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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome back to Sleepy Stories. I'm your host, Lucy,

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<v Speaker 1>and my friends and I will be reading you a

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<v Speaker 1>sleepy bedtime story every week to relax you and to

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<v Speaker 1>help you to drift off into a RESTful sleep. From

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<v Speaker 1>time to time, we will also read you a relaxing,

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<v Speaker 1>peaceful meditation that will take you somewhere beautiful and calming.

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<v Speaker 1>Once we have read the stories, we will then read

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<v Speaker 1>them a second time, but this time they will be

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<v Speaker 1>ready even slower. This will help you to relax even more.

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<v Speaker 1>Before we begin, I would like you to close your

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<v Speaker 1>eyes and breathe in and out nice and deeply. Take

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<v Speaker 1>a few seconds to inhale, and then hold your breath

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<v Speaker 1>for a few seconds more, and then release and breathe out.

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<v Speaker 1>Do this a few times if you need to. While

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<v Speaker 1>you listen to the music and you listen to my voice,

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<v Speaker 1>give yourself time to let your body relax and your

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<v Speaker 1>mind settle. It's important that we allow time for us

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<v Speaker 1>to feel safe, cozy, and completely at ease. And now

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<v Speaker 1>it's time for this week's story.

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<v Speaker 2>A Midsummer Night's Dream. Hermia and Lyssander were lovers, but

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<v Speaker 2>Hermia's father wished her to marry another man named Demetrius.

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<v Speaker 2>Now in Athens, where they lived, there was a wicked

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<v Speaker 2>law by which any girl who refused to marry according

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<v Speaker 2>to her father's wishes might be put to death. Hermia's

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<v Speaker 2>father was so angry with her for refusing to do

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<v Speaker 2>as he wished that he actually brought her before the

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<v Speaker 2>Duke of Athens to ask that she might be killed

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<v Speaker 2>if she refused to obey him. The Duke gave her

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<v Speaker 2>four days to think about it, and at the end

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<v Speaker 2>of that time, if she still refused to marry Demetrius,

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<v Speaker 2>she would have to die Lessander, of course, was nearly

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<v Speaker 2>mad with grief, and the best thing to do seemed

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<v Speaker 2>to him for Hermia to run away to his aunt's

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<v Speaker 2>house at a place beyond the reach of that cruel law,

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<v Speaker 2>and there he would come to her and marry her.

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<v Speaker 2>But before she started, she told her friend Helena what

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<v Speaker 2>she was going to do. Lena had been Demetrius's sweetheart

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<v Speaker 2>long before his marriage with Hermia had been thought of,

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<v Speaker 2>and being very silly like all jealous people, she could

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<v Speaker 2>not see that it was not poor Hermia's fault that

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<v Speaker 2>Demetrius wished to marry her instead of his own lady Helena.

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<v Speaker 2>She knew that if she told Demetrius that Hermia was

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<v Speaker 2>going as she was to the wood outside Athens, he

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<v Speaker 2>would follow her. And I can follow him, and at

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<v Speaker 2>least I shall see him, she said to herself. So

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<v Speaker 2>she went to him and betrayed her friend's secret. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this wood, where Lyssander was to meet Hermia, and where

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<v Speaker 2>the other two had decided to follow them, was full

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<v Speaker 2>of fairies, as most woods are if only one had

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<v Speaker 2>eyes to see them. And in this wood, on this

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<v Speaker 2>night were the King and Queen of the fairies, Oberon

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<v Speaker 2>and Titania. Now fairies are very wise people, but now

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<v Speaker 2>and then they can be quite as foolish as mortal folk.

