Little Petsy | MusicalTheatreResourceCenter

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MRS. S.--Petsy, will you say your poetry to Mrs. Roberts? P.--No, I shan't. MRS. S.--Oh, now do! Mrs. Roberts would like it so much, wouldn't you? MRS. R.--Oh, of all things. MRS. S.--She stands on a chair and says it. You can't think how pretty it looks. Come now, Petsy, won't you? (MRS. S. puts her on a chair, PETSY jumps down and kicks away the chair.) MRS. R.--Well, never mind--don't worry her about it now. MRS. S.--Oh, but I should so like you to hear her. Come, Petsy, you needn't stand on a chair--stand there with your hands behind you. Now begin: "Pretty Miss Jane----" P.--I won't, then! (Gives her mother a thump.) There! MRS. S.--She's so unexpected, isn't she? (To PETSY.) If you won't say the poem to Mrs. Roberts, you will play the violin to her, won't you? MRS. R.--(Horrified.) The violin! MRS. S.--Yes, she does show such talent! You'll be quite surprised. MRS. R.--(Aside.) Yes, I shall be quite surprised if she does. MRS. S.--Of course, it's a little squeaky at times--but, after all, she's such a child, it's a wonder she plays at all. MRS. R.--It is indeed. (Aside.) Especially to visitors who don't want to hear her. (Aloud.) I am sorry I can't stay to-day, I just came to see about that hall. MRS. S.--Ah, to be sure, the hall, yes--we've settled nothing.

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