flip. Here! That the feller you want. Wait for (stopping his fight with the cat) ain’t me! (A pillow thrown by the cat knocks Flip down. Nemo and the Candy Kid laugh at Flip. Flip runs up the steps, all of which—except the one on which Nemo and Candy Kid are standing—collapse and throw him down. He falls over the cat, who is at the foot of the steps. Flip chases the cat around the stage, in and out of the two invisible doors in the back wall. The cat runs and jumps in the trunk, shutting the lid.) flip. Oh! Have I got him now? All I (gets poker from fireplace and crosses to trunk) ask is nine swipes at Gladys. One swipe for each life. (Holding the poker, ready for a blow, he opens the trunk. Chord. The witch Nightmare appears, very grotesque. She should be very tall and thin with a red cloak and conical hat, carrying a broom. Music in orchestra to end of scene.) flip. Wow! How Gladys has changed. (starting back with a howl) witch. I am the witch Nightmare. (jumps out of trunk) flip. Howdy, witch? (frightened) witch. You wish to go to Slumberland? Mount behind me on my broomstick, and I will take you. flip. Say—I’d rather walk. (frightened) witch. Mount, I command you. flip. (meekly) (gets on broomstick behind the witch) Yes’m. (Music. They fly off, swinging from C. of stage with an upward slant, off R. & L.) (At the same moment, Nemo and the Candy Kid laugh and disappear up the staircase.) (Scene in semi-darkness. The cribs are placed. The transparency at back is illuminated as if by moonlight. Gauzes go up quickly, and through the window enter six or eight little girls in nightdresses. They carry dolls.) SONG: Make My Dolly Go to “Sandman, Sleep” Dolly, you know bedtime, don’t it’s
flip. (stopping his fight with the cat) Here! That ain’t the feller you want. Wait for me! (A pillow thrown by the cat knocks Flip down. Nemo and the Candy Kid laugh at Flip. Flip runs up the steps, all of which—except the one on which Nemo and Candy Kid are standing—collapse and throw him down. He falls over the cat, who is at the foot of the steps. Flip chases the cat around the stage, in and out of the two invisible doors in the back wall. The cat runs and jumps in the trunk, shutting the lid.) flip. Oh! Have I got him now? (gets poker from fireplace and crosses to trunk) All I ask is nine swipes at Gladys. One swipe for each life. (Holding the poker, ready for a blow, he opens the trunk. Chord. The witch Nightmare appears, very grotesque. She should be very tall and thin with a red cloak and conical hat, carrying a broom. Music in orchestra to end of scene.) flip. (starting back with a howl) Wow! How Gladys has changed. witch. I am the witch Nightmare. (jumps out of trunk) flip. (frightened) Howdy, witch? witch. You wish to go to Slumberland? Mount behind me on my broomstick, and I will take you. flip. (frightened) Say—I’d rather walk. witch. Mount, I command you. flip. (meekly) Yes’m. (gets on broomstick behind the witch) (Music. They fly off, swinging from C. of stage with an upward slant, off R. & L.) (At the same moment, Nemo and the Candy Kid laugh and disappear up the staircase.) (Scene in semi-darkness. The cribs are placed. The transparency at back is illuminated as if by moonlight. Gauzes go up quickly, and through the window enter six or eight little girls in nightdresses. They carry dolls.) SONG: “Sandman, Make My Dolly Go to Sleep” Dolly, don’t you know it’s bedtime,