40. Herbert Elliott takes out his father's automobile without permission, and damages it seriously; he tries to explain.
41. Jerome Connor has just "made" the high school football team.
42. Two boys plan a camping trip.
43. Several boys are camping, and one of the number does not seem willing to do his share of the work.
44. Several young people consider what they are going to do when they have finished school.
45. Two women talk about the spring fashions.
II. Choose some familiar fairy-tale or well known children's story, and put it into the form of a little play for children. Find a story that is rather short, and that has a good deal of dialogue in it. In writing the play, try to make the conversation simple and lively.
III. In a story book for children, find a short story and put it into dialogue form. It will be wise to select a story that already contains a large proportion of conversation.
IV. From a magazine or a book of short stories (not for children), select a very brief piece of narration, and put it into dramatic form. After you have finished, write out directions for the setting of the stage, if you have not already done so, and give your idea of what the costuming ought to be.