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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Little Dramas for Primary Grades - -Author: Ada Maria Skinner - Lillian Nixon Lawrence - -Release Date: October 10, 2016 [EBook #53245] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE DRAMAS FOR PRIMARY GRADES *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Edwards and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - - - - - LITTLE DRAMAS FOR PRIMARY GRADES - - - BY - ADA MARIA SKINNER - ST. AGATHA SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY - AND - LILLIAN NIXON LAWRENCE - -[Illustration] - - AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY - - NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - Copyright, 1913, BY - ADA M. SKINNER AND LILLIAN N. LAWRENCE. - - COPYRIGHT, 1913, IN GREAT BRITAIN. - - LITTLE DRAMAS FOR PRIMARY GRADES. - W. P. I - - - - - PREFATORY NOTE - - -The use of dramatic readers has passed beyond the experimental stage. -Their value in arousing interest, in stirring the imagination, in -quickening literary appreciation and power of interpretation, has been -so clearly demonstrated as to make them permanent textbooks in the -elementary schools, and more particularly in the primary grades. The -present difficulty consists, therefore, not in uncertainty of the value -of dramatic literature, but in the inadequacy of the supply. The need of -suitable literary material in good dramatic form for the primary grades -is still very great. This little book has been compiled as one step -toward meeting this need at least in one particular school, but it is -hoped that it may prove of service in many other schools. It is intended -for use at the end of the first, and at the beginning of the second, -year. - - EMMA G. SEBRING. - - - - - ACKNOWLEDGMENTS - - -For permission to use copyright material in this volume, acknowledgments -and thanks are proffered to authors and publishers, as follows: - -To Laura E. Richards, for the adaptation from her story, “The New Year”; -to Dodd, Mead & Co. for “Mabel and the Green Lizard,” adapted from “The -Adventures of Mabel,” by H. T. Peck; to G. P. Putnam’s Sons, of New York -and London, for the selection by Judge Parry from “The Golden -Staircase”; to Longmans, Green, & Co. for “The Odd Man and the Dog -True”; and to John Lane Company for “Return of Spring,” by Dion Clayton -Calthrop. - - - - - CONTENTS - - - PAGE - - BUNNY RABBIT 7 - - THE ODD MAN AND THE DOG TRUE 14 - - THE OWL AND GRASSHOPPER GREEN 19 - - SOMEWHERE TOWN _Kate Greenaway_ 21 - - THE TIMID HARE 22 - - MABEL AND THE GREEN LIZARD _Adapted_ 26 - - THE MAIDEN AND THE BIRD _Lydia Maria Child_ 32 - - THE LITTLE FISH _African Fable_ 35 - - BELLING THE CAT 37 - - THE FOX AND THE CROW 40 - - HANS AND GRETCHEN 41 - - LADY MOON _Lord Houghton_ 50 - - PRECOCIOUS PIGGY _Thomas Hood_ 52 - - STRANGE LANDS _Laurence Alma-Tadema_ 56 - - HOW TO GET A BREAKFAST 58 - - THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE _Adapted from an Old Story_ 60 - - CHRISTMAS EVE IN AN ATTIC 65 - - THE NEW YEAR _Adapted from Laura E. 73 - Richards_ - - A FRIENDSHIP DECLINED 77 - - THE SELFISH MAN 79 - - THE MAGPIE’S NEST 83 - - ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST SPRING 86 - - THE BIRD’S NEST _Lydia Maria Child_ 93 - - THE BOASTFUL BAMBOO TREE _Japanese Fable_ 100 - - RETURN OF SPRING 105 - - WHO HOLDS UP THE SKY? _Adapted_ 110 - - THE FOX’S PLAN 114 - - TOM AND THE LOBSTER _Adapted_ 117 - - WHY THE JELLYFISH HAS NO SHELL _Oriental Fable_ 119 - - I WOULD LIKE YOU FOR A COMRADE _Judge Parry_ 132 - - SOUTHWEST WIND’S VISIT TO GLUCK _Adapted from John Ruskin_ 134 - - THE CHILD AND THE SPARROW _Thomas Westwood_ 143 - - THE RABBIT’S MESSAGE _German Tale_ 145 - - LAUGHING SANJA _Japanese Folk Story_ 150 - - THE TIGER AND THE BRAHMAN 159 - - THE LION AND THE STORY-TELLER 169 - - OVER THE HILL _George MacDonald_ 174 - -[Illustration] - - - - - BUNNY RABBIT AND THE LION - - - CHARACTERS—_Lion_, _Rabbit_, _Mother Deer_, _Elephant_, _Camel_, - _Jackal_, _other animals_ - - - SCENE I—_The Forest_ - -_Mother Deer._ Brave Lion, give me back my little deer. - -_Lion._ I will not. The deer is mine. - -_Mother Deer._ O Lion, it is the only one I have. I beg of you, -give it back to me. - -_Lion._ A lion does not give back what he has taken. Be -off, or I will eat _you_. - - - SCENE II—_Another Part of the Forest_ - -_Mother Deer._ Can you not help me, animals? The lion has taken my -little deer, the only one I had. - -_Elephant._ I am sorry for you. But the lion is the king of the -forest. He takes what he will and keeps what he likes. I cannot help -you. - -_Mother Deer._ [_Goes on._] Can you not help me, Camel? You are -always kind and gentle. - -_Camel._ The lion did wrong to take your deer. He did a -great wrong, but I cannot help you. - -_Mother Deer._ [_Goes on._] Surely, little jackal, _you_ will help -me. - -_Jackal._ Sh! Sh! I’m afraid of the lion, myself. We’ve never -been very good friends. I wish I could help you. Let me see. I have it! -Go to Bunny Rabbit. He’s a little creature, but he’s wise and brave. - -_Mother Deer._ You say he’s wise? - -_Jackal._ He is. - -_Mother Deer._ And brave? - -_Jackal._ He is. - -_Mother Deer._ Then I will go at once. - - - SCENE III—_In Front of Bunny Rabbit’s Burrow_ - -_Bunny Rabbit._ Good morning, Mother Deer. What is the matter? - -_Mother Deer._ Bunny Rabbit, that wicked lion stole my little deer -and will not give it to me. I asked the forest animals to help me, but -none was brave enough to do so. - -_Bunny Rabbit._ Not even the elephant, or the camel, or the jackal? - -_Mother Deer._ Not one. I asked them all. They all said they were -sorry. But I believe they are all afraid of the lion. - -_Bunny Rabbit._ Why did you come to me? I’m such a little creature. - -_Mother Deer._ The jackal told me you are wise and brave, and he -said that you would help me. - -_Bunny Rabbit._ Tell them all to meet in front of my burrow. We -will talk it over and see what can be done. [_Mother Deer goes away, and -Bunny Rabbit digs a long passage under the ground and then comes out -behind a bush._] - - - SCENE IV—_In Front of the Burrow_ - - [_Bunny Rabbit and all the animals. Lion watching in the distance. Only - Elephant and Camel see him._] - -_Bunny Rabbit._ Elephant, do you think the lion should keep the -little deer? - -_Elephant._ The lion is king of the forest, and he _should_ -keep the little deer. - -_Bunny Rabbit._ Camel, what do you say? - -_Camel._ Dear me. What can I say? It is all wrong. But I’m -sure he - -_should_ keep what he stole. - -_Bunny Rabbit._ How you tremble, little jackal! What do you say? - -[Illustration] - -_Jackal._ [_Seeing the lion._] Oh! Do I tremble? No, yes, no, -yes, yes. I think he _should_ keep the deer. - -_Bunny Rabbit._ [_In a loud voice._] The lion should _not_ keep the -deer! The lion is a wicked _thief_! [_Lion springs at him. Bunny Rabbit -darts down into the burrow._] - -_Lion._ [_Looking into the burrow._] Gone down there, has -he? Well, I’ll fix him. I’ll stay right here until he comes out. I’ll -stay, and stay, and stay, until I starve him out. - - - SCENE V—_Another Part of the Forest_ - -_Bunny Rabbit._ Run, Mother Deer, and get your little one. - -_Mother Deer._ Won’t that wicked lion come again? - -_Bunny Rabbit._ No, no! He’s going to stay in front of my burrow -until I come out. Ha! ha! He’ll starve to death _himself_ if he waits -for that! Ha! ha! [_Mother Deer runs to the little deer, and both escape -into the forest._] - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE ODD MAN AND THE DOG TRUE - - - CHARACTERS—_Odd Man_, _True_, _Big Black Dog_ - -_Odd Man._ [_To the dog._] Who are you, and why do you come -into my cave? - -_True._ I am a poor dog, sir, who has lost his way. Will -you be so kind as to tell me how I may get out? - -_Odd Man._ No, I will not. But I will tell you what you may do -if you like. You may stay here in my cave and work for me. - -_True._ I will do that if you will not let me out. But what -work do you wish me to do? - -_Odd Man._ Well, well, you see I have here a great bag full of -gold. I have to sit on it all the time. - -_True._ Why must you sit on it? - -_Odd Man._ I will tell you. Near my cave lives an ogre. This -ogre wants to kill me so that he can get my gold. - -_True._ Dear me! - -_Odd Man._ If I go to sleep or move away he will try to get at -me. I am just worn out for want of rest. - -_True._ Dear me! How can I help you? - -_Odd Man._ Well, if you would stay by me and watch for the -ogre, I might take a short nap. - -_True._ I will do that! And you, sir, go to sleep. [_Odd -Man goes to sleep. Big Black Dog enters._] - -_Big Black Dog._ Good day, little dog. How do you do? - -_True._ I am very well, I thank you; but who are you? - -_Big Black Dog._ My name is Nip, and I have come to show you the way -out of this cave. Let us run now! - -_True._ No; I said I would take care of this cave for the -Odd Man, and I will do it. - -_Big Black Dog._ But the Odd Man is asleep. He will not see you. -Come, now, come along with me! - -_True._ No, I will not go. - -_Big Black Dog._ Then give me a bone, will you? - -_True._ I cannot, for they are not mine; the Odd Man may -give you one, by and by. [_Big Black Dog goes to get a bone._] - -_True._ Bow-wow-wow! - -_Odd Man._ [_Opening his eyes._] What was that? You woke me -out of my nap. - -_True._ Oh, sir, it was a big black dog. It came into the -cave and was stealing a bone. - -_Odd Man._ Oh! That was the ogre in the dress of a black dog. -Here, you may have a bone. You were a good dog to bark and wake me up. -What more can I do to show you how glad I am? - -_True._ Oh, sir, may I go out of the cave now? I want to -see a nice, nice cat that is waiting outside. - -_Odd Man._ Very well, good dog. The ogre will not come back -again, and I can take a good nap. Here is a door in the side of the -cave. I will open it, and you can go.—Good-by. - - - - - THE OWL AND GRASSHOPPER GREEN - - - SCENE—_In the Meadow_ - -_Grasshopper Green._ Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k! - -_Owl._ Won’t you keep quiet? I can’t sleep with your -“creak, creak.” - -_Grasshopper Green._ No, I will not keep quiet. Creak, creak, creak! - -_Owl._ Then go away from here. Go into the grass field -over there, if you must sing. - -_Grasshopper Green._ I shall do nothing of the sort. I have as much -right to sing as you have to sleep. Creak, creak! Besides, you have -never done anything for me. Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k! - -_Owl._ [_To himself._] Such a saucy grasshopper green! - -_Grasshopper Green._ Creak, c-r-e-a-k! - -_Owl._ [_Later._] Well, Grasshopper Green, you have a -wonderful voice! - -_Grasshopper Green._ I have indeed. Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k! - -_Owl._ Now that I am awake, I love to hear you sing. - -_Grasshopper Green._ C-R-E-A-K! - -_Owl._ Let me give you some of the sweet honey I have here -in my tree. Honey is good for the voice. - - [_The grasshopper goes to the owl._] - -_Owl._ SNAP! - - - - - SOMEWHERE TOWN - - -_First Child._ Which is the way to Somewhere Town? - -_Second Child._ Oh, up in the morning early. - Over the tiles and the chimney pots, - That is the way quite clearly. - -_First Child._ And which is the door to Somewhere Town? - -_Second Child._ Oh, up in the morning early. - The round red sun is the door to go through; - That is the way quite clearly. - - —KATE GREENAWAY. - - - - - THE TIMID HARE - - -[Illustration] - - - CHARACTERS - - _Timid Hare_ - _Camel_ - _Sheep_ - _Deer_ - _Brother Hare_ - _Elephant_ - _Lion_ - -_Timid Hare._ Oh dear! Oh dear! If the sky were to fall, what -would happen to me? Oh, what would happen to me! What is that noise? Oh -dear! Oh dear! Oh, I am sure the sky is falling! It is! It is! It is! -[_Timid Hare runs._] - -_Brother Hare._ Why are you running away, little hare? - -_Timid Hare._ Oh, I have no time to talk. The sky is falling! - -_Brother Hare._ [_Frightened._] Oh dear! Oh dear! The sky is -falling! - -_Deer._ Why, what is the matter, little hare? - -_Timid Hare._ Oh, I have no time to talk. The sky is falling. - -_Deer._ [_Frightened._] What shall I do? - -_Sheep._ Where are you going, little hare? Why do you run so -fast? - -_Timid Hare._ Oh, the sky is falling! - -_Sheep._ [_Frightened._] Dear me, dear me! - -_Camel._ Stop a minute, little hare! What’s the matter? - -_Timid Hare._ Oh, I have no time to talk. The sky is falling. - -_Camel._ [_Frightened._] No, no, it can’t be. - -_Elephant._ Why do you run so fast, little hare? What has -happened? - -_Timid Hare._ I have no time to talk. The sky is falling. - -_Elephant._ Can that be true? - -_Lion._ What is this you say? - -_Timid Hare._ I have no time to talk. The sky is falling. - -_Lion._ How do you know this? - -_Timid Hare._ I saw it. - -_Lion._ Where did you see it? - -_Timid Hare._ There, by that tree. - -_Lion._ Oh, what nonsense! There are no signs that the sky -is falling. Come with me and I’ll show you. - -_Timid Hare._ No, no, I must hurry along. I am afraid to go back. - -_Lion._ Yes, you shall come with me to that tree. I will -take you there myself. [_Lion and hare go to the tree._] - -_Lion._ There, do you see? The sky is not falling. A little -acorn fell upon a leaf. It made the noise that frightened you. Let us go -back now, and tell the other animals. - - - - - MABEL AND THE GREEN LIZARD - - - CHARACTERS—_Grandma_, _Mabel_, _Lizard_, _Wolf_ - - - SCENE I—_Mabel’s Home_ - -_Mabel._ Grandma, may I go to the woods to pick some berries -for supper? - -_Grandma._ Yes, but be sure to come home before dark. There -are animals in the woods, Mabel. They prowl around after dark. - -_Mabel._ Oh, I’m not afraid. I’ll come home before night. - - - SCENE II—_In the Woods_ - -_Mabel._ Dear me! How dark it is getting. I must hurry home. -[_Hears a little squeaking sound._] What’s that? [_Sees a little green -lizard with a stone on its tail._] Oh, you poor little lizard! Let me -lift that stone from your tail. [_Takes stone off._] - -_Lizard._ Thank you. You are a very kind child. - -_Mabel._ Oh! I didn’t know that lizards could talk! - -_Lizard._ Some lizards can’t. But I am the king of all the -lizards. I am going to do something for you because you lifted the stone -from my tail. - -_Mabel._ I was very glad to do it. - -_Lizard._ I am going to do something for you that I wouldn’t -do for any other little girl. It’s this: I’m going to teach you the -animal call. Then you will understand everything the animals say to you, -and they will know what you say to them. - -_Mabel._ What fun! - -_Lizard._ Just listen. [_Gives a low whistle._] Now you do it -after me. [_Mabel tries._] Try again, Mabel. [_She tries again and -again._] Good, that’s it! Now if you wish any animal to be your friend, -just whistle that way to him. That’s the call of all the animals. -Good-by. [_Lizard goes away._] - -_Mabel._ Well, that’s the funniest thing I ever heard of. -But, dear me, how dark it is getting. I must run home. [_Starts -homeward. Hears howl._] - -_Wolf._ [_Howls._] O-ooo-w. - -_Mabel._ What’s that? Oh! it’s a wolf. I’m so frightened! -What shall I do? I’ll give the call. - - [_Whistles._] - -_Wolf._ [_Answers._] O-ooo-w! O-ooo-w! - - [_Wolf comes to Mabel._] - -_Mabel._ Wolf, I want you to be my friend. - -_Wolf._ To be sure, I will be. - -_Mabel._ I’ve lost my way. Please show me the way home. I -live at grandma’s. - -_Wolf._ I know where you live. I’ve seen you playing there -many times. Put your hand on my neck, and I’ll show you the way. [_Mabel -does so._] - -[Illustration] - - - SCENE III—_Edge of the Wood_ - -_Wolf._ There is your home; and your grandma is waiting for -you. - -_Mabel._ Thank you very much. I knew you were a good wolf. -You wouldn’t hurt a little girl, would you? - -_Wolf._ I wouldn’t hurt you. - -_Mabel._ Good night, Wolf. - -_Wolf._ Good night. - - - SCENE IV—_Mabel’s Home_ - -_Grandma._ Mabel! Mabel! Mabel! - -_Mabel._ Yes, Grandma. - -_Grandma._ Where have you been so long? - -_Mabel._ I’ve been in the woods. Oh, Grandma. I left my -basket of strawberries there. - -_Grandma._ Never mind. We can go to-morrow and get them. I was -so frightened! Your uncle told me only yesterday he saw a wolf in the -woods. Just think if you had met him to-day! He would have eaten you up, -every bit of you. - -_Mabel._ Oh, Grandma! I’m sure all wolves don’t eat little -girls. - - - - - THE MAIDEN AND THE BIRD - - -[Illustration] - -_Maiden._ Little bird, little bird, come to me, - I have a green cage ready for thee, - Beauty-bright flowers I’ll bring anew - And fresh ripe cherries all wet with dew. - -_Bird._ Thanks, little maiden, for all thy care, - But I love dearly the clear cool air - And my snug little nest in the old oak tree. - -_Maiden._ Little bird, little bird, stay with me! - -_Bird._ Nay, little damsel,—away I’ll fly - To greener fields and warmer sky; - When spring returns with pattering rain, - You’ll hear my merry song again. - -_Maiden._ Little bird, little bird, who’ll guide thee, - Over the hills and over the sea? - Foolish one, come in the house to stay, - For I’m very sure you’ll lose your way. - -_Bird._ Ah, no, little maiden, God guides me, - Over the hills and over the sea. - I will be free as the rushing air, - And sing of sunshine everywhere. - - —LYDIA MARIA CHILD. - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE LITTLE FISH - -_Fisherman._ Aha! I have you at last, little fish. - -_Little Fish._ O Mr. Fisherman, please put me back into the water. - -_Fisherman._ Put you back? No, I will not! - -_Little Fish._ I beg you, put me back. I am so little. - -_Fisherman._ It has taken me a long time to catch you. Put you -back, indeed! I think not. - -_Little Fish._ But I am so little. Put me back and wait until I -have grown to be a large fish. Then I will make you a very good meal. - -_Fisherman._ [_Thoughtfully._] True, my little fish, true. But -where shall I find you when you have grown larger? - - —African Fable. - - - - - BELLING THE CAT - - - CHARACTERS—_Old Mouse_, _Three Young Mice_ - -_Old Mouse._ Oh dear, dear, dear! That old cat ate Squeak Nibble -to-day. What can we do? - -_Second Mouse._ Well, we must do something! She’ll eat us all, one -by one! - -_Third Mouse._ How can we keep her from catching all the rest of -us? - -_Fourth Mouse._ Yes, how can we? If we could only know when she is -coming. Her paws are so soft that we cannot hear her. - -_Second Mouse._ I have it! One of us will watch her all the time. -When the cat is coming he must squeak as loud as he can. - -_Old Mouse._ Watch her, indeed! She’d soon catch that little -mouse. - -_Fourth Mouse._ No, that will never do. - -_Third Mouse._ Let’s stay in our holes. Then she’ll starve to -death. - -_All the Mice._ Ha-ha-ha! A fine plan. - -_Old Mouse._ A fine plan, indeed! Do you think the cat eats -nothing but mice? And how should we get anything to eat if we stayed in -our holes? - -_Fourth Mouse._ My friends, listen to me. Let us hang a bell round -her neck. That will tell us when she is coming. Then we can run and -hide. - -_Second Mouse._ Good, good! - -_Third Mouse._ The very thing! - -_Fourth Mouse._ Nothing could be better. - -_Old Mouse._ [_Thoughtfully._] But who will hang the bell on the -cat’s neck? - - [_Silence._] - -_Second Mouse._ I will not. - -_Third Mouse._ Not _this_ little mouse. - -_Old Mouse._ But some one must do it. Who will? - -_All._ Sure enough, who? - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE FOX AND THE CROW - - - CHARACTERS—_Fox_ _and_ _Crow_ - -_Crow._ Ah! Some one has left a bit of cheese for me. I’ll -fly up into that tree and eat it. - -_Fox._ [_To himself._] That cheese is for me, as sure as I -am a fox. - - [_Goes to the tree._] - - Good day, Mistress Crow. - How well you are looking. - What bright eyes you have. - I am sure your voice must be sweet. - Just let me hear you sing one song. - - [_Crow lifts her head._] - -_Crow._ Caw—caw—caw. - -_Fox._ [_Snaps up cheese._] That bit of cheese was all I -wanted. - -[Illustration] - - - - - HANS AND GRETCHEN - - - CHARACTERS—_Hans_, _Gretchen_, _Red Fox_ - - - SCENE I—_In the Woods_ - -_Red Fox._ Help me out! Help me out, little Hans. I am caught -in this trap. Help me out, and it shall be well with you. - -_Hans._ To be sure. I’ll let you out. There! - -_Red Fox._ You are very kind. If you have a wish, tell me what -it is and it shall be granted. - -_Hans._ Oh, as to that, I wish my pail here were full of -berries. My sister and I are very hungry. - -_Red Fox._ Your wish is granted. Look into your pail! [_Hans -runs home._] - - - SCENE II—_At Home_ - -_Hans._ See, Gretchen dear, what fine berries I have -brought. - -_Gretchen._ Oh, what big ones! Where did you get them in so -short a time? - -_Hans._ It was the fox, Gretchen. He was caught in a trap. -I let him out. He said I might have whatever I wished for, and I wished -for berries. Aren’t you glad? - -_Gretchen._ Foolish boy! Why didn’t you ask for something -better? If he could fill your pail with berries just for the asking, he -could do far greater things. - -_Hans._ But don’t you like the berries, Gretchen? - -_Gretchen._ When we eat them there will be nothing left. Go -back and tell the fox that you wish to have the cupboard always full of -food. - -_Hans._ Be satisfied, dear sister. We are quite happy as we -are. - -_Gretchen._ No, I will not be satisfied. You must do as I tell -you. - - - SCENE III—_In the Woods_ - -_Red Fox._ How now, little Hans? Is it not well with you? - -_Hans._ Alas! My sister is not satisfied. She asked me to -come to you again. - -_Red Fox._ What does she wish? - -_Hans._ She wishes that our cupboard may be always full. - -_Red Fox._ Go home, little Hans. It shall be as she wishes. - - - SCENE IV—_At Home_ (_the Next Day_) - -_Hans._ Why are you unhappy again, Gretchen? Come, let us -play. - -_Gretchen._ Why should I be happy? We have no toys, only sticks -and stones for playthings. Go to the fox and tell him I wish for some -beautiful toys to play with. - -_Hans._ Be satisfied, little Gretchen. We are quite happy -as we are. - -_Gretchen._ No, I will not be satisfied. - - - SCENE V—_In the Woods_ - -_Red Fox._ How now, little Hans? Is it not well with you? - -_Hans._ Alas! My sister is not satisfied. She asked me to -come to you again. - -_Red Fox._ What does she wish? - -_Hans._ She wishes she had some beautiful toys to play -with. - -_Red Fox._ Go home, little Hans. It shall be as she wishes. - -[Illustration] - - - SCENE VI—_At Home_ (_Another Day_) - -_Hans._ Why are you not happy, little Gretchen? Come, let -us play. - -_Gretchen._ Why should I be happy? I am tired of these old -toys. I want a beautiful palace to live in. Go to the fox and tell him -so. - -_Hans._ Be satisfied, little sister. We are quite happy as -we are. - -_Gretchen._ No, I will not be satisfied. You must do as I tell -you. - - - SCENE VII—_In the Woods_ - -_Red Fox._ How now, little Hans? Is it not well with you? - -_Hans._ Alas! My sister is not satisfied. She asked me to -come to you again. - -_Red Fox._ What does she wish now? - -_Hans._ She wishes to live in a beautiful palace. - -_Red Fox._ Go home, little Hans. It shall be as she wishes. - - - SCENE VIII—_At Home_ - -_Hans._ Why are you unhappy again, little sister? - -_Gretchen._ Why should I be happy? I am tired of this palace. -There is only one thing that would make me happy. Go to the Red Fox. -Tell him I must have the great silver ball that hangs over us in the -sky. - -_Hans._ Be satisfied, dear sister. We are quite happy as we -are. - -_Gretchen._ No, no. I will not be satisfied. You must do as I -tell you. - - - SCENE IX—_In the Woods_ - -_Red Fox._ How now, brother Hans? Is it not well with you? - -_Hans._ Alas! My sister is not satisfied with the palace. - -_Red Fox._ What does she wish? - -_Hans._ She wishes the great silvery moon for her -plaything. - -_Fox._ [_Very slowly._] - - The great silvery moon! - The great silvery moon! - The great silvery moon! - - Go, little Hans. It shall _not_ be as she wishes. -You will find the cupboard empty, the toys gone, and your home again a -little cottage. - -[Illustration] - - - - - LADY MOON - - - TIME—_Evening_ - PLACE—_Garden_ - CHARACTERS—_Lady Moon_, _Child_ - -_Child._ Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br>Where are you roving? - -_Lady Moon._ Over the sea. - -_Child._ Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br>Whom are you loving? - -_Lady Moon._ All that love me. - -_Child._ Are you not tired with rolling and never - Resting to sleep? - Why look so pale and so sad, as - Forever wishing to sleep? - -_Lady Moon._ Ask me not this, little child, if you love me. - You are too bold. - I must obey my dear Father above me - And do as I’m told. - -_Child._ Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br>Where are you roving? - -_Lady Moon._ Over the sea. - -_Child._ Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br>Whom are you loving? - -_Lady Moon._ All that love me. - - —LORD HOUGHTON. - - - - - PRECOCIOUS PIGGY - - -[Illustration] - -_Child._ Where are you going to, you little pig? - -_First Pig._ I’m leaving mother,<br>I’ve grown so big. - -_Child._ So big, young pig! - So young, so big! - What! leaving your mother, you foolish young pig? - -_Child._ Where are you going to, you little pig? - -_Second Pig._ I’ve got a new spade, and I’m going to dig. - -_Child._ To dig, little pig! - A little pig dig! - Well, I never saw a pig with a spade that could - dig. - -_Child._ Where are you going to, you little pig? - -_Third Pig._ Why, I am going to have a nice ride in a gig. - -_Child._ In a gig, little pig! - What, a pig in a gig! - Well, I never saw a pig ride in a gig. - -_Child._ Where are you going to, you little pig? - -_Fourth Pig._ I’m going to the barber’s, to buy me a wig. - -_Child._ A wig, little pig! - A pig in a wig! - Why, who ever before saw a pig in a wig? - -_Child._ Where are you going to, you little pig? - -_Fifth Pig._ Why, I’m going to the ball, to dance a fine jig! - -_Child._ A jig, little pig! - A pig dance a jig! - Well, I never before saw a pig dance a jig! - -_Child._ Where are you going to, you little pig? - -_Sixth Pig._ I’m going to the fair, to run a fine rig. - -_Child._ A rig, little pig! - A pig run a rig! - Well, I never before saw a pig run a rig. - - —THOMAS HOOD. - - - - - STRANGE LANDS - - -[Illustration] - -_Child._ Where do you come from, Mr. Jay? - -_Mr. Jay._ From the land of play, from the land of play. - -_Child._ And where can that be, Mr. Jay? - -_Mr. Jay._ Far away—far away. - -_Child._ Where do you come from, Mrs. Dove? - -_Mrs. Dove._ From the land of love, from the land of love. - -_Child._ And how do you get there, Mrs. Dove? - -_Mrs. Dove._ Look above—look above. - -_Child._ Where do you come from, Baby Miss? - -_Baby Miss._ From the land of bliss, from the land of bliss. - -_Child._ And what is the way there, Baby Miss? - -_Baby Miss._ Mother’s kiss—mother’s kiss. - - —LAURENCE ALMA-TADEMA. - - - - - HOW TO GET A BREAKFAST - - -_First Chick._ It is so hard to scratch; - I’m as hungry as can be, - I wish a little worm - Would come close up to me. - -[Illustration] - -_Second Chick._ It is so hard to scratch; - I’m as hungry as can be, - I wish a bowl of meal - Were standing here by me. - -[Illustration] - -_Third Chick._ It is so hard to scratch; - I’m as hungry as can be, - I wish a nice green leaf - Would drop right down to me. - -[Illustration] - -_Mother Hen._ See here, you lazy chicks, - Here’s the green garden patch, - If you’re hungry as can be, - You should come here and scratch! - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE - - - CHARACTERS - - _Big Fir Tree_ - _Little Fir Tree_ - _Littlest Fir Tree_ - _A Little Bird_ - -_Little Bird._ [_Going to Big Tree._] Oh, please, Big Fir Tree, -may I rest here in your branches? I have hurt my wing, and I cannot fly. - -_Big Fir Tree._ No, I cannot have any little birds in my branches. -I must grow straight and tall, for I mean to be a Christmas tree some -day. - -_Little Bird._ [_Goes to Little Tree._] Oh, please, dear tree, may -I not find shelter from the cold in your branches? My wing is broken, -and I cannot fly. I have come a long way over the ice and snow. - -_Little Fir Tree._ No, I cannot give shelter to any birds in my -branches. - -_Little Bird._ But I’m very tired, and I shall do your branches no -harm. - -_Little Fir Tree._ It cannot be. I must hold my head up high and my -branches out straight, for I mean to be a Christmas tree. - -_Little Bird._ I’m afraid I shall freeze out here in the snow. -[_Little Bird goes on._] - -_Little Bird._ [_Softly._] Please, Littlest Fir Tree, may I rest -in your branches? I am so cold and hungry. I do not think I can go any -farther. - -_Littlest Fir Tree._ Yes, yes, Little Bird. Creep up close to my trunk. -I will cover you as best I can with my little branches. Come close. I’m -glad to have you here. - -_Little Bird._ Thank you, kind tree. - * * * * * - -_Big Fir Tree._ I hear sleigh bells. The bells come nearer and -nearer. Some one is coming this way. Some one is coming through the -woods. - -_Little Fir Tree._ Who is it, Big Fir Tree? I cannot see so far as you -can. Tell me what you see. - -_Big Fir Tree._ I see a sleigh and reindeer. Some one all wrapped -in fur is in the sleigh. - -_Little Fir Tree._ Oh, I feel that some one is coming for me. Now I am -going to be a Christmas tree. The bells sound