FIRST COUNTRYMAN (_to Second Countryman, joyfully_). Dost thou hear? By our
gourds we shall know!
SECOND COUNTRYMAN (_joyfully_). I hear! Thanks and yet again more thanks to
thee, good sir!
[_The Wags turn to go._]
FIRST WAG. May you know yourselves in the morning for what you truly are!
[Illustration: THE TWO COUNTRYMEN]
[_They go, laughing aside. Each Countryman ties a gourd around his ankle,
wraps his blanket round him, and lies down. They sleep. Pause.
Enter the_ WAGS _softly, each carrying a small flag. They remove the gourds
from Countrymen's ankles and hide them under their blankets. They then tie
the flags around Countrymen's ankles and go, greatly pleased with their
joke._]
SCENE II
TIME: _the next morning_.
PLACE: _same as Scene I_.
* * * * *
FIRST COUNTRYMAN.
SECOND COUNTRYMAN.
FIRST CITY WAG.
SECOND CITY WAG.
* * * * *
[_The_ WAGS _are seen peeping around the corner._]
FIRST WAG (_softly_). They are sound asleep.
SECOND WAG (_softly_). Then come.
[_They enter and throw the two baskets of gourds over the wall. They then
retire around the corner, peeping as before.
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