Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
T.--Well, this isn't such bad fun after all, as long as one can rest. I haven't chopped much wood yet, I thought I'd do it after luncheon. I shall feel so much stronger then, and be able to work twice as hard. Let me see, it must be time to lay the table. (_Opens lid of hamper...
H.--(_In a loud voice._) "Be it known to all the loyal subjects of Prince Charming, our lord and master, that yesterday evening, at the ball, an embroidered silver slipper was p...
2. SCENE II. _A wood._ TOM _alone, a large hamper by his side_.T.--Well, this isn't such bad fun after all, as long as one can rest. I haven't chopped much wood yet, I thought I'd do it after luncheon. I shall feel so much stronger then, an...
6. SCENE III.M.--My dear girls, the fact is, you are so beautiful, and so well dressed, that people don't dare to ask you. I am sure that is what it is.
5. SCENE II. _The Same.P.--I had better go to bed, I suppose--there is nothing else for me to do. Well, I do think it is a shame to leave me here alone, while they are enjoying themselves at the ball!...
3. SCENE IV. Same as Scene I.T.--(_Aside._) Horrid little creature! I wish I had offered him some luncheon! (_Aloud._) He told me all about it. He intended it for me, so you had better hand it over.
4. SCENE I.M.--Thinking? Yes, that is just like you. Ah, you were always so clever, my chickabiddy. (_To_ PEGGY.) As for you, what are you doing here, plain, stupid girl, wasting the time,...
1. SCENE I. FATHER, MOTHER, TOM, _and_ JACK. _A room in a cottage.