Show 4 A play for I Children By y i Marguerite r n By the wanton Joke of ot a thoughtless lad larl SUSAN SUSAN SUSAN-Oh Ob pity the tie sufferings I Implore Of Ot a beggar that Is turned from door t to o door r ELSIE ELSIE What What monster Is 15 s this d JOHNNY Im I'm Im I'm Johnny My yelp Is a cry for or help As your hand band I kiss ft PAT What PAT What pauper are lre you SUSA SUSAN SUSAN-I'm Im I'm Im I'm Susan For alms r i With my pleading palms I would bum humbly ty sue ELSIE ELSIE Are Are re these our playmates in this ige 1 This dreadful cur this wretched wi wight ht j PAT PAT-Bs PAT By magic changed before our eyes I It serves them right r I j I MA M.A. WAY It V-It V It serves sees them right Johnny and Su Sa an Ran sob rob the former sitting on bind hind tE legs begging EL ELSIE ELSIE And And TE-And And yet it gri grieves gries es my heart to see their pan PAT PAT Lets Lets Let's beg the witch to change them back bak baka a again a n MAY MAY MAT Aye be beg the witch JOHNNY and FUSAN TT X Aye change us vs back again Elsie and Pat run toward to the wood while May comforts Johnny and Susan ET ELSIE ETTE TE reclaim p How HoW How strange THE OTHERS OTHERS What What is s It ELSIE Like Like a dr dream am Both witch and dog dOJ have bate vanished bM quite THE OTHERS What OTHERS What shall we do do A despairing pause pa E ELSIE l I have bave a 1 schemer scheme I If U heaven rj please oJe-ase will set thin things s right All AU listen I hopefully as sh she explains addressing sin Pat Pst by your wish and mine m twain Were Wre forced such graceless shapes to wear j So let us our wish again PAT co a agreeing o they a 3 true repentance swe swear rI I SUSAN lifts right hand solemnly If solemnly If from this pauper state Im I'm freed To all GO Gods God's f in their need Ill I'll be a friend world without end ALL Amen solemnly solemnly Amen JOHNNY right t pa paw W solemnly solemnly-If solemnly If from this do dog dOb state slate Im I'm released Of all rods God creatures man and beast Ill I'll be the friend world without end ALL solemnly Amen ty-A ty Amen men The ta f stage boromes rb dark Another lightning flash lh and thunder clap lap over o wood Then bright bine fills the scene as at first Johnny and Susan are now without disguise AH AU the children chil- chil dren rub eyes a as ac If waking find and raze iaze at one another nothEr Susan f feels I fearfully for or her ra ram Johnny for his ls tall Both show delight it nt find finding In I these e cone All lau laugh b happily Elsie T JOH JOHNNY Y-EJ Y ENIe le ELSIE Well ELSIE Well Johnny boy j JOUN JOHNNY Y queer But I J like work I bate hate a shirk I 1 And I like you to call me d dear ar They shake band hands while while- tb the others applaud them SUSAN SUSA SUSAN Pat Pat Pat PA PAT Susan PAT Susan dear SUSAN SUSA SUSAN really so I am not vain rain Your clothes are e plain But youre you're the nicest t boy I J know They shake shade hands while the others applaud them Just then In a the wood the branches stir MAY Why points points Why theres there's that poor old dame with faithful dO dog JOH JOHNNY JOHNNY-I I I have bave some sandwiches for lunch Well We'll take them to that do dog doh to munch SUSAN Lets Let's Lets Let's get ct that dear some fuel MAY orA Y runs to log los log Aye the Jo log ALL ALL Aye Aye lets let's take her bel the log los All AIl run and lift un log on shoulders and prepare to ca carry It to the wood nood They pan pause to address the audience stan standing dinE In a row row Johnny Johnny Elsie May Su Susan n Sam Was it a I dream or is It true Were we banished from this town land To the depths of UPSIDE DOWN DOW LA LAND 1 Im I'm sure I J do not know Do you sou |