CROW. No, we cannot break it.
SPARROW. What shall we do?
CROW. Let us try to overturn it. Come, now!
SPARROW. I push and push.
CROW. I push and push.
SPARROW. We cannot overturn it.
CROW. No, we cannot overturn it.
SPARROW. We must have water! What shall we do?
CROW. Ah, I know the way to get the water!
(_He drops pebbles in the pitcher._)
SPARROW. Why do you drop pebbles in the pitcher?
(_He drops in more pebbles; the water rises._)
Please tell me why you do that.
[Illustration]
CROW. Now come and drink, Miss Sparrow!
SPARROW. Why, I can reach the water How queer! How very queer!
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
TIME: _last spring._
PLACE: _a pasture._
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THE LAMB.
THE WOLF.
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[_The_ LAMB _is drinking from the brook. The_ WOLF _enters._]
WOLF. Aha! There is my dinner. Now I'll make it seem that I ought to eat
her. Lamb, Lamb, how dare you? How dare you?
LAMB. What do you mean, sir?
WOLF. How dare you muddle the water?
LAMB. The water is clear where you stand, sir.
WOLF. The water is muddled where I stand, miss.
LAMB. How can that be, sir?
WOLF. I say the water here is muddled.
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