Then--"
KING (_interrupting)._ Yes, yes! Now go on with the story.
SECOND STORY-TELLER. The story shall go on, O King! "Then another locust
went in and carried away another grain of corn. Then another locust--"
KING (_interrupting). I_ tell you to go on with the story!
SECOND STORY-TELLER. I obey, great King. "Then another locust went in
and carried away another grain of corn. Then another--"
KING. The story! The story, I tell you!
SECOND STORY-TELLER. This is the story, O King! "Then another locust
went in and carried away another grain of corn. Then--"
KING. I cannot stand it! How long will it take the locusts to carry away
all the grain?
SECOND STORY-TELLER. One thousand years, O King! "Then another locust
went in and--"
KING. Stop! Stop! Take my daughter! Be king after me! Be king now!
Anything to stop the locusts!
THE HOLE IN THE DIKE
SCENE I
TIME: _late afternoon in autumn._
PLACE: _Holland._
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PETER.
JACOB.
GRETCHEN.
FRIEDA.
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[_The_ CHILDREN _enter. They carry buckets full of nuts._]
GRETCHEN. How cold it is!
FRIEDA. Let us run. Then we shall not be cold.
PETER. How can we run? We shall spill our nuts.
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