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The Happy Holiday Hotel is a small English hotel near the sea. These people work there：

George the hotel manager

Mary she helps George

（George and Mary are married.）

Judy the cook

Peter an old man. He helps outside in the garden and carries the bags in the hotel.

Scene 1 The telephone call

（In the Happy Holiday Hotel. It is three oclock. George is talking to Mary.）

（The telephone rings.）

George： Hello？ Happy Holiday Hotel. George Harris here... Yes， I am the manager... Tony who？ Oh， Tony Madoc the TV star. Youre Tony Madocs secretary. I see... Yes， thats fine... You want a large room for Tony and he wants to see the sea. Right？ Yes， yes， I know—Tonys very important. A TV star. Yes... Fish， you say？ Yes， thats easy. Right， then. Today... Tonys coming today. Fine... Goodbye， and thank you.

（George puts down the telephone.）

George： Today... Tonys coming today！ Mary， listen！ Ive got good news！

Mary： Dont shout George. What is it？

George： Tony Madoc—you know， the television star—is coming to our hotel this afternoon！

Mary： Who？

George： Tony Madoc. Hes famous！ Hes coming here at five oclock today！

Mary： Hes a TV star， you say？ Is he in Neighbours？ I dont watch TV very much.

George： Neighbours？ Probably. Hes going to have our best room and our best food. Im going to look at the room now.

Mary： Fine， George， but Im busy. Im going to the supermarket.

George： Dont be silly， Mary. You cant go to the shops now. He is a famous man. Do you understand？ An important person.

Mary： Tony Madoc？ I dont know him. Is he very rich？

George： I dont know， Mary. But hes very important. I know that.

Mary： Yes... Well... Im going to the shops now. See you later， George.

George： But， Mary... stop！

Scene 2 Fish for dinner

（In the kitchen.）

George： Good morning， Judy！ Weve got good news. Tony Madoc is coming today. The famous TV star.

Judy： Tony who？ I dont think I know the name... I dont like TV. I like reading. Tony Madoc...？

George： Thats right， Tony Madoc. Now what have you got for dinner？ Have you got any fish？ He likes fish， his secretary says.

Judy： No， I havent got any fish today， Mr. Harris. Sorry. Ive got some chicken.

George： No. He wants fish. Can you buy some？

Judy： Oh no， Mr. Harris！ I never buy fish on Thursdays. I always buy chicken.

George： Well， his secretary says fish， not chicken. Right？

Judy： Dont shout at me. I dont like it. Im leaving. Im not going to buy anything. Im going home.

George： No Judy， please... stop！Im sorry Judy. Youre a good cook， Judy， a beautiful cook. Please dont leave now. Mr. Madoc is coming here today and he wants fish. Please， please， please Judy， go and buy some nice fish.

Judy： No. Its chicken on Thursdays. Right？

George： Oh， OK Judy... chicken.

Scene 3 Flowers

（In the garden.）

Peter： Hello， Mr. Harris. You dont usually come into the garden. Can I help you？

George： Hello， Peter. I need some flowers for our best room.

Peter： What？ Ten hours on the telephone？ Thats a long time... and expensive too！

George： No， Peter. Not ten hours！ I want SOME FLOWERS for our best ROOM.

Peter： OK， OK. Dont shout， Mr. Harris. I can hear you. Flowers. Ive got lots of flowers.

George： Thanks， Peter. Theyre for an important TV star. Hes coming here today.

Peter： Whats that？ Your green car？

George： No， Peter. No. A TV STAR， HERE TODAY！

Peter： OK， Mr. Harris. Dont shout， dont shout. I can hear you.