KING. Stop! Stop! Take my daughter! Be king after me! Be king now! Anything to stop the locusts!

[!-- H2 anchor --]

THE HOLE IN THE DIKE

SCENE I

TIME: late afternoon in autumn.
PLACE: Holland.

PETER.
JACOB.
GRETCHEN.
FRIEDA.

[The CHILDREN enter. They carry buckets full of nuts.]

GRETCHEN. How cold it is!