Anything to stop the locusts!




THE HOLE IN THE DIKE


SCENE I

TIME: _late afternoon in autumn._
PLACE: _Holland._

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PETER.
JACOB.
GRETCHEN.
FRIEDA.

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[_The_ CHILDREN _enter. They carry buckets full of nuts._]

GRETCHEN. How cold it is!

FRIEDA. Let us run. Then we shall not be cold.

PETER. How can we run? We shall spill our nuts.