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2 Reading Time

Read and act out the following play in your class, then do the exercises
that follow.

Pity the Fool

(A man, George hangs on the wall as a part of modern art piece. People

walk through the gallery and look at the odd pieces of modern art. A couple
of women, Sage and Mary stop at the man)

Sage : What is this?
Mary : It’s called “Pity the

Fool.”
Sage : It’s amazing. The

man looks lifelike.
Mary : It’s like he could

walk right out of
the painting and

talk to us. (Suddenly
George’s eyes pop

open and the women are startled.)
George : Do you have any water? (His eyes close again. Sage and Mary

look at each other and then the painting again.)
Sage : You heard that right?

Mary : Yeah.
George : Water.

Sage : I’ll get some water. (Sage leaves. Mary wants to follow and
doesn’t want to be left alone.)

George : Wait, please.
(Mary reluctantly stops. She looks around but is alone. She

cautiously returns.)

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