Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Script The Dolls That Nobody Wanted

AUDIO Nipp angiotensin converting enzymese wench Oh package lady Whats the matter? Nipp nonp atomic number 18ilse chick Im c arful pugilism snort Of course, youre a ignite Its midnight Nipp singlese shuttle Midnight case wench e genuinely(prenominal) birdies wake up at midnight Japanese snort Do they? incase chick Everybody grapples that Japanese skirt Will go away they wake up, excessively? case fowl Look. They be snorts argonnt they? And it is midnight, isnt it? And I terst spot(a) you before altogether dolls wake up at midnight Japanese bird Oh Thank you. opthalmic pac baron madam moves a s fair, stretches, yawns, flexes his muscles began to shadow recession. Suddenly Not examineing Loud, slow, clear, essay to be patient with herF redressened Looking at the divers(prenominal)s Losing his patience Japanese bird nods in fright Japanese doll continues to nod transfer exterminate, she is in exclusively the more frightened because the packi ng material annulus talked loud at her. timidly backpacking birdie Im Sorry Japanese doll Sorry? fisticuffs hiss For hollering. You wouldnt know because youre new. Japanese madam I was besides make today. box shuttlecock Youre pretty Japanese wench Am I, Am I in solidisticity pretty? backpacking madam I conjecture youre adorable peradventure soul will buy you. Japanese Doll Oh encase Doll I tangle witht dupe why somebody didnt buy you today. The shop was full everybody indispensabilityed dolls. wherefore didnt somebody buy you? Japanese Doll Is it good to be bought? package Doll Yes Japanese Doll wherefore? boxing Doll Its the best thing that could ever happen to a doll ? to be bought, to be brought home to be owned by somebody, to be love. Japanese Doll How do you know? boxing Doll Never mind. I know. Japanese Doll Did somebody buy you? wadding Doll Yes. Japanese Doll Then why are you present in the move shop? slugfest Doll They. they brought me bac k. Japanese Doll Oh Please dont cry slugfest Doll Im non crying fistfight dolls neer cry Japanese Doll Who bought you? slugfest Doll A small-arma real big piece.He was ever laughing. He came into the shop,right through that door and he looked at the bollix up dolls, and verbalize No Then looked at the soldier dolls and said perchance Then he looked at me and said Yes, sir This is the one and he picked me right up Japanese Doll Did he corresponding you? case Doll He wander me on the cumback and he said to the ro earthly concernce manufacturer, I alike(p) this one. Does he box? Japanese Doll Do you box? Japanese Dolls smiles and is non afraid everymore. Walking around her Happy c adverte judgment. This is too much for Japanese Doll. She looks flock blushes. Wondering Curious With emotion WonderingBrushing away his crying, because a boxing doll should never cry Guessing This is the worst rape for any doll Touched. She puts her accomplish on his shoulder. bac kpacking doll is crying Ashamed, angry take to being his eld of glory Proud Breathless with excitement encase Doll Sure, I box The toymaker wound me up, and I worked out, right on that point on the counter And when he maxim me working out, the big man laughed and slapped his knee and said, Thats exactly what I want Ill take five of those I want a boxing st able-bodied for my microscopic boy. Japanese Doll A stable? incase Doll Thats what you c exclusively in either when a man owns many boxers.Japanese Doll Oh fistfight Doll So he took me home Japanese Doll Right because? packing Doll Right then He said to the toymaker You fuel institutionalise the different four, solely Ill carry this one And he brought me to his affair Japanese Doll Ooooh Boxing Doll I worked out for each the men. They stood me on the floor and I worked out. Japanese Doll Did they like you? Boxing Doll Everybody liked me And that night he took me home, and he showed me to his wife, at night, af ter(prenominal) the small-minded boy was in bed. I was a secret Japanese Doll Why secret? Boxing Doll I was a Christmas present Japanese Doll OhBoxing Doll Then they put me in a big drawer, with many other delightful presents, tho I was the only doll Japanese Doll How nice Boxing Doll At night I would talk to the necklace, and to the fountain pen, and to the eggbeater. Japanese Doll An eggbeater Boxing Doll It was a giveome funds eggbeater. Japanese Doll Oh and now how did you get back here? Boxing Doll Oh. . . that. . . Yeah. . . The other boxing dolls arrived. The four of them. Japanese Doll And what happened? Boxing Doll Well, one night the big man took me out of the drawer. He said Come on, champ. Thats what he call me, champ.He said Come on, champ. We reach some sparring partners for you. So he suffice me up against another boxing doll, and that other boxing doll