BOY. Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

(No one comes or answers.)

Master! Pastor! Merchant! Baker! Butcher! Come! Come! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!

(No one comes or answers.)

What shall I do? They think I am playing a joke again. What shall I do? I cannot save my sheep! I must run to save myself!

[!-- H2 anchor --]

THE WISH-BIRD

TIME: a few years ago.
PLACE: the palace gardens.


BIRD.
PRINCE.
NURSE.