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(music begins to "This Summer")
(As the choir sings, kids are playing with Faith, enjoying
the summer.)
SMITHY: Howdy, name's Smithy—I'm the farmhand on this here farm.
Been here forty years workin' for the O'Tooles. It's been a good
summer so far! Crops came in good, and we've even had a
visitor—the O'Tooles' granddaughter, Faith. She's been
squeezin' all the fun she can out of her last day here.
(song continues)
(dialog at meas. 75)
SMITHY: Faith is a good kid. But lately, she's been gettin' picked on in
school, and there are some other worries at home, so her folks
thought it would be a good time to let her spend a few weeks
during the summer, down on grandma and grandpa's farm. She
works herself to the bone and never forgets a chore. But maybe
we're countin' our chickens before they hatch. She's gonna
wake up in just a bit, worried sick that she fell asleep and forgot
to lock the chickens in for the night! I sure hope it doesn't ruin
her best summer ever!
SONG: "THIS SUMMER"
(During final verse, all other characters gradually exit or join the
choir, leaving Faith as the last onstage. As the song ends, Faith
collapses on a bale of hay and falls asleep.)
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