And open the box without hinges or lock.
(Marg steps up, courtesies low to Clanty, and knocks three times on box, repeating.)
Marg—Open box, shut box. This is Marg who loudly knocks.
(Box opens and boy within, hidden from audience by raised cover, hands Marg a baby doll, which should be dressed backward, a rattle, a box of blocks, an orange, and a bag of candy, then closes box.)
Marg—(courtesying again) You’re welcome Clanty Sauce.
(She sits down on floor, in centre, so others have to step around her, and begins building houses with her blocks, hugging her dolly, upside down, and eating candy, at the same time.)
Clanty—
Mom is next to open the box.
See what she gets when she knocks.
(Mom steps up, courtesies, knocks three times, and repeats couplet. Boy hands her a teaset, an orange, a bag of candy, and a sled.)