Quite By Ourselves. TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text R.--I suppose you're too busy, aren't you?<br><br>M.--Oh, I daresay I can manage it. (Gets up.)<br><br>R.--(Who is laying the table.) You know really, Mammy, the best thing would be that you should look into the dining-room cupboard, while Janet and I finish the table; we are so very busy, you see.<br><br>M.--(Smiling.) I will go and look in the cupboard and see what I can find. (Exit MOTHER.)<br><br>R.--Now, this is getting on splendidly, isn't it Janet? Let me see, have we remembered everything?<br><br>J.--I think so. The cook is making the tea and getting the milk.<br><br>R.--Susan is cutting the bread and butter.<br><br>J.--Nurse is making the toast.<br><br>R.--Mammy is choosing the cakes and the jam. I must say I do feel proud of doing it all by ourselves, without giving anybody extra trouble.<br><br>J.--Yes, it makes me feel as if we were such good children.<br><br>R.--So it does me.<br><br>J.--I should like to feel like this every day.<br><br>R.--Oh, I think one would soon get tired of it, you know. Oh, here comes Mammy! (They both run up to her as she comes in.) COMMENTS: Visual Text 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: QuiteByOurselves.pdf