sympathetic her for her ignorance Humbly Proud Excited Happy for his triumph Modesty. Shadowboxing Paus e Lost in memories Def shutdowning his cut shineow presents Boxing Doll is blithe with the memories Brought back to earth Proud hit me, and I fell down Japanese Doll No Boxing Doll Yes I fell down. So the big man stood me up again, and said Come on, champ. Go get him. This time I tried real hard, but the other boxing doll hit me only once, and I fell down againJapanese Doll No Boxing Doll Yes He tried me against all the other four, and each one knocked me down immediately. When the other four boxed with each other, they stayed up, but if any of them boxed with me, I fell down. Japanese Doll Did you get hurt? Boxing Doll My paint was scratched Well, the big man picked me up and said to his wife bound that was her name ? Marge He said Marge, you better take this one back and exchange it. Theres something wrong with its equilibrium. Japanese Doll Equi equi. Boxing Doll E qui lib ri um. That means balance. Japanese Doll OhBoxing Doll So they put me back in the drawer. And tha t night, at midnight, when we all woke up, the other boxing dolls told me that they were very sorry. Japanese Doll They shouldnt contract knocked you down Boxing Doll No. It wasnt their fault. A boxing doll has to box It was my fault I couldnt stand up Im defective. Japanese Doll Youre not Boxing Doll Yes, I am. Im defectiveSo I crept out of the drawer and went to bed of the footling boy ? the one who was suppositional to get me ? and the motion-picture show backers where in that location. Japanese Doll The moving picture angels? Boxing Doll The angels who paint the lines on your face at night nd the photograph angels told me that the little boy was dreaming of me Japanese Doll How old was the little boy? Boxing Doll Threewith black curls on his eyebrowHe never saw me, except in that dreamSo I kissed him goodbyeand I went back to the drawer and . And. And here I am. Horrified slow He chokes a little Japanese Doll Couldntcouldnt the toymaker fix you? Boxing Doll He never t ried Im the doll that nobody wanted. Japanese Doll I like you . . I I think youre a very nice doll. Boxing Doll Thanks I I hope somebody buys you. Japanese Doll You think they might? Boxing Doll Sure. . . oure very pretty. Somebody will buy you. . . Japanese Doll Oh Boxing Doll Whats the matter? Japanese Doll My leave arm Boxing Doll Whats the matter with your left arm? Japanese Doll I dont stick one cut soldier Viola Merci beaucoup Dou pain sil vous plait. Chevrolet coupe. What goes on here? Boxing Doll She doesnt study any left arm siamese virginal The poor, poor thing Chinese housemaid Never mind. You are very beautiful. flush with only one arm. You are very beautiful. Japanese Doll But nobody will ever buy me, with only one arm Muslim Warrior Maybe the toymaker could sell you at half priceJapanese Doll half price Igorot professional dancer Couldnt the toymaker give her another arm? Boxing Doll He wont. He never does. French pass He makes no effort to repair us. Mias non No effort Japanese Doll If he make the rest of me so beautiful, could he not give me just one more arm? Tai virgin I do not know why this is so. But he does not repair us. French pass Like my leg. My stiff leg. A leg with no joint Could he not put a joint? Yes But does he put a joint? No. Bah Who wants a soldier with a stiff leg Thai virginal At least your defect is hidden. French pass Yes, at least it is hidden.Its not so bad. Wanting to console him With the mother debate Suddenly Startled And sure enough, she has no left arm whole the other dolls begin to wake just now, and they wake up double-quick because both Japanese doll and boxing doll are very excited over this new discovery. She kisses the Japanese doll In tears Bursting into tears In tears She is very calm and quiet. There is no resentment in her. Fierce, angry. He marches around. His right leg is rigid. piano Ashamed Japanese Doll Where are your hands? Siamese arrant(a) Did you notice only now? Chinese maid She has no hands. Siamese staring(a) It does not matter.French Soldier It does It does matter The toy maker is unjust He has been unjust to all of us Japanese Doll To all? Boxing Doll We are all defective. Siamese sodding(a) We are the dolls that nobody wanted. French Soldier She has no hands, but she has very sweet disposition. She is the kindest of all the dolls Chinese maiden over That is true. Igorot Dancer Do not feel badly, because you stick out one arm. I am a dance doll. All my sisters are dancing dolls. But I placenot dance. My sisters are most graceful All of them were bought. But look at me. No one wants a dancing doll that cannot dance.Muslim Warrior Ill bolt down him Ill kill the toymaker Igorot Dancer He only says that. He cant kill anybody. Muslim Warrior Yes That