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MLLE. PERRAULT
Let's see—how did it go?
[Hums a little—tries several folk tunes. The children edge up to Jonathan during this and manage to touch his back several times, each keeping count. Jonathan smiles at them, thinking it's attention.
JONATHAN
No, it went this way.
[He sings a little of the song and Mlle. Perrault joins him. As he stops singing she switches the time to waltz time and begins to sway to it. The music is taken up as by a dream-orchestra and Mlle. Perrault dances a very lovely little waltz.
JOHN III
Oh, look at your shadow!
[Mlle. Perrault turns and sees her shadow on the wall.
I can make a bigger one than that.
MARY
Oh, come on, ma'mselle, let's all make shadows.
[The three of them stand in front of the wall.
JOHN III
Boy, you come, too.
MLLE. PERRAULT
Come, boy.
[Jonathan joins them standing so that his deformity doesn't show in the shadow.
Now, let's dance—Give me your hand—so.
[The four dance, while Mlle. Perrault hums "All on a Summer's Day." They are having a very good time when Susan and Albert enter.
Jonathan is a little conscious of Susan and Albert, and he manages to make several awkward moves.
MLLE. PERRAULT
Now, let's make everybody's shadow dance by itself.
MARY
Oh, come on.
JOHN III
You first, Mlle.
MARY
It's your turn, Mlle.
[Mlle. Perrault stands before the wall and makes a very lovely shadow.
John, you do it now.
JOHN III
I won't. I'm going to be next to last.... He's going to be last.
[Mary makes a pretty "statue."
MARY
Now, John—
[John III, holding a staff, stands bow-legged and pigeon-toed.
All of them laugh.
MLLE. PERRAULT (to John III)
You little Jackanapes! You!
JOHN III (to Jonathan)
You can't do that.
[Jonathan, still conscious of Susan, but more in the spirit of the game nevertheless, laughs almost gleefully.
JONATHAN
You just wait.
[He stands in front of the wall and does some comical movements with his feet and legs, then he turns in such a way that for the first time the shadow of his hump is thrown into a pitiful distortion on the wall. He doesn't see it at first, for he is lost in the game with the children.
JOHN III (yelling suddenly)
Oh, look!
[The children laugh immoderately, and Jonathan turns his head quickly, but in so doing alters the shadow. He smiles joyfully and then once more falls into the distorted picture.
MARY
Let's see—how did it go?
[Hums a little—tries several folk tunes. The children edge up to Jonathan during this and manage to touch his back several times, each keeping count. Jonathan smiles at them, thinking it's attention.
JONATHAN
No, it went this way.
[He sings a little of the song and Mlle. Perrault joins him. As he stops singing she switches the time to waltz time and begins to sway to it. The music is taken up as by a dream-orchestra and Mlle. Perrault dances a very lovely little waltz.
JOHN III
Oh, look at your shadow!
[Mlle. Perrault turns and sees her shadow on the wall.
I can make a bigger one than that.
MARY
Oh, come on, ma'mselle, let's all make shadows.
[The three of them stand in front of the wall.
JOHN III
Boy, you come, too.
MLLE. PERRAULT
Come, boy.
[Jonathan joins them standing so that his deformity doesn't show in the shadow.
Now, let's dance—Give me your hand—so.
[The four dance, while Mlle. Perrault hums "All on a Summer's Day." They are having a very good time when Susan and Albert enter.
Jonathan is a little conscious of Susan and Albert, and he manages to make several awkward moves.
MLLE. PERRAULT
Now, let's make everybody's shadow dance by itself.
MARY
Oh, come on.
JOHN III
You first, Mlle.
MARY
It's your turn, Mlle.
[Mlle. Perrault stands before the wall and makes a very lovely shadow.
John, you do it now.
JOHN III
I won't. I'm going to be next to last.... He's going to be last.
[Mary makes a pretty "statue."
MARY
Now, John—
[John III, holding a staff, stands bow-legged and pigeon-toed.
All of them laugh.
MLLE. PERRAULT (to John III)
You little Jackanapes! You!
JOHN III (to Jonathan)
You can't do that.
[Jonathan, still conscious of Susan, but more in the spirit of the game nevertheless, laughs almost gleefully.
JONATHAN
You just wait.
[He stands in front of the wall and does some comical movements with his feet and legs, then he turns in such a way that for the first time the shadow of his hump is thrown into a pitiful distortion on the wall. He doesn't see it at first, for he is lost in the game with the children.
JOHN III (yelling suddenly)
Oh, look!
[The children laugh immoderately, and Jonathan turns his head quickly, but in so doing alters the shadow. He smiles joyfully and then once more falls into the distorted picture.
MARY
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