| Jack Parker ("was a cruel boy, For mischief was his sole employ."—Vide) | Miss Jane Taylor. | |
| Miss Lydia Banks ("though very young, Will never do what's rude or wrong."—Ditto.) | ||
| Farmer Banks Farmer Banks's Bull | } | By the Brothers Griffiths. |
| Chorus of Farm Hands. | ||
Scene.—A Farmyard. r. a stall from which the head of the Bull is visible above the half-door. Enter Farmer Banks with a cudgel.
Farmer B. (moodily). When roots are quiet, and cereals are dull,
I vent my irritation on the Bull.
[We have Miss Taylor's own authority for this rhyme.
Come hup, you beast!
[Opens stall and flourishes cudgel—the Bull comes forward with an air of deliberate defiance.
Oh, turning narsty, is he?
[Apologetically to Bull.
Another time will do! I see you're busy!
[The Bull, after some consideration, decides to accept this retractation, and retreats with dignity to his stall, the door of which he carefully fastens after him. Exit Farmer Banks, l., as Lydia Banks enters r. accompanied by Chorus. The Bull exhibits the liveliest interest in her proceedings, as he looks on, with his forelegs folded easily upon the top of the door.