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SCENE II
TIME: _a few minutes later_.
PLACE: _the muddy road_.
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INGE.
THE WICKED ELF.
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[INGE _is seen stopping at the muddy road._]
INGE. 'T is too wide to leap!
[_The_ WICKED ELF _suddenly appears on the opposite side of the road._]
WICKED ELF. Good day to you, pretty maid!
INGE. Good day to you, dear Elf!
WICKED ELF. Wilt cross this muddy road?
INGE. I must.
WICKED ELF. Then I'll tell you how to do it and not so much as wet your
shoe.
INGE. Oh, thank you, dear Elf!
WICKED ELF. Throw down your loaf and--
INGE. (_showing surprise; interrupting_). Throw down the loaf?
WICKED ELF. Why, yes,--to use it for a stepping-stone.
INGE. But 't will spoil the bread!
WICKED ELF. But 't will save your shoes!
INGE. Well, that's true--
WICKED ELF. A pretty maid ne'er wears a muddy shoe.
INGE. That's true, too--
WICKED ELF. Come, then, throw down the loaf!
INGE. Well, I'll do it!
(_She throws the loaf and steps upon it._)
'T is sinking! What shall I do?
WICKED ELF. Why, then, jump off!
INGE (_trying to jump_). I can't! Don't you see I can't?
WICKED ELF.
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