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<v Speaker 2>Oberon and Titania, who might have been as happy as

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<v Speaker 2>the days were long, had thrown away all their joy

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<v Speaker 2>in a foolish quarrel. They never met without saying disagreeable

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<v Speaker 2>things to each other, and scolded each other so dreadfully

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<v Speaker 2>that all their little fairy followers, for fear, would creep

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<v Speaker 2>into acorn cups and hide them there. So, instead of

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<v Speaker 2>keeping one happy court and dancing all night through the

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<v Speaker 2>moonlight as his fairies use, the king and his attendants

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<v Speaker 2>wandered through one part of the wood, while the queen

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<v Speaker 2>with hers kept state in another. And the cause of

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<v Speaker 2>all this trouble was a little Indian boy whom Titania

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<v Speaker 2>had taken to be one of her followers. Oberon wanted

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<v Speaker 2>the child to follow him and be one of his

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<v Speaker 2>fairy knights, but the queen would not give him up.

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<v Speaker 2>On this night, in a mossy, moonlit glade, the King

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<v Speaker 2>and Queen of the fairies met. I'll meet by moonlight.

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<v Speaker 2>Proud Titania, said the King. What jealous? Oberon answered the queen.

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<v Speaker 2>You spoil everything with your quarreling. Come, fairies, let us

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<v Speaker 2>leave him. I am not friends with him. Now it

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<v Speaker 2>rests with you to make up the quarrel, said the King.

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<v Speaker 2>Give me that little Indian boy, and I will again

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<v Speaker 2>be your humble servant and suitor. Set your mind at rest,

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<v Speaker 2>said the queen. Your whole fairy kingdom buys not that

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<v Speaker 2>boy from me. Come, fairies, and she and her train

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<v Speaker 2>rode off down the moonbeams. Well go your ways, said Oberon,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'll be even with you before you leave this wood.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Oberon called his favorite fairy Puck. Puck was the

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<v Speaker 2>spirit of mischief. He used to slip into the dairies,

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<v Speaker 2>and take the cream away, and get into the churn

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<v Speaker 2>so that the butter would not come, and turn the

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<v Speaker 2>beer sour, and lead peace out of their way on

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<v Speaker 2>dark nights, and then laugh at them and tumble people's

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<v Speaker 2>stools from under them when they were going to sit down,

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<v Speaker 2>and upset their hot ale over their chins when they

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<v Speaker 2>were going to drink. Now, said Oberon, to this little sprite,

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<v Speaker 2>fetch me the flower called love in idleness. The juice

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<v Speaker 2>of that little purple flower, laid on the eyes of

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<v Speaker 2>those who sleep, will make them when they awake, to

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<v Speaker 2>love the first thing they see. I will put some

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<v Speaker 2>of the juice of that flower on my Titania's eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>and when she awakes, she will love the first thing

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<v Speaker 2>she sees, were it a lion, bear, or wolf, or bull,

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<v Speaker 2>or meddling monkey, or a busy ape. While Puck was gone,

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<v Speaker 2>Demetrius passed through the glade, followed by poor Helena. And

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<v Speaker 2>still she told him how she loved him, and reminded

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<v Speaker 2>him of all his promises, And still he told her

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<v Speaker 2>that he did not and could not love her, and

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<v Speaker 2>that his promises were nothing. Oberon was sorry for poor Helena,

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<v Speaker 2>and when Puck returned with the flower, he bade him

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<v Speaker 2>follow Demetrius and put some of the juice on his eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>so that he might love Helena when he woke and

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<v Speaker 2>looked on her as much as she loved him. So

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<v Speaker 2>Puck set off, and wandering through the wood, found not

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<v Speaker 2>Demetrius but Lysander, on whose eyes he put the juice.

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<v Speaker 2>But when Lysander woke, he saw not his own Hermia,

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<v Speaker 2>but Helena, who was walking through the wood looking for

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<v Speaker 2>the cruel Demetrius. And directly he saw her, he loved her,

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<v Speaker 2>and he left his own lady under the spell of

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<v Speaker 2>the purple flower. When Hermia awoke, she found Lyssander gone

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<v Speaker 2>and wondered about the wood, trying to find him. Puck

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<v Speaker 2>went back and told Oberon what he had done, and

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<v Speaker 2>Oberon soon found that he had made a mistake and

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<v Speaker 2>set about looking for Demetrius, and having found him, put

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<v Speaker 2>some of the juice on his eyes, And the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing Demetrius saw when he woke was also Helena. So

