SCENE I
Reading edition
TIME: middle of the afternoon. PLACE: a hillside near the village.
SHEPHERD BOY. MASTER. PASTOR. MERCHANT. BAKER. BUTCHER.
[The SHEPHERD BOY watches a flock of sheep.]
BOY. I am tired of watching sheep! I will play a joke on some one! I will play a joke on every one!
(He calls in a loud voice.) Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! [Enter the VILLAGERS with clubs.] MASTER. Where is the Wolf? BOY. Ha, ha, ha! There is no wolf! PASTOR. I do not like to leave my church! MERCHANT. I do not like to leave my store! BAKER. I do not like to leave my dough! BUTCHER. I do not like to leave my ox! BOY. Ha, ha, ha! There is no wolf! Ha, ha, ha! MASTER. You must not play that joke again! Do you hear? You must never play that joke again!