nearer and nearer. I see -the sleigh. - -_Santa Claus._ [_Alights from his sleigh and looks at Big Tree._] -A fine tree—tall and straight! But it is too tall for my Christmas tree. -I must look farther. [_Goes on to next tree._] Ah! Here’s another; but -there’s a little one I see just at the foot of the hill. I believe it is -the most beautiful tree in all the wood. [_Goes to Littlest Tree._] -Little tree, you hold your head up straight, and your branches spread -out in all directions. I must have you for my Christmas tree. [_Seeing -Little Bird._] Who is this that has found shelter in your branches? A -little bird. I will take it, too, and it shall be some little child’s -Christmas present. - - —Adapted. - -[Illustration] - - - - - CHRISTMAS EVE IN AN ATTIC - - - CHARACTERS - - _First Mouse_ - _Second Mouse_ - _French Doll_ - _Tin Soldier_ - _Lion_ - _Elephant_ - _Tiger_ - _Jack-in-the-box_ - _Woolly Dog_ - _Mrs. Santa Claus_ - -_First Mouse._ Christmas is here again. The air is full of the -smell of good things to eat! - -_Second Mouse._ It’s a gay time for us. I know there’ll be plenty -of crumbs around now. - -_First Mouse._ I wish Christmas came every night. But look at -those old toys in the corner. I wonder why they look so sad. - -_French Doll._ Look sad, do we? No wonder. It’s Christmas Eve and -we don’t like to be here in the dark and cold. It isn’t fair! - -[Illustration: CHRISTMAS EVE IN AN ATTIC] - -_Tin Soldier._ We once hung on a Christmas tree. - -_First Mouse._ It must have been a long time ago. - -_Tin Soldier._ It was, indeed! But the children do not care to -play with us now that we are so old. - -_French Doll._ Old, sir? How can you say that? Just look at me! If -my hair were combed and I had a new dress on, I’d still be a very nice -doll! Old, indeed! - -_Second Mouse._ Yes, I’m quite sure you would be very pretty. - -_Tin Soldier._ And I’d be as good as any other tin soldier, if I -had a new leg, a little paint, and a fresh gun. - -_First Mouse._ Oh, I believe that, sir. - -_Lion._ [_Proudly._] Only my mane’s gone. [_To Elephant._] -But I see you have lost your trunk! - -_Elephant._ Yes, some one broke it off. Now if I had a new -trunk, I’d be all right. But look at the tiger! He has cracked his -paint, and his stripes are all gone. It would be hard to make him look -new again. - -_Tiger._ Do you mean me? Oh, a few stripes of new paint, and -I’d be as fine a tiger as you ever saw. Listen! Woolly Dog is trying to -speak. - -_Woolly Dog._ [_In a whisper._] My voice is almost gone. Some one -punched me too hard once and broke the spring. If I had a new spring, -I’d bark louder than ever. We’d never even hear your squeak then, little -mice. - -_Jack-in-the-box._ I never could get back after my lid came off. A -hinge and a few screws, and I’d be as good as new. It’s a shame to leave -me like this. - -_Mice._ Hush! Some one is coming up the stairs. - - [_Mrs. Santa Claus enters._] - -_French Doll._ Who are you? - -_Mrs. Santa Claus._ I am Mrs. Santa Claus. Every Christmas Eve I find -all the old toys I can. I change them into new ones. Then I send them to -the little children who have no other Christmas toys. I knew I’d find -some old toys in this attic! Come here, all of you. Let me see what each -one needs. Please, only one at a time! [_Toys come about Mrs. Santa -Claus._] Now, French Doll, I’ll begin with you. There! I’ve washed your -face and combed your hair. You’re as good as new. - -_First Mouse._ She does look fine! - -_Mrs. Santa Claus._ Now, Tin Soldier, what can I do for you? - -_Tin Soldier._ Give me a new red coat, and mend my leg. Oh, yes, -and I’d like a new gun, too. - -_Mrs. Santa Claus._ Here you are, sir. Now, Jack, down in your box -while I mend the lid. There, now you can bob up as well as ever. - -_Lion._ If you please, I want a new mane. A little boy -pulled mine off. I haven’t had one for a long time. - -_Woolly Dog._ Please don’t forget me. I can’t bark till I get a -new spring. - -_Mrs. Santa Claus._ Come, Elephant and Tiger. I’ll do you next. There, -I’ve seen you all. You are now as good as toys can be. - -_French Doll._ Are we to stay in this old attic? - -_Tin Soldier._ Can’t we be put on a Christmas tree again? - -_Mrs. Santa Claus._ No. Listen to me. You are all to go out into the -world to-night. Each one of you must make one little child happy. Go the -way you wish, but be sure to find the child that needs you most. I must -hurry to another old attic over the way. Good night, toys. - - [_Toys go away._] - -_First Mouse._ Will each toy try to make some child glad on -Christmas morning? - -_Second Mouse._ I hope so. How happy they all looked as they went -out! - - - - - THE NEW YEAR - - -_New Year._ Here I am! - -_Old Year._ Oh, there you are, are you? Come in and let us have -a look at you, and shut the door, please, after you. - -_New Year._ Frosty night! Fine and clear. I’ve had a pleasant -journey. - -_Old Year._ Humph! I don’t expect to find _mine_ pleasant. A -long cold drive, I call it. But to be sure, I thought it pleasant when I -was your age, youngster! Is the sleigh waiting? - -_New Year._ Yes, but there is no hurry. Wait a bit and tell me -how matters are in these parts. - -_Old Year._ [_Shaking his head._] So, so! They might be better -and yet they might be worse, too. They were worse before I came, much -worse. I have done a great deal. Now I expect you, my boy, to do just as -I did. Be a good year all the way through. - -_New Year._ I shall do my best, you may be sure. And now tell -me a little what there is to do. - -_Old Year._ In the first place, you have the weather to attend -to. You see the seasons have a way of running into each other and -getting mixed, if you don’t keep a sharp lookout on them. The months, -too, are a troublesome set. Then you must be careful how you turn on wet -and dry weather. And one thing I want you to do very carefully—watch the -leaves that are turned. - -_New Year._ I thought Autumn attended to that sort of thing! - -_Old Year._ Oh, I don’t mean leaves of trees. You know that at -the beginning of a year half the people in the world say, “I am going to -turn over a new leaf!” They mean that they are going to be better than -they have ever been before. But leaves do not stay turned over. I know a -great many little boys who said they were going to turn over new leaves. -They were not going to tear their clothes, nor lose their jackknives, -nor bring mud into the house on their boots. And the little girls were -going to keep their rooms tidy and their buttons sewed on. But I haven’t -seen much change in most of them. - -_New Year._ I’ll attend to that. Anything else? - -_Old Year._ Above all, take care of the children. Give them all -the good weather you can. And now the horses are ready to go. My time is -nearly up, so I start on my long drive. You will find everything in -pretty good shape. Well, well, my boy, good-by, good luck to you. - - —Adapted. - -[Illustration] - - - - - A FRIENDSHIP DECLINED - - - CHARACTERS—_Mary_ _and_ _a Kitten_ - - (_Mary wears a gray fur bonnet_) - -_Mary._ Pussy, aren’t you cold? - -_Pussy._ Me-ow! - -_Mary._ Pussy, aren’t you cold? - Don’t look so sad. - Come here to me, - At home, I’ve kittens two— - And I should like—indeed I should - To make a friend of you. - -_Pussy._ Me-ow! - -_Mary._ To make a friend of you. - -_Pussy._ I thank you, Miss, for your kind words, - And know they’re gently said; - But truth to speak, - I do not like - That thing upon your head. - For much it looks to me as though - Your very furry hat, - So soft and fine, might once have been - A very furry cat. Me-ow! - A very furry cat. - - - - - THE SELFISH MAN - - - CHARACTERS—_Man_, _Camel_, _Wise Man_, _Tiger_ - -_Camel._ Pray, sir, where are you going? - -_Man._ I am going to the Wise Man to seek my fortune. - -_Camel._ Seek mine, too. I have had these sacks of gold on -my back for a long time. I cannot lie down. Seek mine, too. - -_Man._ I will. - -_Tiger._ Pray, sir, where are you going? - -_Man._ I am going to the Wise Man to seek my fortune. - -_Tiger._ Seek mine, too. For a long time I have had this -thorn in my foot. I cannot rest. Seek mine, too. - -_Man._ I will. [_Man comes to Wise Man._] - -_Wise Man._ I pray you, sir, why are you here? - -_Man._ I seek my fortune. I am a very poor man. - -_Wise Man._ Then, I fear you have been living only for -yourself. Think of making others rich and you will become rich. - -_Man._ In the jungle I met a camel. He carried two sacks -of gold on his back. They were so heavy that he could not lie down. He -asked me to seek his fortune, too. - -_Wise Man._ Take the sacks off his back. Then he will be free, -and you will have the gold. Why did you not do it before? - -_Man._ I was thinking only of myself. After that I met a -tiger. For many days he has had a thorn in his foot. He cannot rest. He -asked me to seek his fortune, too. - -_Wise Man._ Take the thorn out of his foot, and both of you -will gain by it. Why did you not think of this before? - -_Man._ I was thinking only of myself. [_Man goes homeward. -He meets the tiger._] - -_Tiger._ Have you found my fortune? - -_Man._ The Wise Man told me to take the thorn out of your -foot. - - [_Pulls thorn out and starts to go on._] - -_Tiger._ Thank you. Here, take my treasure. I did not think -of giving it to you before. [_Man goes on._] - -_Camel._ Have you found my fortune? - -_Man._ The Wise Man told me to take the sacks off your -back. - - [_Man takes off sacks._] - -_Camel._ Thank you. But stop! These sacks are full of gold. -Take them, and both of us will be happy. Why did we not think of this -before? - -_Man._ We were thinking only of ourselves. - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE MAGPIE’S NEST - - -[Illustration] - - - CHARACTERS - - _Magpie_ - _Thrush_ - _Blackbird_ - _Wise Owl_ - _Starling_ - _Sparrow_ - _Turtledove_ - -_Thrush._ Oh, Mrs. Magpie, I wish you would teach us how you -build your nest. Every one says your nest is made better than any other. - -_Magpie._ Is that true? Indeed! Come nearer then, and I will -show you how I do it. [_Birds draw near._] You see I take some mud and -make a round cake with it. - -_Thrush._ Oh, that’s how it’s done! I can make one now. -[_Flies away._] - -_Magpie._ Oh! the thrush went too soon. It is not yet done. -Now I lay some twigs in the mud this way and that way, this way and that -way. - -_Blackbird._ I see! I see! [_Flies away._] - -_Magpie._ What! Has the blackbird gone, too? Next another -layer of mud—twigs and mud, twigs and mud. - -_Wise Owl._ Oh, that’s very easy! [_Flies off._] - -_Magpie._ Does the wise owl think that’s all? Now more twigs -round the outside. Up and down; in and out; round and round. - -_Sparrow._ The very thing. [_Flies off._] - -_Magpie._ Oh! but the nest is not lined yet. I make it soft -and warm inside with feathers. - -_Starling._ That suits me. [_Flies off._] - -_Magpie._ Has the starling gone, too? It will take just one -minute more. - -_Turtledove._ Take two, Tousey, take two-o-o. - -_Magpie._ One is enough. - -_Turtledove._ Take two, Tousey, take two-o-o. - -_Magpie._ One is enough, I tell you. Oh! are they all gone -but you, silly turtledove? And I have just finished my nest. None of -them will make a nest like mine. - - - - - ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST SPRING - - -[Illustration] - - - CHARACTERS - - _Mr. Sparrow_ - _Mrs. Sparrow_ - _Crocus_ - _Mary_ - _Pussy Willow_ - _Fern_ - _Violet_ - _Children_ - -_Mr. Sparrow._ There! I’m glad enough to see the last of that -snow. Chirp, chirp! Did you notice, my dear Mrs. Sparrow, how quickly it -melted at the last? - -_Mrs. Sparrow._ Yes, it seemed in a great hurry to go. It did the -same thing last year when the warm days came. - -_Mr. Sparrow._ Yes, yes, it always does—and don’t you know why? -How could the little worms and green things come up out of the ground if -the snow stayed all summer long? And then what should we do for good -things to eat? - -_Mrs. Sparrow._ Oh, yes, of course! - -_Mr. Sparrow._ I see a worm now. You stay right here and I’ll get -him for you. [_He flies down and carries away the worm._] - -_Violet._ That’s good. Worms are such dreadful creatures; -always wriggling about one’s feet. I wonder what they are good for. Dear -me, there’s Miss Crocus. Good morning! Did you have a good sleep? - -_Crocus._ Yes, indeed. But I can’t unroll my petals far -enough, I just want to stretch and stretch. - -_Violet._ But it’s good to be back in the sunshine again. - - [_Two children enter the woods._] - -_First child._ Oh, just see what I’ve found, a violet—a real -one—and it’s a white one, too. Won’t Mary be glad. - -_Second Child._ Oh, oh, can’t you find another? - -_First Child._ No, there is just this one. I am going to take it -up by the roots. Then it won’t wither. - - [_Child digs up violet and puts it in her basket with the other - flowers._] - -_Pussy Willow._ [_In basket._] Dear me! What does this mean? Why, -Violet, you’ve got some dirt in my eye and on my nice new fur. - -_Fern._ [_In basket._] It Serves you right for being so -proud. You think yourself better and prettier than others. Something -always happens to any one who does that. - -_Pussy Willow._ I wasn’t speaking to you. - -_Violet._ Oh, please don’t quarrel. I am sure I am sorry if I -have hurt any one. It was not my fault. I didn’t want to come here a -bit. How I wish I could get out. - -_Fern._ Humph! Little good it will do to get out. I think -these are the very people that Mr. Oak Tree was telling me about. They -come every year looking for ferns and flowers. He says some of my -ancestors for many generations have gone the same way. They always -choose the finest, at any rate. - - [_At Home._] - -_First Child._ Oh, Mary, I found the sweetest little violet for -you—a white one. I dug it up with all its roots, so it will not wither. - -_Mary._ How lovely! You are very kind to bring me such -beautiful flowers. - -[Illustration] - -_Second Child._ It’s the first one that came up. - -_Mary._ How I’d love to hunt for the violets! But it’s hard -for any one who is lame to go to the woods. I don’t suppose I shall ever -go there myself. - -_First Child._ Yes, you shall. Some day we’ll all go together. - -_Mary._ Poor little flower! I wonder if it was sorry to -leave its place in the woods to stay with me in this room. Please give -it some water to drink. Then it will go on living. - -_Violet._ How thankful I am that I came. Just a few days -later and I might have withered there in the meadow. I would have been -of no use to any one. Now I can make this little girl happy. I am so -glad I grew. The best of all is to make some one happy. - - —Adapted. - - - - - THE BIRD’S NEST - - -[Illustration] - - - CHARACTERS—_Yellow-breast_, _Bobolink_, _Cuckoo_, _Crow_, _Cow_, _Dog_, - _Sheep_, _Hen_, _Little Boy_ - -_Yellow-breast._ To-whit, to-whit, to-whee! - Will you listen to me? - Who stole four eggs I laid - And the nice nest I made? - -[Illustration] - -_Cow._ Not I. Moo-oo! Moo-oo! - Such a thing I’d never do! - I gave you a wisp of hay - But didn’t take your nest away. - Not I! Moo-oo! Moo-oo! - Such a thing I’d never do. - -[Illustration] - -_Yellow-breast._ To-whit, to-whit, to-whee! - Will you listen to me? - Who stole four eggs I laid - And the nice nest I made? - -_Bobolink._ Bob-o-link! Bob-o-link! - Now what do you think? - Who stole a nest away - From the plum tree to-day? - -[Illustration] - -_Dog._ Not I! Bow-wow! Bow-wow! - I wouldn’t be so mean, I vow! - I gave hairs the nest to make, - But the nest I did not take! - Not I! Bow-wow! Bow-wow! - I wouldn’t be so mean, I vow. - -[Illustration] - -_Yellow-breast._ To-whit, to-whit, to-whee! - Will you listen to me? - Who stole four eggs I laid - And the nice nest I made? - -_Bobolink._ Bob-o-link! Bob-o-link! - Now what do you think? - Who stole a nest away - From the plum tree, to-day? - -_Cuckoo._ Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Coo-coo! - Let me speak a word, too! - Who stole that pretty nest - From little Yellow-breast? - -[Illustration] - -_Sheep._ Not I! Oh, no! Oh, no! - I wouldn’t treat a poor bird so. - I gave wool the nest to line; - But the nest was none of mine! - Oh, no! Oh, no! I wouldn’t treat a poor bird so. - -[Illustration] - -_Yellow-breast._ To-whit, to-whit, to-whee! - Will you listen to me? - Who stole four eggs I laid - And the nice nest I made? - -_Bobolink._ Bob-o-link! Bob-o-link! - Now what do you think? - Who stole a nest away - From the plum tree, to-day? - -_Cuckoo._ Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Coo-coo! - Let me speak a word, too. - Who stole that pretty nest - From little Yellow-breast? - -_Crow._ Caw, caw! Hear the crow! - I should like to know - What thief took away - A bird’s nest, to-day? - -[Illustration] - -_Hen._ Cluck! Cluck! Hear me then! - Don’t ask me again! - Why, I haven’t a chick - Would do such a trick! - We all gave her a feather - And she wove them together. - I’d scorn to intrude - On her and her brood. - Cluck, cluck! hear me then, - Don’t ask me again. - -[Illustration] - -_Bobolink_,<br>_Cuckoo_,<br>_Crow._ Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! - All the birds make a stir, - Let us find out his name - And all cry “For shame!” - -_Little Boy._ I stole that pretty nest - From poor little Yellow-breast. - And I feel so full of shame - I do not like to tell my name! - - —Adapted from LYDIA MARIA CHILD. - - - - - THE BOASTFUL BAMBOO TREE - - - CHARACTERS - - _Boastful Bamboo_ - _Little Tree_ - _Boy_ - _Girl_ - _Woodcutter_ - - - SCENE I—_In the Forest_ - -_Boastful Bamboo._ Little bamboo tree, you bow and bend to every wind -that blows. A bamboo tree should never show fear. Look at me! I stand -straight and strong and bow to no one. - -_Little Tree._ I know you are strong. You are much stronger than I -am. I am only fit to trim the houses for the New Year’s feast. But you -will be used in making some great house or maybe in making a palace. - -_Boastful Bamboo._ Only that! I shall be chosen for the mast of a big -ship. Every one will look at me and say, “See what a beautiful mast that -ship has!” As for you, timid little tree, you will never be brave enough -even to deck the New Year’s feast. - -_Little Tree._ Who knows? If I grow straight and strong. I may be -chosen to do some good in the world! - - - SCENE II—_In the Forest (later)_ - -_Boy._ [_Looking at the Boastful Bamboo._] What a big, -strong, bamboo tree! - -_Girl._ But this dear little one beside it is prettier than -any of the others. - -_Boy._ Yes; let us bind her with our garland of flowers. - -[Illustration] - -_Girl._ We’ll call her the Lady Silver Mist. - -_Woodcutter._ [_Looking at the big bamboo tree._] Here is a tall, -straight tree. It will do for a mast. I will cut it first. - -_Boastful Bamboo._ [_To Little Tree._] Good-by,—I am sorry for you. I -shall see the world now and do great things. Good-by, Little Tree! - -_Little Tree._ Good-by! Good fortune go with you! [_Big tree -falls._] - -_Boy._ I’m glad he didn’t take our little tree. - -_Girl._ [_To Woodcutter._] Please don’t cut down our little -tree. In all the forest we love it best. - -_Woodcutter._ Ah, I see the little tree has friends. - -_Girl._ Yes, we call her the Lady Silver Mist, and she is -our playmate. - -_Woodcutter._ But I’ve been sent to cut down all the trees in the -forest. You must dig it up and carry it away, if you wish to keep it. - -_Boy._ I’ll dig it up. We’ll take it home and plant it in -our garden by the sea. [_Children carry off the tree._] - - - SCENE III—_In the Garden (after storm)_ - -_Little Tree._ All night the waves of the sea tossed the white -foam and dashed the ships about. All around me lie pieces of wood washed -up by the sea. What is this at my feet? A piece of a great bamboo tree! -Can it be my friend of the forest? - -_Boastful Bamboo._ Alas! I am your poor friend. - -_Little Tree._ I wish I could help you. - -_Boastful Bamboo._ No one can help me. I wish that I had lived in a -garden as you have. Then I might have been useful for many years. -Farewell, Little Tree. - - - - - RETURN OF SPRING - - - TIME—_Morning—Breakfast_ - PLACE—_A Garden on Mt. Olympus_ - CHARACTERS—_Spring_, _Columbine_, _Pantaloon_, _Clown_ - -_Columbine._ Spring, Spring! Oh, you naughty boy. Why are you -here? - -_Spring._ They didn’t want me, and neither do you. - -_Columbine._ Oh, you poor dear boy. Come along at once to the -fire and have some breakfast. - -_Spring._ I didn’t come in before, because I thought you -wouldn’t want me. [_All sit down to breakfast._] - -_Clown._ Sausages? I’m tired of sausages; such ages since we -had anything else. - -_Pantaloon._ Ho! ho! ho! [_Waves his wand._] We’ll have rabbit -pie, then. [_Dish of sausages turns to rabbit pie._] - -_Clown._ Do you know how they get the rabbits into the pie? - -_Spring._ [_Shakes his head._] No. - -_Clown._ Would you like to know? - -_Spring._ Please, sir. - -_Clown._ Well, first of all, you make a nice rich brown -crust, and you put it over a large dish. Then you cut a round hole from -the pie crust. Fill the dish with lettuce and put it out on the lawn. - -_Spring._ On the lawn? - -_Clown._ Yes. Then the rabbits come. They pop down the hole -in the crust to eat the lettuce. When the pie is full of rabbits, you -run from behind a tree, cover the hole in the crust, and then with the -dish in your arms, you dash into the kitchen,—pie in the oven, oven hot, -fire bright—and, here we are! - -[Illustration] - -_Columbine._ Don’t you believe him. - -_Pantaloon._ [_To Spring._] Why did you come back? - -_Spring._ The farmers said I made the buds come out too soon. -I only stroked the trees and the little sticky buds peeped out to kiss -my hand. The gardeners were angry because, where I stepped, the flowers -came out too soon, they said, and then— - -_Columbine._ Never mind, dear. We are all glad to see you. - -_Pantaloon._ And then? - -_Spring._ Then East Wind came and Snow and Jack Frost, and -they nipped my flowers, and hurt my trees, and made my lambs shiver -behind the hedges. The goblins who sing in the fire hobs sang and sang -till the people turned their backs on me and crouched up to the fire -again and began to tell ghost stories. - -_Columbine._ But you must go back now, and fight Jack Frost and -scare Winter away. You have had your breakfast, dear, and now like all -the world, you must do your work. Yes, dear, you must keep on working -till summer wakes up. - -_Spring._ Good-by. - - - - - WHO HOLDS UP THE SKY? - - -[Illustration] - - - TIME—_Spring_ - PLACE—_A Wood_ - CHARACTERS—_Daisy_, _Rose_, _Fir Tree_, _Elm_, _Bird_, _Mountain_ - -_Daisy._ Oh dear, Miss Rose, do tell me please, - Is it you holds up the sky? - -_Rose._ Dear Daisy, no, no, indeed, - I cannot reach so high. - And _very_ far above me - Is the blue and lovely sky. - - But if you wish to know. - To find out I will try. - Perhaps that tall fir tree - Is holding up the sky. - - [_To the fir tree._] - - You lift your head so high, - Do you hold up the sky? - -_Fir Tree._ [_Shaking his head._] - Oh no, indeed, sweet Rose - It surely is not I! - It may be this lofty elm, - Who stands to me so nigh. - -_Elm._ No, no, it is not I. - But a mountain very tall - In the distance I can spy, - And on his shoulders rests, - I think, the wondrous sky. - - [_Calling to the mountain._] - - You lift your head so high, - Do you hold up the sky? - -_Mountain._ And who is it who would - For these secrets pry? - I’ve stood here many an age, - But I never touched the sky. - -_Rose._ Sweet Daisy, dearest friend, - I fear before we die - We never shall find out - Who is holding up the sky. - - [_A bird alights on the fir tree._] - -_Daisy and Rose._ [_Together._] - O Bird, you fly up so high, - Will you not please tell us - Who is holding up the sky? - -_Bird._ ’Tis He who made the daisy - And He who made the rose; - ’Tis He who made the fir tree, - The elm, and all that grows. - - ’Tis He who made the mountain - And made the bird to fly— - The good and Heavenly Father, - Who holdeth up the sky. - - —Adapted. - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE FOX’S PLAN - - - CHARACTERS—_Tiger_, _Hunter_, _Fox_ - -_Tiger._ [_To fox in a net._] So you are here. Caught! - -_Fox._ Only to help you, Tiger. - -_Tiger._ To help me? How is that? - -_Fox._ Why, the other day you said you could not get -enough men to eat. So I got into this net. When the men come to take me -you may get the men. - -_Tiger._ A fine plan! Can I believe you? - -_Fox._ Believe me. Hide in the bushes close by. I’ll show -you the men when they come. - -_Tiger._ Can I believe you? - -_Fox._ Believe me, Tiger. Here comes one now. Quick! -Behind the bushes! [_Tiger hides._] - -_Hunter._ [_To fox._] So here you are. Caught! - -_Fox._ Only to help you, Hunter. - -_Hunter._ To help me? How is that? - -_Fox._ Why, the other day you said you could not get the -tiger who has been killing and eating your cattle. So I got into this -net to-day that you may have him. - -_Hunter._ A fine plan. Can I believe you? But how will I get -him? - -_Fox._ Believe me, Hunter. [_Quietly._] He came here to -eat me up, but he saw you coming. He is now behind the bushes. Let me -out of this net, and I will take you right to him. - -_Hunter._ Can I believe you? - -_Fox._ Believe me, Hunter. Only let me out, and you’ll -see. [_Hunter lets fox out._] Come! [_Calling out loud._] Now, Sir -Tiger, here is the hunter; and, Mr. Hunter, there is your tiger. I have -kept my word to both; you must settle the matter between yourselves. - - [_Fox runs off._] - -_Hunter._ Alas! Alas! - - - - - TOM AND THE LOBSTER - - - PLACE—_Among the rocks_ - CHARACTERS—_Tom_, _Lobster_ - -_Tom._ [_To lobster caught in a lobster pot._] What, have -you been naughty, and have they put you in the lockup? - -_Lobster._ I can’t get out. - -_Tom._ Why did you get in? - -_Lobster._ I came in for that ugly piece of fish. - -_Tom._ Where did you get in? - -_Lobster._ Through that round hole at the top. - -_Tom._ Then why don’t you get out through it? - -_Lobster._ Because I can’t. I have jumped upwards, downwards, -backwards, and sideways, at least four thousand times, and I can’t get -out. I always get up underneath then and can’t find the hole. - -_Tom._ Stop a bit. Turn your tail up to me, and I’ll pull -you through hindforemost, and then you won’t stick in the spikes. [_Tom -pulls lobster._] Hello, here is a pretty business. Now take your great -claws and break the point off those spikes, and then we shall both get -out easily. - -_Lobster._ Dear me, I never thought of that! - -[Illustration] - - - - - WHY THE JELLYFISH HAS NO SHELL - - - CHARACTERS—_Fishes_, _Turtle_, _three Monkeys_, _Jellyfish_, _Queen Osa_ - - - SCENE I—_Under the Sea_ - -_First Fish._ What is the matter, little fish? - -_Little Fish._ Have you not heard? Our sea queen is very ill. - -_First Fish._ Osa, our queen, very ill, did you say? - -_Little Fish._ Yes, yes, we have done everything; but she grows -worse. - -_Second Fish._ We fear she must die. - -_First Fish._ This cannot be. Come, tell me what you have done. - -_Little Fish._ Oh, we fed her seaweed and laid her upon a bank of -sponges. Every little fish helped. But she is no better. - -_First Fish._ Our queen Osa! This is sad indeed. Is there no wise -creature in the sea who can help us? - -_Third Fish._ There must be. Let us think hard. - -_Little Fish._ I know. Let’s ask the turtle. He’s wise. He goes -out of the sea upon the land. Surely he must learn many things there. -Perhaps he is just the one to tell us what to do to save our queen. - -_Second Fish._ Go at once and bring him back with you. [_Little -Fish goes out._] - -_First Fish._ He won’t be gone long. No one swims faster than our -little fish. - -_Third Fish._ Here he comes back already, and the turtle is with -him. - -_All the Fish._ Good, good. [_Turtle and Little Fish enter._] - -_First Fish._ O Turtle, have you heard that our sea queen is -about to die? - -_Turtle._ I know that she is very ill. - -_Second Fish._ Can you not help us to save her? You are wise, -Turtle. It’s because you don’t stay down in the sea, but go upon the -land, that you learn about so many things. What will cure our queen? - -_Turtle._ [_Slowly._] Yes, I do learn a great many things on -the land. Let me think—I am thinking—yes—I believe—yes—I know, I’m sure -I know just what will save her life. I have it—a monkey’s heart—the very -thing! I heard about it one day as I was resting upon the shore. A -monkey’s heart can cure anything! - -_All the Fish._ Wonderful! - -_Little Fish._ Will you go and get one? O Turtle, you know we -would go if we could leave our homes as you can. You will go, won’t you? - -_Turtle._ I will go—at once. - - - SCENE II—_On the Seashore_ - -_Turtle._ Dear me—not a monkey to be seen anywhere! Well, -I’ve waited and waited. It’s very hot here on the sand. I’m sleepy. I’ll -just take a nap. [_Sleeps. Monkeys (three) come._] - -[Illustration] - -_First Monkey._ [_Seeing turtle._] What’s this? - -_Second Monkey._ I don’t know. I never saw anything like that -before. Now, I see, it’s a big stone. - -_First Monkey._ So it is. - -_Third Monkey._ I don’t believe it. - -_Second Monkey._ Well, you just put your paw on it and see. There, -it’s as hard as it can be. - -_Third Monkey._ _I_ know. It’s a great shell. [_Touches the -turtle._] A big hard one, hard all over. [_Turtle wakes and catches -monkey._] Oh, oh, oh! Let me go. - -_Turtle._ No, I will not let