石孩子之香港一日遊

作者：何祟志

音樂劇簡介

一百年前，大海爸爸要前往美國尋找更理想的生活，心想事成後, 便回來接大海一家。自爸爸離開後，大海媽媽常常揹著他到山上守望海港，等待爸爸乘大船回來。誰知久等未歸，大海與媽媽卻變成了化石……

一百年後，從加拿大剛回流返港的美寶，不時掛念著仍在加國的爸爸， 她也常會跑到山邊， 望著海浪大唱大叫。今日，美寶又是這樣在山邊對海洩氣， 幻想海浪能把歌聲送到爸爸身邊 …… 突然雷電交加，電擊落在美寶身旁， 打中高高的望夫石， 石救了美寶。 這一擊， 亦喚醒了已變為化石的大海。 大海打回人形，卻失了記憶， 懵懵然地跟著美寶回家。誤會之下， 美寶以為大海是她從內地來港的表弟，並收留了他。第二天，由於美寶需要上課，便吩咐大海自行用地鐵遊覽港島一遍。 失憶的大海， 只記得要快快尋找他的爸爸。 在大海眼前的新香港， 新奇無比， 尤如置身外國。 他跑到時代廣場， 只見路上行人熙來攘往，交通擠塞， 熱鬧得很； 在這陌生又忙碌的香港， 大海卻又見酒樓有人斯斯然的在享受飲茶， 檯上一盅兩件， 神態自若， 大海只覺這景象似曾相識， 份外親切， 也思鄉起來。 此時行人隧道正有不少人準備賣藝唱歌、 不知怎的鬧出爭拗， 大打出手。 大海路見不平, 拔刀相助； 大海身堅如石, 刀槍不入, 惡人落荒而逃, 群童佩服得很. 大海與其中一藝童阿才，一見如故，便跟他繼續遊盪尋父。 周圍的店舖展開大型減價戰，大海卻未知香港已成為購物天堂， 此時他看得目不暇給。為治失憶症， 阿才帶大海跑到廟街找其父鐵枴神棍，途中被江湖藝人和相士吸引住，最後並巧遇廟街神算鐵爺爺，從他口中獲悉當年大海一家事情的始末……

另一方面，自大海離開山後，香港到處不斷出現怪事，成千上萬的獅子、飛鵝、野雞、馬騮等動物， 不斷在香港各處出沒， 到處亂跑，情況混亂， 弄得雞飛狗走。這些離奇現象， 到底跟大海還原人形有沒有關係? 大海又可否把香港回復正常?

大海在山上百年不聞不問， 空空過日子， 卻在今天山下這小小24小時, 認識到了這麼多的朋友， 這麼多的新事， 行過這麼多地方， 更找到了往事的真相........現在這石孩子站在山上， 成為石頭標記， 提醒他的朋友不可將時間弄成化石!

Hong Kong Rocks

by Steve Ho

Synopsis:

A hundred years ago, the father of Dai Hoi (meaning "vast ocean") leaves for the United States to seek a better life. He promises to return with wealth and fortune. Ever since he's gone, Dai Hoi's mother would carry Dai Hoi to the hill top daily to watch over the harbour, hoping to see the returning ship of his father. As time goes by, tears and sadness turn Dai Hoi and his mother into stone, standing on the top hill ……still waiting…!
One hundred years later, a teenager named Mabel is sent back to Hong Kong from Canada to further her education. Missing her father greatly, Mabel would often find solace up on the hillside where she would scream at the ocean and imagine her voice being carried by the ocean's waves all the way back to Canada. Today, she is again on the hillside venting her thoughts. Suddenly, a lightening strikes and narrowly misses her. She thanks the rock for saving her life and promises to return the favor one day. Unbeknownst to Mabel, Dai Hoi is awakened by the same lightening hit and is transformed back into human form again. Dai Hoi, dazed and suffering from amnesia, follows Mabel home from afar. Mistaking Dai Hoi's identity as her cousin, Mabel lets him stay with her and her 4 siblings. The following day, Dai Hoi is left alone to wander around Hong Kong. Remembering nothing else, his only thought is to find his father and begins his journey. Through the eyes of Dai Hoi, the new Hong Kong is strange but exciting, full of surprises and contradictions: the hustle and bustle of Times Square; the tranquility of the tea house; the cut throat businesses of buying and selling; the warmth of the street people who sing and dance for a living; the old and the new; altogether make for a memorable day. Dai Hoi later befriends a street performer Ah Choy. Ah Choy promises to cure Dai Hoi's amnesia once and for all as his father is the famous fortune teller in Temple Street. On the way, they are distracted by the Hong Kong's night market and the Temple Street performances. At the end, he meets Ah Choy's Grandpa, Iron-Cane Buddha, who reveals to Dai Hoi the true story of what has happened to Dai Hoi's father… …
Since Dai Hoi's returning to human form, strange phenomena have been happening throughout Hong Kong. Hundreds and thousands of lions, geese, monkeys, wild chickens and other animals are seen roaming around the city and suburbs, creating turmoil and chaos in Hong Kong. Do these events have anything to do with Dai Hoi's returning to human form? What can Dai Hoi do to return Hong Kong to its normal state?
For one hundred years, Dai Hoi cares nothing about the world and stands still on the hill top watching from afar. But as a result of his one-day visit down the hill, he has learned so much more, made so many friends, been to so many places and even discovered the truth about his father. His monument serves to remind his new found friends not to turn time into stone.