As direct results of this work in dramatization it was noted that all the children had acquired a certain freedom of expression, a self-confidence, without conceit or too much sureness, and the ability to work harmoniously with the group. One or two timid children learned to forget themselves, and one overconfident child was helped by seeing that others could learn to do the part even a little better than herself. The children who took part in this little play of _Joseph_ will never forget it. Several years after the play was given they were frequently referring to it with great happiness. Joseph is one of their favorite characters because they have lived through his experiences with him. The following is the play as it was given in its final form. It is not to be taken as a play which may be given to children to be learned as it is; it is given here that there may be some idea of the standard which may be reached. JOSEPH SCENE I PLACE: Dothan. CHARACTERS: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Joseph, Several Ishmaelitish Merchants. [_The ten brothers are sitting and lounging on the ground, eating bread._] _Reuben:_ Shall we stay longer in this place? Our flocks have fed well in Shechem and Dothan. Let us return again unto Canaan and to the tent of our father, Jacob. _Judah:_ Oh, why should we go back? Our father loveth us not! It is Joseph, our younger brother, that he favoreth! _Levi:_ Yes, this Joseph! This dreamer of dreams! He thinketh he is greater than we. He thinketh he shall rule over us! _Judah:_ Ye heard him when he said, "Hear this dream which I have dreamed: Behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and bowed down to my sheaf." _Simeon:_ Ha! Shall he indeed reign over us? Or shall he have dominion over us? _Levi:_ Yea, and he dreamed yet another dream, for he said, "Behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down unto me." _Dan:_ What is this dream which he has dreamed? Shall his mother and father and eleven brethren indeed come to bow down themselves to him? _Simeon:_ Joseph and his dreams are hateful unto me! I was glad when our father said to us, "Take the flocks to feed in Shechem," for now we are free of him. _Levi:_ It seemeth to me that I see this Joseph, this dreamer whom we hate. He is yet afar off, but he surely approacheth us! _Reuben:_ Can it be he? _Dan:_ Yes, for I see the coat of many colors, the coat our father made for his favorite son. _Levi:_ Why should he come to us? Cannot our father trust the flocks to our hands without sending this Joseph to spy on us? _Dan:_ It is he! It is Joseph!