HORSE.
MASTER.
MAID.
BOY.
NEIGHBORS.

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[_The_ WOLF _enters from the forest._]

WOLF. Ah, if I could only eat oats! What a dinner I should have! I would
tell no one! No one would know, and the whole field would be mine.

(_Enter the_ HORSE _from the forest._)

Ah, good friend, such news as I can tell you!

HORSE. I will not promise to believe you.

WOLF. Well, then, believe your own eyes. There lies a field of ripe
oats!

HORSE. As I live, you speak the truth!

WOLF. I have not tasted one! I have kept them all for you.

[Illustration: "AS I LIVE, YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH!"]

HORSE (_calling_) Master! Master!