Children's Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson


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STAG. But they look so weak. I do not like my feet at all. I wish they
were different.

(_A Hunter's horn is heard._)

Come, child, come!


SCENE II

TIME: _an hour later._
PLACE: _another part of the forest._

* * * * *

THE STAG.
THE FAWN.
THE HUNTER.

* * * * *

[_The_ STAG _is caught in a thicket by his horns. The_ FAWN _looks at
him pityingly._]

FAWN. A man is near! I hear him running!

STAG. I cannot free myself!

FAWN. Ah, if you only had no horns!

STAG. Or if they were only not so strong and not so grand!

FAWN. Your feet could save you then, dear father.

STAG. Go, child, and let your feet save you.

FAWN. I cannot bear to leave you, father!

STAG. Go save yourself! Go, go!

[_The faun goes. The_ HUNTER _enters._]

HUNTER. Aha! I have you now!




THE SHEPHERD BOY WHO CALLED WOLF


SCENE I

TIME: _middle of the afternoon._
PLACE: _a hillside near the village._

* * * * *

SHEPHERD BOY.
MASTER.
PASTOR.
MERCHANT.
BAKER.
BUTCHER.

* * * * *

[_The_ SHEPHERD BOY _watches a flock of sheep._]

BOY. I am tired of watching sheep! I will play a joke on some one! I
will play a joke on every one!

(_He calls in a loud voice._)

Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

[_Enter the_ VILLAGERS _with clubs._]

MASTER. Where is the Wolf?

BOY. Ha, ha, ha! There is no wolf!

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