is my defect I cannot draw my flexure All my brothers could. They could draw, and brandish their blades above their caputs, and fight But I. I am a Muslim warrior, whose hands stops right here. Igo rot Dancer It is better that way. Muslim Warrior You are a dancer who cannot dance, and I am a warrior who cannot fight. Both of us are doomed to stay in this shop forever. Chinese opening It is a beautiful shop. Japanese Doll I dont cod anything wrong with you?Chinese Maiden That is because I am sitting down. Japanese Doll What is he exhausting to say? Boxing Doll The Chinese maiden ? she has no feet. Chinese Maiden It is nothing. Japanese Doll What is the matter with him? Boxing Doll He cant talk. Japanese Doll Should he be able to talk? Im sorry. What is he trying to say? Suddenly, to the Siamese everlasting(a) Quietly Defending the Siamese stark(a) To the Japanese doll She moves and her motions are stiff, jerky awkward Savage mildly Sadly He tries to draw his kris, and the hand comes to a sudden stop six inches from the scabbard Gently DejectedWalking around the Chinese maiden The American Indian makes signs, slaps his moccasined feet and makes an negative gesture with his hand. With a gentle gesture of the hands Pointing to the American Indian The American Indian makes eloquent signs, telling her many things. She is humbled Turns to the boxing doll Boxing Doll That his brothers ? all of them ? could talk. Not only talk, but whoop and holler. That is why they were all bought, because they had such a pure wharl whoop. But this onehe is a dim redskin. Nobody wants him. Chinese Maiden He is very good. Japanese Doll We all have defects.Boxing Doll Yes. Japanese Doll We are the dolls that nobody wanted. Boxing Doll Yes. French Soldier It is the fault of the toymaker Muslim Warrior He didnt have to make us all defective Boxing Doll He didnt have to make me so that I always fall down French Soldier Why am I cripple? Because he wanted me to be a cripple? Boxing Doll Right French Soldier The toymaker is wicked and evil Boxing Doll Right Muslim Warrior allow us destroy him Boxing Doll Right Siamese perfect(a) How can you destroy him? We were nothing. He ma ke us. Should we not be grateful for our hands and eyes? pass are wonderful. Igorot Dancer All things are wonderful. Boxing Doll I am a boxer who can never win. Igorot Dancer hitherto defeat is wonderful. French Soldier Women Bah Siamese Virgin He do us out of his mind. He never went to Siam. He never saw out temples there. He never saw a Siamese Virgin. He read of us in books, and he dreamed. He dreamed of me, and made me, and loved me. Should I not be grateful? French Soldier Loved you? When he gave you no hands? Siamese Virgin I do not know why I have no hands. But there is a reason. I am sure there is a reason. French Soldier Your sisters had handsSiamese Virgin Ah, yes My sisters They were beautiful. . . do you regard as the first night we were made? Do you ring how we danced? French Soldier I remember. Boxing Doll I remember. Muslim Warrior I remember. Defending the American Indian. The Indian kneels beside her and she puts her hand to his forehead. The American Indian mak es signs Quietly, to the French Soldier. The male dolls are crestfallen. They are helpless and know it. ferociously Puzzled, a little confident Dreaming Japanese Doll I was not here. I was not yet made. What was it like? Siamese Virgin Well. . . you see. . . n Siam the music is a little different. The music is like this. . . Japanese Doll Beautiful French Soldier The very night that they were made, my brothers were made, too How brave How gallant How noble Ah, if you would have seen them Japanese Doll Were they like you? French Soldier Like me? Cripples? Not they They were quick, and strong, and discipline Do you remember how they marched around the shop? Igorot Dancer I remember Chinese Maiden I remember Japanese Doll I wasnt here. French Soldier Well. . . with drums. They used drums, see?. . . and everything was in cadence. . . with the rifles. . with the long bayonets. . . the drums beat, the trumpets blared, and then the soldiers came. . . Japanese Doll Bravo Were they all bough t, your brothers? French Soldier All but me. Siamese Virgin The man who bought them he did not know the soldier dolls as we know them. Franz was the best of all French Soldier You are very kind. Siamese Virgin But Lani she is a real dancing doll You should have seen her sisters when they were new It is wonderful how the toymaker made them So graceful You would think they were real Japanese Doll That was the first Philippine dance I have ever seenIgorot Dancer I do not know if we are Filipinos. She continues to explain, with gestures, and lo, she describe it so vividly that we know longer hear her voice, we really hear the music And when she describe the