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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: "Swat the Fly!" - A One-Act Fantasy - -Author: Eleanor Gates - -Contributor: Everett Shinn - -Release Date: July 24, 2021 [eBook #65912] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: UTF-8 - -Produced by: D A Alexander, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed - Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was - produced from images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK "SWAT THE FLY!" *** - - - - - “SWAT THE FLY!” - - A ONE-ACT FANTASY - - _By_ - - ELEANOR GATES - - AUTHOR OF “THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL,” “WE ARE - SEVEN,” “THE BIOGRAPHY OF A PRAIRIE - GIRL,” “THE PLOW-WOMAN,” ETC. - - COLORED JACKET BY EVERETT SHINN - - [Illustration] - - THE ARROW PUBLISHING COMPANY - 116 WEST FIFTY-NINTH STREET - NEW YORK - - - - - _Copyrighted April 17, 1914, as a dramatic composition by - ELEANOR GATES._ - - _Copyrighted April, 1915, by - THE ARROW PUBLISHING COMPANY._ - - _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign - languages, including the Scandinavian._ - - _This play may be publicly read without further permission, - but the acting rights are reserved by the author._ - - - - - TO - THE TROOPER - - - - -THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY - - - THE DOCTOR - THE WOMAN INSPECTOR - THE BOY - THE DOG - THE CAT - THE HORSE - THE MONKEY - THE RABBIT - THE FLY - - - - -“SWAT THE FLY!” - - -_A garden in the rear of a laboratory for animal experimentation. A -high red-brick wall encloses the garden, into which, at the upper -right-hand corner, juts the granite laboratory building. The interior -of the laboratory is brilliantly white. From it a door opens upon the -garden. Beside the door, hanging from a wrought-iron bracket, is a -globe in which are electric bulbs. The lights are turned on by pressing -a button in the framework of the door._ - -_In the garden wall, at left, is a wide door leading to a city street. -In the rear wall is a square, window-like opening through which can be -seen the Horse’s standing-stall. The Monkey’s house is in the lower -right-hand corner of the garden. Directly across from it is the kennel -of the Dog. The Rabbit’s hutch is placed against the rear wall, close -to the square opening. The front of the hutch is screened with wire -netting._ - -_The garden is covered by a lawn. Flowers grow against its walls, as -well as in the corners made by the meeting of wall and building. Vines -climb the bricks on either side of the street door. Above the walls, on -every side, bend the branches of trees. At the center of the garden is -a low stone bench._ - -_It is late evening. The garden is only star-lit. Out of the gloom come -the sleepy bark of the Dog, the crunching and stamping of the Horse, as -he feeds, and the cross chatter of the Monkey. The tiny bell, which the -Cat wears on her collar, tinkles faintly._ - -_Suddenly the street door opens, and the flash of a pocket search-light -is turned upon the garden. The Woman Inspector appears in the doorway. -She wears a coat-suit, a neckpiece formed of the skin of a fox, and -a hat trimmed with pheasant feathers. She throws her light upon the -Monkey’s house: upon the door of the laboratory: upon the opening in -the rear wall. The back of the Horse appears above the sill of the -opening. The light travels to the Rabbit’s hutch, disclosing a mound of -snow-white fur._ - -_The Inspector enters quickly and goes to the Dog, who is lying down, -his back curved against the entrance to the kennel. The Inspector turns -her light upon him. He moves._ - -INSPECTOR - - (_Leans to peer into the kennel._) - -Here! Let me look at you. A bandage! Oh, poor fellow! That Doctor’s -been torturing you! (_The Dog growls._) There! There! (_Pats the Dog, -and goes to the hutch._) A rabbit! (_Makes a brief examination; goes -to the opening in the wall and looks through at the Horse, flashing -her light over him. Comes down quickly to the Monkey. He is lying just -within the door of his house. She drops on one knee._) Well, monkey! -What’s that Doctor been doing to YOU? (_Reaches in._) Been putting a -steel gag on you? Oh, the poor foot! (_Soothingly, as the Monkey moves -and chatters._) There, now! Lie still! - -DOCTOR - - (_Calls from the laboratory._) - -Here, Kitty! Kitty! Kitty! - - (_The Inspector puts out her pocket-flash, springs up, and hides - behind the Monkey’s house. The Doctor enters, and presses the - electric button beside the laboratory door. The globe floods the - garden with light. The Doctor wears a sack suit, but no hat._) - -DOCTOR - -Here, Kitty! Kitty! Kitty! (_Looks about the garden._) Well, how’s -everybody? (_Goes to the opening in the wall, and reaches to pat the -Horse._) Hello! How’s the nice old boy? (_Turns toward the hutch._) And -how’s little Bunny! Eh? - - (_The Boy enters from the street. He is wearing pajamas. In his right - hand, wrapped in paper, he carries a bone. In the circle of his left - arm he has a banana, which he holds against him; in his left hand - are an apple and a carrot. He sees the Doctor and halts timidly. The - Doctor turns from the hutch and sees the boy._) - -DOCTOR - -Good evening, young man! Where did YOU come from? - -BOY - -I came from my bed. (_Backs a step and puts the bone behind him._) - -DOCTOR - -And what are you doing out of your bed? - -BOY - -I’m feeding your animals. (_Holds out his right hand to show the bone._) - -DOCTOR - -Feeding my animals! Why-- --! - -BOY - -My mother says you starve ’em. So,--here’s a bone for the dog, an’ a -carrot for the rabbit, an’ a’ apple for the horse, an’ a banana for the -monkey. - -DOCTOR - - (_Laughs and accepts the bone._) - -All right. (_Goes to the kennel, the Boy following, and looks in._) -Hey, dog! Just gnaw on this fine big bone. (_To the boy._) And how did -you find your way here, at this time of night? - -BOY - -I followed my mother. - -DOCTOR - -Why, your mother isn’t here! - -BOY - -Oh, yes, she is. Somewhere. (_Looks behind the kennel._) I saw her come -in. Oh, Mother! (_Looks behind the Monkey’s house._) Hello, mother! -(_To the Doctor._) Here she is! - - (_The Inspector stands up._) - -DOCTOR - -Madam, what are you doing in this garden? - -INSPECTOR - -Examining these animals. - -DOCTOR - -Why should you sneak and hide? - - (_The Boy goes to his mother._) - -INSPECTOR - -Let me introduce myself. (_Opens her coat, displaying a metal badge -pinned on her breast._) - -DOCTOR - -So you’re a spy! - -INSPECTOR - -I’m an inspector! - -DOCTOR - -I’ve seen you before. - -INSPECTOR - -I’ve been keeping an eye on you. - -DOCTOR - -Well, go ahead! What is it you want to know? - -INSPECTOR - -I want to know what you do to these poor, dumb creatures. - -DOCTOR - -I use them to fight the diseases carried by flies. - -INSPECTOR - - (_Sneeringly._) - -Oh, you vivisectionists have a FINE excuse for your cruelty! Flies! - -DOCTOR - -Yes, flies! When all the flies are dead, we doctors will be out of a -job. For now we know that-- - -INSPECTOR - -Please come back to the animals. - -DOCTOR - - (_Shrugs, crosses to the Monkey._) - -Well, this monkey here is--(_The Monkey chatters angrily. The Doctor -falls back, motioning the Inspector and the Boy to retreat._) Look out! -He’s bad-tempered! - -INSPECTOR - -Ah! You needn’t tell me how you treat HIM! (_The Doctor turns away._) -And what about that helpless rabbit? - -DOCTOR - - (_Goes to the hutch._) - -The rabbit furnishes me with typhoid serum. And the neck of my horse is -full of the serum that cures diphtheria. See! (_Takes a small case from -a pocket._) I’ll take some serum--just to show you. (_Leans through the -opening._) Here, back! Back up! Whoa, now! - -INSPECTOR - -Oh, don’t! I can’t bear it! Don’t! (_The Horse stamps. She covers her -eyes._) Don’t, I say! Oh, I’ll have you arrested for this! - -DOCTOR - -There! (_Turns._) You see what THAT amounts to. - -INSPECTOR - - (_Faces him._) - -Oh, don’t try to fool me! You hurt him! - -DOCTOR - -Not more