When mother lets us play . MOTHER LETS US PLAY 93 Prince (sighing) : There Avere j^^^i^^^^^^^enough, but whether they were real prin-cesses I could not quite make out. Therewas always something that did not seemquite right. ^ (He sighs deeply.)(CURTAIN) ACT II A princess comes in out of the storm and rain. Scene: The Prince is by himself at one sideof the stage; the King and the Queen at the othergrieve over his sadness. Queen: He is still sad. Surely there must be areal princess somewhere. (There is a crash of tlmnder (the showmans as-sistant bangs together tin pans, behind the stage),then a
When mother lets us play . MOTHER LETS US PLAY 93 Prince (sighing) : There Avere j^^^i^^^^^^^enough, but whether they were real prin-cesses I could not quite make out. Therewas always something that did not seemquite right. ^ (He sighs deeply.)(CURTAIN) ACT II A princess comes in out of the storm and rain. Scene: The Prince is by himself at one sideof the stage; the King and the Queen at the othergrieve over his sadness. Queen: He is still sad. Surely there must be areal princess somewhere. (There is a crash of tlmnder (the showmans as-sistant bangs together tin pans, behind the stage),then a downpour of rain. .(Another assistant, keep-ing his body and hand out of sight, pours water froma watering-can into a pail at the open back of thestage.) In the midst of the storm there is a knock-ing at the gate outside. The three start up and listen.) King: I will see who it is. (He goes over to one side.) Princess (speaking outside) : May I come in?King: Who are you?Princess: I am a princess. 94 WHEN MOTHER LETS US PLAY. The Princess on the Pea. WHEN MOTHER LETS US PLAY 95 (She comes in.) Queen: What! a Princess! Avitli the rain run-ning down your hair and in at the pointsof your shoes and out at the heels. Fie! ^Princess (sweetly) : Yes, I am a real princess. Queen (nodding her head, thinks aloud) : Well,we shall soon find that goes to the other side. (The showman pushes out from side a bed.) She takes all the bedding off. (The sho\^mian of course does this, pulling it off by means of strings.) Queen: Now well see whether she is a realprincess. Ill place a tiny pea on the bed-stead (the shoAMiian lets it do^^al by meansof a string) and pile twenty mattresses uponthe pea and twenty eider-down beds on topof the mattresses. (The shoT\^iian doesthis.) There! She shall sleep on that to-night, and well soon see whether she is aprincess. (CURTAIN) ACT ni The Prince finds a Princess. Scene: The Queen next morning inquiringhow the Princess has slept; the King and thePrince n
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