The Piper
The Piper
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e's too much laid upon one guardian angel!
[Beckons another small boy, and sets the book on their two backs.
Well?--well? What now?
[He looks in frank bewilderment at the eager crowd.
CROWD Read, read!
KURT He cannot read.
PIPER [to ANSELM] Turn--turn--there's nothing there. [ANSELM turns pages. PIPER looks on blankly] . . . Ah, turn again! The red one!-- [He takes his fife from his belt] No, the green! The green one. So. [Starts to pipe, looking on the book.]
CROWD ( Sure 't is a mad-man! ( But hear him piping! ( What is he doing?
PIPER [puzzled at their mirth] What the green one says.-- [A burst of laughter from the crowd. JAN, the little lame boy on the steps, reaches his arms out suddenly and gives a cry of delight.
JAN Oh, I love the Man!
[He goes, with his crutch, to the PIPER, who turns and gathers him close.
JACOBUS [to the People] Leave off this argument.
KURT Go in to Mass.
JACOBUS Saint Willibald!
PIPER [in a rage] That Saint!--
KURT Hence, wa
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FEATURED AUTHOR - Brian Terenna is a dystopian, sci-fi, dark fantasy author. He grew up in a land of possibilities. He saw a path to all of them, but could only pick one. Now, he creates worlds, where fantasy is reality and reality is anything you make it. Brian has a strong preference for complex, mysterious, imaginative fiction, with intellectually powerful characters that achieve amazing feats. His favorite authors are Brandon Sanderson, Pierce Brown, Mark Lawrence, and Patrick Rothfuss. And loves dark… Read more