you go. Be quiet and do what I -tell you, and I will not hurt you. Your brothers have run away. You must -come down under the sea with me. - - [_They go out together._] - - - SCENE III—_Under the Sea_ - -_Monkey._ Why do they keep me here? No one to talk to, no one -to play with, no trees to climb. Only one friend, the jellyfish with his -hard shell. I’d like him better if he hadn’t one. It makes me think of -that bad turtle that brought me down here on his hard back. Here comes -the old jellyfish now. - -_Jellyfish._ Hello, Monkey, you look sad. - -_Monkey._ So would you if you wanted trees instead of -seaweed, and land instead of water, and warm sunshine, and other little -monkeys to play with. - -_Jellyfish._ Poor Monkey! I am sorry for you. But of course you -must stay here until they come to get you. - -_Monkey._ Until who comes to get me? - -_Jellyfish._ The fish, of course. Don’t you know? - -_Monkey._ Indeed, I don’t, Jellyfish. What do you mean? - -_Jellyfish._ They want your heart for the queen. In a few days -they’ll come and kill you and give her your heart to eat. - -_Monkey._ Oh, dear me! Give my heart to the queen to eat? -Why, Jellyfish, do you know what you are talking about? What wrong have -I done that I should be killed? - -_Jellyfish._ Oh, you’ve done no wrong. But our dear queen is -very ill, and your heart is the only thing that will cure her. We cannot -get your heart unless we kill you; so try and be brave about it. - - [_Jellyfish swims off._] - -_Monkey._ [_To himself._] I shall not give my heart to the -queen. I must get away from here somehow. But how? I do not know the -way. Only the turtle could take me back, and he won’t. What can I do? -Here comes the turtle now. - -_Turtle._ You look sad, Monkey. What is the matter? - -_Monkey._ Dear me, Turtle, I was just thinking of something I -have left at home that I need very much. - -_Turtle._ Indeed! What is it, dear Monkey? - -_Monkey._ It’s my heart, Turtle. Just before I left home I -hung it out on a bush to dry. If the rain comes, it will be spoiled. - -_Turtle._ What is this you tell me? - -_Monkey._ It’s about my heart. Some one must carry me back to -the land so that I can get it. - -_Turtle._ Well, well, is there no other way? Then I must take -you back to get your heart. That is the best plan, and we must start at -once. Come. [_They go out together._] - -[Illustration] - - - SCENE IV—_Home of the Sea Queen_ - - [_Turtle comes in looking very sad._] - -_Queen Osa._ My dear Turtle, where have you been so long, and -oh, what has happened to you? - -_Turtle._ Dear Queen, I am very sad, and very cold, and very -ill. My poor body is without its covering, for see, I have lost my -shell. - -_Queen Osa._ Poor Turtle! Come tell me all about it. - -_Turtle._ The monkey told me he had left his heart at home -and he asked me to take him back so he could get it. I believed him. You -know I wanted the heart for you. - -_Queen Osa._ You are very kind, Turtle. - -_Turtle._ I took him on my back. When we got to the land he -sprang off my back and up the nearest tree. He told his brothers what -had happened to him. Then they all rushed at me. They tore off my shell -and threw my body back into the sea without it. - -_Queen Osa._ Poor Turtle! Never mind. I’ll give you another -shell, for you did your best. Some one must have been telling the monkey -tales. Jellyfish, you were his friend. Do you know anything about this? - -_Jellyfish._ I told the monkey that we were going to kill him so -that we could get his heart for you. I told him to try and be brave -about it. - -_Queen Osa._ You are to blame, then, Jellyfish, for all this -trouble. To punish you for meddling, I will take away your shell. And -you must go without it forever. - - —ORIENTAL FABLE. - - - - - I WOULD LIKE YOU FOR A COMRADE - - -_Little Girl._ I would like you for a comrade, for I love you, - that I do, - I never met a little calf as amiable as you; - I would teach you how to dance and sing and how to - talk and laugh, - If I were not a little girl and you were not a - calf. - -_Little Calf._ I would like you for a comrade; you should share my - barley meal - And butt me with your little horns just hard enough - to feel; - We would lie beneath the chestnut trees and watch - the leaves uncurl, - If I were not a clumsy calf and you a little girl. - - —JUDGE PARRY. - -[Illustration] - - - - - SOUTHWEST WIND’S VISIT TO GLUCK - - - CHARACTERS - - _Gluck_ - _Hans_ - _Schwartz_ - _Little Old Gentleman_ - -_Gluck._ What a pity my brothers never ask anybody to -dinner. I’m sure when they’ve got such a nice piece of mutton as this it -would do their hearts good to have somebody to eat it with them. [_Knock -sounds at the door._] It must be the wind. Nobody else would dare to -knock double knocks at our door. [_Gluck goes to the window._] - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Hello! That’s not the way to answer the door. I am -wet. Let me in. - -_Gluck._ I beg your pardon, sir. I am very sorry, but I -really can’t. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Can’t what? - -_Gluck._ I can’t let you in. I can’t, indeed. My brother -will beat me, sir, if I thought of such a thing. What do you want, sir? - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Want? I want fire and shelter. There’s your great -fire there blazing, cracking, and dancing on the walls with nobody to -feel it. I only want to warm myself. - -_Gluck._ He does look very wet. I’ll just let him in for a -little while. - - [_Opens the door._] - -_Little Old Gentleman._ That’s a good boy. Never mind your brothers. I’ll -talk to them. - -[Illustration] - -_Gluck._ Pray, sir, don’t do any such thing. I can’t let you -stay till they come. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Dear me. I’m very sorry to hear that. How long may -I stay? - -_Gluck._ Only till the mutton’s done, sir, and it’s very -brown. [_Little Old Gentleman seats himself before the fire._] You’ll -soon dry there, sir. Mayn’t I take your cloak? - -_Little Old Gentleman._ No, thank you. - -_Gluck._ Your cap, sir? - -_Little Old Gentleman._ I am all right, thank you. - -_Gluck._ But, sir! I’m very sorry, but really, sir, you’re -putting the fire out. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ It’ll take longer to do the mutton then. That -mutton looks very nice. Can’t you give me a little bit? - -_Gluck._ Impossible, sir. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ I’m very hungry. I’ve had nothing to eat yesterday -nor to-day. They surely couldn’t miss a bit from the knuckle. - -_Gluck._ They promised me one slice to-day, sir. I can give -you that. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ That’s a good boy. - -_Gluck._ [_To himself._] I don’t care if I do get beaten for -it. [_Loud rap at the door. Schwartz and Hans enter._] - -_Schwartz._ What did you keep us waiting in the rain for? - -_Hans._ Ay, what for, indeed! - -_Schwartz._ Bless my soul, who’s that? - -_Gluck._ I don’t know, indeed, brother. - -_Schwartz._ How did he get in? - -_Gluck._ My dear brother, he was so very wet. - -_Schwartz._ Who are you, sir? - -_Hans._ What’s your business? - -_Little Old Gentleman._ I am a poor old man, sir, and I saw your fire -through the window and begged shelter for a little while. - -_Schwartz._ Have the goodness to walk out again, then. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ It’s a cold day to turn an old man out, sir. Look -at my gray hairs. - -_Hans._ Ay, there are enough of them to keep you warm. -Walk! - -_Little old Gentleman._ I’m very, very hungry, sir. Couldn’t you spare me a -bit of bread before I go? - -_Schwartz._ Bread, indeed! Do you suppose we’ve nothing to do -with our bread but to give it to such fellows as you? - -_Hans._ Out with you. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ A little bit? - -_Schwartz._ Be off! - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Pray, gentlemen. - -_Hans._ Off! - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Gentlemen, I wish you a very good morning. At -twelve o’clock to-night I’ll call again. But you will not be surprised -if that visit is the last I ever make you. - -_Schwartz._ If I ever catch you here again—[_To Gluck._] A very -pretty business, indeed, Mr. Gluck. Dish the mutton, sir. If ever I -catch you at such a trick again—bless me, why the mutton’s been cut. - -_Gluck._ You promised me one slice, brother, you know. - -_Schwartz._ Oh, you were cutting it hot, I suppose, and going -to catch all the gravy. It will be long before I promise you such a -thing again. Leave the room, sir, and have the kindness to wait in the -coal cellar till I call you. - - _Midnight_ - -_Schwartz._ [_Starting up._] What’s that? - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Only I, Southwest Wind. - -_Hans._ The room is full of water, and the roof is off. - -_Little Old Gentleman._ Sorry, gentlemen. I am afraid your beds are -dampish. Perhaps you had better go to your brother’s room. I’ve left the -ceiling on there. You’ll find my card on the kitchen table. Remember, -this is the last visit from Southwest Wind. - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE CHILD AND THE SPARROW - - -_Child._ Sparrow in the cherry tree, - Won’t you drop one down for me? - -_Sparrow._ Presently, presently. - -_Child._ Sparrow, sparrow, Greedy-pate! - There’s a fine one! Drop it straight! - -_Sparrow._ Little boys should learn to wait! - -_Child._ Sparrow, without more ado, - Come, be kind and drop me two. - -_Sparrow._ They’re not ripe enough for you. - -_Child._ Saucy sparrow, cease your fun! - What, you’re off—and give me none! - -_Sparrow._ All are gone, all are gone. - - —THOMAS WESTWOOD. - - - - - THE RABBIT’S MESSAGE - - -[Illustration] - - CHARACTERS—_Three Children_, _Spring_, _Rabbit_ _and_ _creatures of the - woods_ - - - PART I—_The Children_ - -_First Child._ Oh, how bare the woods look. Not a flower or bud -anywhere! - -_Second Child._ Spring is late. - -_Third Child._ Ow-o-o. Let’s run home. - -_Second Child._ Spring has forgotten us. I shan’t come here again. - - - PART II—_Lady Spring_ - -_Spring._ At last! Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind. You -have kept me waiting too long. Now to work. I must waken the flowers. -[_Waves her wand._] - -_Flowers._ [_Awaken._] Welcome, Lady Spring. We have looked -for you long. - -_Spring._ Break into buds, trees. - -_Trees._ [_Awaken._] Welcome, Lady Spring. We have looked -for you long. - -_Spring._ Waken, animals. - -_Animals._ [_Awaken._] Welcome, Lady Spring. We have waited -for you long. - -_Spring._ But where are the children? Perhaps they do not -know we are here. I must find some way to send them a message. Robin, -will you take it? - -_Robin._ I am too busy building a nest for my little ones. -Send the fox. - -_Spring._ Fox, will you take it? - -_Fox._ I dare not go. The people will think I have come to -steal their chickens. Send Black Bear. - -_Spring._ Black Bear, will you take the message to the -children? - -_Black Bear._ Don’t send me. I am so big I would frighten them. -All children love the rabbit. Send him. - -_Spring._ Rabbit, will you go? - -_Rabbit._ Yes, yes. I’ll go. But, dear me! The dogs! They -might catch me. - -_Spring._ Go when they are asleep. - -_Rabbit._ Good. I will go to-night. But what message shall I -take? - -_Spring._ I’ll weave a basket of twigs and leaves and green -grass, and line it with soft moss. Each one of us will put a message -into it. - - - PART III—_The Journey_ - -_Spring._ Here is the basket, Rabbit. - -_Robin._ Here is an egg. - -_Thrush._ Here is another. - -_Squirrel._ Here are some acorns that have just sprouted. - -_Spring._ My prettiest flowers go to the children. There! -Stop at every house where there is a child. - -_Rabbit._ I shall not forget. I’m off. [_To himself._] I’ll -just make a nest of grass for each child, and leave it on the doorstep. -An egg and a spring flower in each—and the children will know! - - - PART IV—_The Message_ - -_First Child._ What a pretty nest! I found it on my -doorstep—flowers and twigs and an egg. - -_Second Child._ I found one, too—with everything in it from the -woods. - -_Third child._ Oh! Spring must be here. - -_First child._ See, here are the tracks of the rabbit’s feet! He -came to tell us. - -_Second Child._ Then spring _is_ here. Let’s run to the woods—now! - -_Children._ [_Running._] Spring is here! Bunny has brought us -the message. - -[Illustration] - - - - - LAUGHING SANJA - - - CHARACTERS - - _Sanja_ - _First Jizu_ - _Second Jizu_ - _Third Jizu_ - _Ogre_ - - NOTE: _Jizu is a roadside image or statue._ - - - SCENE I—_Along the Road_ - -_Sanja._ Dear, dear, there goes one of my finest dumplings -rolling down the hill. That will never do. I cannot lose that one. I -must run and catch it. [_Runs after it. As she goes she meets Lord -Jizu._] Good morning, my Lord Jizu! Have you seen a rice dumpling fall -this way? - -_Lord Jizu._ Good morning! Yes, I saw a dumpling. It went past -here. It went down the hill skipping as if it had legs. - -_Sanja._ Oh, thank you. Then I must skip after it. - -_Lord Jizu._ No, no. Do not go on. An ogre lives down there. He -may do you harm. - -_Sanja._ But I must have my dumpling. [_Laughing._] -Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! [_Goes on._] - - [_To Second Lord Jizu._] My good Lord Jizu, have -you seen a dumpling pass this way? - -_Second Lord Jizu._ As if it had wings! It flew past me. - -_Sanja._ Then I must hurry to catch it. - -_Second Lord Jizu._ You must not think of that. There is a wicked ogre -below. He does not like old women. He will be cruel to you, and he might -eat you up. - -_Sanja._ But I must have my dumpling. He’ll not eat an old -woman like me. [_Laughing._] Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! [_Goes on._] - - [_To herself._] If I ever catch that dumpling, I’ll -eat every bit of it myself. Tee-hee-hee! [_To Third Lord Jizu._] My good -Lord Jizu, have you seen my dumpling pass this way? - -_Third Lord Jizu._ Yes, it passed but a moment ago. Do not think of -searching for it. The ogre who lives beyond is cruel, and he’ll surely -eat you. - -_Sanja._ He’ll not eat an old woman like me. Tee-hee-hee! -[_They hear a terrible noise. Ogre comes._] - -_Third Lord Jizu._ Here comes the ogre. Get behind me. Be quick! - -_Ogre._ [_Deep voice._] Good morning, Lord Jizu! I smell -meat. - -_Third Lord Jizu._ Good morning, Ogre. Is it not dumpling that you -smell? I saw one pass along this road a little while ago. - -_Ogre._ No, indeed. It is not dumpling. What I smell is -meat. - -_Third Lord Jizu._ I do not smell it. Are you sure it is not rice -dumpling? It seems to me that I smell a little of it about you. - -_Ogre._ That is not strange. I saw the dumpling rolling my -way. I caught it and ate it. It was good. I wish I had the one who made -it. What I smell now is meat, meat, meat; juicy, young, tender. [_Sanja -bursts out laughing._] - -_Sanja._ Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! - -_Ogre._ [_Seeing Sanja._] Who are you? - -_Sanja._ I am the one who made the dumpling. Tee-hee-hee! -Why did you eat it? - -_Ogre._ Because it was good. - -_Sanja._ You couldn’t eat me for that reason. Tee-hee-hee! - -_Ogre._ No, I shall not eat you. You shall come home with -me and be my cook. As long as you cook your dumplings for me I will not -harm you. [_Sanja goes with the ogre._] - - - SCENE II—_Ogre’s Kitchen_ - -_Ogre._ You are a good cook; but you use more rice than you -need. You should put but one grain into the pot. - -_Sanja._ One grain? Tee-hee-hee. How could any one live on -one grain of rice? - -_Ogre._ I will show you. Put one grain of rice into the -pot. Then take this paddle in your hand. If you want rice for ten -persons, stir ten times, in this way. [_Stirs paddle about in the -water._] See the grain of rice burst into ten pieces. If you want rice -for one hundred persons, stir one hundred times. The grain of rice will -burst into one hundred pieces. - -_Sanja._ Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! - -_Ogre._ This is a magic paddle. - -_Sanja._ Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! - -_Ogre._ [_To himself._] How strange that she laughs at -everything. - - - SCENE III—_The River Bank_ - -_Sanja._ I won’t stay here another day. The ogre is off -hunting. Tee-hee-hee. He’ll never know how I got out of the castle and -over the river. Tee-hee-hee. Tee-hee-hee. [_Hears call._] Who calls? The -ogre. Oh, he sees me! I am afraid to go back. - -_Ogre._ [_From other side of the river._] What are you -doing there, you Laughing Dumpling? Go back to my kitchen, I say. Go -back! - -_Sanja._ Tee-hee-hee! - -_Ogre._ How strange that she laughs at everything. She -shall not laugh at me. [_Starts to go across river._] - -[Illustration] - -_Sanja._ What shall I do to get away. The magic paddle! The -magic paddle! I have it tucked in my belt. I’ll stir the water in the -river with it. There! Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! See the water flows and -flows, higher and higher. The ogre must swim for his life. Tee-hee-hee! -Tee-hee-hee! - - - - - THE TIGER AND THE BRAHMAN - - - CHARACTERS - - _Tiger_ - _Jackal_ - _Brahman_ - _Tree_ - _Road_ - _Buffalo_ - -_Tiger._ Let me out of the cage, Brahman! - -_Brahman._ No, I will not. If I let you out of the cage, you -will eat me. - -_Tiger._ O Brahman, indeed I will not. I could not be so -unkind as that. Only let me out to get a drink of water. Then I will -come back. [_Brahman opens the cage._] - -[Illustration] - -_Tiger._ [_Jumping out._] Now, I will eat you first and then -I’ll drink the water. - -_Brahman._ Alas! How foolish I was to let you out. Only do not -kill me hastily. Let me ask the first three things I meet to tell me -whether it is just and fair that you should put me to death. If all of -them say it is just and fair for you to kill me I shall be willing to -die. - -_Tiger._ It shall be as you say. You may ask the opinion of -three. - - [_Brahman goes off._] - -_Brahman._ O Tree, hear my story and tell me who is right. The -tiger begged me to let him out of his cage, to drink a little water. He -promised not to hurt me if I did so. But now that I have let him out he -wishes to kill and eat me. Is this right? - -_Tree._ I give shade to all who pass by, but when they are -rested they cut my branches and break off my leaves. Why do you -complain? - -_Brahman._ Alas! Alas! [_Goes on._] O Buffalo, hear my story -and tell me who is right. The tiger begged me to let him out of his cage -to drink a little water. But now that I have let him out he wishes to -kill and eat me. Is this right, O Buffalo? - -_Buffalo._ Look at me! See how hard I work. When I was young I -had the best of food. But now that I am old I am kept here in the field. -I have only the coarsest food to eat. Why do you complain? - -_Brahman._ Alas! Alas! [_Goes to Road._] O Road, hear my story -and tell me who is right. The tiger begged me to let him out of his cage -to drink a little water. But now that I have let him out he wishes to -kill and eat me. Is this right, O Road? - -_Road._ Poor Brahman! How can you hope for anything else? -Think of me. Here I am useful to every one. Yet all, rich and poor, -great and small, trample on me as they go past. Why do you complain? - -_Brahman._ Alas! Alas! Alas! There is no help for me. [_Turns -homeward._] - -_Jackal._ What’s the matter, Mr. Brahman? You look very sad. - -_Brahman._ I am sad. As I was walking along the road I came to -the tiger in his cage. He begged me to let him out to drink a little -water. He said he would not harm me if I did so. - -_Jackal._ Did you let him out? - -_Brahman._ I did. As soon as he was out he tried to eat me. I -asked him to wait till I could get the opinion of the first three things -I came to whether it was right for him to kill me. I asked the tree, the -buffalo, and the road. Alas! - -_Jackal._ What did they say? - -_Brahman._ They all said it was right. - -_Jackal._ Who said it was right? - -_Brahman._ Why, the tree, and the road, and the buffalo. - -_Jackal._ Oh, it’s very confusing. Let me see! Perhaps -matters are not so bad as you think. But it’s very confusing. You say -the tiger said the tree and the road and the buffalo were right? - -_Brahman._ No, no, no. The road and the tree and the buffalo -said the tiger should kill and eat me! - -_Jackal._ It all goes in one ear and out the other. It’s very -confusing. Take me to the place where it happened. Then I shall be able -to understand. - - [_Brahman and Jackal go to Tiger._] - -_Tiger._ You have been away a long time. I want my dinner. - -_Brahman._ Just wait until I make the jackal understand how it -all happened. He is so slow in his wits! I must explain things to him. - -_Jackal._ Show me where you stood. - -_Brahman._ Here, by the cage. - -_Jackal._ Right there? - -_Brahman._ Right here. - -_Jackal._ Where was the tiger then? - -_Tiger._ I was in the cage! - -_Jackal._ Yes, yes. Let me see, how did it all begin? - -_Brahman._ Tiger was in the cage and I came walking by— - -_Jackal._ Yes, yes, I see. You were in the cage and the tiger -came walking by— - -_Tiger._ [_Angrily._] Not at all! _I_ was in the cage. - -_Jackal._ Yes, my lord. Dear, dear, it’s very confusing. It -has all got mixed up in my mind. Let me see, the tiger was in the -Brahman and the cage came walking by! No, no, that was not it, either! -Well, don’t wait for me. I shall never understand. - -_Tiger._ Yes, you _shall_ understand. Look here, I am the -tiger. - -_Jackal._ Yes, my lord. - -_Tiger._ And that is the Brahman. - -_Jackal._ Yes, my lord. - -_Tiger._ And that is the cage. - -_Jackal._ Yes, my lord. - -_Tiger._ And _I_ was in the cage. Do you understand? - -_Jackal._ Yes, my lord. But please, my lord, how did you get -in? - -_Tiger._ How did I get in? Why, the usual way, of course! - -_Jackal._ Oh dear me! My head is beginning to whirl again. -Please don’t get angry, my lord, but what - -_is_ the usual way? - -_Tiger._ This way. Now do you understand? [_Tiger jumps into -cage._] - -_Jackal._ Yes, I understand now. And I think we had better -leave you just where you are. [_Locks cage door._] - - - - - THE LION AND THE STORY-TELLER - - - CHARACTERS—_Lion_, _Fox_, _Elephant_, _Tiger_, _and_ _Other Animals_ - -_Elephant._ Dear me—we must find one. - -_Tiger._ One what? - -_Elephant._ A story-teller for the lion. He wants one who will -tell him stories one after another without stopping. It’s a task indeed. - -_Camel._ Yes, yes, and he will put us to death if we fail to -find some one who can do so. - -_Tiger._ He’s king, and they say the king kills when he -will. I do not know what we shall do. - -_Fox._ Let me think. I have it—Tell the king you have -found the story-teller that he wished for. - - _At Court_ - -_Lion._ So, Mr Fox, you are to tell me stories without -ceasing. - -_Fox._ Yes, O King Lion. - -_Lion._ Very well—begin. - -_Fox._ There was once a fisherman who went to sea. He had -a large net. He spread it out far and wide. One day a great many fish -got into the net. Just as the fisherman was about to draw it up, the -cords broke, and a small hole was made in the side of the net. Now, this -hole was just large enough for one fish to slip through at a time. So, -one fish got out—[_Fox stops._] - -[Illustration] - -_Lion._ Yes? - -_Fox._ Then two fishes got out. [_Fox stops._] - -_Lion._ What then? - -_Fox._ Then three escaped. [_Fox stops._] - -_Lion._ [_Impatiently._] Yes, yes! but the story? I tell -you, go on with the story. What then? - -_Fox._ Then four fishes got out. - -_Lion._ Come, come, sir, you are not telling me anything -new. - -_Fox._ O King! Each lot of fishes was different from the -rest.—Then the hole grew a little larger and— - -_Lion._ But, wherein is the wonder? - -_Fox._ Why, your majesty, what can be more wonderful than -for fish to escape in lots, each lot greater than the other by one? - -_Lion._ [_Impatiently._] How long will it take all those -fishes to get out? - -_Fox._ O King Lion, it was a large net—there were -thousands and thousands of fishes in it.—Then the hole grew a little -larger and— - -_Lion._ Stop, stop! I can not stand this. Leave my court at -once—anything to stop those fishes. - - [_Fox goes out._] - -_Fox._ [_To animals._] Fear not, I have saved you all. The -tyrant won’t try that plan again. - -[Illustration] - - - - - OVER THE HILL - - -_Child._ Traveler, what lies over the hill? - Traveler, tell to me. - I am only a child from the window sill, - Over I can not see. - -_Traveler._ Child, there’s a valley over there, - Pretty and wooded and shy, - And a little brook that says, “Take care, - - Or I’ll drown you by and by.” - -_Child._ And what comes next? - -_Traveler._ A little town - And a towering hill again; - More hills and valleys up and down - And a river now and then. - -_Child._ And what comes next? - -_Traveler._ A lonely moor - Without a beaten way; - And gray clouds sailing slow before - A wind that will not stay. - -_Child._ And then? - -_Traveler._ Dark rocks and yellow sand, - And a moaning sea beside. - -_Child._ And then? - -_Traveler._ More sea, more sea, more land, - And rivers deep and wide. - -_Child._ And then? - -_Traveler._ Oh, rock and mountain and vale, - Rivers and fields and men, - And over and over repeat the tale, - And round to your home again. - - —GEORGE MACDONALD. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - - - TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES - - - 1. 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If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - - - -Title: Little Dramas for Primary Grades - -Author: Ada Maria Skinner - Lillian Nixon Lawrence - -Release Date: October 10, 2016 [EBook #53245] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE DRAMAS FOR PRIMARY GRADES *** - - - - -Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Edwards and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - - -<div class='tnotes covernote'> - -<p class='c000'><strong>Transcriber's Note:</strong></p> - -<p class='c000'>The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.</p> - -</div> - -<div> - <h1 class='c001'>LITTLE DRAMAS FOR PRIMARY GRADES</h1> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div>BY</div> - <div><span class='xlarge'>ADA MARIA SKINNER</span></div> - <div><span class='small'>ST. AGATHA SCHOOL, NEW YORK CITY</span></div> - <div><span class='small'>AND</span></div> - <div><span class='xlarge'>LILLIAN NIXON LAWRENCE</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/titlepage.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div><span class='large'>AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<table class='table0' summary=''> -<colgroup> -<col width='33%' /> -<col width='33%' /> -<col width='33%' /> -</colgroup> - <tr> - <td class='c003'>NEW YORK</td> - <td class='c004'>CINCINNATI</td> - <td class='c005'>CHICAGO</td> - </tr> -</table> -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c006' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c007'> - <div>Copyright, 1913, BY</div> - <div>ADA M. SKINNER AND LILLIAN N. LAWRENCE.</div> - <div class='c006'><span class='sc'>Copyright, 1913, in Great Britain.</span></div> - <div class='c006'>LITTLE DRAMAS FOR PRIMARY GRADES.</div> - <div>W. P. I</div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_3'>3</span> - <h2 class='c008'>PREFATORY NOTE</h2> -</div> - -<p class='c009'>The use of dramatic readers has passed beyond -the experimental stage. Their value in -arousing interest, in stirring the imagination, in -quickening literary appreciation and power of -interpretation, has been so clearly demonstrated -as to make them permanent textbooks in the -elementary schools, and more particularly in the -primary grades. The present difficulty consists, -therefore, not in uncertainty of the value of dramatic -literature, but in the inadequacy of the -supply. The need of suitable literary material -in good dramatic form for the primary grades is -still very great. This little book has been compiled -as one step toward meeting this need at -least in one particular school, but it is hoped that -it may prove of service in many other schools. -It is intended for use at the end of the first, and -at the beginning of the second, year.</p> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>EMMA G. SEBRING.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_4'>4</span> - <h2 class='c008'>ACKNOWLEDGMENTS</h2> -</div> - -<p class='c009'>For permission to use copyright material in this -volume, acknowledgments and thanks are proffered -to authors and publishers, as follows:</p> - -<p class='c000'>To Laura E. Richards, for the adaptation from -her story, “The New Year”; to Dodd, Mead & Co. -for “Mabel and the Green Lizard,” adapted from -“The Adventures of Mabel,” by H. T. Peck; to -G. P. Putnam’s Sons, of New York and London, -for the selection by Judge Parry from “The Golden -Staircase”; to Longmans, Green, & Co. for “The -Odd Man and the Dog True”; and to John Lane -Company for “Return of Spring,” by Dion Clayton -Calthrop.