Say, Julius. What are you doin' in there? I guess you'll go an' forget again. Didn't I tell you this mornin' about the board that's come loose? JULIUS What kind o' board? MRS. WOLFF You don't know, eh? Behind there, by the goat-shed. The wind loosened it las' night. You better get out there an' drive a few nails in, y'understand? JULIUS Aw, to-morrow mornin'll be another day, too. MRS. WOLFF Oh, no. Don't take to thinkin' that way. We ain't goin' to make that kind of a start--not we. [_JULIUS comes into the room growling._] There, take, the hammer! Here's your nails! Now hurry an' get it done. JULIUS You're a bit off' your head. MRS. WOLFF [_Calling out after him._] When Wulkow comes what d'you want me to ask? JULIUS About twelve shillin's sure. [_Exit._ MRS. WOLFF [_Contemptuously._] Aw, twelve shillin's. [_A pause._] Now you just hurry so that papa gets his supper. [_A brief pause._ ADELAIDE [_Looking at the stag._] What's that anyhow, mama? MRS. WOLFF A stork. [_Both girls laugh._ ADELAIDE A stork, eh? A stork ain't got horns. I know what that is--that's a stag! MRS. WOLFF Well, if you know why d'you go an' ask? LEONTINE Did papa shoot it, mama? MRS. WOLFF That's right! Go and scream it through the village: Papa's shot a stag! ADELAIDE I'll take mighty good care not to. That'd mean the cop! LEONTINE Aw, I ain't scared o' policeman Schulz. He chucked me under the chin onct. MRS. WOLFF He c'n come anyhow. We ain't doin' nothin' wrong. If a stag's full o' lead and lays there dyin' an' nobody finds it, what happens? The ravens eat it. Well now, if the ravens eat it or we eat it, it's goin' to be eaten anyhow. [_A brief pause._] Well now, tell me: You was axed to carry wood in? LEONTINE Yes, in this frost! Two loads o' regular clumps! An' that when a person is tired as a dog, at half past nine in the evenin'! MRS. WOLFF An' now I suppose that wood is lyin' there in the street? LEONTINE It's lyin' in front o' the garden gate. That's all I know. MRS. WOLFF Well now, but supposin' somebody goes and steals that wood? What's goin' to happen in the mornin' then? LEONTINE I ain't goin' there no more! MRS. WOLFF Are those clumps green or dry? LEONTINE They're fine, dry ones! [_She yawns again and again._] Oh, mama, I'm that tired! I've just had to work myself to pieces. [_She sits down with every sign of utter exhaustion._ MRS. WOLFF [_After a brief silence._] You c'n stay at home tonight for all I care. I've thought it all out a bit different. An' to-morrow mornin' we c'n see. LEONTINE I've just got as thin as can be, mama! My clothes is just hangin' on to me. MRS. WOLFF You hurry now and go in to bed or papa'll raise a row yet. He ain't got no understandin' for things like that. ADELAIDE Papa always speaks so uneducated! MRS. WOLFF