- 96 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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The Bee
About this book
One evening, Mr Ido arrives home from work to find his house surrounded by police and TV cameras. Inside, his wife and child are being held hostage by an escaped murderer. An otherwise normal day in an otherwise comfortable life is not ending how it should. But rather than play the victim and accept this terrible fate, Ido decides to take control and embarks upon an extraordinary mission of revenge. Set in Tokyo in 1974, this dark and unconventional satire asks what happens when the victim becomes the aggressor, the weak become powerful and the watcher becomes the watched.
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The Bee
A residential street in Tokyo, 1974.
IDO
It’s been a long day, I make my way home,
Remembering to buy a present for my son.
But as I turn the corner of the street
Imagine my surprise to see…
POLICEMAN
Please keep back, please keep back. The road is closed.
IDO
But I need to get through, I need to get home.
POLICEMAN
Please use another route today.
IDO
That is my home, there is no other way.
POLICEMAN
You mean that house there is your home?
IDO
Yes.
POLICEMAN
You mean that you are Mr Ido?
IDO
Yes I am. Now may I pass?
POLICEMAN
Yes.
No, you must stay here, Mr Ido, you must stay calm,
While I go get Detective Dodoyama.
REPORTERS
Mr. Ido? Did you say that you are Mr Ido?
IDO
Yes.
REPORTER
Ido! It’s Ido!
REPORTER
Mr Ido’s over here!
REPORTER
July, 1974.
I’m now standing outside Ido’s house.
REPORTER
Tell me Mr Ido, tell the viewers how you feel.
IDO
Viewers?
REPORTER
Yes, tell the viewers how you feel.
IDO
I feel…
REPORTER
Yes?
IDO
Surprise.
REPORTER
There it is, you heard it on NHK first.
REPORTER
Surprise? Surprise? Can’t you do any better?
IDO
I beg your pardon?
REPORTER
How long have you been married, Mr Ido?
REPORTER
Good one.
REPORTER
You said it.
REPORTER
And repeat the question in your answer,
Saves time with the edit.
IDO
I’ve been married happily for seven years,
Though there were several years before that when –
Is this about my wife?
REPORTER
You mean you don’t know?
REPORTER
He doesn’t know.
IDO
Has she done something wrong?
She’s not the kind of person who’d commit a crime,
Endanger her own or anyone else’s life;
She’d never knowingly do anybody harm,
Do...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Characters
- Cast
- The Bee