</p> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_5'>5</span> - <h2 class='c008'>CONTENTS</h2> -</div> - -<table class='table1' summary=''> - <tr> - <th class='c010'></th> - <th class='c011'> </th> - <th class='c005'>PAGE</th> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Bunny Rabbit</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_7'>7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Odd Man and the Dog True</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_14'>14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Owl and Grasshopper Green</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_19'>19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Somewhere Town</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Kate Greenaway</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_21'>21</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Timid Hare</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_22'>22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Mabel and the Green Lizard</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Adapted</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_26'>26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Maiden and the Bird</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Lydia Maria Child</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_32'>32</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Little Fish</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>African Fable</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_35'>35</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Belling the Cat</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_37'>37</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Fox and the Crow</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_40'>40</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Hans and Gretchen</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_41'>41</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Lady Moon</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Lord Houghton</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_50'>50</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Precocious Piggy</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Thomas Hood</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_52'>52</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Strange Lands</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Laurence Alma-Tadema</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_56'>56</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>How to get a Breakfast</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_58'>58</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Little Christmas Tree</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Adapted from an Old Story</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_60'>60</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Christmas Eve in an Attic</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_65'>65</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The New Year</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Adapted from Laura E. Richards</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_73'>73</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>A Friendship Declined</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_77'>77</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Selfish Man</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_79'>79</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Magpie’s Nest</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_83'>83</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Adventures of the First Spring</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_86'>86</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Bird’s Nest</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Lydia Maria Child</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_93'>93</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Boastful Bamboo Tree</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Japanese Fable</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_100'>100</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='pageno' id='Page_6'>6</span><span class='sc'>Return of Spring</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_105'>105</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Who holds up the Sky?</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Adapted</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_110'>110</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Fox’s Plan</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_114'>114</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Tom and the Lobster</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Adapted</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_117'>117</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Why the Jellyfish has No Shell</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Oriental Fable</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_119'>119</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>I would like You for a Comrade</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Judge Parry</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_132'>132</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Southwest Wind’s Visit to Gluck</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Adapted from John Ruskin</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_134'>134</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Child and the Sparrow</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Thomas Westwood</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_143'>143</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Rabbit’s Message</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>German Tale</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_145'>145</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Laughing Sanja</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>Japanese Folk Story</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_150'>150</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Tiger and the Brahman</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_159'>159</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>The Lion and the Story-teller</span></td> - <td class='c011'> </td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_169'>169</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class='c010'><span class='sc'>Over the Hill</span></td> - <td class='c011'><em>George MacDonald</em></td> - <td class='c005'><a href='#Page_174'>174</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_7'>7</span> -<img src='images/p007.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>BUNNY RABBIT AND THE LION</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Lion</em>, <em>Rabbit</em>, <em>Mother Deer</em>, <em>Elephant</em>, <em>Camel</em>, <em>Jackal</em>, <em>other animals</em></div> - </div> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene I</span>—<em>The Forest</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - Brave Lion, give me back my little deer.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - I will not. The deer is mine.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - O Lion, it is the only one I have. I beg of you, give it back to me.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_8'>8</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - A lion does not give back what he has taken. Be off, or I will eat <em>you</em>.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene II</span>—<em>Another Part of the Forest</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - Can you not help me, animals? The lion has taken my little deer, the only one I had.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Elephant.</em></span> - I am sorry for you. But the lion is the king of the forest. He takes what he will and - keeps what he likes. I cannot help you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - [<em>Goes on.</em>] Can you not help me, Camel? You are always kind and gentle.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - The lion did wrong to take your deer. He did a great wrong, but I cannot help you.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_9'>9</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - [<em>Goes on.</em>] Surely, little jackal, <em>you</em> will help me.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Sh! Sh! I’m afraid of the lion, myself. We’ve never been very good friends. I wish I - could help you. Let me see. I have it! Go to Bunny Rabbit. He’s a little creature, but - he’s wise and brave.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - You say he’s wise?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - He is.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - And brave?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - He is.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - Then I will go at once.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene III</span>—<em>In Front of Bunny Rabbit’s Burrow</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - Good morning, Mother Deer. What is the matter?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_10'>10</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - Bunny Rabbit, that wicked lion stole my little deer and will not give it to me. I asked - the forest animals to help me, but none was brave enough to do so.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - Not even the elephant, or the camel, or the jackal?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - Not one. I asked them all. They all said they were sorry. But I believe they are all - afraid of the lion.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - Why did you come to me? I’m such a little creature.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - The jackal told me you are wise and brave, and he said that you would help me.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - Tell them all to meet <span class='pageno' id='Page_11'>11</span>in front of my burrow. We will talk it over and see what - can be done. [<em>Mother Deer goes away, and Bunny Rabbit digs a long passage under the - ground and then comes out behind a bush.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene IV</span>—<em>In Front of the Burrow</em></h3> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c006'> - <div>[<em>Bunny Rabbit and all the animals. Lion watching in the distance. Only Elephant and Camel see him.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - Elephant, do you think the lion should keep the little deer?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Elephant.</em></span> - The lion is king of the forest, and he <em>should</em> keep the little deer.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - Camel, what do you say?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - Dear me. What can I say? It is all wrong. But I’m sure he</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>should</em></span> - keep what he stole.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - How you tremble, little jackal! What do you say?</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_12'>12</span> -<img src='images/p012.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - [<em>Seeing the lion.</em>] Oh! Do I tremble? No, yes, no, yes, yes. I think he - <em>should</em> keep the deer.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - [<em>In a loud voice.</em>] The lion should <em>not</em> keep the deer! The lion is a - wicked <em>thief</em>! [<em>Lion springs at him. Bunny Rabbit darts down into the - burrow.</em>]</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_13'>13</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - [<em>Looking into the burrow.</em>] Gone down there, has he? Well, I’ll fix him. I’ll - stay right here until he comes out. I’ll stay, and stay, and stay, until I starve him out.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene V</span>—<em>Another Part of the Forest</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - Run, Mother Deer, and get your little one.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mother Deer.</em></span> - Won’t that wicked lion come again?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Bunny Rabbit.</em></span> - No, no! He’s going to stay in front of my burrow until I come out. Ha! ha! He’ll starve - to death <em>himself</em> if he waits for that! Ha! ha! [<em>Mother Deer runs to the - little deer, and both escape into the forest.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_14'>14</span> -<img src='images/p014.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>THE ODD MAN AND THE DOG TRUE</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Odd Man</em>, <em>True</em>, <em>Big Black Dog</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - [<em>To the dog.</em>] Who are you, and why do you come into my cave?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_15'>15</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - I am a poor dog, sir, who has lost his way. Will you be so kind as to tell me how I may - get out?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - No, I will not. But I will tell you what you may do if you like. You may stay here in my - cave and work for me.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - I will do that if you will not let me out. But what work do you wish me to do?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - Well, well, you see I have here a great bag full of gold. I have to sit on it all the - time.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - Why must you sit on it?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - I will tell you. Near my cave lives an ogre. This ogre wants to kill me so that he can - get my gold.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_16'>16</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - Dear me!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - If I go to sleep or move away he will try to get at me. I am just worn out for want of - rest.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - Dear me! How can I help you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - Well, if you would stay by me and watch for the ogre, I might take a short nap.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - I will do that! And you, sir, go to sleep. [<em>Odd Man goes to sleep. Big Black Dog - enters.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Big Black Dog.</em></span> - Good day, little dog. How do you do?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - I am very well, I thank you; but who are you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Big Black Dog.</em></span> - My name is Nip, and I <span class='pageno' id='Page_17'>17</span>have come to show you the way out of this cave. Let us run now!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - No; I said I would take care of this cave for the Odd Man, and I will do it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Big Black Dog.</em></span> - But the Odd Man is asleep. He will not see you. Come, now, come along with me!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - No, I will not go.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Big Black Dog.</em></span> - Then give me a bone, will you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - I cannot, for they are not mine; the Odd Man may give you one, by and by. [<em>Big Black - Dog goes to get a bone.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - Bow-wow-wow!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - [<em>Opening his eyes.</em>] What was that? You woke me out of my nap.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_18'>18</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - Oh, sir, it was a big black dog. It came into the cave and was stealing a bone.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - Oh! That was the ogre in the dress of a black dog. Here, you may have a bone. You were a - good dog to bark and wake me up. What more can I do to show you how glad I am?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>True.</em></span> - Oh, sir, may I go out of the cave now? I want to see a nice, nice cat that is waiting - outside.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Odd Man.</em></span> - Very well, good dog. The ogre will not come back again, and I can take a good nap. Here - is a door in the side of the cave. I will open it, and you can go.—Good-by.</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_19'>19</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE OWL AND GRASSHOPPER GREEN</h2> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene</span>—<em>In the Meadow</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grasshopper Green.</em></span> - Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Owl.</em></span> - Won’t you keep quiet? I can’t sleep with your “creak, creak.”</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grasshopper Green.</em></span> - No, I will not keep quiet. Creak, creak, creak!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Owl.</em></span> - Then go away from here. Go into the grass field over there, if you must sing.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grasshopper Green.</em></span> - I shall do nothing of the sort. I have as much right to sing as you have to sleep. Creak, - creak! Besides, you have never <span class='pageno' id='Page_20'>20</span>done anything for me. Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Owl.</em></span> - [<em>To himself.</em>] Such a saucy grasshopper green!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grasshopper Green.</em></span> - Creak, c-r-e-a-k!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Owl.</em></span> - [<em>Later.</em>] Well, Grasshopper Green, you have a wonderful voice!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grasshopper Green.</em></span> - I have indeed. Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Owl.</em></span> - Now that I am awake, I love to hear you sing.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grasshopper Green.</em></span> - <span class='sc'>C-r-e-a-k!</span></p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Owl.</em></span> - Let me give you some of the sweet honey I have here in my tree. Honey is good for the - voice.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>The grasshopper goes to the owl.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Owl.</em></span> - <span class='sc'>Snap!</span></p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_21'>21</span> - <h2 class='c008'>SOMEWHERE TOWN</h2> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>First Child.</em></span> - Which is the way to Somewhere Town?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - Oh, up in the morning early.<br />Over the tiles and the chimney pots,<br />That is the - way quite clearly.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>First Child.</em></span> - And which is the door to Somewhere Town?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - Oh, up in the morning early.<br />The round red sun is the door to go through;<br />That - is the way quite clearly.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—<span class='sc'>Kate Greenaway.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_22'>22</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE TIMID HARE</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p022.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Timid Hare</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Camel</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Sheep</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Deer</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Brother Hare</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Elephant</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Lion</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - Oh dear! Oh dear! If the sky were to fall, what would happen to me? Oh, what would happen - to me! What is that noise? <span class='pageno' id='Page_23'>23</span>Oh dear! Oh dear! Oh, I am sure the sky is falling! - It is! It is! It is! [<em>Timid Hare runs.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brother Hare.</em></span> - Why are you running away, little hare?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - Oh, I have no time to talk. The sky is falling!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brother Hare.</em></span> - [<em>Frightened.</em>] Oh dear! Oh dear! The sky is falling!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Deer.</em></span> - Why, what is the matter, little hare?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - Oh, I have no time to talk. The sky is falling.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Deer.</em></span> - [<em>Frightened.</em>] What shall I do?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sheep.</em></span> - Where are you going, little hare? Why do you run so fast?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - Oh, the sky is falling!</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_24'>24</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sheep.</em></span> - [<em>Frightened.</em>] Dear me, dear me!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - Stop a minute, little hare! What’s the matter?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - Oh, I have no time to talk. The sky is falling.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - [<em>Frightened.</em>] No, no, it can’t be.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Elephant.</em></span> - Why do you run so fast, little hare? What has happened?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - I have no time to talk. The sky is falling.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Elephant.</em></span> - Can that be true?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - What is this you say?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - I have no time to talk. The sky is falling.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - How do you know this?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - I saw it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - Where did you see it?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_25'>25</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - There, by that tree.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - Oh, what nonsense! There are no signs that the sky is falling. Come with me and I’ll show - you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Timid Hare.</em></span> - No, no, I must hurry along. I am afraid to go back.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - Yes, you shall come with me to that tree. I will take you there myself. [<em>Lion and - hare go to the tree.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - There, do you see? The sky is not falling. A little acorn fell upon a leaf. It made the - noise that frightened you. Let us go back now, and tell the other animals.</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_26'>26</span> - <h2 class='c008'>MABEL AND THE GREEN LIZARD</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Grandma</em>, <em>Mabel</em>, <em>Lizard</em>, <em>Wolf</em></div> - </div> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene I</span>—<em>Mabel’s Home</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Grandma, may I go to the woods to pick some berries for supper?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grandma.</em></span> - Yes, but be sure to come home before dark. There are animals in the woods, Mabel. They - prowl around after dark.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Oh, I’m not afraid. I’ll come home before night.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene II</span>—<em>In the Woods</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Dear me! How dark it is getting. I must hurry home. [<em>Hears <span class='pageno' id='Page_27'>27</span>a little - squeaking sound.</em>] What’s that? [<em>Sees a little green lizard with a stone on its - tail.</em>] Oh, you poor little lizard! Let me lift that stone from your tail. [<em>Takes - stone off.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lizard.</em></span> - Thank you. You are a very kind child.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Oh! I didn’t know that lizards could talk!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lizard.</em></span> - Some lizards can’t. But I am the king of all the lizards. I am going to do something for - you because you lifted the stone from my tail.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - I was very glad to do it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lizard.</em></span> - I am going to do something for you that I wouldn’t do for any other little girl. It’s - this: I’m <span class='pageno' id='Page_28'>28</span>going to teach you the animal call. Then you will understand - everything the animals say to you, and they will know what you say to them.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - What fun!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lizard.</em></span> - Just listen. [<em>Gives a low whistle.</em>] Now you do it after me. [<em>Mabel - tries.</em>] Try again, Mabel. [<em>She tries again and again.</em>] Good, that’s it! Now - if you wish any animal to be your friend, just whistle that way to him. That’s the call - of all the animals. Good-by. [<em>Lizard goes away.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Well, that’s the funniest thing I ever heard of. But, dear me, how dark it is getting. I - must run home. [<em>Starts homeward. Hears howl.</em>]</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_29'>29</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wolf.</em></span> - [<em>Howls.</em>] O-ooo-w.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - What’s that? Oh! it’s a wolf. I’m so frightened! What shall I do? I’ll give the call.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Whistles.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wolf.</em></span> - [<em>Answers.</em>] O-ooo-w! O-ooo-w!</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Wolf comes to Mabel.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Wolf, I want you to be my friend.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wolf.</em></span> - To be sure, I will be.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - I’ve lost my way. Please show me the way home. I live at grandma’s.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wolf.</em></span> - I know where you live. I’ve seen you playing there many times. Put your hand on my neck, - and I’ll show you the way. [<em>Mabel does so.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_30'>30</span> -<img src='images/p030.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene III</span>—<em>Edge of the Wood</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wolf.</em></span> - There is your home; and your grandma is waiting for you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Thank you very much. I knew you were a good wolf. You wouldn’t hurt a little girl, would - you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wolf.</em></span> - I wouldn’t hurt you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Good night, Wolf.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wolf.</em></span> - Good night.</p> - </div> - -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_31'>31</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene IV</span>—<em>Mabel’s Home</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grandma.</em></span> - Mabel! Mabel! Mabel!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Yes, Grandma.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grandma.</em></span> - Where have you been so long?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - I’ve been in the woods. Oh, Grandma. I left my basket of strawberries there.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Grandma.</em></span> - Never mind. We can go to-morrow and get them. I was so frightened! Your uncle told me - only yesterday he saw a wolf in the woods. Just think if you had met him to-day! He would - have eaten you up, every bit of you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mabel.</em></span> - Oh, Grandma! I’m sure all wolves don’t eat little girls.</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_32'>32</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE MAIDEN AND THE BIRD</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p032.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Maiden.</em></span> - Little bird, little bird, come to me,<br />I have a green cage ready for thee,<br - />Beauty-bright flowers I’ll bring anew<br />And fresh ripe cherries all wet with dew.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_33'>33</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bird.</em></span> - Thanks, little maiden, for all thy care,<br />But I love dearly the clear cool air<br - />And my snug little nest in the old oak tree.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Maiden.</em></span> - Little bird, little bird, stay with me!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bird.</em></span> - Nay, little damsel,—away I’ll fly<br />To greener fields and warmer sky;<br />When spring - returns with pattering rain,<br />You’ll hear my merry song again.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_34'>34</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Maiden.