than the flick of a whip. (_Puts the case away._) - -INSPECTOR - - (_Triumphantly._) - -There you are! The flick of a whip! What do you doctors care about the -agony of your poor victims! - -DOCTOR - -I don’t cause pain unless it’s necessary. - -INSPECTOR - -Necessary! You shouldn’t be allowed to cause an animal ANY pain! - -DOCTOR - -Oh! Then, of course, you’re a vegetarian. - -INSPECTOR - -I am not! - -DOCTOR - -Well, I AM! You talk about pain! Do you know how lambs are killed? And -cattle? Do you know anything about slaughtering hogs? THERE’S pain for -you! - -INSPECTOR - -We must have meat! - -BOY - - (_Proudly._) - -And my father’s going to bring us some venison. - -DOCTOR - -Your father? - -BOY - -He’s gone to the mountains--to hunt and fish. (_Leans against his -mother._) - -INSPECTOR - - (_To the Boy._) - -Hush! - -DOCTOR - - (_Triumphantly._) - -Ha! Hunt and fish! - -INSPECTOR - -Yes, hunt and fish. Why not? - -DOCTOR - - (_Sarcastically._) - -My dear lady, I see that you really ARE interested in animals. - -INSPECTOR - - (_Angrily._) - -Oh, I know what you mean! But let me tell you something: When my -husband hunts, he gives an animal a chance for its life. And if he -kills, he kills quick. But you--you mutilate in the name of science. -You tie down your victims--and torture! - -DOCTOR - -I use ether and chloroform. But your husband--when he pulls a trout -from the stream, it dies of suffocation. - -INSPECTOR - - (_To the Boy, irritably._) - -Don’t lean against me like that! - -DOCTOR - -And when your husband goes shooting, he doesn’t find every bird that he -wounds. - -INSPECTOR - -He finds as many as he can. - -DOCTOR - -Ha! As many as he can! But the ones he DOESN’T find! Are they -chloroformed? And what about the animals that die in traps? And the -birds that are snared? (_He points at the Inspector._) How about that -fox? That pheasant? - -INSPECTOR - -You’re insulting! - -DOCTOR - -Madam, you’re a fine Inspector! Here you stand, admitting that your -husband kills for pleasure! And you’re tricked out in the skin and the -feathers of dumb creatures. Look at that poor head! Those little paws! -And yet you spy on a man who causes suffering only to save human life! - - (_The Boy coughs, and leans heavily against his mother._) - -INSPECTOR - -Save human life! With your nasty serums, you mean? Oh, what nonsense! - -DOCTOR - -Madam, go home. And take care of your boy! - -INSPECTOR - -You needn’t worry about my boy. (_She draws the Boy to her._) - -DOCTOR - -But, see! His cheeks! He’s got fever. - -INSPECTOR - - (_To the Boy._) - -Do you feel sick, dear? - -DOCTOR - -Let ME have a look at him. (_Starts forward._) - -INSPECTOR - - (_Puts out hand to check the doctor._) - -No! Your hands are stained with the blood of the innocent! Don’t you -dare to touch him! (_She takes the Boy up in her arms._) I wouldn’t let -you treat a dog of mine! (_Crosses to the street door and halts to look -back._) You fiend! (_Goes out._) - -DOCTOR - -Oh, all right! (_Follows the Inspector to the door, slams it, turns -toward the laboratory._) But the poor little chap ought to be home in -bed. (_Strikes at the Fly._) Oh, you pest! (_Looks up at the top of the -wall, to where the Fly has gone, turns, touches the electric button, -putting the garden again in darkness, and closes the laboratory door -after him._) - -DOG - - (_Howls mournfully._) - -Woo--oo--oo--oo! (_Pause._) Woo--oo--oo! - - (_The Cat meows as if frightened. The Monkey chatters angrily. The - Horse snorts. The globe again lights the garden, and the Monkey - is standing with one fore-paw on the electric button. The other - paw is bandaged. The Dog is outside his kennel. He, too, wears a - bandage--about his head. It gives him a rakish expression. The Rabbit - is sitting in front of her hutch. She moves her ears nervously._) - -DOG - - (_Howls._) - -Woo--oo--oo--oo! - - (_The Cat appears from behind the Monkey’s house. She wears a gay - collar to which is attached a small bell._) - -CAT - - (_Anxiously._) - -Dog! Are you sick? - - (_The Monkey comes down to observe the Dog._) - -DOG - -No. Cat, no! (_Howls._) Woo--oo--oo! - -MONKEY - - (_Crossly._) - -Well, if you’re not sick, what’re you howling about? - -DOG - -Oh, somebody’s going to die. Woo--oo--oo--oo! - - (_The animals are greatly excited. The Rabbit and the Cat join the - Monkey, while the Horse snorts and stamps._) - -RABBIT - -Oh, Dog, is it I? - -HORSE - - (_Puts his head in at the square opening._) - -Or I? - -CAT - -Oh, I’m scared! (_Puts her paws to her eyes._) - -DOG - -Don’t worry, Cat. It’s not one of us! - -MONKEY - -Not? Then cut out that howling! Y’ know, I’VE got NERVES. - -HORSE - -Is it the Doctor? - - (_The Dog shakes his head._) - -MONKEY - -No such luck! - -HORSE - -Is it the Inspector? - -RABBIT - -And she defended us! Oh! Oh! - -MONKEY - - (_To the Rabbit._) - -Blame that Doctor! It’s HIS fault! - -DOG - -Rabbit, it’s not the Inspector. - -CAT - -Then it’s the Boy! - -ALL - -Is it? Tell us! Oh, Dog! - -DOG - -I’m afraid it’s the Boy. Woo--oo--oo--oo! - -CAT - -The Boy? Meow! Meow! - -MONKEY - - (_To the Cat._) - -Oh, shut up! Here I am, that Boy’s own cousin, as you might say, and -I’M not crying! - -RABBIT - -What’s the matter with the Boy? - -CAT and HORSE - - (_Together._) - -Yes! Yes! What? - -MONKEY - -Wasn’t the Boy just here? I tell you, it’s that DOCTOR! - -DOG - -Oh, poor little Boy! Oh, his throat. Woo--oo--oo! - -HORSE - -Throat! Oh! Dear! Dear! - -MONKEY - -Ah-ha! (_To the Horse._) Didn’t that Doctor give YOU something, in YOUR -throat? - -ALL - -That’s so! Yes! He did! - -MONKEY - -That’s your proof! (_Sits on the stone bench._) - -CAT - -Then it’s true? - -MONKEY - -As true as there’s milk in cocoanuts. - -RABBIT - -Oh! Oh! - -HORSE - -Well, I’m only a horse! - -DOG - -But the Boy is almost a man. - -MONKEY - -Ya-a-ah! Look at how that Doctor treats ME! And I’M almost a man. - -ALL - -Yes. A man. Almost. You are. - -MONKEY - - (_Rises proudly._) - -Indeed, I am! I even THINK like a man. (_The animals agree by nods._) -And I ought to live in the house with the family. But does that Doctor -want me? Oh, I hate him! (_Chatters angrily._) - -RABBIT - -And _I_ hate him! (_Moves her ears._) - -MONKEY - -My friends, this Doctor is the cause of ALL our troubles. I wish HE -were going to die. (_Animals are shocked._) Yes! And for half a banana -I’d kill him! - -ALL - -Kill him! Oh! - -MONKEY - -Yes, kill him, and set you all free. (_Takes proud attitude._) - -ALL - -Free? Free? Could you? (_The Horse whinnies, the Cat plays, the Dog -barks, the Rabbit moves her ears._) - -MONKEY - -Could I? Rather! (_Struts to and fro._) - -RABBIT - -But HOW could you kill him? - -MONKEY - -How? Easy enough! (_To the others._) Now, HOW shall--er--WE kill him? - -HORSE - -I suppose I could kick him. - -DOG - -And I could bite him. Like that! - -CAT - -I could scratch his eyes out. Pst! Pst! - -MONKEY - - (_Proudly._) - -I could fight him man to man! Come, friends! (_He motions the Rabbit, -the Cat and the Dog to him._) We’ll bite him, we’ll kick him, we’ll -scratch him, we’ll kill him together. - -ALL - -Yes! Yes! We’ll kill him! - -FLY - - (_Appears on the wall above the Horse._) - -Buzz-z-z-z-z-z! - - (_Animals look up. The eyes of the Fly glow red._) - -Buzz-z-z-z-z-z! - -ALL - -The Fly! The Fly! The Fly! (_They go toward him._) - -FLY - -Hey, all of you! Wait a minute! If you’re going to kill that Doctor, -_I_ want to help! - -ALL - -Come down! Yes! Help! - - (_The Fly descends the wall; buzzing loudly. The others conduct him - forward._) - -FLY - -Ladies and gentlemen, I was fast asleep up there, out of the way of -the spiders, when all of a sudden I was awakened by the music of your -voices. And I heard your delicious scheme. Oh, I yearn to be a part of -it! For I hate that Doctor, too! - -ALL - - (_Surprised._) - -You? Why? Why? - -FLY - -Why? Saucers of poisoned sugar-water, THAT’S why! Reams of sticky -tangle-foot, that’s why! And did you hear what he said to your friend, -the Inspector? And did you see him SWAT at me as he went