Autobiographical notes . w bangedit and came jumping in again. Here comesmother and father, and Jane and Nurse, and and another lady. Are they ? Oh, hurry up ; do hurry up ! cried Dulce.— Gwen, Gwen, where are myshoes ? 96 the three little pigs/ Hush, Dulce ; dont make such a fuss, oryoull never be ready, said Gwendoline. Hereare your shoes. Oh, dont Dorothy and Kitty look funny 1cried Betty; for those two young people werescuttling about with long loose blue robes andtheir pigs heads on. Listen! all the people are in, said Dulce.* Well never be in time. Just then, Henry, who was not
Autobiographical notes . w bangedit and came jumping in again. Here comesmother and father, and Jane and Nurse, and and another lady. Are they ? Oh, hurry up ; do hurry up ! cried Dulce.— Gwen, Gwen, where are myshoes ? 96 the three little pigs/ Hush, Dulce ; dont make such a fuss, oryoull never be ready, said Gwendoline. Hereare your shoes. Oh, dont Dorothy and Kitty look funny 1cried Betty; for those two young people werescuttling about with long loose blue robes andtheir pigs heads on. Listen! all the people are in, said Dulce.* Well never be in time. Just then, Henry, who was not acting, lookedin at the door and said, I say,hurry up, girls! and then wentojff into fits of laughter at thesight of the three pigs and Baby,who was a white rabbit, in atight-fitting calico skin, with longears, and black beads for eyes. Run along, Henry, and tellthem well be ready in a minute,said Betty, struggling into her brown wolfsclothes, and tying on her cardboard head. Henry obeyed, and before long, with a great. / / the three little pigs/* 97 deal of whispering, the actors trooped on to thestage. Betty, who was not in the first act,helped Gwendoline to manage the curtain,which went up by a series of convulsive jerks,only to come running down again with re-doubled speed. Mr. Overton rose to help them, but Gwencalled out,— ^ Never mind, father ; we can , with a good deal of fumbling, Gwen-doline and Betty got the curtain fixed, and itw^ent up successfully this time, disclosing thescene where the three little pigs(failing a mother) were sitting to-gether planning how they wouldgo out into the world to seektheir fortunes. This calledforth great applause ; butstill more clapping andlaug^hter arose w^ith thesecond scene, where thelittle white rabbit, hitherto believed by the (1,063) 7
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