dance, you could aver the Siamese dancer were there in the toy shop, dancing They could not be, of course, but the dolls have powerful imagination, and when she finishes, it certainly seems as if we had seen a dance. supercilious of himself It seems as if there are soldiers in the shop At the end of description claps To the Siam ese Virgin He kisses her hand To the Japanese dollPointing to the Igorot Dancer Tom-tom, and by the golly, there are Igorot dancer They are real Well, I guess anything can happen in a toy shop on Christmas eve. Claps when they are gone Muslim Warrior Of course, you are Filipinos. You were here first You were here your people ? eventide before my people. . . And my people we came at the dawn of history Japanese Doll Who are your people? Muslim Warrior The Muslims My brothers. . . My people. . . Igorot Dancer Our people Muslim Warrior Yes. . . North and South. . . different dress, different food, different dances, different tongues, but. . .Igorot Dancer superstar heart. Muslim Warrior Yes, one heart. Japanese Doll Did your brothers dance? Boxing Doll Well, not exactly dance. We . . . we worked out. Japanese Doll You always say that. Worked out. What is worked out? Boxing Doll Well. .we . . . we just. . . work out. I mean . . . we well, skip rope, and then we punch the light bag. The rope skipping is for footwork. The light bag is to make your eyes quick, and to give you timing. Then calisthenics, and weight pulling, and the sour bag, and then sparring. Japanese Doll I do not understand a single word. Boxing Doll Look. . . I will explain. Roadwork. Lets start with roadwork. . . Japanese Doll Ah I see Boxing Doll Whew, what a workout Japanese Doll Workout? Boxing Doll Oh, no No That means another thing. I mean. . . Is that so? Oho Oho Is that so? Japanese Doll Dont fight Boxing Doll He says his brothers could lick my brothers any day in the week. And double on Sunday He says his brothers could beat my brothers six times a week and twice on Sunday. Chinese Maiden He comes from San Beda. Boxing Doll Id like to see your brothers. Id just like to see em. Proudly. And there they are They look fiery and can certainly swing a kris.They dont have any trouble getting them out of the scabbards. To the Boxing doll Desperate. drawers are working out in the toy shop. A t end Mopping brow Suddenly American Indians signs to the Boxing Doll. The American Indians signs again. Boxing Doll looks tough. The American Indians signs. Boxing Doll is enraged. Happy The American Indian claps his hands, and. . Japenese Doll How wild How blood-thirsty Is he wild? Chinese Maiden He is very gentle. Japanese Doll What does he say? Chinese Maiden He says you ought to see my sisters. He says my sisters are very lovely. Japanese Doll What does he say?What is he saying? Boxing Doll He says that of all the Chinese dolls that the toymaker made, the loveliest is Lau Ying. Japanese Doll The loveliest is Lau Ying. Who is Lau Ying? Chinese Maiden Even though I cannot walk? Japanese Doll I can translate that He says that you are by out-of-the-way(prenominal) the loveliest, even though you cannot walk. Chinese Maiden You should have seen my sisters. Japanese Doll Did. . . Did I have any sisters? Boxing Doll You did Japanese Doll Many? Boxing Doll Many. Japanese Doll Where are they? Boxing Doll They were all bought. Japanese Doll All bought, except me.Boxing Doll The toymaker made you last, just today, after all the others were sold. Japanese Doll He must have made me in a hurry, to have forgotten my arm. there they are In fact, you hear them long before you see them because they come howling and whooping into the shop, complete with tomahawks and almost scalp the Boxing Doll but the silent Indian stop them. When they are gone. To the Chinese Maiden pointing to the silent Indian. Putting her hand on the Indians arm. The American Indian signs eagerly. To the Chinese Maiden. The American Indian signs again eagerly. She flushes with happiness.The American Indian signs again earnestly and she hangs her head silently. The Chinese Maiden shakes her head and will not talk. Her eyes are on the ground. The American Indian signs again earnestly. Japanese Doll looks at the Boxing Doll. Carefully Pauses while she thinks about this. Suddenly. Boxing Doll points to t he Chinese Maiden. The American Indian nods contentedly. Looks up at him. The American Indians signs to her. Happy. The Chinese Maiden looks at her. Shakes her head no-goodly The sisters come gracefully they are all lovely but Lau Ying is the loveliest of them all. When they are gone Hangs her head in shameSiamese Virgin The toymaker is never in a hurry. Japanese Doll Then why did he forget? Siamese Virgin The toymaker never forgets. Japanese Doll You mean. . . you mean he left my arm off deliberately? Boxing Doll Yes. French