Chapter 5

TIME: _a week later._ PLACE: _same as in Scene I._

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BOY. VILLAGERS.

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[_The_ BOY _watches his sheep._]

BOY. I will play that joke again. I like to see them come running.

(_He calls in a loud voice._)

Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

[_The_ VILLAGERS _come with clubs._]

MASTER. Where is the wolf?

BOY. Ha, ha, ha! There is no wolf!

PASTOR. I do not like to leave my church!

MERCHANT. I do not like to leave my store!

BAKER. I do not like to leave my dough!

BUTCHER. I do not like to leave my ox!

BOY. Ha, ha, ha! There is no wolf! Ha, ha, ha!

MASTER. Boy, boy, you must not joke about a wolf! Do you hear? You must never joke about a wolf!