SCENE II
Reading edition
TIME: a week later. PLACE: same as in Scene I.
BOY. VILLAGERS.
[The BOY watches his sheep.]
BOY. I will play that joke again. I like to see them come running.
(He calls in a loud voice.)
Wolf! Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!
[The VILLAGERS come 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. Boy, boy, you must not joke about a wolf! Do you hear? You must never joke about a wolf!