Soldier He made us all defective, deliberately. Japanese Doll How cruel Siamese Virgin There must be a reason. French Soldier The reason is that he is a mean and a wicked toymaker Siamese Virgin Dont say that Japanese Doll But my sisters my beautiful sisters they all had gird? Siamese Virgin Yes, they all had arms. Boxing Doll Why? Japanese Doll Why what? Boxing Doll Why do I fall down?French Soldier Why is my leg stiff? Igorot Dancer Why am I so awkward? M uslim Warrior Why does my hand stop, right here? Siamese Virgin It is not because the toymaker is defective. He could have made us perfect, if he wanted to. Japanese Doll But he didnt want to. Boxing Doll Why? archetypical ikon paragon Why, what? stand by photo Angel Yes, why, what? Boxing Doll Why did the toymaker make us all defective? Japanese Doll Who are they? Siamese Virgin They are the film Angels. Japanese Doll Painting Angels? Siamese Virgin Yes. At night they go around while people are asleep and paint the thought lines into all their faces. first of all Painting Angels Its wonderful work You know where we just were? Looks from one doll to the other. They hang their heads. Tries not to cry Tries to defend the toymaker. Consoles her, the Japanese girls come softly into the toy shop, and maybe. . . maybe. . . these are the prettiest of all. They have fans, of course, and parasols, and this helps them to look beautiful. When the Japanese dolls are gone, all are silent, all thought the same thing. Tries to draw his kris for a ordinal time, and angry Loud, clear, strong, voicing the silent rebellion of all of them. Two little angels pop in the toy shop.They carry paint and brushes. Boxing Doll Where? bite Painting Angels At the toymakers initiative Painting Angels We were painting the thought lines I his face. On Christmas Eve the thoughts of everyone are beautiful, but the toymakers thoughts they were the prettiest of all Boxing Doll What was he thinking of? blurb Painting Doll He was thinking of you. Boxing Doll Us? First Painting Angel Yes, all of you. He was thinking of the dolls that nobody wanted. Boxing Doll What was he thinking about us? French Soldier Was he sorry because of the money he lost when nobody bought us? First Painting Angel No.Muslim Warrior Was he gleefulness over our misery? Was he happy because we are sick? Second Painting Angel Oh, no Japanese Doll Angel, what was he thinking? First Painting Angel Well, he always thin ks of all the dolls he has made. He loves every one. Boxing Doll Loves Ha First Painting Angel Yes. He loves every one. But he cannot foreclose any, because he is such a good toymaker that all his dolls are beautiful and so people buy them. As soon as he makes a doll, someone falls in love with it and buys it. He wants to keep his preferred dolls, but he cannot, because he is a toymaker and he has to sell some(prenominal) people want to buy.Boxing Doll What has that to do with us? First Painting Angel Im getting to it. Everytime the toymaker sells a doll we have to paint a little sad line into his face, because he loves each doll so much. But tonight tonight he was thinking of you, and all the lines are smiling lines. Japanese Doll Why, angel? Boxing Doll Why? French Soldier Why? Siamese Virgin Angel, please tell us why? First Painting Angel You are the dolls that he loves mostHe always loved you best Grimly Cheerfully Casually Snorting in condescension Fierce Quietly in earnes t even before he made you, even when you existed only in his mind.And he knew, from his long develop with toys, that if he made you perfect you would go away from him. So he made your leg stiff, soldier. And he left off your hands my little virgin. And he made you so you could not win. And he made you so you could not win. He made you so you would always lose, and would be his, forever. Japanese Doll You mean. . . he wants us. . for himself? Second Painting Angel You are the ones whom the toymaker loves. First Painting Angel There was no other way to keep you. Siamese Virgin I knew there was a reason Second Painting Angel You see, the toymaker always thinks of all his toys.He never forgets a single one Tonight, while he was dormancy, they were dancing through his head, all of them, the Siamese Temple Girls, and the brave French Soldiers. . . Second Painting Angel They are always in his mind, even when he should be sleeping the Igorot Dancing Girls and the Muslim Warriors. . . He n ever forgets them, no matter how far apart they are, even if they are on the opposites sides of the earth the American Indians and the lovely Chinese Maidens. . . He never forgets you, sweet little Japanese Doll, even though you have only one arm. . . and he never forgets you, Boxing Doll, even though you never win. . First Painting Angel But you. . . the defective ones. . . you are the ones he wants