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FIRST WAG (_whispering_). Do you think the musicians should follow them?
SECOND WAG (_whispering_). No, they should follow the music. What a joke it
is!
[_They look around and discover that the Countrymen have gone._]
FIRST WAG (_sadly_). My ring!
SECOND WAG (_sadly_). My chain!
THE MAN AND THE ALLIGATOR
SCENE I
TIME: _the morning after the cyclone_.
PLACE: _The Man's garden_.
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THE MAN.
THE ALLIGATOR.
* * * * *
[_The_ MAN _enters the garden carrying his big stick and small net. The
garden has been almost destroyed by the_ ALLIGATOR, _who still wallows
among the beds._]
MAN. There should be enough apples on the ground to fill my net. 'T was a
fierce storm last night!
(_He looks about; sees the Alligator; shows indignation._)
Thou--within my garden!
ALLIGATOR (_meekly_). Be not angry with me, O master! By accident I--
MAN (_indignantly_). Accident! Thou hast wallowed among my flowers by
accident, hast thou?
ALLIGATOR. It is true; not of my own will came I hither.
MAN (_more indignantly_). Thou hast broken my fruit trees by accident, I
suppose!
ALLIGATOR (_nodding_).
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