(A front scene. A poor hut or tent, the
Princes are coming in slowly, some limping.
They are in Wrenboys' clothes and the
masks are in their hands.)
1st Prince: This should be the hut where the
Wrenboys told us to come.
2nd Prince: It is a poor looking place.
3d Prince: It is good to have any place to sit
down in for a while. My back is aching.
4th Prince: My feet are all scratched and torn.
There are blisters rising.
5th Prince: I thought we would never come to
the end of the road. The stones by the lake were
so hard and so sharp.
1st Prince: It was a root of a tree I fell over
that made these bruises on my knees. I was
watching a hawk that was still and quiet up in the
air, and when it made a swoop all of a sudden
I stumbled and fell.
2nd Prince: It was in slipping where the rocks
are high I gave this twist to my arm. I can hardly
move it.
3rd Prince: But wasn't the sight of the sunset
splendid over the lake? And the hills so blue!
4th Prince: I like the tall trees best. I tried
to climb up one of them, but it was so smooth I
did but slip and fall.