way with you! Away!

[_The jackdaw runs. The peacocks go, laughing. The other_ JACKDAWS
_enter, followed by the_ VAIN JACKDAW.]

VAIN JACKDAW. Ah, here you are! I have been looking for you.

OLD JACKDAW. Why do you look for us?

VAIN JACKDAW. I am a jackdaw. I want to be with jackdaws.

OLD JACKDAW. We will have nothing more to do with you! Away!

VAIN JACKDAW. But, brothers, my dear, dear brothers, please let me stay
with you!

OLD JACKDAW. You would not walk with jackdaws! Away!

YOUNG JACKDAW. You would not talk with jackdaws! Away!

ANOTHER JACKDAW. You thought yourself too fine for jackdaws! Away!

ALL JACKDAWS. Away! Away!

[_They drive the Vain Jackdaw from the park._]

THE LITTLE JACKAL AND THE CAMEL

SCENE I

TIME: _one morning._
PLACE: _the east bank of the river._

* * * * *

THE JACKAL.
THE CAMEL.

* * * * *

[_The_ JACKAL _stands on the river bank. He looks longingly toward the
west shore._]

JACKAL. Ah, if I could only get at those crabs over there! It makes me
hungry just to see them! Now if I could only swim! Or if I could walk on
water! Or if I had a little canoe!

[_Enter the_ CAMEL. _The Jackal whispers to himself._]

Aha! Now I know the way to get across.

(_To the Camel._)

Such news as I have for you, dear friend!

CAMEL. Must I guess?

JACKAL. No, I'll tell you this time. Listen: I know a spot where the
sugar-cane grows thick.

CAMEL. Tell me! I cannot wait! Tell me!

JACKAL. I cannot. I'll have to show you. It is on the other side of the
river.

CAMEL. Why, then, I'll swim across and take you on my back.

JACKAL. Just the very thing!

CAMEL. Come, then! It makes me hungry just to hear of sugar-cane.

[_He kneels for the Jackal to get upon his back._]

SCENE II

TIME: _a little later._
PLACE: _the sugar-cane field._

* * * * *

THE JACKAL.
THE CAMEL.
FARMER.
BOYS.

* * * * *

[_The_ CAMEL _eats the sugar-cane. The_ JACKAL _comes running into the
field._]

CAMEL. What! Have you finished your crabs?

JACKAL. I cannot eat another one! Are you not ready to go?

CAMEL. Ready! Why, I have just begun.

JACKAL. I'll wait for you outside the field, then.

[_The Camel nods and disappears among the cane._]

Now I do not wish to wait for him. I am in a hurry to get home, I am. So
I'll sing a little song I know. The