Grandma. Yes, but be sure to come home before dark. There are animals in the woods, Mabel. They prowl around after dark.
Mabel. Oh, I’m not afraid. I’ll come home before night.
Scene II—In the Woods
Mabel. Dear me! How dark it is getting. I must hurry home. [Hears a little squeaking sound.] What’s that? [Sees a little green lizard with a stone on its tail.] Oh, you poor little lizard! Let me lift that stone from your tail. [Takes stone off.]
Lizard. Thank you. You are a very kind child.
Mabel. Oh! I didn’t know that lizards could talk!
Lizard. Some lizards can’t. But I am the king of all the lizards. I am going to do something for you because you lifted the stone from my tail.
Mabel. I was very glad to do it.
Lizard. I am going to do something for you that I wouldn’t do for any other little girl. It’s this: I’m going to teach you the animal call. Then you will understand everything the animals say to you, and they will know what you say to them.
Mabel. What fun!