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<v Speaker 2>now Demetrius and Lyssander were both following her through the wood,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was Hermia's turn to follow her lover, as

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<v Speaker 2>Helena had done before. Or the end of it was

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<v Speaker 2>that Helena and Hermia began to quarrel, and Demetrius and

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<v Speaker 2>Lyssander went off to fight. Oberon was very sorry to

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<v Speaker 2>see his kind scheme to help these lovers turn out

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<v Speaker 2>so badly. So he said to Puck, these two young

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<v Speaker 2>men are going to fight. You must overhang the night

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<v Speaker 2>with drooping fog and lead them so astray that one

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<v Speaker 2>will never find the other. When they are tired out,

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<v Speaker 2>they will fall asleep. Then drop this other herb on

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<v Speaker 2>Lessander's eyes that will give him his old sight and

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<v Speaker 2>his old love. Then each man will have the lady

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<v Speaker 2>who loves him, and they will all think that this

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<v Speaker 2>has only been a midsummer night's dream. Then when this

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<v Speaker 2>is done, all will be well with them. So Puck

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<v Speaker 2>went and did as he was told, And when the

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<v Speaker 2>two had fallen asleep without meeting each other, Puck poured

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<v Speaker 2>the juice on Lyssander's eyes and said, when thou wakest,

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<v Speaker 2>thou takest true delight in the sight of thy former

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<v Speaker 2>lady's eye, Jack shall have Jill, not shall go ill. Meanwhile,

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<v Speaker 2>Oberon found Titania asleep on a bank where grew wild thyme,

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<v Speaker 2>ox lips and violets, and woodbine, musk roses, and egglantine.

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<v Speaker 2>There Titania always slept a part of the night wrapped

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<v Speaker 2>in the enameled skin of a snake. Oberon stooped her

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<v Speaker 2>and laid the juice on her eyes, saying, what thou

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<v Speaker 2>seest when thou awake, do it for thy true love?

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<v Speaker 2>Take now. It happened that when Titania woke, the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing she saw was a stupid clown, one of a

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<v Speaker 2>party of players who had come out into the wood

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<v Speaker 2>to rehearse their play. This clown had met with Puck,

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<v Speaker 2>who had clapped an ass's head on his shoulders so

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<v Speaker 2>that it looked as if it grew there directly. Titania

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<v Speaker 2>woke and saw this dreadful monster. She said, what angel

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<v Speaker 2>is this? Are you as wise as you are beautiful?

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<v Speaker 2>If I am wise enough to find my way out

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<v Speaker 2>of this wood, that's a night for me, said the

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<v Speaker 2>foolish clown. Do not desire to go out of the wood,

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<v Speaker 2>said Titania. The spell of the love juice was on her,

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<v Speaker 2>and to her the clown seemed the most beautiful and

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<v Speaker 2>delightful creature on all the earth. I love you, she

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<v Speaker 2>went on, Come with me, and I will give you

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<v Speaker 2>fairies to attend on you. So she called four fairies,

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<v Speaker 2>whose names were pease Blossom, Cobweb, Moth, and mustard seed.

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<v Speaker 2>You must attend this gentleman, said the queen. Feed him

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<v Speaker 2>with apricots and dewberries, purple grapes, green figs and mulberries.

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<v Speaker 2>Steal honey bags for him from the bumble bees, and

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<v Speaker 2>with the wings of painted butterflies, fan the moonbeams from

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<v Speaker 2>his sleeping eyes. I will, said one of the fairies,

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<v Speaker 2>and all the others said I will. Now sit down

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<v Speaker 2>with me, said the queen to the clown, and let

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<v Speaker 2>me stroke your dear cheeks, and stick muskroses in your smooth,

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<v Speaker 2>sleek head, and kiss your fair large ears. My gentle joy,

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<v Speaker 2>where's pease Blossom, asked the clown with the ass's head.

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<v Speaker 2>He did not much care about the Queen's affection, but

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<v Speaker 2>he was very proud of having fairies to wait on him. Ready,

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<v Speaker 2>said pease Blossom. Scratch my head, pease Blossom, said the clown.

