A wolf comes and begins to kill the
sheep._]
BOY. Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
(_No one comes or answers._)
Master! Pastor! Merchant! Baker! Butcher! Come! Come! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
Wolf!
(_No one comes or answers._)
What shall I do? They think I am playing a joke again. What shall I do?
I cannot save my sheep! I must run to save myself!
THE WISH-BIRD
TIME: _a few years ago._
PLACE: _the palace gardens._
* * * * *
BIRD.
PRINCE.
NURSE.
* * * * *
[_The_ PRINCE _and his_ NURSE _walk in the palace gardens. The_
WISH-BIRD _is flying among the trees._]
PRINCE. I am tired of the gardens, Nurse.
NURSE. Look at your pretty flowers, dear Prince.
PRINCE. I am tired of the flowers.
NURSE. Look at your pretty doves, dear Prince.
PRINCE. I am tired of my doves.
NURSE. Then look at your white, white rabbits, Prince.
PRINCE. I am tired of my rabbits.
NURSE. Dear me! Dear me!
PRINCE. What shall I look at, Nurse?
[Illustration: 'I AM TIRED OF MY RABBITS']
NURSE. I do not know, dear Prince.
PRINCE. You must tell me what to look at.
NURSE. Dear me! Dear me!
PRINCE. I will send you to the king.
NURSE. Do not send me to the king, dear Prince!
PRINCE.
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