out? - -ALL - - (_Sympathetically._) - -Yes! Yes! Meow! Bow-wow! Ee-ee-ee! - -FLY - -Yes! This same Doctor who tortures you! Look at poor Horse--full of -diphtheria! - -HORSE - -Well, of course, it doesn’t hurt! - -FLY - -If it hurt, he’d do it just the same. (_To the Monkey._) And think how -he treats you--you ought to be a member of his household. - -MONKEY - -People are NEVER kind to their poor relations. - -FLY - - (_To the Dog._) - -And, oh, what he hasn’t done to YOU! (_The Dog growls. To the Rabbit._) -And you’re full of typhoid. (_The Rabbit gives a little scream. To the -Cat._) And you’ll be the NEXT! - -CAT - -Meow!! - -FLY - -And so he must die! (_To the Horse._) But if you kick him, his friends -will shoot you. (_To the Dog._) If you bite him, they’ll think you’re -mad! (_To the Cat._) If you scratch him, they’ll wring your neck. So -you’d better let ME kill him! - -ALL - -YOU? - -FLY - -And nobody will ever know! Buzz-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z! (_His eyes glow -red._) - -MONKEY - - (_Contemptuously._) - -How can a mere fly kill a man? - -ALL - -Oh, he can’t! Impossible! No. - -MONKEY - -A common fly, too. A common house fly. - -FLY - -So you doubt it, do you? (_Proudly._) My friends, it is _I_ who am -killing that Boy! - -ALL - -You? Oh! The Boy! - -FLY - -Yes, I! - -DOG - - (_Howls._) - -Woo--oo--oo--oo! - -FLY - -The other day, when he was having his breakfast, I lit on the edge of -his glass of milk. (_Darkly._) And I wiped my foot! (_Making a wiping -motion with his right front foot._) - -ALL - -Your FOOT? - -FLY - -But what’s one boy! Huh! With the help of my thousand children, I could -wipe out this whole town! (_Animals turn away incredulously. The Horse -brays like a donkey in derision. The Cat puts a paw over her mouth to -hide a smile._) I could, I tell you. (_To the Cat._) Haven’t I the -entrée to the best homes? - -CAT - - (_Nods._) - -Oh, meow! - -HORSE - -And to the best stables! (_Stamps._) - -MONKEY - - (_Crossly._) - -While I have to stay out in a garden! - -FLY - -Well, then! At this moment I have six million, six hundred thousand -germs on my feet. (_Raises his right front foot._) Here’s my diphtheria! - -HORSE - -Oh, horrible! (_Stamps._) - - (_The Dog starts, and stares at the Fly._) - -FLY - - (_Holds up first left foot._) - -And here’s typhoid! - -RABBIT - -Er--ah! - -DOG - -Typhoid, too! - -FLY - -I’m the best little carrier of typhoid the world has ever seen. - -DOG - - (_Grimly._) - -Go on! Go on! - -FLY - - (_Holds up second right foot._) - -Here I keep scarlet fever. (_Holds up second left foot._) And here’s -small-pox! (_Holds up third right foot._) And here’s the white plague. - -MONKEY - - (_Falls back, frightened._) - -Ee--ee--ee! - -FLY - -Now, ladies and gentlemen, here I am, germed to the feet! How shall -that Doctor die? - -DOG - - (_Significantly._) - -So, Mr. Fly, you carry ALL the diseases? - -FLY - - (_Proudly._) - -I carry them all! All! Even infantile paralysis! (_Laughs._) And let me -tell you a little joke! They’ll never get rid of disease as long as I’M -alive. Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z! - -DOG - -Friends, we’ve been blaming the wrong person! - -ALL - -What? You mean--? Tell us! - -DOG - -It’s not the Doctor. This Fly is our REAL enemy! - -ALL - -Enemy! The Fly! (_They fall away from the Fly._) - -FLY - - (_To the Dog._) - -How can you turn on me like that? I’ve tickled your nose. I’ve kept you -awake. But-- - -DOG - -Silence! (_To the others._) If this Fly didn’t carry disease, there -wouldn’t be sickness. If there wasn’t sickness, the Doctor wouldn’t -have to experiment on us. - - (_The Horse snorts, the Monkey chatters, the Cat spits, the Rabbit - moves her ears._) - -FLY - -Oh, you ungrateful beasts! - -DOG - -You bug! You ungrateful bug! If there’s a warm corner in the house, you -have it; if there’s a sweet cake in the cupboard, you eat it. And for -all the hospitality that’s shown you, what do you do? You carry filth! -You carry death! You even murder little babies! - -FLY - -And what do YOU do? You sit in the laps of women! - -DOG - -I may sit in the laps of women, but I don’t put my feet in their food! - -CAT - -Good for you, Dog! (_The other animals show approval._) - -FLY - - (_To the Cat._) - -You little sneak. What have I ever done to you? - -CAT - -Your relatives fall into my milk! - -MONKEY - - (_To the Fly._) - -So YOU carry the white plague? Ee-ee-ee! (_Points a long finger at the -Fly._) - -HORSE - -And every time you give somebody diphtheria, the Doctor runs a needle -into me. (_Stamps his feet._) - -DOG - -Friends, I have a plan. - -ALL - -What is it? Go ahead! Yes! Hear! Hear! - -DOG - -It’s this: (_Darkly._) Swat the Fly! - -FLY - -Oh, Dog! No! No! - -DOG - -Swat him! He’s worse than a rattlesnake! - -FLY - -Oh, but you wouldn’t! I’m little! So little! - -DOG - -It’s only BECAUSE you’re little that you’ve lived so long! (_To the -others._) We’ll swat him! We’ll swat him! - -FLY - -Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z! (_He moves his wings; his eyes glow -red. As he attempts to back away the animals form in a half circle and -block his retreat._) - -ALL - -Yes, swat him! Swat him! Swat him! - -FLY - -Oh, wait, wait! Oh, ladies and gentlemen! - -ALL - -Swat the Fly! Swat the Fly! - -FLY - - (_Holds up his third left foot._) - -Look out! On this foot I carry a disease that’s death to animals! - -RABBIT - -Oh! Oh! (_Hops aside and covers her eyes with her forepaws. Her ears -tremble._) - -MONKEY - - (_Retreats in the opposite direction and cowers in fear._) - -Oh! Oh! - -DOG - -Come on, Kitten! - -CAT - -Swat him! Swat him! - -HORSE - -Swat him! (_Rears excitedly._) - -FLY - -Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z! - - (_There is a struggle. The Dog growls; the Cat spits. Suddenly the - Dog and the Cat separate. The Fly is lying on his back, dead. The Cat - and the Dog come down to the kennel. The Rabbit uncovers her eyes. - The Monkey regains his brave air._) - -HORSE - -Well, good-bye to one little germ carrier! - -DOG - -And a thousand little flies are fatherless. - -CAT - - (_Smoothes her fur._) - -Why, that Doctor brought me home when I was starving in the street! -Purr-r-r! Purr-r-r! - -RABBIT - -And he took ME away from a bad little boy! (_Hops to the hutch._) - -MONKEY - -And after all, he’s a relative of mine. And--blood is thicker than -water! (_He strolls toward the laboratory door._) - -DOG - -My friend, suppose, after this, that instead of fighting the Doctor, we -fight the flies! - -ALL - -Good! Yes! Hoorah! We’ll swat the flies! - -DOG - - (_Goes to kennel._) - -Now, where’s that fine big bone? (_Growls gently; settles down._) - -MONKEY - - (_Yawns._) - -Everybody ready for bed? - - (_Chorus of sleepy growls, meows, whinnies, and squeaks. The Monkey - puts a paw on the push button, and the lights go out._) - - (_As the garden goes dark there is the sound of someone running._) - -INSPECTOR - - (_Calling from the street._) - -Doctor! Help! Oh, Doctor! (_She rushes through the door._) Doctor, oh, -Doctor, where are you? Oh, Doctor, help! - - (_The Doctor throws open the door of the laboratory, enters, and - presses the electric button. The Inspector is standing beside the - bench, the Boy in her arms. She wears no hat or coat. Beside her, on - the lawn, is a cat, wearing a gay collar, to which is fastened a tiny - bell. A dog comes from the kennel, a horse looks through the square - opening, and a monkey appears out of the monkey-house._) - - (_The Doctor is in his shirt-sleeves. He comes down._) - -INSPECTOR - -My boy! My boy’s dying! He can’t breathe! - -DOCTOR - -Here! (_Takes the Boy in his arms, lays him upon the bench, and leans -down to him._) - -INSPECTOR - -Oh, save him! Save him! Oh, I can’t lose my boy! 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Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)</div> - -<div style='margin-top:2em; margin-bottom:4em'>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK "SWAT THE FLY!" ***</div> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/cover.jpg" width="75%" alt="" /></div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="titlepage"> - -<h1>“SWAT THE FLY!”