A Cup of Tea TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text Inside a little fire was smouldering, and seated with his back to us was a big, broad-shouldered buck, with a dark blanket wrapped around him. 'Your good wife,' I began cheerily--I was getting pretty darned sick of silence--'has allowed me to make some tea over your fire. Have some? I'm shipwrecked from a canoe and on my way to Lower Post. If you don't understand what I say, it doesn't make the slightest difference, but for God's sake grunt--just once, to show you're interested.' He grunted. 'Thanks!' I said, and poured the tea into the three tin cups. The squaw handed one to her buck. Then I sat down.<br><br>"There was nothing to be heard but the gurgling of the river outside and the rather noisy breathing we three made as we drank; and then--very clearly, just as if we'd been sitting in an English drawing-room--in the silence a voice said: 'By Jove, that's the first decent cup of tea I've had in ten years!' Yes, just that! ' COMMENTS: Visual Text A traveler in American Indian territory runs across a thoroughly cultured Brit...what on earth is he doing in Indian territory?<br><br>Unfortunately, the storytelling here is a story-within-a-story about a man-with-a-past...so until the surprise ending, there's nothing which happens in present tense, making for an undramatic premise for a musical. CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: ACupofTea.pdf
