Point-By-Point+Plan

__** Toys (Working title) **__ Son (Jerrie) Toymaker
 * Main Characters:** Father (First-person POV)

Footnotes: Father is a single parent to the son. They are poor.(Father is a dustman.)


 * Story set in:** Great Britain. 1930.

Frosty winter evening. Eight inches of snow. Christmas Eve.
 * __Scene 1__**
 * Setting:** Streets on the outskirts of town.

- A Poor father is taking his son out to dinner as a christmas treat. - They happen to walk pass a toy store on the way to the diner. - Son presses up against the window, enchanted by the many toys. - Father watches his son sadly, he knows that he cannot afford a present this year. - A rich family walks out of the toy shop. The child is squabbling with her parents about the new toy. - As he watches on silently, he's glad that his son isn't demanding anything from him. - Father makes a spontanous decision to forgo dinner to get his son a present.

Footnotes: Father makes it a point each year to scrape us the money to get his son a toy for christmas. Due to current economic depression, he doesn't have enough this year.

Setting:** Budget Diner. Warm. There's a heater. Smell of food wafting through the air.
 * __Scene 2__

- As the pair eat dinner, the son notices his father isn't eating anything. He asks why. - Father lies to son and says that he isn't hungry. - His stomach lets out a gurgle. - Son looks slightly concerned now, he offers to share his food. - Father declines, assuring his son that he's really not hungry. - Son shrugs it off and tucks into his meal. - Father watches his son eat with a smile despite his hunger. - He knows that it would all be worthwhile when he sees the smile on his son's face tomorrow.

Setting:** Toy store. Early Christmas Morning.
 * __Scene 3__

- Father rushes into the toy store. - Scans around looking for the perfect toy and glimpses a flash of red. - Finds the toy tucked on a shelf just in front of him. - He whispers that the toy is beautiful, and is shocked to find the toymaker beside him. - Father goes to toymaker with the toy train to make payment. - Toymaker watches him count out his money. - Once he has paid, he is only left with tuppence. - Toymaker scoops up the money, then disappears into the back room. - Reappears with the present wrapped neatly. - Toymaker bids father goodbye and Merry Christmas. - Father waves goodbye as he hurries down the icy sidewalks towards home.

Footnotes: Old British money There were **twenty (20) shillings** per **pound.** The **shilling** was subdivided into **twelve (12) pennies.** The **penny** was further sub-divided into **two halfpennies** or **four farthings (quarter pennies).** 2 farthings = 1 halfpenny 2 halfpence = 1 penny (1d) 3 pence = 1 thruppence (3d) 6 pence = 1 sixpence (a 'tanner') (6d) 12 pence = 1 shilling (a bob) (1s) 2 shillings = 1 florin ( a 'two bob bit') (2s) 2 shillings and 6 pence = 1 half crown (2s 6d) 5 shillings = 1 Crown (5s)

Setting:** Home. Small-sized. Slightly drafty. Warmed by small fireplace. Decorated with make-shift decorations.
 * __Scene 4__

- Father returns home. He closes the door silently behind him. - He places the package under the mock-up Christmas tree drawn on paper, pasted on the wall. - Collaspes into his armchair to warm himself by the fireplace. - Son charges downstairs, excited at the thought of Christmas day. - Spots the present and yells in delight, tearing it open. - A small paper-wrapped package falls out and rolls across the floor. - Son picks it up and finds it addressed to father. He passes the package to father. - Father unwraps it and finds all the money that he spent on the toy. - Inside of the paper is written the message, " Give, and ye shall recieve. Merry Christmas!" - A smile spreads across father's face as he watches his Son place the train very carefully among the other toys on the mantleplace.

- //Carol: It's really all points. I love your neatness XD// Ai-Ling: Oh, pshaw, well, we didn't give that whole speech to the class about planning meticulously for no reason did we? XD
 * Planned by Ai-Ling**