</h1> - -<p><span class="large">A ONE-ACT FANTASY</span></p> - -<p><i>By</i><br /> - -<span class="large"><span class="smcap">Eleanor Gates</span></span></p> - -<p>AUTHOR OF “THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL,” “WE ARE<br /> -SEVEN,” “THE BIOGRAPHY OF A PRAIRIE<br /> -GIRL,” “THE PLOW-WOMAN,” ETC.</p> - -<p><span class="smcap">Colored Jacket by Everett Shinn</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter"><img src="images/i_title.jpg" alt="" /></div> - -<p><span class="large">THE ARROW PUBLISHING COMPANY</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">116 West Fifty-Ninth Street</span><br /> -<span class="smcap">New York</span> -</p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="center"> -<i>Copyrighted April 17, 1914, as a dramatic composition by</i><br /> -<span class="smcap">Eleanor Gates</span>.<br /> -<br /> -<i>Copyrighted April, 1915, by</i><br /> -<span class="smcap">The Arrow Publishing Company</span>.<br /> -<br /> -<i>All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages,<br /> -including the Scandinavian.</i><br /> -<br /> -<i>This play may be publicly read without further permission,<br /> -but the acting rights are reserved by the author.</i></p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="center"> -<span class="large">TO<br /> -THE TROOPER</span></p> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<p class="ph1">THE PERSONS OF THE PLAY</p> - - - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="verse">THE DOCTOR</div> -<div class="verse">THE WOMAN INSPECTOR</div> -<div class="verse">THE BOY</div> -<div class="verse">THE DOG</div> -<div class="verse">THE CAT</div> -<div class="verse">THE HORSE</div> -<div class="verse">THE MONKEY</div> -<div class="verse">THE RABBIT</div> -<div class="verse">THE FLY</div> -</div></div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> -<span class="pagenum" id="Page_5">[Pg 5]</span> -<h2 class="nobreak">“SWAT THE FLY!”</h2> -</div> - - -<p><i>A garden in the rear of a laboratory for animal experimentation. -A high red-brick wall encloses the garden, into which, at the upper -right-hand corner, juts the granite laboratory building. The interior -of the laboratory is brilliantly white. From it a door opens upon -the garden. Beside the door, hanging from a wrought-iron bracket, -is a globe in which are electric bulbs. The lights are turned on by -pressing a button in the framework of the door.</i></p> - -<p><i>In the garden wall, at left, is a wide door leading to a city street. -In the rear wall is a square, window-like opening through which -can be seen the Horse’s standing-stall. The Monkey’s house is in -the lower right-hand corner of the garden. Directly across from it -is the kennel of the Dog. The Rabbit’s hutch is placed against the -rear wall, close to the square opening. The front of the hutch is -screened with wire netting.</i></p> - -<p><i>The garden is covered by a lawn. Flowers grow against its walls, -as well as in the corners made by the meeting of wall and building. -Vines climb the bricks on either side of the street door. Above the -walls, on every side, bend the branches of trees. At the center of the -garden is a low stone bench.</i></p> - -<p><i>It is late evening. The garden is only star-lit. Out of the gloom -come the sleepy bark of the Dog, the crunching and stamping of -the Horse, as he feeds, and the cross chatter of the Monkey. The -tiny bell, which the Cat wears on her collar, tinkles faintly.</i></p> - -<p><i>Suddenly the street door opens, and the flash of a pocket search-light -is turned upon the garden. The Woman Inspector appears<span class="pagenum" id="Page_6">[Pg 6]</span> -in the doorway. She wears a coat-suit, a neckpiece formed of the -skin of a fox, and a hat trimmed with pheasant feathers. She -throws her light upon the Monkey’s house: upon the door of the -laboratory: upon the opening in the rear wall. The back of the -Horse appears above the sill of the opening. The light travels to -the Rabbit’s hutch, disclosing a mound of snow-white fur.</i></p> - -<p><i>The Inspector enters quickly and goes to the Dog, who is lying -down, his back curved against the entrance to the kennel. The -Inspector turns her light upon him. He moves.</i></p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Leans to peer into the kennel.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Here! Let me look at you. A bandage! Oh, poor fellow! -That Doctor’s been torturing you! (<i>The Dog growls.</i>) There! -There! (<i>Pats the Dog, and goes to the hutch.</i>) A rabbit! -(<i>Makes a brief examination; goes to the opening in the wall and -looks through at the Horse, flashing her light over him. Comes -down quickly to the Monkey. He is lying just within the door of -his house. She drops on one knee.</i>) Well, monkey! What’s -that Doctor been doing to YOU? (<i>Reaches in.</i>) Been putting -a steel gag on you? Oh, the poor foot! (<i>Soothingly, as the -Monkey moves and chatters.</i>) There, now! Lie still!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Calls from the laboratory.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Here, Kitty! Kitty! Kitty!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Inspector puts out her pocket-flash, springs up, -and hides behind the Monkey’s house. The Doctor -enters, and presses the electric button beside the laboratory -door. The globe floods the garden with light. The -Doctor wears a sack suit, but no hat.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_7">[Pg 7]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Here, Kitty! Kitty! Kitty! (<i>Looks about the garden.</i>) Well, -how’s everybody? (<i>Goes to the opening in the wall, and reaches -to pat the Horse.</i>) Hello! How’s the nice old boy? (<i>Turns -toward the hutch.</i>) And how’s little Bunny! Eh?</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Boy enters from the street. He is wearing -pajamas. In his right hand, wrapped in paper, he -carries a bone. In the circle of his left arm he has a -banana, which he holds against him; in his left hand -are an apple and a carrot. He sees the Doctor and -halts timidly. The Doctor turns from the hutch and -sees the boy.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Good evening, young man! Where did YOU come from?</p> - -<p class="center">BOY</p> - -<p>I came from my bed. (<i>Backs a step and puts the bone behind -him.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>And what are you doing out of your bed?</p> - -<p class="center">BOY</p> - -<p>I’m feeding your animals. (<i>Holds out his right hand to show -the bone.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Feeding my animals! Why— —!</p> - -<p class="center">BOY</p> - -<p>My mother says you starve ’em. So,—here’s a bone for the -dog, an’ a carrot for the rabbit, an’ a’ apple for the horse, an’ a -banana for the monkey.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_8">[Pg 8]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Laughs and accepts the bone.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>All right. (<i>Goes to the kennel, the Boy following, and looks in.</i>) -Hey, dog! Just gnaw on this fine big bone. (<i>To the boy.</i>) And -how did you find your way here, at this time of night?</p> - -<p class="center">BOY</p> - -<p>I followed my mother.</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Why, your mother isn’t here!</p> - -<p class="center">BOY</p> - -<p>Oh, yes, she is. Somewhere. (<i>Looks behind the kennel.</i>) I -saw her come in. Oh, Mother! (<i>Looks behind the Monkey’s -house.</i>) Hello, mother! (<i>To the Doctor.</i>) Here she is!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Inspector stands up.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Madam, what are you doing in this garden?</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Examining these animals.