Fox. Believe me, Hunter. Only let me out, and you’ll see. [Hunter lets fox out.] Come! [Calling out loud.] Now, Sir Tiger, here is the hunter; and, Mr. Hunter, there is your tiger. I have kept my word to both; you must settle the matter between yourselves.
[Fox runs off.]
Hunter. Alas! Alas!
TOM AND THE LOBSTER
Place—Among the rocks
Characters—Tom, Lobster
Tom. [To lobster caught in a lobster pot.] What, have you been naughty, and have they put you in the lockup?
Lobster. I can’t get out.
Tom. Why did you get in?
Lobster. I came in for that ugly piece of fish.