Little Dramas for Primary Grades

<h2 class='c008'>THE FOX AND THE CROW</h2> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center c002'> <div><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Fox</em> <em>and</em> <em>Crow</em></div> </div></div> <div class='dl_1'> <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Crow.</em></span> Ah! Some one has left a bit of cheese for me. I’ll fly up into that tree and eat it.</p> <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> [<em>To himself.</em>] That cheese is for me, as sure as I am a fox.</p> </div> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center'> <div>[<em>Goes to the tree.</em>]</div> </div></div> <div class='dl_2'> <p><span class='dl_2'>&nbsp;</span> Good day, Mistress Crow.<br/>How well you are looking.<br/>What bright eyes you have.<br/>I am sure your voice must be sweet.<br/>Just let me hear you sing one song.</p> </div> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center'> <div>[<em>Crow lifts her head.</em>]</div> </div></div> <div class='dl_1'> <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Crow.</em></span> Caw—caw—caw.</p> <p><span class='dl_1'><em>Fox.</em></span> [<em>Snaps up cheese.</em>] That bit of cheese was all I wanted.</p> </div> <div class='figcenter id002'> <span class="pagenum" id='Page_41'>41</span> <ANTIMG src='images/p041.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />