spoke the truth.

[He goes.]

OTHER BLIND MEN. Hear him! Hear him!

[They go their different ways, shaking their fingers angrily at each other.]

THE STAG AND THE FAWN

SCENE I

TIME: last autumn.
PLACE: the forest.

THE STAG.
THE FAWN.

[The STAG and FAWN enter the forest.]

FAWN. Here is a pool!

STAG. We will stop and drink.

FAWN. I see your horns in the water, father.

STAG. Ah, yes!

FAWN. They look like a strong tree down there.

STAG. They are strong! And are they not beautiful, child?

FAWN. They make you very grand, dear father!

STAG. No king with his crown looks grander!

FAWN. I see your feet in the water, father.

STAG. Do not speak of my feet, child!

FAWN. Why not? They are small and slender.

STAG. But they look so weak. I do not like my feet at all. I wish they were different.

(A Hunter's horn is heard.)

Come, child, come!

SCENE II

TIME: an hour later.
PLACE: another part of the forest.

THE STAG.
THE FAWN.
THE HUNTER.

[The STAG is caught in a thicket by his horns. The FAWN looks at him pityingly.]

FAWN. A man is near! I hear him running!

STAG. I cannot free myself!

FAWN. Ah, if you only had no horns!

STAG. Or if they were only not so strong and not so grand!

FAWN. Your feet could save you then, dear father.

STAG. Go, child, and let your feet save you.

FAWN. I cannot bear to leave you, father!

STAG. Go save yourself! Go, go!

[The faun goes. The HUNTER enters.]

HUNTER. Aha! I have you now!

THE SHEPHERD BOY WHO CALLED WOLF

SCENE I

TIME: middle of the afternoon.
PLACE: a hillside near the village.

SHEPHERD BOY.
MASTER.
PASTOR.
MERCHANT.
BAKER.
BUTCHER.

[The SHEPHERD BOY watches a flock of sheep.]

BOY. I am tired of watching sheep! I will play a joke on some one! I will play a joke on every one!

(He calls in a loud voice.) Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! [Enter the VILLAGERS with clubs.] MASTER. Where is the Wolf? BOY. Ha, ha, ha! There is no wolf! PASTOR. I do not like to leave my church! MERCHANT. I do not like to leave my store! BAKER. I do not like to leave my dough! BUTCHER. I do not like to leave my ox! BOY. Ha, ha, ha! There is no wolf! Ha, ha, ha! MASTER. You must not play that joke again! Do you hear? You must never play that joke again!

SCENE II

TIME: a week later.
PLACE: same as in Scene I.

BOY.
VILLAGERS.

[The BOY watches his