Curtains

Setting: The Nanny and her youngest charge chat near the window. Maria has taken down the expensive curtains. Maria (M) Gretl (G) Dialogue: M: Hee hee, seeing the hills from here, alive without echo I love the verdancy, the grassy knoll of this pattern, sew aft’ I snip, snip, snip and poke with holes, move thread up, down, in and out. Let the children sing, arms spread. G: So long, farewell to the darkness. We want to play. Give no thought to what Father will say. Just want to play. M: Here, I’m the happiest bluebird, fluttering my wings. Won’t your father be surprised. He might sing. Does he have a good voice? Will the hills rejoice or fuss? Now little one, we’ll exit right, so no one finds us. G: Aren’t I the cutest, Maria? I will learn from the sparrows to t-weetly sing and to flee, practice dodging the arrows. M: You will save us. Certainly you will! The smallest escapes out of Austria, the home we love, and dressed in drapes.