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._
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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.
CAMEL. Tell me! I cannot wait! Tell me!
JACKAL.
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