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

by Augusta Stevenson

[The GRANDMOTHER and KAREN enter the shop of the SHOEMAKER.]

GRANDMOTHER. This is my little granddaughter Karen, Shoemaker. Please to take her measure for a pair of shoes.

SHOEMAKER. What kind do you wish, madam?

GRANDMOTHER. Morocco, the finest you have, Karen is to wear these shoes to church.

SHOEMAKER. What color do you wish, madam?

GRANDMOTHER. Black.

KAREN (whispering to Shoemaker). Red.

SHOEMAKER (puzzled). Eh?

GRANDMOTHER (louder). Black.

KAREN (whispering to Shoemaker). Red.