</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Why should you sneak and hide?</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Boy goes to his mother.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Let me introduce myself. (<i>Opens her coat, displaying a metal -badge pinned on her breast.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>So you’re a spy!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>I’m an inspector!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>I’ve seen you before.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_9">[Pg 9]</span></p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>I’ve been keeping an eye on you.</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Well, go ahead! What is it you want to know?</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>I want to know what you do to these poor, dumb creatures.</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>I use them to fight the diseases carried by flies.</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Sneeringly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Oh, you vivisectionists have a FINE excuse for your cruelty! -Flies!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Yes, flies! When all the flies are dead, we doctors will be out -of a job. For now we know that—</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Please come back to the animals.</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Shrugs, crosses to the Monkey.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Well, this monkey here is—(<i>The Monkey chatters angrily. -The Doctor falls back, motioning the Inspector and the Boy to -retreat.</i>) Look out! He’s bad-tempered!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Ah! You needn’t tell me how you treat HIM! (<i>The Doctor -turns away.</i>) And what about that helpless rabbit?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_10">[Pg 10]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Goes to the hutch.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>The rabbit furnishes me with typhoid serum. And the neck of -my horse is full of the serum that cures diphtheria. See! -(<i>Takes a small case from a pocket.</i>) I’ll take some serum—just -to show you. (<i>Leans through the opening.</i>) Here, back! -Back up! Whoa, now!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, don’t! I can’t bear it! Don’t! (<i>The Horse stamps. -She covers her eyes.</i>) Don’t, I say! Oh, I’ll have you arrested -for this!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>There! (<i>Turns.</i>) You see what THAT amounts to.</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Faces him.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Oh, don’t try to fool me! You hurt him!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Not more than the flick of a whip. (<i>Puts the case away.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Triumphantly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>There you are! The flick of a whip! What do you doctors -care about the agony of your poor victims!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>I don’t cause pain unless it’s necessary.</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Necessary! You shouldn’t be allowed to cause an animal -ANY pain!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Oh! Then, of course, you’re a vegetarian.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_11">[Pg 11]</span></p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>I am not!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Well, I AM! You talk about pain! Do you know how lambs -are killed? And cattle? Do you know anything about -slaughtering hogs? THERE’S pain for you!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>We must have meat!</p> - -<p class="center">BOY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Proudly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>And my father’s going to bring us some venison.</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Your father?</p> - -<p class="center">BOY</p> - -<p>He’s gone to the mountains—to hunt and fish. (<i>Leans against -his mother.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Boy.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Hush!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Triumphantly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Ha! Hunt and fish!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Yes, hunt and fish. Why not?</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Sarcastically.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>My dear lady, I see that you really ARE interested in animals.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_12">[Pg 12]</span></p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Angrily.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Oh, I know what you mean! But let me tell you something: -When my husband hunts, he gives an animal a chance for its -life. And if he kills, he kills quick. But you—you mutilate -in the name of science. You tie down your victims—and -torture!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>I use ether and chloroform. But your husband—when he pulls -a trout from the stream, it dies of suffocation.</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Boy, irritably.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Don’t lean against me like that!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>And when your husband goes shooting, he doesn’t find every -bird that he wounds.</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>He finds as many as he can.</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Ha! As many as he can! But the ones he DOESN’T find! -Are they chloroformed? And what about the animals that -die in traps? And the birds that are snared? (<i>He points -at the Inspector.</i>) How about that fox? That pheasant?</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>You’re insulting!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_13">[Pg 13]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Madam, you’re a fine Inspector! Here you stand, admitting -that your husband kills for pleasure! And you’re tricked out -in the skin and the feathers of dumb creatures. Look at that -poor head! Those little paws! And yet you spy on a man -who causes suffering only to save human life!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Boy coughs, and leans heavily against his -mother.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Save human life! With your nasty serums, you mean? Oh, -what nonsense!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Madam, go home. And take care of your boy!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>You needn’t worry about my boy. (<i>She draws the Boy to her.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>But, see! His cheeks! He’s got fever.</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Boy.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Do you feel sick, dear?</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Let ME have a look at him. (<i>Starts forward.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Puts out hand to check the doctor.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>No! Your hands are stained with the blood of the innocent! -Don’t you dare to touch him! (<i>She takes the Boy up in her -arms.</i>) I wouldn’t let you treat a dog of mine! (<i>Crosses to -the street door and halts to look back.</i>) You fiend! (<i>Goes out.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_14">[Pg 14]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, all right! (<i>Follows the Inspector to the door, slams it, turns -toward the laboratory.</i>) But the poor little chap ought to be -home in bed. (<i>Strikes at the Fly.</i>) Oh, you pest! (<i>Looks up -at the top of the wall, to where the Fly has gone, turns, touches the -electric button, putting the garden again in darkness, and closes -the laboratory door after him.