Buckwheat!

Morning of Anguish
Alfalfa Valjean arrives, towing his Radio Flyer of pies.
Breezy Joly	Here comes Alfalfa Valjean Bringing pies to our barricade
Alfalfa Valjean	I volunteer my service to the marble cause.
Johnny : The Sentry	Cause why?
They all stare at Johnny in blank silence. He stares back with a blank smile.
Breezy Joly	Approach and show identification.
Johnny : The Sentry	You wear an sailor's uniform.
Alfalfa Valjean removes his sailor's cap, exposing his tassle of twisted hair. The Sentry immediately lets him pass into the barricade.
Alfalfa Valjean	That's how I got through. I had to sneak past Butch's guards. It wasn't easy, draggin' this ammunition. Woim and Jerry are just behind those trees. Leonard is hiding in the Bougainvillea. They've all got loads of pies. I told them these were a special delivery for Butch himself.
Breezy Joly	You're getting some years behind you Alfalfa.
Alfalfa Valjean	Yeah... I'm older than you. What of it? Butch must be stopped now. Pretty soon, we'll be driving cars, holding down 9-5 jobs. What's he gonna want then? I ain't working all my life to feed him before I can eat. Who does he think he is anyway? Reminds me of my bum uncle Sam. Always freeloading off my dad...
Breezy Joly	You see that pris'ner over there? A volunteer like you! A spy who works for Butch Javert! He's going to get it too...
Stymie	Honest fellas, I don't know why he wants all the marbles. I'm dead now anyway, I'll just go home... Be moseying along... See ya'll around! I think I hear my mother calling...
Johnny : The Sentry	Sit down, pris'ner Stymie! You ain't leaving! Butch is getting ready to attack!

The First Attack (Marble Prose)
Spanky Enjolras gives Alfalfa Valjean a slingshot for his pies. It is a two man sling, but it enables the gang to bridge the gap between the barricade and Butch's men on the other side of the Burbank Rivulet.
Spanky Enjolras	Take this Goliath sling and aim it well! You pull back on the sling with the pies... 'n I'll help! If Butch shoots at us, he don't stand no chance, I just hope we live long enough to tell.
Wheezer	Platoon of piemen advancing toward the barricade!
Mickey	Pies in each hand, eighteen or more!
Spanky Enjolras	Fire!
The whizzing zing of slingshots hurling pies permeates the air. Pies fill the blue sky, splattering all around, falling on the boldest and the bravest of men. The dead on both sides claw feverishly at the ground as if trying to crawl into an earthen tomb. Around them, the pies of battle rain merrily down. War reigns happily over the barricade battleground.
Jackie Marius	Sniper! Look out Alfalfa Valjean!
Alfalfa Valjean shoots a sniper who is aiming at Spanky Enjolras. The pie lands firmly in his face with an audible and satisfying squish. The victim throws his hands to his face to show defeat... pawing the meringue from his eyes. The remaining members of Butch's gang retreat across the Burbank Rivulet to regroup. Spanky's men assess the damage.
Froggy	See how they run like pigs from a gun!
Chubby	Oh, my! Daring! I want to trip and dance! We've won today!
Spanky Enjolras	Nah! They'll be back again, Butch'll make an attack again. We'll have to fight again
Spanky Enjolras (To Alfalfa Valjean)	I'll have to thank you later, Alfalfa When our battle is won. It ain't over yet!
Alfalfa Valjean	I can't stop thinking of Darla Cosette. I still have to get her on the stage and screen. I'm sorry, Spanky. I have to live my own life!
Spanky Enjolras	If it is in my power. I'll help when this is over.
Butch Javert emerges beside the barricade, near the entrance of the Klubhouse. He shouts to gain Spanky's attention, then proposes a truce. Spanky and Alfalfa grant Butch a private meeting inside the Klubhouse.
Butch Javert	My law runs through my corps You owe me marbles by the score
Spanky Enjolras	What is it you're doing with all those marbles anyway? You must have a jillion by now!
Alfalfa Valjean	We meet again, Butch Javert. You d-d-don't scare me!
