Chapter 2

TIME: _last autumn._ PLACE: _the forest._

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THE STAG. THE FAWN.

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[_The_ STAG _and_ FAWN _enter the forest._]

FAWN. Here is a pool!

STAG. We will stop and drink.

FAWN. I see your horns in the water, father.

STAG. Ah, yes!

FAWN. They look like a strong tree down there.

STAG. They are strong! And are they not beautiful, child?

FAWN. They make you very grand, dear father!

STAG. No king with his crown looks grander!

FAWN. I see your feet in the water, father.

STAG. Do not speak of my feet, child!

FAWN. Why not? They are small and slender.

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!