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Howls mournfully.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Woo—oo—oo—oo! (<i>Pause.</i>) Woo—oo—oo!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Cat meows as if frightened. The Monkey -chatters angrily. The Horse snorts. The globe -again lights the garden, and the Monkey is standing -with one fore-paw on the electric button. The other -paw is bandaged. The Dog is outside his kennel. He, -too, wears a bandage—about his head. It gives him -a rakish expression. The Rabbit is sitting in front -of her hutch. She moves her ears nervously.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Howls.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Woo—oo—oo—oo!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Cat appears from behind the Monkey’s house. -She wears a gay collar to which is attached a small -bell.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Anxiously.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Dog! Are you sick?</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Monkey comes down to observe the Dog.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>No. Cat, no! (<i>Howls.</i>) Woo—oo—oo!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_15">[Pg 15]</span></p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Crossly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Well, if you’re not sick, what’re you howling about?</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Oh, somebody’s going to die. Woo—oo—oo—oo!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The animals are greatly excited. The Rabbit and -the Cat join the Monkey, while the Horse snorts and -stamps.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>Oh, Dog, is it I?</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Puts his head in at the square opening.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Or I?</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>Oh, I’m scared! (<i>Puts her paws to her eyes.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Don’t worry, Cat. It’s not one of us!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>Not? Then cut out that howling! Y’ know, I’VE got -NERVES.</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Is it the Doctor?</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Dog shakes his head.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>No such luck!</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Is it the Inspector?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_16">[Pg 16]</span></p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>And she defended us! Oh! Oh!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Rabbit.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Blame that Doctor! It’s HIS fault!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Rabbit, it’s not the Inspector.</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>Then it’s the Boy!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Is it? Tell us! Oh, Dog!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>I’m afraid it’s the Boy. Woo—oo—oo—oo!</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>The Boy? Meow! Meow!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Cat.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Oh, shut up! Here I am, that Boy’s own cousin, as you might -say, and I’M not crying!</p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>What’s the matter with the Boy?</p> - -<p class="center">CAT and HORSE</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Together.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Yes! Yes! What?</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>Wasn’t the Boy just here? I tell you, it’s that DOCTOR!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_17">[Pg 17]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Oh, poor little Boy! Oh, his throat. Woo—oo—oo!</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Throat! Oh! Dear! Dear!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>Ah-ha! (<i>To the Horse.</i>) Didn’t that Doctor give YOU -something, in YOUR throat?</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>That’s so! Yes! He did!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>That’s your proof! (<i>Sits on the stone bench.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>Then it’s true?</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>As true as there’s milk in cocoanuts.</p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>Oh! Oh!</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Well, I’m only a horse!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>But the Boy is almost a man.</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>Ya-a-ah! Look at how that Doctor treats ME! And I’M -almost a man.</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Yes. A man. Almost. You are.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_18">[Pg 18]</span></p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Rises proudly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Indeed, I am! I even THINK like a man. (<i>The animals -agree by nods.</i>) And I ought to live in the house with the -family. But does that Doctor want me? Oh, I hate him! -(<i>Chatters angrily.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>And <i>I</i> hate him! (<i>Moves her ears.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>My friends, this Doctor is the cause of ALL our troubles. I -wish HE were going to die. (<i>Animals are shocked.</i>) Yes! -And for half a banana I’d kill him!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Kill him! Oh!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>Yes, kill him, and set you all free. (<i>Takes proud attitude.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Free? Free? Could you? (<i>The Horse whinnies, the Cat -plays, the Dog barks, the Rabbit moves her ears.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>Could I? Rather! (<i>Struts to and fro.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>But HOW could you kill him?</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>How? Easy enough! (<i>To the others.</i>) Now, HOW shall—er—WE -kill him?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</span></p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>I suppose I could kick him.</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>And I could bite him. Like that!</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>I could scratch his eyes out. Pst! Pst!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Proudly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>I could fight him man to man! Come, friends! (<i>He motions -the Rabbit, the Cat and the Dog to him.</i>) We’ll bite him, we’ll -kick him, we’ll scratch him, we’ll kill him together.</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Yes! Yes! We’ll kill him!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Appears on the wall above the Horse.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Buzz-z-z-z-z-z!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Animals look up. The eyes of the Fly glow red.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Buzz-z-z-z-z-z!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>The Fly! The Fly! The Fly! (<i>They go toward him.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Hey, all of you! Wait a minute! If you’re going to kill that -Doctor, <i>I</i> want to help!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Come down! Yes! Help!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Fly descends the wall; buzzing loudly. The -others conduct him forward.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_20">[Pg 20]</span></p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Ladies and gentlemen, I was fast asleep up there, out of the way -of the spiders, when all of a sudden I was awakened by the -music of your voices. And I heard your delicious scheme. -Oh, I yearn to be a part of it! For I hate that Doctor, too!