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Monday

[Sounds of bullies laughing and yelling mean taunts.]

Bullies

Tina! Tina!

Girl bullies

Where are your friends? You can sit with us if you like.

Boy bully

No she can?t.

Girl bully

No, wait, no, you can?t!

[Music drowns out voices, then the voices reappear].

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Tuesday

Bullies

Tina! Tina!

Boy bully

Tina, listen to us.

Girl bully

Why won?t you talk to us?

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Wednesday

Bullies

[laughing].

Girl bully

Nice hat!

Boy bully

It?s like a big sock.

Bullies

[more laughing].

Boy bully

Throw it back! It?s Tina?s.

Girl bully

C?mon, just throw it.

Boy bully

It?s Tina?s. Throw it back. C?mon Belle, throw it back.

Bullies

Throw it! Throw it!

Boy bully

Belle, throw it back. Belle!

Belle

Hey Tina, do you wanna sit with me?

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Upstanders. The best defence against bullying.

[Both girls go and sit together, Belle offers Tina her other earphone to listen to music together.]

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Produced by the NSW Department of Education with thanks to the student-actors at Campbelltown Performing Arts High School.