SCENE II
Reading edition
TIME: five minutes later. PLACE: the schoolroom.
KATE. TEACHER. BED. BOYS AND GIRLS.
[The BED enters the schoolroom. Kate tries to hide under the covers.]
BED. Good-morning, teacher. Here is lazy Kate.
TEACHER. Ha, ha, ha!
BED. Good-morning, boys. Here is lazy Kate.
BOYS. Ha, ha, ha!
BED. Good-morning, girls. Here is lazy Kate.
GIRLS. Ha, ha, ha!
KATE. Take me home, Bed! Please take me home!
BED. Will you get up early?
KATE. O yes, yes, yes!
BED. Every morning?
KATE. Every morning, Bed! Every morning!
"good-morning, teacher. here is lazy kate."
BED. Then I will take you home. Good-by, teacher!
TEACHER. Ha, ha, ha!
BED. Good-by, children!
CHILDREN. Ha, ha, ha!
[The Bed goes with Kate, who still tries to hide under the covers.]