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VAIN JACKDAW. I am no jackdaw. Do I not have feathers like your own?
SECOND PEACOCK. Ha, ha! I dropped them on the ground this morning.
THIBAUD PEACOCK. Let's take them from him!
[Illustration]
VAIN JACKDAW. No, no! I beg you--
FIRST PEACOCK. Come, let's pull them out!
[_They pull the peacock feathers from the jackdaw._]
THIRD PEACOCK. You cannot stay with us!
SECOND PEACOCK. Go back to the jackdaws!
FIRST PEACOCK. Away with you! Away!
[_The jackdaw runs. The peacocks go, laughing. The other_ JACKDAWS
_enter, followed by the_ VAIN JACKDAW.]
VAIN JACKDAW. Ah, here you are! I have been looking for you.
OLD JACKDAW. Why do you look for us?
VAIN JACKDAW. I am a jackdaw. I want to be with jackdaws.
OLD JACKDAW. We will have nothing more to do with you! Away!
VAIN JACKDAW. But, brothers, my dear, dear brothers, please let me stay
with you!
OLD JACKDAW. You would not walk with jackdaws! Away!
YOUNG JACKDAW. You would not talk with jackdaws! Away!
ANOTHER JACKDAW. You thought yourself too fine for jackdaws! Away!
ALL JACKDAWS. Away! Away!
[_They drive the Vain Jackdaw from the park._]
THE LITTLE JACKAL AND THE CAMEL
SCENE I
TIME: _one morning._
PLACE: _the east bank of the river._
* * * * *
THE JACKAL.
THE CAMEL.
* * * * *
[_The_ JACKAL _stands on the river bank. He looks longingly toward the
west shore._]
JACKAL. Ah, if I could only get at those crabs over there! It makes me
hungry just to see them! Now if I could only swim! Or if I could walk on
water! Or if I had a little canoe!
[_Enter the_ CAMEL. _The Jackal whispers to himself._]
Aha! Now I know the way to get across.
(_To the Camel._)
Such news as I have for you, dear friend!
CAMEL. Must I guess?
JACKAL. No, I'll tell you this time. Listen: I know a spot where the
sugar-cane grows thick.
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