THE FOX AND THE CRANE
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THE FOX
THE CRANE
THE FOX and THE CRANE appear; they approach each other and meet .
THE FOX: Good morning my dear friend.
THE CRANE: Good morning, THE FOX.
THE FOX: How are you? I have not seen you for ages.
THE CRANE: Thank you, I am all right.
THE FOX: I am so glad to see you. Come and have dinner with me, my dear.
THE CRANE: Oh, thank you, I shall go with pleasure.
THEY GO AWAY TOGETHER.
SCENE 1:
THE FOX’S house. A table and two chairs stand in the middle of the house. THE FOX and THE CRANE enter the house.
THE FOX: Here is my home. Sit down, dear Crane. Dinner will be ready in a minute.
THE CRANE sits at the table. THE FOX puts on the table a flat plate with porridge.
THE FOX: Help yourself, dear. The porridge is very good.
THE CRANE peck-pecks at the porridge with her sharp bill, but she cannot get a bit.
THE FOX: I hope you like the porridge, my dear. I’ve cooked it myself.
THE CRANE continues to peck from the plate. At the same time THE FOX begins to lap up the porridge and soon there is nothing left.
THE FOX: Sorry, my dear Crane, but I have nothing else to offer you.
THE CRANE: Thank you all the same, I’ve had enough. Do come and have dinner wiht me. Good-bye.
CURTAIN
SCENE II
THE CRANE’S room with a table and two chairs in the middle. THE CRANE is busy preparing dinner. There is a knock at the door.
THE CRANE: come in.
THE FOX:Good afternoon, Grane.
THE CRANE: Oh, Foxy, glad to see you. You are just in time for dinner. Take a seat at the table.
THE FOX sits at the table and THE CRANE serves some soup in a jug with a narrow neck.
THE CRANE: Sorry, my friend, but I have nothing else to offer you.
THE FOX: It is not polite to treat your friend so. I am very hungry.
THE CRANE: I was also hungry after your dinner. Good-bye, dear friend.
THE FOX: We are no longer friends with you.
He runs out of the room.