</em></span> - Little bird, little bird, who’ll guide thee,<br />Over the hills and over the sea?<br - />Foolish one, come in the house to stay,<br />For I’m very sure you’ll lose your way.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bird.</em></span> - Ah, no, little maiden, God guides me,<br />Over the hills and over the sea.<br />I will - be free as the rushing air,<br />And sing of sunshine everywhere.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—<span class='sc'>Lydia Maria Child.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_35'>35</span> -<img src='images/p035.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>THE LITTLE FISH</h2> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fisherman.</em></span> - Aha! I have you at last, little fish.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - O Mr. Fisherman, please put me back into the water.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_36'>36</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fisherman.</em></span> - Put you back? No, I will not!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - I beg you, put me back. I am so little.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fisherman.</em></span> - It has taken me a long time to catch you. Put you back, indeed! I think not.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - But I am so little. Put me back and wait until I have grown to be a large fish. Then I - will make you a very good meal.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fisherman.</em></span> - [<em>Thoughtfully.</em>] True, my little fish, true. But where shall I find you when you - have grown larger?</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—African Fable.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_37'>37</span> - <h2 class='c008'>BELLING THE CAT</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Old Mouse</em>, <em>Three Young Mice</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Mouse.</em></span> - Oh dear, dear, dear! That old cat ate Squeak Nibble to-day. What can we do?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Mouse.</em></span> - Well, we must do something! She’ll eat us all, one by one!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Mouse.</em></span> - How can we keep her from catching all the rest of us?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fourth Mouse.</em></span> - Yes, how can we? If we could only know when she is coming. Her paws are so soft that we - cannot hear her.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Mouse.</em></span> - I have it! One of us will watch her all the time. When <span class='pageno' id='Page_38'>38</span>the cat is coming he must - squeak as loud as he can.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Mouse.</em></span> - Watch her, indeed! She’d soon catch that little mouse.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fourth Mouse.</em></span> - No, that will never do.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Mouse.</em></span> - Let’s stay in our holes. Then she’ll starve to death.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>All the Mice.</em></span> - Ha-ha-ha! A fine plan.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Mouse.</em></span> - A fine plan, indeed! Do you think the cat eats nothing but mice? And how should we get - anything to eat if we stayed in our holes?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fourth Mouse.</em></span> - My friends, listen to me. Let us hang a bell round her neck. That will tell us when she - is coming. Then we can run and hide.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_39'>39</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Mouse.</em></span> - Good, good!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Mouse.</em></span> - The very thing!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fourth Mouse.</em></span> - Nothing could be better.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Mouse.</em></span> - [<em>Thoughtfully.</em>] But who will hang the bell on the cat’s neck?</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Silence.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Mouse.</em></span> - I will not.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Mouse.</em></span> - Not <em>this</em> little mouse.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Mouse.</em></span> - But some one must do it. Who will?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>All.</em></span> - Sure enough, who?</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p039.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_40'>40</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE FOX AND THE CROW</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Fox</em> <em>and</em> <em>Crow</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Crow.</em></span> - Ah! Some one has left a bit of cheese for me. I’ll fly up into that tree and eat it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - [<em>To himself.</em>] That cheese is for me, as sure as I am a fox.</p> - </div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Goes to the tree.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'> </span> - Good day, Mistress Crow.<br />How well you are looking.<br />What bright eyes you - have.<br />I am sure your voice must be sweet.<br />Just let me hear you sing one song.</p> - </div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Crow lifts her head.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Crow.</em></span> - Caw—caw—caw.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - [<em>Snaps up cheese.</em>] That bit of cheese was all I wanted.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_41'>41</span> -<img src='images/p041.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>HANS AND GRETCHEN</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Hans</em>, <em>Gretchen</em>, <em>Red Fox</em></div> - </div> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene I</span>—<em>In the Woods</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - Help me out! Help me out, little Hans. I am caught in this trap. Help me out, and it - shall be well with you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - To be sure. I’ll let you out. There!</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_42'>42</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - You are very kind. If you have a wish, tell me what it is and it shall be granted.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Oh, as to that, I wish my pail here were full of berries. My sister and I are very hungry.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - Your wish is granted. Look into your pail! [<em>Hans runs home.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene II</span>—<em>At Home</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - See, Gretchen dear, what fine berries I have brought.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - Oh, what big ones! Where did you get them in so short a time?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - It was the fox, Gretchen. He was caught in a trap. I let him out. He said I might - have <span class='pageno' id='Page_43'>43</span>whatever I wished for, and I wished for berries. Aren’t you glad?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - Foolish boy! Why didn’t you ask for something better? If he could fill your pail with - berries just for the asking, he could do far greater things.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - But don’t you like the berries, Gretchen?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - When we eat them there will be nothing left. Go back and tell the fox that you wish to - have the cupboard always full of food.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Be satisfied, dear sister. We are quite happy as we are.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - No, I will not be satisfied. You must do as I tell you.</p> - </div> -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_44'>44</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene III</span>—<em>In the Woods</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - How now, little Hans? Is it not well with you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Alas! My sister is not satisfied. She asked me to come to you again.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - What does she wish?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - She wishes that our cupboard may be always full.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - Go home, little Hans. It shall be as she wishes.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene IV</span>—<em>At Home</em> (<em>the Next Day</em>)</h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Why are you unhappy again, Gretchen? Come, let us play.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - Why should I be happy? We have no toys, only sticks and <span class='pageno' id='Page_45'>45</span>stones for playthings. - Go to the fox and tell him I wish for some beautiful toys to play with.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Be satisfied, little Gretchen. We are quite happy as we are.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - No, I will not be satisfied.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene V</span>—<em>In the Woods</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - How now, little Hans? Is it not well with you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Alas! My sister is not satisfied. She asked me to come to you again.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - What does she wish?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - She wishes she had some beautiful toys to play with.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - Go home, little Hans. It shall be as she wishes.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_46'>46</span> -<img src='images/p046.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene VI</span>—<em>At Home</em> (<em>Another Day</em>)</h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Why are you not happy, little Gretchen? Come, let us play.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - Why should I be happy? I am tired of these old toys. I want a beautiful palace to live - in. <span class='pageno' id='Page_47'>47</span>Go to the fox and tell him so.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Be satisfied, little sister. We are quite happy as we are.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - No, I will not be satisfied. You must do as I tell you.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene VII</span>—<em>In the Woods</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - How now, little Hans? Is it not well with you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Alas! My sister is not satisfied. She asked me to come to you again.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - What does she wish now?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - She wishes to live in a beautiful palace.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - Go home, little Hans. It shall be as she wishes.</p> - </div> - -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_48'>48</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene VIII</span>—<em>At Home</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Why are you unhappy again, little sister?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - Why should I be happy? I am tired of this palace. There is only one thing that would make - me happy. Go to the Red Fox. Tell him I must have the great silver ball that hangs over - us in the sky.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Be satisfied, dear sister. We are quite happy as we are.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gretchen.</em></span> - No, no. I will not be satisfied. You must do as I tell you.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene IX</span>—<em>In the Woods</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - How now, brother Hans? Is it not well with you?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_49'>49</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Alas! My sister is not satisfied with the palace.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Red Fox.</em></span> - What does she wish?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - She wishes the great silvery moon for her plaything.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - [<em>Very slowly.</em>]</p> - </div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'> </span> - The great silvery moon!<br />The great silvery moon!<br />The great silvery moon!</p> - </div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'> </span> - Go, little Hans. It shall <em>not</em> be as she wishes. You will find the cupboard - empty, the toys gone, and your home again a little cottage.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_50'>50</span> -<img src='images/p050.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>LADY MOON</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c002'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Time</span>—<em>Evening</em></div> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Place</span>—<em>Garden</em></div> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Lady Moon</em>, <em>Child</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br />Where are you roving?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Lady Moon.</em></span> - Over the sea.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br />Whom are you loving?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Lady Moon.</em></span> - All that love me.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Are you not tired with rolling and never<br />Resting to sleep?<br /><span class='pageno' id='Page_51'>51</span> Why look - so pale and so sad, as<br />Forever wishing to sleep?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Lady Moon.</em></span> - Ask me not this, little child, if you love me.<br />You are too bold.<br />I must obey my - dear Father above me<br />And do as I’m told.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br />Where are you roving?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Lady Moon.</em></span> - Over the sea.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Lady Moon, Lady Moon,<br />Whom are you loving?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Lady Moon.</em></span> - All that love me.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—<span class='sc'>Lord Houghton.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_52'>52</span> - <h2 class='c008'>PRECOCIOUS PIGGY</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p052.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where are you going to, you little pig?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>First Pig.</em></span> - I’m leaving mother,<br />I’ve grown so big.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - So big, young pig!<br />So young, so big!<br />What! leaving your mother, you foolish - young pig?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_53'>53</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where are you going to, you little pig?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Second Pig.</em></span> - I’ve got a new spade, and I’m going to dig.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - To dig, little pig!<br />A little pig dig!<br />Well, I never saw a pig with a spade that - could dig.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where are you going to, you little pig?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Third Pig.</em></span> - Why, I am going to have a nice ride in a gig.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_54'>54</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - In a gig, little pig!<br />What, a pig in a gig!<br />Well, I never saw a pig ride in a - gig.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where are you going to, you little pig?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Fourth Pig.</em></span> - I’m going to the barber’s, to buy me a wig.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - A wig, little pig!<br />A pig in a wig!<br />Why, who ever before saw a pig in a wig?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where are you going to, you little pig?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_55'>55</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Fifth Pig.</em></span> - Why, I’m going to the ball, to dance a fine jig!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - A jig, little pig!<br />A pig dance a jig!<br />Well, I never before saw a pig dance a - jig!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where are you going to, you little pig?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Sixth Pig.</em></span> - I’m going to the fair, to run a fine rig.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - A rig, little pig!<br />A pig run a rig!<br />Well, I never before saw a pig run a rig.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—<span class='sc'>Thomas Hood.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_56'>56</span> - <h2 class='c008'>STRANGE LANDS</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p056.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where do you come from, Mr. Jay?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mr. Jay.</em></span> - From the land of play, from the land of play.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Child.</em></span> - And where can that be, Mr. Jay?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_57'>57</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mr. Jay.</em></span> - Far away—far away.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where do you come from, Mrs. Dove?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Dove.</em></span> - From the land of love, from the land of love.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Child.</em></span> - And how do you get there, Mrs. Dove?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Dove.</em></span> - Look above—look above.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Child.</em></span> - Where do you come from, Baby Miss?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Baby Miss.</em></span> - From the land of bliss, from the land of bliss.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Child.</em></span> - And what is the way there, Baby Miss?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Baby Miss.</em></span> - Mother’s kiss—mother’s kiss.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—<span class='sc'>Laurence Alma-Tadema.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_58'>58</span> - <h2 class='c008'>HOW TO GET A BREAKFAST</h2> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>First Chick.</em></span> - It is so hard to scratch;<br />I’m as hungry as can be,<br />I wish a little worm<br - />Would come close up to me.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p058a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Second Chick.</em></span> - It is so hard to scratch;<br />I’m as hungry as can be,<br />I wish a bowl of meal<br - />Were standing here by me.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p058b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Third Chick.</em></span> - It is so hard to scratch;<br />I’m as hungry as can be,<br />I wish a nice green leaf<br - />Would drop right down to me.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p058c.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mother Hen.</em><span class='pageno' id='Page_59'>59</span></span> - See here, you lazy chicks,<br />Here’s the green garden patch,<br />If you’re hungry as - can be,<br />You should come here and scratch!</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p059.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_60'>60</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Big Fir Tree</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Little Fir Tree</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Littlest Fir Tree</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>A Little Bird</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Bird.</em></span> - [<em>Going to Big Tree.</em>] Oh, please, Big Fir Tree, may I rest here in your branches? - I have hurt my wing, and I cannot fly.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Big Fir Tree.</em></span> - No, I cannot have any little birds in my branches. I must grow straight and tall, for I - mean to be a Christmas tree some day.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Bird.</em></span> - [<em>Goes to Little Tree.</em>] Oh, please, dear tree, may I not find shelter from the - cold in your branches? My wing is broken, and I cannot fly. I <span class='pageno' id='Page_61'>61</span>have come a long - way over the ice and snow.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fir Tree.</em></span> - No, I cannot give shelter to any birds in my branches.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Bird.</em></span> - But I’m very tired, and I shall do your branches no harm.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fir Tree.</em></span> - It cannot be. I must hold my head up high and my branches out straight, for I mean to be - a Christmas tree.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Bird.</em></span> - I’m afraid I shall freeze out here in the snow. [<em>Little Bird goes on.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Bird.</em></span> - [<em>Softly.</em>] Please, Littlest Fir Tree, may I rest in your branches? I am so cold - and hungry. I do not think I can go any farther.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Littlest Fir Tree.</em></span> - Yes, yes, Little Bird. <span class='pageno' id='Page_62'>62</span>Creep up close to my trunk. I will cover you as best I - can with my little branches. Come close. I’m glad to have you here.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Bird.</em></span> - Thank you, kind tree.</p> -<hr class='c013' /> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Big Fir Tree.</em></span> - I hear sleigh bells. The bells come nearer and nearer. Some one is coming this way. Some - one is coming through the woods.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fir Tree.</em></span> - Who is it, Big Fir Tree? I cannot see so far as you can. Tell me what you see.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Big Fir Tree.</em></span> - I see a sleigh and reindeer. Some one all wrapped in fur is in the sleigh.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fir Tree.</em></span> - Oh, I feel that some <span class='pageno' id='Page_63'>63</span>one is coming for me. Now I am going to be a Christmas - tree. The bells sound nearer and nearer. I see the sleigh.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Santa Claus.</em></span> - [<em>Alights from his sleigh and looks at Big Tree.</em>] A fine tree—tall and straight! - But it is too tall for my Christmas tree. I must look farther. [<em>Goes on to next - tree.</em>] Ah! Here’s another; but there’s a little one I see just at the foot of the - hill. I believe it is the most beautiful tree in all the wood. [<em>Goes to Littlest - Tree.</em>] Little tree, you hold your head up straight, and your branches spread out in - all directions. I must have you for my Christmas tree. [<em>Seeing Little Bird.</em>] Who - is this <span class='pageno' id='Page_64'>64</span>that has found shelter in your branches? A little bird. I will take it, - too, and it shall be some little child’s Christmas present.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—Adapted.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p064.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_65'>65</span> - <h2 class='c008'>CHRISTMAS EVE IN AN ATTIC</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>First Mouse</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Second Mouse</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>French Doll</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Tin Soldier</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Lion</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Elephant</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Tiger</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Jack-in-the-box</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Woolly Dog</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Mrs. Santa Claus</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Mouse.</em></span> - Christmas is here again. The air is full of the smell of good things to eat!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Mouse.</em></span> - It’s a gay time for us. I know there’ll be plenty of crumbs around now.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Mouse.</em></span> - I wish Christmas came every night. But look at those old toys in the corner. I wonder why - they look so sad.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>French Doll.</em></span> - Look sad, do we? No wonder. It’s Christmas Eve and we <span class='pageno' id='Page_66'>66</span>don’t like to be here in - the dark and cold. It isn’t fair!</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p066.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -<div class='ic003'> -<p><span class='sc'>Christmas Eve in an Attic</span></p> -</div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tin Soldier.</em><span class='pageno' id='Page_67'>67</span></span> - We once hung on a Christmas tree.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Mouse.</em></span> - It must have been a long time ago.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tin Soldier.</em></span> - It was, indeed! But the children do not care to play with us now that we are so old.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>French Doll.</em></span> - Old, sir? How can you say that? Just look at me! If my hair were combed and I had a new - dress on, I’d still be a very nice doll! Old, indeed!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Mouse.</em></span> - Yes, I’m quite sure you would be very pretty.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tin Soldier.</em></span> - And I’d be as good as <span class='pageno' id='Page_68'>68</span>any other tin soldier, if I had a new leg, a little paint, - and a fresh gun.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Mouse.</em></span> - Oh, I believe that, sir.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - [<em>Proudly.</em>] Only my mane’s gone. [<em>To Elephant.</em>] But I see you have lost - your trunk!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Elephant.</em></span> - Yes, some one broke it off. Now if I had a new trunk, I’d be all right. But look at the - tiger! He has cracked his paint, and his stripes are all gone. It would be hard to make - him look new again.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Do you mean me? Oh, a few stripes of new paint, and I’d be as fine a tiger as you ever - saw. Listen! Woolly Dog is trying to speak.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_69'>69</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Woolly Dog.</em></span> - [<em>In a whisper.</em>] My voice is almost gone. Some one punched me too hard once and - broke the spring. If I had a new spring, I’d bark louder than ever. We’d never even hear - your squeak then, little mice.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jack-in-the-box.</em></span> - I never could get back after my lid came off. A hinge and a few screws, and I’d be as - good as new. It’s a shame to leave me like this.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mice.</em></span> - Hush! Some one is coming up the stairs.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Mrs. Santa Claus enters.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>French Doll.</em></span> - Who are you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Santa Claus.</em></span> - I am Mrs. Santa <span class='pageno' id='Page_70'>70</span>Claus. Every Christmas Eve I find all the old toys I can. I - change them into new ones. Then I send them to the little children who have no other - Christmas toys. I knew I’d find some old toys in this attic! Come here, all of you. Let - me see what each one needs. Please, only one at a time! [<em>Toys come about Mrs. Santa - Claus.</em>] Now, French Doll, I’ll begin with you. There! I’ve washed your face and - combed your hair. You’re as good as new.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Mouse.</em></span> - She does look fine!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Santa Claus.</em></span> - Now, Tin Soldier, what can I do for you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tin Soldier.</em></span> - Give me a new red coat, <span class='pageno' id='Page_71'>71</span>and mend my leg. Oh, yes, and I’d like a new gun, too.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Santa Claus.</em></span> - Here you are, sir. Now, Jack, down in your box while I mend the lid. There, now you can - bob up as well as ever.