SETUP: SETTING
RESOLUTION
CONFLICT
INCITING INCIDENT
SETUP: CHARACTER’S BACKGROUND
CLIMAX
RISING ACTIONS
ELYA 15, IGOR 57, MYRA 14, MYRA’S FATHER HAS DECIDED THAT SHE SHOULD MARRY ON HER FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY
MADAME ZERONI GIVES ELYA A PIGLET WHICH HE HAS TO CARRY UP A MOUNTAIN EVERY DAY TO MAKE IT GROW, BUT HE FAILS TO CARRY IT THE LAST DAY. THE PIGS WEIGH THE SAME. ELYA SUGGESTS MYRA DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY, BUT MYRA HAS PROBLEMS DECIDING
ELYA TAKES A JOB ON A BOAT THAT WILL TAKE HIM TO AMERICA
ELYA WANTS TO MARRY MYRA
MYRA’S FATHER WANTS TO TRADE HIS DAUGHTER FOR A PIG. IGOR WANTS TO MARRY MYRA TOO, IGOR HAS GOT A BIG AND FAT PIG. ELYA HASN’T GOT A PIG
ELYA UNDERSTANDS HOW SILLY AND EMPTY-HEADED MYRA IS AND DECIDES TO NOT MARRY HER
LATVIA, A LONG LONG TIME AGO.