Children's Classics in Dramatic Form by Augusta Stevenson
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page 58 of 182 (31%)
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[_The_ PEASANT _enters the cottage, carrying the_ UGLY DUCKLING.] PEASANT. See what I'm bringing you! WIFE. Why, 't is a duckling--half frozen, too! PEASANT. I found him frozen in the pond. I had to break the ice to get him out. ELIZABETH. Give him to me, father. I will put him behind the stove. PEASANT (_giving Duckling to Elizabeth_). That's a good child. WIFE. Handle him tenderly, daughter. ELIZABETH (_taking off her shawl_). He shall lie upon my shawl. You poor, dear, ugly little duckling! [_She places the Duckling upon the shawl behind the stove, near the_ CAT _and_ HEN.] PEASANT. 'T is the duckling I told you of! WIFE. The one you saw on the pond yesterday? PEASANT. Aye, and the day before, and all winter long, for that matter. Yesterday I saw him try to join the wild ducks on the river, but they drove him back to the pond. |
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