More portmanteau plays . iful. Its just like real.[Jonathan pulls a figure across the , old man. Thats the one I jus the string?[Jonathan lifts the Here It Is. HANK Now wheres that feller goln to?JONATHAN {coming out from behind the screen) Well, you see, Zenohia —;HANK Zenob — God, what a name! 129 MORE PORTMANTEAU PLAYS JONATHAN They used to have names like that. HANK How d you do It? JONATHAN Look, Ill show you a little.\^He goes behind the screen and closes the cur-tain. HANK What you doln^ that for? I like to see thatpicture. JONATHAN Im going to sho
More portmanteau plays . iful. Its just like real.[Jonathan pulls a figure across the , old man. Thats the one I jus the string?[Jonathan lifts the Here It Is. HANK Now wheres that feller goln to?JONATHAN {coming out from behind the screen) Well, you see, Zenohia —;HANK Zenob — God, what a name! 129 MORE PORTMANTEAU PLAYS JONATHAN They used to have names like that. HANK How d you do It? JONATHAN Look, Ill show you a little.\^He goes behind the screen and closes the cur-tain. HANK What you doln^ that for? I like to see thatpicture. JONATHAN Im going to show you how I do it.[Jonathan rings the All right. Im ready. Let her go.[Jonathan opens the curtain and pulls a charac-ter on, then {in assumed voice) Hail, noble duke. All Is well, I ween. HANK Say, are they talkin to each other? JONATHAN Yes. HANK Which Is the noble duke?JONATHAN {pulling a string) This And the other ones name Is Iween, aint it? JONATHAN No, his name Is Rollo. 130. w < < < o JONATHAN MAKES A WISH HANK All right, fire ahead. I guess you know whatyoure (in assumed voice) Hail, noble duke. All is well, I ween.* Not very well, noble duke.** What is wrong? * Queen Zenobia is very mad, noble duke.* What is she mad about, Rollo? [^Uncle John enters suddenly. JOHN Jonathan —[He sees does this mean? HANK Im seein a show. JOHN You get out of here this instant. HANK I aint hurtin nothin, mister, but Ill git out ifyou say so. JOHN What do you mean by this, Jonathan? HANK Ill git out. Thank you fer the show, boy.[He goes out crosses to the {calling after Hank) Come on, get out of here quickly. HANK {of) Im out, mister. 131 MORE PORTMANTEAU PLAYS JOHN Now, Jonathan, what do you mean by bringingsuch people into this place? JONATHAN I didnt bring him in. He came up while I was Do you call that silly stuff working?JONATHAN I was getting it ready for Uncle Nathaniel
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