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Surprised.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>You? Why? Why?</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Why? Saucers of poisoned sugar-water, THAT’S why! -Reams of sticky tangle-foot, that’s why! And did you hear -what he said to your friend, the Inspector? And did you see -him SWAT at me as he went out?</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Sympathetically.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Yes! Yes! Meow! Bow-wow! Ee-ee-ee!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Yes! This same Doctor who tortures you! Look at poor -Horse—full of diphtheria!</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Well, of course, it doesn’t hurt!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>If it hurt, he’d do it just the same. (<i>To the Monkey.</i>) And -think how he treats you—you ought to be a member of his -household.</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>People are NEVER kind to their poor relations.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_21">[Pg 21]</span></p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Dog.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>And, oh, what he hasn’t done to YOU! (<i>The Dog growls. -To the Rabbit.</i>) And you’re full of typhoid. (<i>The Rabbit gives -a little scream. To the Cat.</i>) And you’ll be the NEXT!</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>Meow!!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>And so he must die! (<i>To the Horse.</i>) But if you kick him, his -friends will shoot you. (<i>To the Dog.</i>) If you bite him, they’ll -think you’re mad! (<i>To the Cat.</i>) If you scratch him, they’ll -wring your neck. So you’d better let ME kill him!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>YOU?</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>And nobody will ever know! Buzz-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z! (<i>His -eyes glow red.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Contemptuously.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>How can a mere fly kill a man?</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Oh, he can’t! Impossible! No.</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>A common fly, too. A common house fly.</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>So you doubt it, do you? (<i>Proudly.</i>) My friends, it is <i>I</i> who -am killing that Boy!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_22">[Pg 22]</span></p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>You? Oh! The Boy!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Yes, I!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Howls.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Woo—oo—oo—oo!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>The other day, when he was having his breakfast, I lit on the -edge of his glass of milk. (<i>Darkly.</i>) And I wiped my foot! -(<i>Making a wiping motion with his right front foot.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Your FOOT?</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>But what’s one boy! Huh! With the help of my thousand -children, I could wipe out this whole town! (<i>Animals turn -away incredulously. The Horse brays like a donkey in derision. -The Cat puts a paw over her mouth to hide a smile.</i>) I could, I -tell you. (<i>To the Cat.</i>) Haven’t I the entrée to the best -homes?</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Nods.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Oh, meow!</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>And to the best stables! (<i>Stamps.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Crossly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>While I have to stay out in a garden!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_23">[Pg 23]</span></p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Well, then! At this moment I have six million, six hundred -thousand germs on my feet. (<i>Raises his right front foot.</i>) Here’s -my diphtheria!</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Oh, horrible! (<i>Stamps.</i>)</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Dog starts, and stares at the Fly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Holds up first left foot.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>And here’s typhoid!</p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>Er—ah!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Typhoid, too!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>I’m the best little carrier of typhoid the world has ever seen.</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Grimly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Go on! Go on!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Holds up second right foot.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Here I keep scarlet fever. (<i>Holds up second left foot.</i>) And -here’s small-pox! (<i>Holds up third right foot.</i>) And here’s the -white plague.</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Falls back, frightened.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Ee—ee—ee!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Now, ladies and gentlemen, here I am, germed to the feet! -How shall that Doctor die?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_24">[Pg 24]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Significantly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>So, Mr. Fly, you carry ALL the diseases?</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Proudly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>I carry them all! All! Even infantile paralysis! (<i>Laughs.</i>) -And let me tell you a little joke! They’ll never get rid of -disease as long as I’M alive. Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z-z! -Buzz-z-z!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Friends, we’ve been blaming the wrong person!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>What? You mean—? Tell us!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>It’s not the Doctor. This Fly is our REAL enemy!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Enemy! The Fly! (<i>They fall away from the Fly.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Dog.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>How can you turn on me like that? I’ve tickled your nose. -I’ve kept you awake. But—</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Silence! (<i>To the others.</i>) If this Fly didn’t carry disease, -there wouldn’t be sickness. If there wasn’t sickness, the -Doctor wouldn’t have to experiment on us.</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Horse snorts, the Monkey chatters, the Cat -spits, the Rabbit moves her ears.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_25">[Pg 25]</span></p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Oh, you ungrateful beasts!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>You bug! You ungrateful bug! If there’s a warm corner in -the house, you have it; if there’s a sweet cake in the cupboard, -you eat it. And for all the hospitality that’s shown you, what -do you do? You carry filth! You carry death! You even -murder little babies!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>And what do YOU do? You sit in the laps of women!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>I may sit in the laps of women, but I don’t put my feet in their -food!</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>Good for you, Dog! (<i>The other animals show approval.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Cat.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>You little sneak. What have I ever done to you?</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>Your relatives fall into my milk!</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>To the Fly.