TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON
1 A Peaceful farmyard in Macedonia. A herd of swine is collecting pearls in silk purses. Swine are more precious in the Balkans than good women.
2 Thomas, the Greek, arrives. He is not a Jew. He despises jewellery and loves pork. He steals a pig. (Inset, the squeal thereof.)
3 Thomas retires to a shady nook and consumes the pig. He regrets it. So does the pig. Crackling is heard.
4 Tom’s father, with his pipe. Pipe goes out. Father goes in. (This is a striking scene.)
5 Thomas descends the street roaring. He is in real pain. Mumm is not the word.
6 Action for assault and barratry, Thomas v. Pater. Judge rules that plaintiff has saved his bacon, and defendant is let off with a fine for being accessory after the fat.