I feel compelled to share the response of a friend to my story.
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With your permission, I'd like to set it as the libretto for yuletide fantasia of sorts. As I imagine it, the cycle would proceed somewhat as follows:
-Ascent and Discovery
-Song of the Oaths
-A Wounded Home Repaired
-Ascent and Discovery (reprised)
-Song of the Oaths (reprised)
-A Troubled Mind
-Nonfrontation
-The Homestead Rebreached
...
-Nature's Sacred Balance
Perforce, there is a gap toward the end here, as the story obviously needs some tying up, but I imagine the following:
--Pest control worker fails to show up on the appointed date (as per the divine right of tradespeople)
--Angry home owner retrenches and undertakes to address the situation on his own.
--Angry home owner accidentally locks himself in the attic (remainder of family are away for hockey tournaments).
--Home owner is sustained over many days by his waxing affection for Roger the Lodger, whose delightful antics buoy his spirits, and whose feces provide physical sustenance.
--Despite new friendship, hope fades.
--At the darkest hour, an intervention: A tartan-clad, talking squirrel (named "Mojo"[?]) enters, hears and is moved by the tale, and notifies all relevant authorities. All are saved. (Band strikes up for Nature's Sacred Balance)
I don't have much in the way of ideas for staging and cast at this point, though I'm pretty sure that the voice of Mojo should be Chris Rock, provided he can master the requisite brogue and sing on key.
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I'm pretty sure he's joking, but if not, I would definitely pay money to see it performed, or to see the film.