FOX. He has gone for meal! Ha, ha, ha, ha!

[JACOB comes out with a club.]

JACOB. Now go! Go, sir!

FOX. Why, what is this? I said I would eat Peter's chickens.

JACOB. Yes, but you mean to eat mine. Now go! Go, or I will beat you!

[The Fox runs quickly away.]

[!-- H2 anchor --]

THE VAIN JACKDAW

TIME: last summer.
PLACE: a public park.