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Woman : What a thing to tell a small boy! Man : Disgusting! Man : It’ll do the lad good. Bring ‘em up natural, I always say. Small Boy: Oh, Mummy, Mummy, take me to school! Quick, take me to school! Woman : Take you to school? What on earth do you mean? Small Boy: I haven’t got toothache at all. I was only joking. I just wanted to get off school. Take me to school. Mummy, please. (Everyone laughs.) Woman : I’ll take you to school all right (Woman takes the Small Boy by the ear. She drags him out.) and I’ll get the headmaster to give you a good thrashing. (Exit Woman and the Small Boy. The Small Boy is yelling.) Man : A little discipline, that’s what he wants. (Woman is still showing her photographs.) Woman : This one should make quite an impression on you, dear. (There is a loud hammering from the surgery.) Woman : Yes, it does. (Enter Nurse from the surgery). Dentist’s Voice (off): Do hurry, Nurse or we’ll never get this thing shift. (Nurse walks across the stage and off left.) Man : Well, really, I don’t think I can wait. (Standing) Man : Neither can I. I’ll be very late for work. (Standing) (Exit Man and Man .) Woman : But surely, they can’t really be using those tools to take out a tooth. Woman : You heard what the Man said. Woman : And those men have gone, too. Man : Cowards, every one of them. They can’t take it. Little Girl: Mummy, I was only joking about my toothache, too. I haven’t really got one. I was only trying to get off school. Are You Ready? -C-SR-The First - - :