SCENE II—_On the Seashore

_Turtle._ Dear me—not a monkey to be seen anywhere! Well, I’ve waited and waited. It’s very hot here on the sand. I’m sleepy. I’ll just take a nap. [_Sleeps. Monkeys (three) come._]

_First Monkey._ [_Seeing turtle._] What’s this?

_Second Monkey._ I don’t know. I never saw anything like that before. Now, I see, it’s a big stone.

_First Monkey._ So it is.

_Third Monkey._ I don’t believe it.

_Second Monkey._ Well, you just put your paw on it and see. There, it’s as hard as it can be.

_Third Monkey._ _I_ know. It’s a great shell. [_Touches the turtle._] A big hard one, hard all over. [_Turtle wakes and catches monkey._] Oh, oh, oh! Let me go.

_Turtle._ No, I will not let you go. Be quiet and do what I tell you, and I will not hurt you. Your brothers have run away. You must come down under the sea with me.

[_They go out together._]