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The woods were tossing with jewels人物：旁白 FATHERF MOTHERM THE AUTHOR (Marie)I EDGAR WASTONW BUBBAB HALH ORRO GRANDMOTHERGM UNCLE JOHNJ MESSENGER-MESS THE DOCTORD WASTONS WIFEWW GRANDFATHERGF (共14个)ACT 1 旁白：In 1899 when I was five years old and living in Palmetto, Florida, my father decided to take his family through the wilds of the Everglades and stake a claim on an offshore island.(The children are playing outside door)F：Honey! I want to move to another placeM: oh! Whats wrong with you ？You dont like this place? F: I just want to move to an offshore island. You know I am a man who is fond of adventures, and I wish to farm this island and give our children a taste of the way I grew upM: It sounds like a great idea!(M and F go out and say to their children)F: listen, babies! We will leave for another place to enjoy a different life!C: where, where!M: to an offshore island, you will like it!ACT 2The day they started, they rose early. M：papa，take care of yourself.GF: Sweetheart! I will be OK. M: I will miss you!GF：Miss you, too! And dont worry about me! I am the town doctor. I will be fine to live here alone.F: hurry, hurry! We dont want the day to catch us.GF: Good bye, kids.ALL: Bye-bye!(After a while)I: Dad, where are my dolls?F: little girl! We need to go immediately.I: I havent said good-bye to my dolls.M: thats all right! They will be fine!旁白：So at last they were in the covered wagon.Despite the fact that there was so much to be happy about, Marie began to whimper. F: Whats the matter with her? Is Bubba teasing her?I: Im afraid days going to catch us. I am wondering what great disaster might befall us if it did.M: take it easy! We will be fine!旁白：They had been keyed up for this adventure by weeks of planning. Around the supper table and again on the porch at night, papa described the wonders and pleasures this trip held. F: I feel so excited! How about you? Babies!B: Papa, I like the huge trees. They are so mysterious.H: Havent you notice the squirrels, they are so cute!O: Yes. They were eating nuts on the trees.F: Im so happy you are enjoying the wonderful trip. Good night, sweeties!B, H, O,I: Good night!ACT 3 I: Mama, I dont feel good! I am hot!M: Oh, darling! Whats up? Are you OK? Oh, you have a fever. Honey, come hereF: What the matter with her?M: She is sick. She has got a high fever.F: I need a horse to bring a doctor back.D: Theres nothing serious with her. Just take some pills and drink plenty water. She will be healthy in several days. F, M: Thank you!ACT 4Arriving at Everglades, they met the Watson and his wife.O: look, there are so many cats, so lovely!WW: There are fifty cats in my house! W: I bought them to company my wife, she is too sick to go outside.WW: I like them so much.M: So considerate.旁白：Mr. Watson takes Marie on his knee and telling her to pick one out for her own. Soon moved into the new house and Papas mother came to live with them, and his brother, Uncle John, migrated down.M: Kids, today we will have two special guests.H: Who are they?B: I know. They are Uncle John and grandmother.F: Yes. Are you willing to welcome them outside the door?O: Yes，yes. How long will they stay with us?F: They will live with us from now.H, B, O, I: Oh, Yeah! Lets go!(They met uncle and grandmother)I: Oh, papa, here comes the manatee!J: Hey, Marie! You have forgotten me! I: Oh, uncle john! I am sorry.J: Thats all right. Kids, we havent met you for so long time. Are you OK with the new place?O: I like it so much.J: Ensounds like a splendid place. And I cant wait to move into your new house to live with you, kids!ACT 5Their new home was indeed a haven of pleasure. But there was work, too, as always. Early in the mornings and late in the afternoons, Orr and I would go with mama to the garden. M: Kids, do you like to work with me in the garden?O: I love it so much.I: I hope I can come here everyday. Look at the vegetables, how lovely the fresh vegetables planted by us will taste. M: Right! We cared for them with loving hands, watering the young plants and our reward was to gather them for lunch and supper. O: The meals were made more memorable with the wild food. I: And it is good for our health.ACT 6Late in the afternoon grandmother called the children in. GM: You have a new baby sister. Here she is! O: She is like a tiny mite!I: I thought it was a doll lying there, a doll with a curly wig.GM: Yes，quite a lovely girl! O: Oh, papa, I want it, Ive got to have it, please, can I have it, papa?GM: You are too young, be careful! B: Whats her name?H: Lets give her a pretty name.F: what about Janey!GM: GREAT!(The children are happy with the little sister.)ACT 7旁白：With papas field of tomatoes, they soon had produced to send to market. They shipped, as contracted, with. Immediately trouble arose. A messenger came from the sugar plantation bringing papa a ridiculously small sum of money for his part. MESS: Heres your money!F: Less than we earned! Could you give me a reason?MESS: I am sorry! But you know, he is Edgar Watson F：Go back and tell Watson how much was still owed. He will pay for it.MESS: Hell just shoot you, Mr. Martin. Thats the way he settles an account. No one argues with Edgar Watson and lives to talk about it.F: Thats not your fault. You can go now.旁白：The next day papa went to see Watson. Hal and Bubba accompanied him.F: boys, sit tight while I go in the house. B, H: Take care, papa! F: Give me all the money! W: Shut up! (Watsons arm rose toward a pistol)F: GIVE ME!旁白：At the height of this tense moment a smile broke on