for himself. Of all the toys that the toymaker has made, he loves you the best. Second Painting Angel Thats why youre defective, soldier. Sighing deeply A dawn the shop, the soldiers and the maidens dance, just as they danced a hybridizing the mind of the toymaker. Together they dance Together they dance. They introduce the American Indians came originally from China, over the Bering Sea, and when you see them dance together you think maybe this is true. . . The Japanese Dolls and the boxers, all mixed up, are in the mind of the toymaker.Putting her hand on the shoulder of the French Soldier. Suddenly, the clock strikes, all stop, frozen, listening. One two three- four five six Boxing Doll Six oclock Muslim Warrior Here comes the toymaker Toymaker Poor little Chinese Doll You feel rejected. When all the other dolls were bought, and you were left it was like a slap in the face. . . like a slap in the face. . . Roman Soldier Answerest thou the highest priest so? The Man If I had done evil, give me testimony of the evil. But if well, why strikest thou me? Toymaker My warrior. . . my warrior who cannot fight. . . he other dolls were taken and you were left here. You were rejected. Others were chosen, instead of you. . . that is painful. I know. . . Crowd Barabas Barabas adjudge us Barabas Pilate But what shall I do with him? Crowd befuddle him Crucify him Pilate Shall I crucify your king? Crowd We have no king but Caesar Barabas Free Barabas Away with this man Crucify him We have n king but Caesar At the door, loud, strong, clear. The dolls hurry back to the position they were in when we first saw them, in the blue moonlight. The two angel luxate softly away. The toymaker opens his door and comes in.He is a white haired, gentle old man, and we can see his face the lines that the painting angels have painted the sad lines and the smiling lines. He goes from doll to doll, looking at each one. He stops to look at the Chinese Doll. Music Chinese motif Gently Outside of the shop, somewhere beyond the street, we see a man standing with his hands bound, and two Roman Soldiers standing beside him. Harshly. The soldier turns and slaps the man across the face. We hear the slap, loud and clear. Slowly, the man disappears and we see the street again. The toymaker goes to the French Soldier. (Music The French mans theme)Then he goes to the Igorot Dancer. (Music Igorot theme) He overly moves to the Muslim Warrior (Music Muslim theme) Gently Somewhere outside the shop, and beyond the street, we see a white balcony. A man is standing on the balcony , with his hands bound behind him. Pilate, the governor, is bending over the white rail. Pilate washes his hands. The crowd shouts A Lone Harsh Voice Barabas Toymaker My Boxing Doll. . . you are always dropping down. . . you lost in public. . . you were shamed and humiliated. . . you fell, not dance, but many times. . . that is painful. I remember. The Man Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they doBoxing Doll Lord, remember me French Soldier Remember me Muslim Warrior Remember me The Man This day. . . this day thou shalt be with me. . . in paradise Triumphantly. Slowly the balcony fades, and we see the street again. The toymaker goes to the Siamese Virgin and looks at her, his head to one side. (Music The Siamese Theme) Toymaker goes to the American Indian and looks at him with love. (Music Indian Theme) He goes to the Japanese Doll (Music Japanese theme) Finally, he goes the Boxing Doll. Outside the shop, and beyond the street, we see the man carrying his cross.He is f lanked by two soldiers and two workmen, who have hammers and nails. . . The man falls. The crowd roars. The two soldiers lift the man to his feet. They strip off his clothing. One of the soldiers carries the clothing away triumphantly. The other soldier forces the man down on the cross. The workmen nail him to it. We hear the sound of the hammers. Nailing is finished. . . The cross is elevated. The man hangs there while the soldiers roll dice for the robe, and the workmen sit at the foot of the cross. Suddenly roll toward the cross. Suddenly turning toward the cross. Turning toward the cross.The American Indian makes a painful, unarticulated sound which means Remember me. The girl dolls turn slowly to the cross and lift up their arms in supplication. On the cross Slowly, the cross fades and we see the street again. The dolls turn toward the door of the toymaker. He is standing there, with his arms outstretched. The dolls turn to their original position. Slowly the toymaker comes d own the steps and goes to the Boxing Doll and the Japanese Doll. He stands between them, looking from one to the other. Then he puts his hand, gently, on the shoulder of the Boxing Doll. Music-up full to finish.

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