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StoryTitle("caps", "The Bremen Band") ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "I am getting old ") ?>
PartLine("I am getting old, ") ?>
PartLine("I can not work.") ?>
PartLine("My master wants to kill me.") ?>
PartLine("What shall I do?") ?>
PartLine("I will run away.") ?>
PartLine("But how can I make a living?") ?>
PartLine("I have a good voice.") ?>
PartLine("I shall go to Bremen.") ?>
PartLine("Then I can sing in the band.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
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Page(25) ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Good morning, Old Whiskers.") ?>
PartLine("Why are you so sad to-day?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cat:", "How can I be happy?") ?>
PartLine("I am getting old,") ?>
PartLine("I can not catch mice.") ?>
PartLine("My master wants to kill me.") ?>
PartLine("What shall I do?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Come with me to Bremen.") ?>
PartLine("You have a good voice.") ?>
PartLine("You can sing in the band.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cat:", "Yes, I will go with you.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
DisplayImage("text", "zpage026", "
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Page(26) ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Good morning, old dog.") ?>
PartLine("What are you doing here?") ?>
PartLine("Why do you pant so?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "I am getting old,") ?>
PartLine("My master is going to kill me,") ?>
PartLine(" so I have run away.") ?>
PartLine("But how can I make my living?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Come with us to Bremen.") ?>
PartLine("We can all sing in the band.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "Yes, I will go with you.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
DisplayImage("text", "zpage026", "
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Page(26) ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Good morning, Red Cock.") ?>
PartLine("Why do you crow so loud?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "Cock-a-doodle-do! cock-a-doodle-do!") ?>
PartLine("Company is coming to-night,") ?>
PartLine(" I heard the cook say.") ?>
PartLine("They want me for supper,") ?>
PartLine(" so I crow while I can.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Will you come with us to Bremen?") ?>
PartLine("You have a good voice.") ?>
PartLine("You can sing in our band.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "Yes, I will go with you.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
DisplayImage("text", "zpage028", "
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Page(28) ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "It is a long way to Bremen.") ?>
PartLine("Let us sleep in the woods to-night.") ?>
PartLine("I shall sleep under the tree.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
Page(29) ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "I shall sleep under the tree, too.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "I shall sleep on the branches, too.") ?>
PartLine("Oh! I see a light in a house.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Let us go to the house.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "Yes, let us go to the house.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "I can see in the window.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "What do you see, gray horse?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "What do I see?") ?>
PartLine("I see a table, full of good food.") ?>
PartLine("There are robbers at the table.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "That shall be our supper.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cat:", "Yes, that shall be our supper.") ?>
PartLine("How can we get it?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
Page(30) ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "We must drive the robbers away.") ?>
PartLine("How can we do it?") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "We can all sing,") ?>
PartLine(" and the robbers will run away.") ?>
PartLine("They want me for supper,") ?>
PartLine("I can sing,") ?>
PartLine("Hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "I can sing,") ?>
PartLine("Bow-wow! bow-wow! bow-wow!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cat:", "I can sing,") ?>
PartLine("Mee-ow! mee-ow! mee-ow!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "I can sing, Cock-a-doo-dle-do!") ?>
PartLine(" cock-a-doo-dle-do!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "I will stand by the window. ") ?>
PartLine("Old dog, stand on my back.") ?>
PartLine("Old Whiskers, get on the dog's back.") ?>
PartLine("Red Cock, get on the cat's back.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
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PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Now, let us all sing together. ") ?>
PartLine("Ready, one, two, three.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
Page(32) ?>
PartStart("", " All:", "Hee-haw! hee-haw! hee-haw! ") ?>
PartLine("Bow-wow! bow-wow! bow-wow!") ?>
PartLine("Mee-ow! mee-ow! mee-ow!") ?>
PartLine("Cock-a-doo-dle-do! cock-a-doo-dle-do!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Robber:", "Did you hear that noise? ") ?>
PartLine("It must be goblins.") ?>
PartLine("Let us run away.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "See the robbers run.") ?>
PartLine("Come, let us eat their supper.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "This is better than a bone.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "We shall never be hungry again.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "I can eat no more. ") ?>
PartLine("Let us go to sleep.") ?>
PartLine("I shall sleep under the tree.") ?>
PartLine("Old dog, you sleep by the door.") ?>
PartLine("Old Whiskers, you sleep by the fire.") ?>
PartLine("Red Cock, you sleep on the roof.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Robber:", "It is all still now.") ?>
PartLine("The goblins are gone. ") ?>
PartLine("Let us go back. ") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cat:", "Spit, spit! I will scratch!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Robber:", "Let me out, let me out!") ?>
PartLine("An old goblin is scratching me. ") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Dog:", "Bow-wow! I will bite!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Robber:", "A man has cut me with a knife.") ?>
PartLine("Let me out! O, let me out! ") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "Hee-haw! I will kick!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Robber:", "A big goblin has struck me.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "Cock-a-doo-dle-do! cock-a-doo-dle-do!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Robber:", "The judge on the roof says,") ?>
PartLine("\"Bring the robbers here.\"") ?>
PartLine("Come, let us be off.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", "Donkey:", "We will not go to Bremen.") ?>
PartLine("We will all live in this house.") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PartStart("", " Cock:", "Cock-a-doo-dle-do! cock-a-doo-dle-do!") ?>
PartEnd() ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemAttribution("85", "— German Folk Tale") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>