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - If you please, I want a new mane. A little boy pulled mine off. I haven’t had one for a - long time.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Woolly Dog.</em></span> - Please don’t forget me. I can’t bark till I get a new spring.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Santa Claus.</em></span> - Come, Elephant and Tiger. I’ll do you next. There, I’ve seen you all. You are now as good - as toys can be.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>French Doll.</em></span> - Are we to stay in this old attic?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_72'>72</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tin Soldier.</em></span> - Can’t we be put on a Christmas tree again?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Santa Claus.</em></span> - No. Listen to me. You are all to go out into the world to-night. Each one of you must - make one little child happy. Go the way you wish, but be sure to find the child that - needs you most. I must hurry to another old attic over the way. Good night, toys.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Toys go away.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Mouse.</em></span> - Will each toy try to make some child glad on Christmas morning?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Mouse.</em></span> - I hope so. How happy they all looked as they went out!</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_73'>73</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE NEW YEAR</h2> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>New Year.</em></span> - Here I am!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Year.</em></span> - Oh, there you are, are you? Come in and let us have a look at you, and shut the door, - please, after you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>New Year.</em></span> - Frosty night! Fine and clear. I’ve had a pleasant journey.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Year.</em></span> - Humph! I don’t expect to find <em>mine</em> pleasant. A long cold drive, I call it. But - to be sure, I thought it pleasant when I was your age, youngster! Is the sleigh waiting?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>New Year.</em></span> - Yes, but there is no hurry. Wait a bit and tell me how matters are in these parts.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Year.</em></span> - [<em>Shaking his head.</em>] So, so! They <span class='pageno' id='Page_74'>74</span>might be better and yet they might be - worse, too. They were worse before I came, much worse. I have done a great deal. Now I - expect you, my boy, to do just as I did. Be a good year all the way through.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>New Year.</em></span> - I shall do my best, you may be sure. And now tell me a little what there is to do.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Year.</em></span> - In the first place, you have the weather to attend to. You see the seasons have a way of - running into each other and getting mixed, if you don’t keep a sharp lookout on them. The - months, too, are a troublesome set. Then you must be careful how you turn on wet and - <span class='pageno' id='Page_75'>75</span>dry weather. And one thing I want you to do very carefully—watch the leaves that are - turned.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>New Year.</em></span> - I thought Autumn attended to that sort of thing!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Year.</em></span> - Oh, I don’t mean leaves of trees. You know that at the beginning of a year half the - people in the world say, “I am going to turn over a new leaf!” They mean that they are - going to be better than they have ever been before. But leaves do not stay turned over. I - know a great many little boys who said they were going to turn over new leaves. They were - not going to tear their clothes, nor lose their jackknives, <span class='pageno' id='Page_76'>76</span>nor bring mud into - the house on their boots. And the little girls were going to keep their rooms tidy and - their buttons sewed on. But I haven’t seen much change in most of them.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>New Year.</em></span> - I’ll attend to that. Anything else?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Old Year.</em></span> - Above all, take care of the children. Give them all the good weather you can. And now the - horses are ready to go. My time is nearly up, so I start on my long drive. You will find - everything in pretty good shape. Well, well, my boy, good-by, good luck to you.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—Adapted.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_77'>77</span> -<img src='images/p077.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>A FRIENDSHIP DECLINED</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Mary</em> <em>and</em> <em>a Kitten</em></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>(<em>Mary wears a gray fur bonnet</em>)</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mary.</em></span> - Pussy, aren’t you cold?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Pussy.</em></span> - Me-ow!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mary.</em></span> - Pussy, aren’t you cold?<br />Don’t look so sad.<br />Come here to me,<br />At home, I’ve - kittens two—<br />And I should like—indeed I should<br />To make a friend of you.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_78'>78</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Pussy.</em></span> - Me-ow!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mary.</em></span> - To make a friend of you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Pussy.</em></span> - I thank you, Miss, for your kind words,<br />And know they’re gently said;<br />But truth - to speak,<br />I do not like<br />That thing upon your head.<br />For much it looks to me - as though<br />Your very furry hat,<br />So soft and fine, might once have been<br />A - very furry cat. Me-ow!<br />A very furry cat.</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_79'>79</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE SELFISH MAN</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Man</em>, <em>Camel</em>, <em>Wise Man</em>, <em>Tiger</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - Pray, sir, where are you going?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - I am going to the Wise Man to seek my fortune.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - Seek mine, too. I have had these sacks of gold on my back for a long time. I cannot lie - down. Seek mine, too.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - I will.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Pray, sir, where are you going?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - I am going to the Wise Man to seek my fortune.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Seek mine, too. For a long time I have had this thorn in my <span class='pageno' id='Page_80'>80</span>foot. I cannot rest. - Seek mine, too.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - I will. [<em>Man comes to Wise Man.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wise Man.</em></span> - I pray you, sir, why are you here?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - I seek my fortune. I am a very poor man.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wise Man.</em></span> - Then, I fear you have been living only for yourself. Think of making others rich and you - will become rich.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - In the jungle I met a camel. He carried two sacks of gold on his back. They were so heavy - that he could not lie down. He asked me to seek his fortune, too.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wise Man.</em></span> - Take the sacks off his back. Then he will be free, and <span class='pageno' id='Page_81'>81</span>you will have the gold. - Why did you not do it before?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - I was thinking only of myself. After that I met a tiger. For many days he has had a thorn - in his foot. He cannot rest. He asked me to seek his fortune, too.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wise Man.</em></span> - Take the thorn out of his foot, and both of you will gain by it. Why did you not think of - this before?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - I was thinking only of myself. [<em>Man goes homeward. He meets the tiger.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Have you found my fortune?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - The Wise Man told me to take the thorn out of your foot.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Pulls thorn out and starts to go on.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Thank you. Here, take my <span class='pageno' id='Page_82'>82</span>treasure. I did not think of giving it to you before. - [<em>Man goes on.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - Have you found my fortune?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - The Wise Man told me to take the sacks off your back.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Man takes off sacks.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - Thank you. But stop! These sacks are full of gold. Take them, and both of us will be - happy. Why did we not think of this before?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Man.</em></span> - We were thinking only of ourselves.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p082.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_83'>83</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE MAGPIE’S NEST</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p083.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Magpie</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Thrush</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Blackbird</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Wise Owl</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Starling</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Sparrow</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Turtledove</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Thrush.</em></span> - Oh, Mrs. Magpie, I wish you would teach us how you build your nest. Every one says your - nest is made better than any other.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - Is that true? Indeed! Come nearer then, and I will show you how I do it. [<em>Birds draw - near.</em>] You see I take some mud and make a round cake with it.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_84'>84</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Thrush.</em></span> - Oh, that’s how it’s done! I can make one now. [<em>Flies away.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - Oh! the thrush went too soon. It is not yet done. Now I lay some twigs in the mud this - way and that way, this way and that way.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Blackbird.</em></span> - I see! I see! [<em>Flies away.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - What! Has the blackbird gone, too? Next another layer of mud—twigs and mud, twigs and mud.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Wise Owl.</em></span> - Oh, that’s very easy! [<em>Flies off.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - Does the wise owl think that’s all? Now more twigs round the outside. Up and down; in and - out; round and round.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_85'>85</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sparrow.</em></span> - The very thing. [<em>Flies off.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - Oh! but the nest is not lined yet. I make it soft and warm inside with feathers.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Starling.</em></span> - That suits me. [<em>Flies off.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - Has the starling gone, too? It will take just one minute more.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtledove.</em></span> - Take two, Tousey, take two-o-o.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - One is enough.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtledove.</em></span> - Take two, Tousey, take two-o-o.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Magpie.</em></span> - One is enough, I tell you. Oh! are they all gone but you, silly turtledove? And I have - just finished my nest. None of them will make a nest like mine.</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_86'>86</span> - <h2 class='c008'>ADVENTURES OF THE FIRST SPRING</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p086.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Mr. Sparrow</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Mrs. Sparrow</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Crocus</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Mary</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Pussy Willow</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Fern</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Violet</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Children</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mr. Sparrow.</em></span> - There! I’m glad enough to see the last of that snow. Chirp, chirp! Did you notice, my - dear Mrs. Sparrow, how quickly it melted at the last?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Sparrow.</em></span> - Yes, it seemed in a great hurry to go. It did the same <span class='pageno' id='Page_87'>87</span>thing last year when the - warm days came.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mr. Sparrow.</em></span> - Yes, yes, it always does—and don’t you know why? How could the little worms and green - things come up out of the ground if the snow stayed all summer long? And then what should - we do for good things to eat?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mrs. Sparrow.</em></span> - Oh, yes, of course!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mr. Sparrow.</em></span> - I see a worm now. You stay right here and I’ll get him for you. [<em>He flies down and - carries away the worm.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Violet.</em></span> - That’s good. Worms are such dreadful creatures; always wriggling about one’s feet. I - wonder what they are good for. Dear <span class='pageno' id='Page_88'>88</span>me, there’s Miss Crocus. Good morning! Did - you have a good sleep?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Crocus.</em></span> - Yes, indeed. But I can’t unroll my petals far enough, I just want to stretch and stretch.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Violet.</em></span> - But it’s good to be back in the sunshine again.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Two children enter the woods.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First child.</em></span> - Oh, just see what I’ve found, a violet—a real one—and it’s a white one, too. Won’t Mary - be glad.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - Oh, oh, can’t you find another?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Child.</em></span> - No, there is just this one. I am going to take it up by the roots. Then it won’t wither.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div><span class='pageno' id='Page_89'>89</span>[<em>Child digs up violet and puts it in her basket with the other flowers.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Pussy Willow.</em></span> - [<em>In basket.</em>] Dear me! What does this mean? Why, Violet, you’ve got some dirt in - my eye and on my nice new fur.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fern.</em></span> - [<em>In basket.</em>] It Serves you right for being so proud. You think yourself better - and prettier than others. Something always happens to any one who does that.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Pussy Willow.</em></span> - I wasn’t speaking to you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Violet.</em></span> - Oh, please don’t quarrel. I am sure I am sorry if I have hurt any one. It was not my - fault. I didn’t want to come here a bit. How I wish I could get out.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_90'>90</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fern.</em></span> - Humph! Little good it will do to get out. I think these are the very people that Mr. Oak - Tree was telling me about. They come every year looking for ferns and flowers. He says - some of my ancestors for many generations have gone the same way. They always choose the - finest, at any rate.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>At Home.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Child.</em></span> - Oh, Mary, I found the sweetest little violet for you—a white one. I dug it up with all - its roots, so it will not wither.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mary.</em></span> - How lovely! You are very kind to bring me such beautiful flowers.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_91'>91</span> -<img src='images/p091.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - It’s the first one that came up.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mary.</em></span> - How I’d love to hunt for the violets! But it’s hard for any one who is lame to go to the - woods. I don’t suppose I shall ever go there myself.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_92'>92</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Child.</em></span> - Yes, you shall. Some day we’ll all go together.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Mary.</em></span> - Poor little flower! I wonder if it was sorry to leave its place in the woods to stay with - me in this room. Please give it some water to drink. Then it will go on living.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Violet.</em></span> - How thankful I am that I came. Just a few days later and I might have withered there in - the meadow. I would have been of no use to any one. Now I can make this little girl - happy. I am so glad I grew. The best of all is to make some one happy.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—Adapted.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_93'>93</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE BIRD’S NEST</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p093a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Yellow-breast</em>, <em>Bobolink</em>, <em>Cuckoo</em>, <em>Crow</em>, <em>Cow</em>, <em>Dog</em>, <em>Sheep</em>, <em>Hen</em>, <em>Little Boy</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Yellow-breast.</em></span> - To-whit, to-whit, to-whee!<br />Will you listen to me?<br />Who stole four eggs I laid<br - />And the nice nest I made?</p> -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p093b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_94'>94</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Cow.</em></span> - Not I. Moo-oo! Moo-oo!<br />Such a thing I’d never do!<br />I gave you a wisp of hay<br - />But didn’t take your nest away.<br />Not I! Moo-oo! Moo-oo!<br />Such a thing I’d never - do.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p094a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Yellow-breast.</em></span> - To-whit, to-whit, to-whee!<br />Will you listen to me?<br />Who stole four eggs I laid<br - />And the nice nest I made?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bobolink.</em></span> - Bob-o-link! Bob-o-link!<br />Now what do you think?<br />Who stole a nest away<br />From - the plum tree to-day?</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p094b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Dog.</em><span class='pageno' id='Page_95'>95</span></span> - Not I! Bow-wow! Bow-wow!<br />I wouldn’t be so mean, I vow!<br />I gave hairs the nest to - make,<br />But the nest I did not take!<br />Not I! Bow-wow! Bow-wow!<br />I wouldn’t be - so mean, I vow.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p095.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Yellow-breast.</em></span> - To-whit, to-whit, to-whee!<br />Will you listen to me?<br />Who stole four eggs I laid<br - />And the nice nest I made?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_96'>96</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bobolink.</em></span> - Bob-o-link! Bob-o-link!<br />Now what do you think?<br />Who stole a nest away<br />From - the plum tree, to-day?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Cuckoo.</em></span> - Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Coo-coo!<br />Let me speak a word, too!<br />Who stole that pretty - nest<br />From little Yellow-breast?</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p096a.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Sheep.</em></span> - Not I! Oh, no! Oh, no!<br />I wouldn’t treat a poor bird so.<br />I gave wool the nest to - line;<br />But the nest was none of mine!<br />Oh, no! Oh, no! I wouldn’t treat a poor - bird so.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p096b.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Yellow-breast.</em><span class='pageno' id='Page_97'>97</span></span> - To-whit, to-whit, to-whee!<br />Will you listen to me?<br />Who stole four eggs I laid<br - />And the nice nest I made?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bobolink.</em></span> - Bob-o-link! Bob-o-link!<br />Now what do you think?<br />Who stole a nest away<br />From - the plum tree, to-day?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Cuckoo.</em></span> - Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Coo-coo!<br />Let me speak a word, too.<br />Who stole that pretty - nest<br />From little Yellow-breast?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Crow.</em></span> - Caw, caw! Hear the crow!<br />I should like to know<br />What thief took away<br />A - bird’s nest, to-day?</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p097.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Hen.</em><span class='pageno' id='Page_98'>98</span></span> - Cluck! Cluck! Hear me then!<br />Don’t ask me again!<br />Why, I haven’t a chick<br - />Would do such a trick!<br />We all gave her a feather<br />And she wove them - together.<br />I’d scorn to intrude<br />On her and her brood.<br />Cluck, cluck! hear me - then,<br />Don’t ask me again.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id001'> -<img src='images/p098.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bobolink</em>,<br /><em>Cuckoo</em>,<br /><em>Crow.</em></span> - Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr!<br />All the birds make a stir,<br />Let us find out his - name<br />And all cry “For shame!”</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_99'>99</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Little Boy.</em></span> - I stole that pretty nest<br />From poor little Yellow-breast.<br />And I feel so full of - shame<br />I do not like to tell my name!</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—Adapted from <span class='sc'>Lydia Maria Child</span>.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_100'>100</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE BOASTFUL BAMBOO TREE</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Boastful Bamboo</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Little Tree</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Boy</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Girl</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Woodcutter</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene I</span>—<em>In the Forest</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boastful Bamboo.</em></span> - Little bamboo tree, you bow and bend to every wind that blows. A bamboo tree should never - show fear. Look at me! I stand straight and strong and bow to no one.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Tree.</em></span> - I know you are strong. You are much stronger than I am. I am only fit to trim the houses - for the New Year’s feast. But you will be used in making some great house or maybe in - making a palace.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_101'>101</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boastful Bamboo.</em></span> - Only that! I shall be chosen for the mast of a big ship. Every one will look at me and - say, “See what a beautiful mast that ship has!” As for you, timid little tree, you will - never be brave enough even to deck the New Year’s feast.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Tree.</em></span> - Who knows? If I grow straight and strong. I may be chosen to do some good in the world!</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene II</span>—<em>In the Forest (later)</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boy.</em></span> - [<em>Looking at the Boastful Bamboo.</em>] What a big, strong, bamboo tree!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Girl.</em></span> - But this dear little one beside it is prettier than any of the others.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boy.</em></span> - Yes; let us bind her with our garland of flowers.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_102'>102</span> -<img src='images/p102.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Girl.</em></span> - We’ll call her the Lady Silver Mist.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Woodcutter.</em></span> - [<em>Looking at the big bamboo tree.</em>] Here is a tall, straight tree. It will do for - a mast. I will cut it first.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boastful Bamboo.</em></span> - [<em>To Little Tree.</em>] Good-by,—I am sorry for you. I shall see the world now and do - great things. Good-by, Little Tree!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Tree.</em></span> - Good-by! Good fortune go with you! [<em>Big tree falls.</em>]</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_103'>103</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boy.</em></span> - I’m glad he didn’t take our little tree.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Girl.</em></span> - [<em>To Woodcutter.</em>] Please don’t cut down our little tree. In all the forest we - love it best.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Woodcutter.</em></span> - Ah, I see the little tree has friends.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Girl.</em></span> - Yes, we call her the Lady Silver Mist, and she is our playmate.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Woodcutter.</em></span> - But I’ve been sent to cut down all the trees in the forest. You must dig it up and carry - it away, if you wish to keep it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boy.</em></span> - I’ll dig it up. We’ll take it home and plant it in our garden by the sea. [<em>Children - carry off the tree.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_104'>104</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene III</span>—<em>In the Garden (after storm)</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Tree.</em></span> - All night the waves of the sea tossed the white foam and dashed the ships about. All - around me lie pieces of wood washed up by the sea. What is this at my feet? A piece of a - great bamboo tree! Can it be my friend of the forest?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boastful Bamboo.</em></span> - Alas! I am your poor friend.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Tree.</em></span> - I wish I could help you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Boastful Bamboo.</em></span> - No one can help me. I wish that I had lived in a garden as you have. Then I might have - been useful for many years. Farewell, Little Tree.</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_105'>105</span> - <h2 class='c008'>RETURN OF SPRING</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c002'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Time</span>—<em>Morning—Breakfast</em></div> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Place</span>—<em>A Garden on Mt. Olympus</em></div> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Spring</em>, <em>Columbine</em>, <em>Pantaloon</em>, <em>Clown</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Columbine.</em></span> - Spring, Spring! Oh, you naughty boy. Why are you here?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - They didn’t want me, and neither do you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Columbine.</em></span> - Oh, you poor dear boy. Come along at once to the fire and have some breakfast.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - I didn’t come in before, because I thought you wouldn’t want me. [<em>All sit down to - breakfast.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Clown.</em></span> - Sausages? I’m tired of sausages; such ages since we had anything else.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Pantaloon.</em></span> - Ho! ho! ho! [<em>Waves his wand.</em>] <span class='pageno' id='Page_106'>106</span>We’ll have rabbit pie, then. [<em>Dish - of sausages turns to rabbit pie.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Clown.</em></span> - Do you know how they get the rabbits into the pie?