SCENE I
Reading edition
TIME: early in the morning. PLACE: Kate's bedroom.
KATE. MOTHER. BED.
[KATE is in bed. Her MOTHER comes.]
MOTHER. Kate, Kate, get up!
KATE. By and by, mother.
MOTHER. It is time to go to school. Get up!
KATE. By and by, mother, by and by.
MOTHER. You will be late to school, I fear.
[The Mother goes.]
BED. Dear me! Dear me! Kate will not get up. Well, she shall not be late to school. I will see to that.
[The Bed walks from the room into the street. Kate is frightened.]
KATE. Bed, Bed, where are you going?
BED. To school, you lazy child.