Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
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JAMES. Then might I suggest, Miss, that you give it another name
altogether? As it might be, "Susan's Saturday Night," all easy words to spell, or "Red Revenge," or---- ROSEMARY. I _must_ call it Make-Believe, because it's all of the play I've thought of so far. JAMES. Quite so, Miss. Then how would it be to spell it wrong on purpose? It comes funnier that way sometimes. ROSEMARY. Does it? JAMES. Yes, Miss. Makes 'em laugh. ROSEMARY. Oh! . . . Well, which _is_ the wrong way? JAMES. Ah, there you've got me again, Miss. ROSEMARY (inspired). I know what I'll do. I'll spell it "i-e"; and if it's right, then I'm right, and if it's wrong, then I'm funny. JAMES. Yes, Miss. That's the safest. ROSEMARY. Thank you, James. JAMES. Not at all, Miss. [He goes out. ROSEMARY (writing). Make-Believe. A Christmas Entertainment---- (She stops and thinks, and then shakes her head.) No, play--a Christmas Play in three acts. Er---- (She is stuck.) |
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