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - [<em>Shakes his head.</em>] No.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Clown.</em></span> - Would you like to know?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Please, sir.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Clown.</em></span> - Well, first of all, you make a nice rich brown crust, and you put it over a large dish. - Then you cut a round hole from the pie crust. Fill the dish with lettuce and put it out - on the lawn.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - On the lawn?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Clown.</em></span> - Yes. Then the rabbits come. They pop down the hole in the crust to eat the lettuce. When - the pie is <span class='pageno' id='Page_107'>107</span>full of rabbits, you run from behind a tree, cover the hole in the - crust, and then with the dish in your arms, you dash into the kitchen,—pie in the oven, - oven hot, fire bright—and, here we are!</p> -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p107.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_108'>108</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Columbine.</em></span> - Don’t you believe him.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Pantaloon.</em></span> - [<em>To Spring.</em>] Why did you come back?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - The farmers said I made the buds come out too soon. I only stroked the trees and the - little sticky buds peeped out to kiss my hand. The gardeners were angry because, where I - stepped, the flowers came out too soon, they said, and then—</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Columbine.</em></span> - Never mind, dear. We are all glad to see you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Pantaloon.</em></span> - And then?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Then East Wind came and <span class='pageno' id='Page_109'>109</span>Snow and Jack Frost, and they nipped my flowers, and - hurt my trees, and made my lambs shiver behind the hedges. The goblins who sing in the - fire hobs sang and sang till the people turned their backs on me and crouched up to the - fire again and began to tell ghost stories.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Columbine.</em></span> - But you must go back now, and fight Jack Frost and scare Winter away. You have had your - breakfast, dear, and now like all the world, you must do your work. Yes, dear, you must - keep on working till summer wakes up.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Good-by.</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_110'>110</span> - <h2 class='c008'>WHO HOLDS UP THE SKY?</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p110.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> -<div class='lg-container-b c002'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Time</span>—<em>Spring</em></div> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Place</span>—<em>A Wood</em></div> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Daisy</em>, <em>Rose</em>, <em>Fir Tree</em>, <em>Elm</em>, <em>Bird</em>, <em>Mountain</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Daisy.</em></span> - Oh dear, Miss Rose, do tell me please,<br />Is it you holds up the sky?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Rose.</em></span> - Dear Daisy, no, no, indeed,<br />I cannot reach so high.<br /><span class='pageno' id='Page_111'>111</span>And <em>very</em> - far above me<br />Is the blue and lovely sky.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'> </span> - But if you wish to know.<br />To find out I will try.<br />Perhaps that tall fir tree<br - />Is holding up the sky.</p> - </div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>To the fir tree.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'> </span> - You lift your head so high,<br />Do you hold up the sky?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Fir Tree.</em></span> - [<em>Shaking his head.</em>]<br />Oh no, indeed, sweet Rose<br />It surely is not I!<br - />It may be this lofty elm,<br />Who stands to me so nigh.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Elm.</em></span> - No, no, it is not I.<br />But a mountain very tall<br /><span class='pageno' id='Page_112'>112</span>In the distance I can - spy,<br />And on his shoulders rests,<br />I think, the wondrous sky.</p> - </div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Calling to the mountain.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'> </span> - You lift your head so high,<br />Do you hold up the sky?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mountain.</em></span> - And who is it who would<br />For these secrets pry?<br />I’ve stood here many an age,<br - />But I never touched the sky.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Rose.</em></span> - Sweet Daisy, dearest friend,<br />I fear before we die<br />We never shall find out<br - />Who is holding up the sky.</p> - </div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>A bird alights on the fir tree.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Daisy and Rose.</em><span class='pageno' id='Page_113'>113</span></span> - [<em>Together.</em>]<br />O Bird, you fly up so high,<br />Will you not please tell us<br - />Who is holding up the sky?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bird.</em></span> - ’Tis He who made the daisy<br />And He who made the rose;<br />’Tis He who made the fir - tree,<br />The elm, and all that grows.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'> </span> - ’Tis He who made the mountain<br />And made the bird to fly—<br />The good and Heavenly - Father,<br />Who holdeth up the sky.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—Adapted.</div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_114'>114</span> -<img src='images/p114.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>THE FOX’S PLAN</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Tiger</em>, <em>Hunter</em>, <em>Fox</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - [<em>To fox in a net.</em>] So you are here. Caught!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Only to help you, Tiger.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - To help me? How is that?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Why, the other day you said you could not get enough men to eat. So I got into this net. - When the men come to take me you may get the men.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - A fine plan! Can I believe you?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_115'>115</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Believe me. Hide in the bushes close by. I’ll show you the men when they come.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Can I believe you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Believe me, Tiger. Here comes one now. Quick! Behind the bushes! [<em>Tiger hides.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hunter.</em></span> - [<em>To fox.</em>] So here you are. Caught!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Only to help you, Hunter.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hunter.</em></span> - To help me? How is that?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Why, the other day you said you could not get the tiger who has been killing and eating - your cattle. So I got into this net to-day that you may have him.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_116'>116</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hunter.</em></span> - A fine plan. Can I believe you? But how will I get him?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Believe me, Hunter. [<em>Quietly.</em>] He came here to eat me up, but he saw you coming. - He is now behind the bushes. Let me out of this net, and I will take you right to him.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hunter.</em></span> - Can I believe you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Believe me, Hunter. Only let me out, and you’ll see. [<em>Hunter lets fox out.</em>] - Come! [<em>Calling out loud.</em>] Now, Sir Tiger, here is the hunter; and, Mr. Hunter, - there is your tiger. I have kept my word to both; you must settle the matter between - yourselves.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Fox runs off.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hunter.</em></span> - Alas! Alas!</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_117'>117</span> - <h2 class='c008'>TOM AND THE LOBSTER</h2> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b c002'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Place</span>—<em>Among the rocks</em></div> - <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Tom</em>, <em>Lobster</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tom.</em></span> - [<em>To lobster caught in a lobster pot.</em>] What, have you been naughty, and have they - put you in the lockup?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lobster.</em></span> - I can’t get out.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tom.</em></span> - Why did you get in?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lobster.</em></span> - I came in for that ugly piece of fish.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tom.</em></span> - Where did you get in?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lobster.</em></span> - Through that round hole at the top.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tom.</em></span> - Then why don’t you get out through it?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lobster.</em></span> - Because I can’t. I have jumped upwards, downwards, backwards, <span class='pageno' id='Page_118'>118</span>and sideways, at - least four thousand times, and I can’t get out. I always get up underneath then and can’t - find the hole.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tom.</em></span> - Stop a bit. Turn your tail up to me, and I’ll pull you through hindforemost, and then you - won’t stick in the spikes. [<em>Tom pulls lobster.</em>] Hello, here is a pretty - business. Now take your great claws and break the point off those spikes, and then we - shall both get out easily.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lobster.</em></span> - Dear me, I never thought of that!</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_119'>119</span> -<img src='images/p119.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>WHY THE JELLYFISH HAS NO SHELL</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Fishes</em>, <em>Turtle</em>, <em>three Monkeys</em>, <em>Jellyfish</em>, <em>Queen Osa</em></div> - </div> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene I</span>—<em>Under the Sea</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Fish.</em></span> - What is the matter, little fish?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - Have you not heard? Our sea queen is very ill.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Fish.</em></span> - Osa, our queen, very ill, did you say?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - Yes, yes, we have done everything; but she grows worse.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Fish.</em></span> - We fear she must die.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_120'>120</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Fish.</em></span> - This cannot be. Come, tell me what you have done.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - Oh, we fed her seaweed and laid her upon a bank of sponges. Every little fish helped. But - she is no better.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Fish.</em></span> - Our queen Osa! This is sad indeed. Is there no wise creature in the sea who can help us?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Fish.</em></span> - There must be. Let us think hard.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - I know. Let’s ask the turtle. He’s wise. He goes out of the sea upon the land. Surely he - must learn many things there. Perhaps he is just the one to tell us what to do to save - our queen.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_121'>121</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Fish.</em></span> - Go at once and bring him back with you. [<em>Little Fish goes out.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Fish.</em></span> - He won’t be gone long. No one swims faster than our little fish.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Fish.</em></span> - Here he comes back already, and the turtle is with him.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>All the Fish.</em></span> - Good, good. [<em>Turtle and Little Fish enter.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Fish.</em></span> - O Turtle, have you heard that our sea queen is about to die?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - I know that she is very ill.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Fish.</em></span> - Can you not help us to save her? You are wise, Turtle. It’s because you don’t stay down - in the sea, but go upon the land, that <span class='pageno' id='Page_122'>122</span>you learn about so many things. What - will cure our queen?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - [<em>Slowly.</em>] Yes, I do learn a great many things on the land. Let me think—I am - thinking—yes—I believe—yes—I know, I’m sure I know just what will save her life. I have - it—a monkey’s heart—the very thing! I heard about it one day as I was resting upon the - shore. A monkey’s heart can cure anything!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>All the Fish.</em></span> - Wonderful!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Fish.</em></span> - Will you go and get one? O Turtle, you know we would go if we could leave our homes as - you can. You will go, won’t you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - I will go—at once.</p> - </div> - -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_123'>123</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene II</span>—<em>On the Seashore</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - Dear me—not a monkey to be seen anywhere! Well, I’ve waited and waited. It’s very hot - here on the sand. I’m sleepy. I’ll just take a nap. [<em>Sleeps. Monkeys (three) - come.</em>]</p> -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p123.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Monkey.</em></span> - [<em>Seeing turtle.</em>] What’s this?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Monkey.</em></span> - I don’t know. I never <span class='pageno' id='Page_124'>124</span>saw anything like that before. Now, I see, it’s a big stone.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Monkey.</em></span> - So it is.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Monkey.</em></span> - I don’t believe it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Monkey.</em></span> - Well, you just put your paw on it and see. There, it’s as hard as it can be.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Monkey.</em></span> - <em>I</em> know. It’s a great shell. [<em>Touches the turtle.</em>] A big hard one, hard - all over. [<em>Turtle wakes and catches monkey.</em>] Oh, oh, oh! Let me go.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - No, I will not let you go. Be quiet and do what I tell you, and I will not hurt you. Your - brothers have run away. You must come down under the sea with me.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>They go out together.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - </div> - -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_125'>125</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene III</span>—<em>Under the Sea</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - Why do they keep me here? No one to talk to, no one to play with, no trees to climb. Only - one friend, the jellyfish with his hard shell. I’d like him better if he hadn’t one. It - makes me think of that bad turtle that brought me down here on his hard back. Here comes - the old jellyfish now.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jellyfish.</em></span> - Hello, Monkey, you look sad.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - So would you if you wanted trees instead of seaweed, and land instead of water, and warm - sunshine, and other little monkeys to play with.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_126'>126</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jellyfish.</em></span> - Poor Monkey! I am sorry for you. But of course you must stay here until they come to get - you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - Until who comes to get me?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jellyfish.</em></span> - The fish, of course. Don’t you know?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - Indeed, I don’t, Jellyfish. What do you mean?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jellyfish.</em></span> - They want your heart for the queen. In a few days they’ll come and kill you and give her - your heart to eat.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - Oh, dear me! Give my heart to the queen to eat? Why, Jellyfish, do you know what you are - talking about? What wrong have I done that I should be killed?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_127'>127</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jellyfish.</em></span> - Oh, you’ve done no wrong. But our dear queen is very ill, and your heart is the only - thing that will cure her. We cannot get your heart unless we kill you; so try and be - brave about it.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Jellyfish swims off.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - [<em>To himself.</em>] I shall not give my heart to the queen. I must get away from here - somehow. But how? I do not know the way. Only the turtle could take me back, and he - won’t. What can I do? Here comes the turtle now.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - You look sad, Monkey. What is the matter?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - Dear me, Turtle, I was <span class='pageno' id='Page_128'>128</span>just thinking of something I have left at home that I - need very much.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - Indeed! What is it, dear Monkey?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - It’s my heart, Turtle. Just before I left home I hung it out on a bush to dry. If the - rain comes, it will be spoiled.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - What is this you tell me?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Monkey.</em></span> - It’s about my heart. Some one must carry me back to the land so that I can get it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - Well, well, is there no other way? Then I must take you back to get your heart. That is - the best plan, and we must start at once. Come. [<em>They go out together.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_129'>129</span> -<img src='images/p129.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene IV</span>—<em>Home of the Sea Queen</em></h3> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c006'> - <div>[<em>Turtle comes in looking very sad.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Queen Osa.</em></span> - My dear Turtle, where have you been so long, and oh, what has happened to you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - Dear Queen, I am very sad, and very cold, and very ill. My <span class='pageno' id='Page_130'>130</span>poor body is without - its covering, for see, I have lost my shell.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Queen Osa.</em></span> - Poor Turtle! Come tell me all about it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - The monkey told me he had left his heart at home and he asked me to take him back so he - could get it. I believed him. You know I wanted the heart for you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Queen Osa.</em></span> - You are very kind, Turtle.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Turtle.</em></span> - I took him on my back. When we got to the land he sprang off my back and up the nearest - tree. He told his brothers what had happened to him. Then they all rushed at me. They - tore off my shell and threw my body back into the sea without it.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_131'>131</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Queen Osa.</em></span> - Poor Turtle! Never mind. I’ll give you another shell, for you did your best. Some one - must have been telling the monkey tales. Jellyfish, you were his friend. Do you know - anything about this?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jellyfish.</em></span> - I told the monkey that we were going to kill him so that we could get his heart for you. - I told him to try and be brave about it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Queen Osa.</em></span> - You are to blame, then, Jellyfish, for all this trouble. To punish you for meddling, I - will take away your shell. And you must go without it forever.</p> - </div> - -<div class='lg-container-r'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'>—<span class='sc'>Oriental Fable.</span></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_132'>132</span> - <h2 class='c008'>I WOULD LIKE YOU FOR A COMRADE</h2> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Little Girl.</em></span> - I would like you for a comrade, for I love you, that I do,<br />I never met a little calf - as amiable as you;<br />I would teach you how to dance and sing and how to talk and - laugh,<br />If I were not a little girl and you were not a calf.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Little Calf.</em></span> - I would like you for a comrade; you should share my barley meal<br /><span class='pageno' id='Page_133'>133</span>And butt - me with your little horns just hard enough to feel;<br />We would lie beneath the - chestnut trees and watch the leaves uncurl,<br />If I were not a clumsy calf and you a - little girl.</p> - </div> - -<div class='c014'>—<span class='sc'>Judge Parry.</span></div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p133.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_134'>134</span> - <h2 class='c008'>SOUTHWEST WIND’S VISIT TO GLUCK</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Gluck</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Hans</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Schwartz</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Little Old Gentleman</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - What a pity my brothers never ask anybody to dinner. I’m sure when they’ve got such a - nice piece of mutton as this it would do their hearts good to have somebody to eat it - with them. [<em>Knock sounds at the door.</em>] It must be the wind. Nobody else would - dare to knock double knocks at our door. [<em>Gluck goes to the window.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Hello! That’s not the way to answer the door. I am wet. Let me in.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_135'>135</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - I beg your pardon, sir. I am very sorry, but I really can’t.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Can’t what?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - I can’t let you in. I can’t, indeed. My brother will beat me, sir, if I thought of such a - thing. What do you want, sir?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Want? I want fire and shelter. There’s your great fire there blazing, cracking, and - dancing on the walls with nobody to feel it. I only want to warm myself.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - He does look very wet. I’ll just let him in for a little while.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Opens the door.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - That’s a good boy. <span class='pageno' id='Page_136'>136</span>Never mind your brothers. I’ll talk to them.</p> -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p136.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - Pray, sir, don’t do any such <span class='pageno' id='Page_137'>137</span>thing. I can’t let you stay till they come.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Dear me. I’m very sorry to hear that. How long may I stay?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - Only till the mutton’s done, sir, and it’s very brown. [<em>Little Old Gentleman seats - himself before the fire.</em>] You’ll soon dry there, sir. Mayn’t I take your cloak?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - No, thank you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - Your cap, sir?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - I am all right, thank you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - But, sir! I’m very sorry, but really, sir, you’re putting the fire out.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - It’ll take longer to <span class='pageno' id='Page_138'>138</span>do the mutton then. That mutton looks very nice. Can’t you - give me a little bit?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - Impossible, sir.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - I’m very hungry. I’ve had nothing to eat yesterday nor to-day. They surely couldn’t miss - a bit from the knuckle.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - They promised me one slice to-day, sir. I can give you that.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - That’s a good boy.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - [<em>To himself.</em>] I don’t care if I do get beaten for it. [<em>Loud rap at the door. - Schwartz and Hans enter.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - What did you keep us waiting in the rain for?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Ay, what for, indeed!</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_139'>139</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - Bless my soul, who’s that?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - I don’t know, indeed, brother.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - How did he get in?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - My dear brother, he was so very wet.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - Who are you, sir?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - What’s your business?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - I am a poor old man, sir, and I saw your fire through the window and begged shelter for a - little while.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - Have the goodness to walk out again, then.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - It’s a cold day to turn an old man out, sir. Look at my gray hairs.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_140'>140</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Ay, there are enough of them to keep you warm. Walk!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little old Gentleman.</em></span> - I’m very, very hungry, sir. Couldn’t you spare me a bit of bread before I go?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - Bread, indeed! Do you suppose we’ve nothing to do with our bread but to give it to such - fellows as you?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Out with you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - A little bit?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - Be off!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Pray, gentlemen.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - Off!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Gentlemen, I wish you a very good morning. At twelve o’clock to-night I’ll call again. - But <span class='pageno' id='Page_141'>141</span>you will not be surprised if that visit is the last I ever make you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - If I ever catch you here again—[<em>To Gluck.</em>] A very pretty business, indeed, Mr. - Gluck. Dish the mutton, sir. If ever I catch you at such a trick again—bless me, why the - mutton’s been cut.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Gluck.</em></span> - You promised me one slice, brother, you know.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - Oh, you were cutting it hot, I suppose, and going to catch all the gravy. It will be long - before I promise you such a thing again. Leave the room, sir, and have the kindness to - wait in the coal cellar till I call you.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div><span class='pageno' id='Page_142'>142</span><em>Midnight</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Schwartz.</em></span> - [<em>Starting up.</em>] What’s that?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Only I, Southwest Wind.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Hans.</em></span> - The room is full of water, and the roof is off.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Little Old Gentleman.</em></span> - Sorry, gentlemen. I am afraid your beds are dampish. Perhaps you had better go to your - brother’s room. I’ve left the ceiling on there. You’ll find my card on the kitchen table. - Remember, this is the last visit from Southwest Wind.