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In order to safeguard himself from all such incidents, he locked himself in his
room. A picture fell on his head and he died. This made him laugh a lot.
Derry added that if he climbed the tree alone, fell from it and broke his neck, he
would lie on the grass, dead.

Derry asked if he could help him pluck the apples. Mr Lamb said that he could
help him if he wanted to.

Derry said that his mother would be waiting for him. Mr Lamb asked Derry to go
home and inform his mother of his whereabouts.

Derry ran off. The place was silent with the sounds of the creatures of the
garden.
Mr Lamb talked to the bees that they saw all that happened. They all knew that
no one ever returned to the garden.

Scene 2: At Derry’s house

The second scene is at Derry’s house and Derry is talking to his mother.

After knowing about Mr. Lamb she asked him not to go back. Derry asked her the
reason of her fear.

He told her that Mr Lamb was just an old man with a tin leg and had a big house
without curtains and a garden. He said that he wanted to go back and listen to
things.

He replied that he wanted to hear bees singing and wanted to listen to what Mr
Lamb said. But she didn’t find it suitable and so she told him to stay at home and
think about what he wanted to.

Derry said that he hated to remain at home. He announced that he would go back
into the garden to help Mr. Lamb with the crab apples.

His mother tried to stop him but he ran away shutting the door behind him.

Scene 3: Mr. Lamb’s garden:

Mr. Lamb talking to himself while plucking the apples.

Suddenly a cracking sound was heard and the ladder fell on the ground.
Derry opens the gate, and declared to Mr. Lamb that he had returned.

Found Mr. Lamb lying on the ground, went near him and tried to talk to him but
there was no reply.
Derry started crying because he realised that Mr. Lamb was dead.

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