“I CROW.”
Reading edition
Many a “star” might well envy the most insignificant member of her troupe the supreme sense of importance and satisfaction with which he performs his little duty, be it only that of blowing out the candle through the hole in the scenery when the hero aims his deadly rifle at the flame and the cap explodes.
Think of the pleasure his performance accorded this small boy, for instance:
First Boy—“You ought to come to the concert our music teacher is goin’ to give.”
Second Boy—“You goin’ to be in?”
“Yes. I am one of the primmer donnas. We are goin’ to give a cantata.”
“Wot’s that?”
“Oh, it’s all about sunshine and storms and picnics and all sorts of country things. It’s great.”
“Do you sing all that?”
“N-o. I’m only in the first scene: ‘Early mornin’ on the farm.’”
“What do you do?”
“I crow.”