Children's Classics in Dramatic Form, A Reader for the Fourth Grade

by Augusta Stevenson

SECOND COUNTRYMAN. I cannot say that I have. There is, however, certainly something wonderful about me. I have noticed it for a long time. Hast thou not felt it when in my company?

FIRST COUNTRYMAN. I have not.

SECOND COUNTRYMAN (indignantly). Thou hast not?

FIRST COUNTRYMAN. Never! thou silly goose!

[The Second Countryman snatches First Countryman's chain and throws it over the wall.]

SECOND COUNTRYMAN. Mind how thou callest me names, thou booby!

FIRST COUNTRYMAN (tearing off Second Countryman's ring and throwing it over the wall). Silly goose!

SECOND COUNTRYMAN. I will now depart for my home. I do not desire thy company.

FIRST COUNTRYMAN. I likewise will return, and likewise I wish to journey alone.

[They take up their blankets and discover the gourds.]