Children's Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson


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Page 13

* * * * *

KATE.
TEACHER.
BED.
BOYS AND GIRLS.

* * * * *

[_The_ BED _enters the schoolroom. Kate tries to hide under the
covers._]

BED. Good-morning, teacher. Here is lazy Kate.

TEACHER. Ha, ha, ha!

BED. Good-morning, boys. Here is lazy Kate.

BOYS. Ha, ha, ha!

BED. Good-morning, girls. Here is lazy Kate.

GIRLS. Ha, ha, ha!

KATE. Take me home, Bed! Please take me home!

BED. Will you get up early?

KATE. O yes, yes, yes!

BED. Every morning?

KATE. Every morning, Bed! Every morning!

[Illustration: "GOOD-MORNING, TEACHER. HERE IS LAZY KATE"]

BED. Then I will take you home. Good-by, teacher!

TEACHER. Ha, ha, ha!

BED. Good-by, children!

CHILDREN. Ha, ha, ha!

[_The Bed goes with Kate, who still tries to hide under the covers._]


SCENE III

TIME: _two minutes later._
PLACE: _Kate's bedroom._

* * * * *

KATE.
MOTHER.

* * * * *

[KATE _is asleep. Her_ MOTHER _comes._]

MOTHER. Kate, Kate! You are asleep again! Get up and go to school!

KATE. I have been to school.

MOTHER. What is this?

KATE. I have been to school. The Bed took me.

MOTHER. You have been dreaming, child.

KATE. No, no! The Bed took me to school. The children laughed at me.

MOTHER. It was a dream, my dear.

KATE. Well, I promised the Bed to get up early. I know that was not a
dream.

[_She jumps out of bed._]

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