Butch Javert	You've hungered for this all your life; But you're out of order This stinking pie war... This whole meeting is out of order! You want control... You can't handle control! You have the power in your hands... Yet you're too afraid to take it. But I always do! I GRAB it with both hands! Power doesn't scare me. Never does. Nothing does! I control everyone and everything Whether they know it or not! Now! Like I said before... Don't give me a reason to punch out your lights! Bring me my marbles!
Alfalfa Valjean	You talk too much, Butch You ask too much and give nothing in return.
Butch Javert	You don't understand... You'll never understand... MARBLES! Bring me my MARBLES!
Alfalfa Valjean	N-n-n-n-n-no marbles anymore!
Butch Javert	Alfalfa Valjean, take care! Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge I'm trying not to loose my head Sometimes I wonder how I keep from going under. Huh-huh! Marbles... bring me what you owe! I'm warning you...
Alfalfa Valjean	Well, you ain't yet answered Spanky's question...
Butch Javert	Once a marble thief, forever a marble thief. What you claim you won, you stole! You cheated to take my marbles and that will never happen to me again. You won't ever again get at what's mine. Yes, Alfalfa Valjean, you want a deal! You want to win... Okay, I'll give you your chance And I'll beat you again. Center ring. Boxing gloves. High noon. After a few glove taps, I expect all the marbles you owe me to be paid in full. You better bring 'em 'round by the pound! If you know what's good for you!
Alfalfa Valjean	Butch Javert, you are wrong again. You have always have been wrong. You will always be wrong. I ain't a marble thief. I won 'em. Nothing you have said could be further from the... Hey! Get back here! Aw, Spanky, how can I put Butch in his place if 'n he don't stand still and listen?
Spanky Enjolras	Alfalfa Valjean! Why on earth did you agree to box with Butch? He'll clobber you!
Alfalfa Valjean	Aw, gee! I don't know Spanky. I didn't mean to get so wrapped up in my own courage. The words just started to flow. It's a hereditary family trait bubbling up through my effervescent personality. My dad always said I have a big false bravado. That's Italian, you know. It means mouth...
Buckwheat - The Injineer	Twelve! Spanky's gang has twelve dead... Thirty six cents coroner's fee, Spanky! Two cents tax on anything over a quarter! Pay me four dimes or two quarters and we'll call it even.
Porky : The Gatekeeper	Eight dead ova here wif Butch. Only twenny fo' cents, Buckwheat! Tell 'em to aim better! Gotta get thome guys killed Or I won't make no money... Bwing out yur dead! Bwing out yur dead!
Drink With Me (The Aftermath)
The defenders settle down to assess the battle. Buckwheat offers a glass of water to each man. Eight cents per glass due to the high risk of serving water on the frontlines of the battleground. Only seven cents per glass for the dearly departed. Porky charges ten cents plus two marbles per glass to Butch's men. He doesn't tell Buckwheat about the little extra on the side.
Spanky Enjolras	You better limber up, champ! Think all your training has made you ready for this? Jackie Marius, are you still alive or are you dead?
Jackie Marius	I'm still alive and kickin', Spanky. I'll help you get Alfalfa Valjean ready. What have we got left? Thirty, fourty minutes tops?
Spanky Enjolras and Jackie Marius leave the barricade with Alfalfa Valjean in tow. They drag him by his heels.
Scotty	Drink with me to peace gone by Sing with me 'bout spheres we knew
Harry	Here's to aggies, shooters, glassies we've known...
Wheezer	Here's to all those pounds of cat's eyes we've thrown...
Froggy	Taken now, by Butch's dudes...
Johnny : The Sentry	Drink with me to peace gone by Do you fear you'll face a pie? Will the world remember Butch If he falls? Could it be Alfalfa Will save us all? Boxing ring... just one last try?
The feeling of intense camaraderie sets in for all. Even the prisoner joins in the song.
Stymie	Drink with me to peace gone by We had marbles plenty, nothing was wrong Now I'm asking can't we all just get along
Breezy Joly	Here's to you and here's to peace
Buckwheat - The Injineer	Does I care if I should die From the pies? Serving my fellow man On the battle front is worth it all. Have another round guys... Drink your fill! You'se payin' only eight cents a glass, So I'll thank you all to say 'Please'