THE TRAVELLERS AND THE HATCHET


TIME: _last week_.
PLACE: _a high road_.

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FIRST TRAVELLER.
SECOND TRAVELLER.
THE CARPENTER.

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[_The_ TWO TRAVELLERS _journey along the road. A hatchet lies in the dust
at one side._][Footnote: The explanations in _brackets_ may be read by the
teacher.]

FIRST TRAVELLER (_seeing the hatchet, taking it up_).[Footnote: The words
in _parentheses_ are not intended to be read aloud; they will give the
child the cue as to how the part should be rendered.] Ah, see what I have
found!