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_143'>143</span> -<img src='images/p143.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>THE CHILD AND THE SPARROW</h2> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Sparrow in the cherry tree,<br />Won’t you drop one down for me?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Sparrow.</em></span> - Presently, presently.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Sparrow, sparrow, Greedy-pate!<br /><span class='pageno' id='Page_144'>144</span>There’s a fine one! Drop it straight!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Sparrow.</em></span> - Little boys should learn to wait!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Sparrow, without more ado,<br />Come, be kind and drop me two.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Sparrow.</em></span> - They’re not ripe enough for you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Saucy sparrow, cease your fun!<br />What, you’re off—and give me none!</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Sparrow.</em></span> - All are gone, all are gone.</p> - </div> - -<div class='c014'>—<span class='sc'>Thomas Westwood.</span></div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_145'>145</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE RABBIT’S MESSAGE</h2> -</div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p145.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Three Children</em>, <em>Spring</em>, <em>Rabbit</em> <em>and</em> <em>creatures of the woods</em></div> - </div> -</div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Part I</span>—<em>The Children</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Child.</em></span> - Oh, how bare the woods look. Not a flower or bud anywhere!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - Spring is late.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Child.</em></span> - Ow-o-o. Let’s run home.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - Spring has forgotten us. I shan’t come here again.</p> - </div> - -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_146'>146</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Part II</span>—<em>Lady Spring</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - At last! Be off, Jack Frost and North Wind. You have kept me waiting too long. Now to - work. I must waken the flowers. [<em>Waves her wand.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Flowers.</em></span> - [<em>Awaken.</em>] Welcome, Lady Spring. We have looked for you long.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Break into buds, trees.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Trees.</em></span> - [<em>Awaken.</em>] Welcome, Lady Spring. We have looked for you long.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Waken, animals.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Animals.</em></span> - [<em>Awaken.</em>] Welcome, Lady Spring. We have waited for you long.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - But where are the children? Perhaps they do not know we are here. I must find some way to - send them a message. Robin, will you take it?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_147'>147</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Robin.</em></span> - I am too busy building a nest for my little ones. Send the fox.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Fox, will you take it?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - I dare not go. The people will think I have come to steal their chickens. Send Black Bear.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Black Bear, will you take the message to the children?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Black Bear.</em></span> - Don’t send me. I am so big I would frighten them. All children love the rabbit. Send him.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Rabbit, will you go?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Rabbit.</em></span> - Yes, yes. I’ll go. But, dear me! The dogs! They might catch me.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Go when they are asleep.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Rabbit.</em></span> - Good. I will go to-night. But what message shall I take?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_148'>148</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - I’ll weave a basket of twigs and leaves and green grass, and line it with soft moss. Each - one of us will put a message into it.</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Part III</span>—<em>The Journey</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - Here is the basket, Rabbit.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Robin.</em></span> - Here is an egg.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Thrush.</em></span> - Here is another.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Squirrel.</em></span> - Here are some acorns that have just sprouted.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Spring.</em></span> - My prettiest flowers go to the children. There! Stop at every house where there is a - child.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Rabbit.</em></span> - I shall not forget. I’m off. [<em>To himself.</em>] I’ll just make a nest of grass for - each child, and leave it on <span class='pageno' id='Page_149'>149</span>the doorstep. An egg and a spring flower in - each—and the children will know!</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Part IV</span>—<em>The Message</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First Child.</em></span> - What a pretty nest! I found it on my doorstep—flowers and twigs and an egg.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - I found one, too—with everything in it from the woods.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third child.</em></span> - Oh! Spring must be here.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>First child.</em></span> - See, here are the tracks of the rabbit’s feet! He came to tell us.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Child.</em></span> - Then spring <em>is</em> here. Let’s run to the woods—now!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Children.</em></span> - [<em>Running.</em>] Spring is here! Bunny has brought us the message.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_150'>150</span> -<img src='images/p150.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>LAUGHING SANJA</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Sanja</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>First Jizu</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Second Jizu</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Third Jizu</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Ogre</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - -<p class='c015'><span class='sc'>Note</span>: <em>Jizu is a roadside image or statue.</em></p> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene I</span>—<em>Along the Road</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - Dear, dear, there goes one of my finest dumplings rolling down the hill. That will never - do. I cannot lose that one. I must run and catch <span class='pageno' id='Page_151'>151</span>it. [<em>Runs after it. As she - goes she meets Lord Jizu.</em>] Good morning, my Lord Jizu! Have you seen a rice dumpling - fall this way?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lord Jizu.</em></span> - Good morning! Yes, I saw a dumpling. It went past here. It went down the hill skipping as - if it had legs.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - Oh, thank you. Then I must skip after it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lord Jizu.</em></span> - No, no. Do not go on. An ogre lives down there. He may do you harm.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - But I must have my dumpling. [<em>Laughing.</em>] Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! [<em>Goes - on.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'> </span> - [<em>To Second Lord Jizu.</em>] My good Lord <span class='pageno' id='Page_152'>152</span>Jizu, have you seen a dumpling pass this way?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Lord Jizu.</em></span> - As if it had wings! It flew past me.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - Then I must hurry to catch it.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Second Lord Jizu.</em></span> - You must not think of that. There is a wicked ogre below. He does not like old women. He - will be cruel to you, and he might eat you up.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - But I must have my dumpling. He’ll not eat an old woman like me. [<em>Laughing.</em>] - Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! [<em>Goes on.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'> </span> - [<em>To herself.</em>] If I ever catch that dumpling, I’ll eat every bit of it - <span class='pageno' id='Page_153'>153</span>myself. Tee-hee-hee! [<em>To Third Lord Jizu.</em>] My good Lord Jizu, have you seen - my dumpling pass this way?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Lord Jizu.</em></span> - Yes, it passed but a moment ago. Do not think of searching for it. The ogre who lives - beyond is cruel, and he’ll surely eat you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - He’ll not eat an old woman like me. Tee-hee-hee! [<em>They hear a terrible noise. Ogre - comes.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Lord Jizu.</em></span> - Here comes the ogre. Get behind me. Be quick!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - [<em>Deep voice.</em>] Good morning, Lord Jizu! I smell meat.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Lord Jizu.</em></span> - Good morning, Ogre. Is it not dumpling that you smell? <span class='pageno' id='Page_154'>154</span>I saw one pass along - this road a little while ago.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - No, indeed. It is not dumpling. What I smell is meat.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Third Lord Jizu.</em></span> - I do not smell it. Are you sure it is not rice dumpling? It seems to me that I smell a - little of it about you.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - That is not strange. I saw the dumpling rolling my way. I caught it and ate it. It was - good. I wish I had the one who made it. What I smell now is meat, meat, meat; juicy, - young, tender. [<em>Sanja bursts out laughing.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - [<em>Seeing Sanja.</em>] Who are you?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_155'>155</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - I am the one who made the dumpling. Tee-hee-hee! Why did you eat it?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - Because it was good.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - You couldn’t eat me for that reason. Tee-hee-hee!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - No, I shall not eat you. You shall come home with me and be my cook. As long as you cook - your dumplings for me I will not harm you. [<em>Sanja goes with the ogre.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene II</span>—<em>Ogre’s Kitchen</em></h3> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - You are a good cook; but you use more rice than you need. You should put but one grain - into the pot.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - One grain? Tee-hee-hee. <span class='pageno' id='Page_156'>156</span>How could any one live on one grain of rice?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - I will show you. Put one grain of rice into the pot. Then take this paddle in your hand. - If you want rice for ten persons, stir ten times, in this way. [<em>Stirs paddle about in - the water.</em>] See the grain of rice burst into ten pieces. If you want rice for one - hundred persons, stir one hundred times. The grain of rice will burst into one hundred - pieces.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - This is a magic paddle.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - [<em>To himself.</em>] How strange that she laughs at everything.</p> - </div> - -<div> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_157'>157</span> - <h3 class='c012'><span class='sc'>Scene III</span>—<em>The River Bank</em></h3> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1 c006'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - I won’t stay here another day. The ogre is off hunting. Tee-hee-hee. He’ll never know how - I got out of the castle and over the river. Tee-hee-hee. Tee-hee-hee. [<em>Hears - call.</em>] Who calls? The ogre. Oh, he sees me! I am afraid to go back.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - [<em>From other side of the river.</em>] What are you doing there, you Laughing Dumpling? - Go back to my kitchen, I say. Go back!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - Tee-hee-hee!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Ogre.</em></span> - How strange that she laughs at everything. She shall not laugh at me. [<em>Starts to go - across river.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_158'>158</span> -<img src='images/p158.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Sanja.</em></span> - What shall I do to get away. The magic paddle! The magic paddle! I have it tucked in my - belt. I’ll stir the water in the river with it. There! Tee-hee-hee! Tee-hee-hee! See the - water flows and flows, higher and higher. The ogre must swim for his life. Tee-hee-hee! - Tee-hee-hee!</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_159'>159</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE TIGER AND THE BRAHMAN</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span></div> - </div> -</div> - -<div class='lg-container-b'> - <div class='linegroup'> - <div class='group'> - <div class='line'><em>Tiger</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Jackal</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Brahman</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Tree</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Road</em></div> - <div class='line'><em>Buffalo</em></div> - </div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Let me out of the cage, Brahman!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - No, I will not. If I let you out of the cage, you will eat me.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - O Brahman, indeed I will not. I could not be so unkind as that. Only let me out to get a - drink of water. Then I will come back. [<em>Brahman opens the cage.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_160'>160</span> -<img src='images/p160.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - [<em>Jumping out.</em>] Now, I will eat you first and then I’ll drink the water.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Alas! How foolish I was to let you out. Only do not kill me hastily. Let me ask the first - three things I meet to tell me whether it is just and fair that you should put - <span class='pageno' id='Page_161'>161</span>me to death. If all of them say it is just and fair for you to kill me I shall be - willing to die.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - It shall be as you say. You may ask the opinion of three.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Brahman goes off.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - O Tree, hear my story and tell me who is right. The tiger begged me to let him out of his - cage, to drink a little water. He promised not to hurt me if I did so. But now that I - have let him out he wishes to kill and eat me. Is this right?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tree.</em></span> - I give shade to all who pass by, but when they are rested they cut my branches and break - off my leaves. Why do you complain?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_162'>162</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Alas! Alas! [<em>Goes on.</em>] O Buffalo, hear my story and tell me who is right. The - tiger begged me to let him out of his cage to drink a little water. But now that I have - let him out he wishes to kill and eat me. Is this right, O Buffalo?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Buffalo.</em></span> - Look at me! See how hard I work. When I was young I had the best of food. But now that I - am old I am kept here in the field. I have only the coarsest food to eat. Why do you - complain?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Alas! Alas! [<em>Goes to Road.</em>] O Road, hear my story and tell me who is right. The - tiger begged me to let him out of his cage to drink a <span class='pageno' id='Page_163'>163</span>little water. But now - that I have let him out he wishes to kill and eat me. Is this right, O Road?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Road.</em></span> - Poor Brahman! How can you hope for anything else? Think of me. Here I am useful to every - one. Yet all, rich and poor, great and small, trample on me as they go past. Why do you - complain?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Alas! Alas! Alas! There is no help for me. [<em>Turns homeward.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - What’s the matter, Mr. Brahman? You look very sad.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - I am sad. As I was walking along the road I came to the tiger in his cage. He begged me - to let him out to drink a little water. He <span class='pageno' id='Page_164'>164</span>said he would not harm me if I did so.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Did you let him out?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - I did. As soon as he was out he tried to eat me. I asked him to wait till I could get the - opinion of the first three things I came to whether it was right for him to kill me. I - asked the tree, the buffalo, and the road. Alas!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - What did they say?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - They all said it was right.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Who said it was right?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Why, the tree, and the road, and the buffalo.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Oh, it’s very confusing. Let me see! Perhaps matters are not <span class='pageno' id='Page_165'>165</span>so bad as you - think. But it’s very confusing. You say the tiger said the tree and the road and the - buffalo were right?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - No, no, no. The road and the tree and the buffalo said the tiger should kill and eat me!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - It all goes in one ear and out the other. It’s very confusing. Take me to the place where - it happened. Then I shall be able to understand.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Brahman and Jackal go to Tiger.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - You have been away a long time. I want my dinner.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Just wait until I make the jackal understand how it all <span class='pageno' id='Page_166'>166</span>happened. He is so slow - in his wits! I must explain things to him.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Show me where you stood.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Here, by the cage.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Right there?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Right here.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Where was the tiger then?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - I was in the cage!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, yes. Let me see, how did it all begin?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Brahman.</em></span> - Tiger was in the cage and I came walking by—</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, yes, I see. You were in the cage and the tiger came walking by—</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - [<em>Angrily.</em>] Not at all! <em>I</em> was in the cage.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_167'>167</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, my lord. Dear, dear, it’s very confusing. It has all got mixed up in my mind. Let me - see, the tiger was in the Brahman and the cage came walking by! No, no, that was not it, - either! Well, don’t wait for me. I shall never understand.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - Yes, you <em>shall</em> understand. Look here, I am the tiger.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, my lord.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - And that is the Brahman.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, my lord.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - And that is the cage.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, my lord.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - And <em>I</em> was in the cage. Do you understand?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_168'>168</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, my lord. But please, my lord, how did you get in?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - How did I get in? Why, the usual way, of course!</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Oh dear me! My head is beginning to whirl again. Please don’t get angry, my lord, but what</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>is</em></span> - the usual way?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - This way. Now do you understand? [<em>Tiger jumps into cage.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Jackal.</em></span> - Yes, I understand now. And I think we had better leave you just where you are. [<em>Locks - cage door.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_169'>169</span> - <h2 class='c008'>THE LION AND THE STORY-TELLER</h2> -</div> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> -<div class='nf-center c002'> - <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Lion</em>, <em>Fox</em>, <em>Elephant</em>, <em>Tiger</em>, <em>and</em> <em>Other Animals</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Elephant.</em></span> - Dear me—we must find one.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - One what?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Elephant.</em></span> - A story-teller for the lion. He wants one who will tell him stories one after another - without stopping. It’s a task indeed.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Camel.</em></span> - Yes, yes, and he will put us to death if we fail to find some one who can do so.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Tiger.</em></span> - He’s king, and they say the king kills when he will. I do not know what we shall do.</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_170'>170</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Let me think. I have it—Tell the king you have found the story-teller that he wished for.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div><em>At Court</em></div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - So, Mr Fox, you are to tell me stories without ceasing.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Yes, O King Lion.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - Very well—begin.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - There was once a fisherman who went to sea. He had a large net. He spread it out far and - wide. One day a great many fish got into the net. Just as the fisherman was about to draw - it up, the cords broke, and a small hole was made in the side of the net. Now, this hole - was just large enough for one fish <span class='pageno' id='Page_171'>171</span>to slip through at a time. So, one fish got - out—[<em>Fox stops.</em>]</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<img src='images/p171.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - - <div class='dl_1'> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em><span class='pageno' id='Page_172'>172</span></span> - Yes?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Then two fishes got out. [<em>Fox stops.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - What then?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Then three escaped. [<em>Fox stops.</em>]</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - [<em>Impatiently.</em>] Yes, yes! but the story? I tell you, go on with the story. What - then?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Then four fishes got out.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - Come, come, sir, you are not telling me anything new.</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - O King! Each lot of fishes was different from the rest.—Then the hole grew a little - larger and—</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - But, wherein is the wonder?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_173'>173</span> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - Why, your majesty, what can be more wonderful than for fish to escape in lots, each lot - greater than the other by one?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - [<em>Impatiently.</em>] How long will it take all those fishes to get out?</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - O King Lion, it was a large net—there were thousands and thousands of fishes in it.—Then - the hole grew a little larger and—</p> - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Lion.</em></span> - Stop, stop! I can not stand this. Leave my court at once—anything to stop those fishes.</p> - -<div class='nf-center-c1'> - <div class='nf-center'> - <div>[<em>Fox goes out.</em>]</div> - </div> -</div> - - <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> - [<em>To animals.</em>] Fear not, I have saved you all. The tyrant won’t try that plan - again.</p> - </div> - -<div class='figcenter id002'> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_174'>174</span> -<img src='images/p174.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /> -</div> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>OVER THE HILL</h2> -</div> - - <div class='dl_2 c002'> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - Traveler, what lies over the hill?<br />Traveler, tell to me.<br />I am only a child from - the window sill,<br />Over I can not see.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Traveler.</em></span> - Child, there’s a valley over there,<br />Pretty and wooded and shy,<br />And a little - brook that says, “Take care,</p> - </div> - <div class='dl_2'> - <p><span class='dl_2'> </span> - <span class='pageno' id='Page_175'>175</span>Or I’ll drown you by and by.”</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - And what comes next?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Traveler.</em></span> - A little town<br />And a towering hill again;<br />More hills and - valleys up and down<br />And a river now and then.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - And what comes next?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Traveler.</em></span> - A lonely moor<br />Without a beaten way;<br />And gray clouds sailing - slow before<br />A wind that will not stay.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - And then?</p> -<span class='pageno' id='Page_176'>176</span> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Traveler.</em></span> - Dark rocks and yellow sand,<br />And a moaning sea beside.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - And then?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Traveler.</em></span> - More sea, more sea, more land,<br />And rivers deep and wide.</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Child.</em></span> - And then?</p> - <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Traveler.</em></span> - Oh, rock and mountain and vale,<br />Rivers and fields and men,<br />And over - and over repeat the tale,<br />And round to your home again.</p> - </div> - -<div class='c014'>—<span class='sc'>George MacDonald.</span></div> - -<div class='pbb'> - <hr class='pb c006' /> -</div> -<div class='tnotes'> - -<div class='chapter'> - <h2 class='c008'>TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES</h2> -</div> - <ol class='ol_1 c002'> - <li>Silently corrected typographical errors. - - </li> - <li>Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed. - </li> - </ol> - -</div> - - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Little Dramas for Primary Grades, by -Ada Maria Skinner and Lillian Nixon Lawrence - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LITTLE DRAMAS FOR PRIMARY GRADES *** - -***** This file should be named 53245-h.htm or 53245-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/2/4/53245/ - -Produced by Richard Tonsing, David Edwards and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions will -be renamed. - -Creating the works from print editions not protected by U.S. copyright -law means that no one owns a United States copyright in these works, -so the Foundation (and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United -States without permission and without paying copyright -royalties. 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