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>So YOU carry the white plague? Ee-ee-ee! (<i>Points a long -finger at the Fly.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>And every time you give somebody diphtheria, the Doctor runs -a needle into me. (<i>Stamps his feet.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_26">[Pg 26]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Friends, I have a plan.</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>What is it? Go ahead! Yes! Hear! Hear!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>It’s this: (<i>Darkly.</i>) Swat the Fly!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Oh, Dog! No! No!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Swat him! He’s worse than a rattlesnake!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Oh, but you wouldn’t! I’m little! So little!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>It’s only BECAUSE you’re little that you’ve lived so long! -(<i>To the others.</i>) We’ll swat him! We’ll swat him!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z! (<i>He moves his wings; his -eyes glow red. As he attempts to back away the animals form in a -half circle and block his retreat.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Yes, swat him! Swat him! Swat him!</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Oh, wait, wait! Oh, ladies and gentlemen!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Swat the Fly! Swat the Fly!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_27">[Pg 27]</span></p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Holds up his third left foot.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Look out! On this foot I carry a disease that’s death to -animals!</p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>Oh! Oh! (<i>Hops aside and covers her eyes with her forepaws. -Her ears tremble.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Retreats in the opposite direction and cowers in fear.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Oh! Oh!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>Come on, Kitten!</p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<p>Swat him! Swat him!</p> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Swat him! (<i>Rears excitedly.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">FLY</p> - -<p>Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z! Buzz-z-z-z-z-z-z!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>There is a struggle. The Dog growls; the Cat spits. -Suddenly the Dog and the Cat separate. The Fly -is lying on his back, dead. The Cat and the Dog -come down to the kennel. The Rabbit uncovers her -eyes. The Monkey regains his brave air.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">HORSE</p> - -<p>Well, good-bye to one little germ carrier!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>And a thousand little flies are fatherless.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_28">[Pg 28]</span></p> - -<p class="center">CAT</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Smoothes her fur.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Why, that Doctor brought me home when I was starving in the -street! Purr-r-r! Purr-r-r!</p> - -<p class="center">RABBIT</p> - -<p>And he took ME away from a bad little boy! (<i>Hops to the -hutch.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<p>And after all, he’s a relative of mine. And—blood is thicker -than water! (<i>He strolls toward the laboratory door.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<p>My friend, suppose, after this, that instead of fighting the -Doctor, we fight the flies!</p> - -<p class="center">ALL</p> - -<p>Good! Yes! Hoorah! We’ll swat the flies!</p> - -<p class="center">DOG</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Goes to kennel.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Now, where’s that fine big bone? (<i>Growls gently; settles down.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">MONKEY</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Yawns.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Everybody ready for bed?</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Chorus of sleepy growls, meows, whinnies, and -squeaks. The Monkey puts a paw on the push -button, and the lights go out.</i>)</p> - -<p>(<i>As the garden goes dark there is the sound of someone -running.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_29">[Pg 29]</span></p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Calling from the street.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Doctor! Help! Oh, Doctor! (<i>She rushes through the door.</i>) -Doctor, oh, Doctor, where are you? Oh, Doctor, help!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Doctor throws open the door of the laboratory, -enters, and presses the electric button. The Inspector -is standing beside the bench, the Boy in her arms. -She wears no hat or coat. Beside her, on the lawn, -is a cat, wearing a gay collar, to which is fastened a -tiny bell. A dog comes from the kennel, a horse -looks through the square opening, and a monkey -appears out of the monkey-house.</i>)</p> - -<p>(<i>The Doctor is in his shirt-sleeves. He comes down.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>My boy! My boy’s dying! He can’t breathe!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Here! (<i>Takes the Boy in his arms, lays him upon the bench, and -leans down to him.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, save him! Save him! Oh, I can’t lose my boy! What -can you do?</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Diphtheria! Wait! (<i>Takes the case out of his pocket.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, not that, Doctor! No! No!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Brushes the Inspector aside.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Let me alone! It’s the only thing!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Doctor administers the serum to the Boy.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_30">[Pg 30]</span></p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>Covers her face; drops to her knees in front of the -Doctor, her back toward him.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Oh, I don’t care WHAT you do—if you’ll only save him!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Here! Look! (<i>The Inspector turns.</i>) Oh, it’s wonderful! -See! Already!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, my son! My little son!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Relieved! (<i>Straightens up.</i>) But it was a close shave!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Doctor, will you forgive me?</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Come! Get him into his bed. (<i>Lifts the Boy in his arms and -gives him to the Inspector.</i>)</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, I was wrong! I was wrong!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>No, you’re right. Vivisection IS cruel. But disease is cruel—and, -oh, how cruel is death!</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, I’m ashamed! Here I was, spying on you, fighting—</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum" id="Page_31">[Pg 31]</span></p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>I’m willing to be watched. But if you trust us doctors with -the lives of your children, can’t you trust us with the lives of -cats and dogs?</p> - -<p class="center">INSPECTOR</p> - -<p>Oh, yes! Yes! (<i>Starts to go; turns.</i>) Oh, how can I ever thank -you! You’ve saved my boy!</p> - -<p class="center">DOCTOR</p> - -<p>Don’t thank me. Thank your brother, the horse!</p> - -<div class="blockquot"> - -<p>(<i>The Inspector goes out, murmuring to the Boy.</i>)</p> -</div> - -<p>Well, old fellow! (<i>The Doctor pats the horse, and gives him sugar.</i>) -You saved him. And I WISH you could know it! (<i>Stoops to -stroke the cat.</i>) Ah! Here’s a dead fly! 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