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<v Speaker 2>Where's Cobweb? Ready, said Cobweb, kill me, said the clown.

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<v Speaker 2>The red bumblebee. On the top of this thistle yonder

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<v Speaker 2>and bring me the honey bag. Where's muster seed ready,

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<v Speaker 2>said mustard seed. Oh I want nothing, said the clown,

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<v Speaker 2>Only just help cobweb to scratch. I must go to

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<v Speaker 2>the barber for methinks, I am marvelous hairy about the face.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you like anything to eat? Said the fairy queen.

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<v Speaker 2>I should like some good dry oats, said the clown,

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<v Speaker 2>for his donkey's head made him desire donkey's food and

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<v Speaker 2>some hay to follow. Shall some of my fairies fetch

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<v Speaker 2>you new nuts from the squirrel's house, asked the queen.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd rather have a handful of two or good dried peas,

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<v Speaker 2>said the clown. But please don't let any of your

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<v Speaker 2>people disturb me. I'm going to sleep, then, said the queen,

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<v Speaker 2>and I will wind thee in my arms. And so

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<v Speaker 2>when Oberon came along, he found his beautiful queen lavishing

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<v Speaker 2>And before he released her from the enchantment, he persuaded

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<v Speaker 2>much desired to have. Then he took pity on her

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<v Speaker 2>and threw some of the juice of the disenchanting flower

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<v Speaker 2>on her pretty eyes, and then in a moment she

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<v Speaker 2>saw plainly the donkey headed clown she had been loving,

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<v Speaker 2>and knew how foolish she had been. Oberon took off

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<v Speaker 2>finish his sleep with his own silly head, lying on

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<v Speaker 2>the time in violets. Thus all was made plain and

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<v Speaker 2>straight again. Oberon and Titania loved each other more than ever.

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<v Speaker 2>Hermia and Lysander, they were as loving a couple as

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<v Speaker 2>you could meet in a day's march, even through a

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<v Speaker 2>Athens and were married, and the fairy king and Queen

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<v Speaker 2>lived happily together in that very wood to this very day.

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<v Speaker 2>A midsummer night's dream. Hermia and Lysander were lovers, but

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<v Speaker 2>Now in Athens, where they lived, there was a wicked

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<v Speaker 2>according to her father's wishes might be put to death.

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<v Speaker 2>Hermia's father was so angry with her for refusing to

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<v Speaker 2>do as he wished. That he actually brought her before

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<v Speaker 2>her four days to think about it, and at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of that time, if she still refused to marry Demetrius,

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<v Speaker 2>she would have to die. Lessander, of course, was nearly

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<v Speaker 2>mad with grief, and the best thing to do seemed

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<v Speaker 2>to him for Hermia to run away to his aunt's

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<v Speaker 2>house at a place beyond the reach of that cruel law,

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<v Speaker 2>and there he would come to her and marry her.

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<v Speaker 2>But before she started, she told her friend Helen what

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<v Speaker 2>long before his marriage with Hermia had been thought of,

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<v Speaker 2>and being very silly like all jealous people, she could

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<v Speaker 2>not see that it was not poor Hermia's fault that

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<v Speaker 2>Demetrius wished to marry her instead of his own. Lady Helena,

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<v Speaker 2>she knew that if she told Demetrius that Hermia was

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<v Speaker 2>going as she was to the wood outside Athens, he

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<v Speaker 2>would follow her. And I can follow him, and at

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<v Speaker 2>least I shall see him, she said to herself, So

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<v Speaker 2>she went to him and betrayed her friend's secret. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>this wood, where Lyssander was to meet Hermia, and where

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<v Speaker 2>the other two had decided to follow them, was full

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<v Speaker 2>of fairies, as most woods are, if only one had

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<v Speaker 2>eyes to see them. And in this wood, on this

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<v Speaker 2>night were the King and Queen of the fairies, Oberon

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<v Speaker 2>and Titania. Now fairies are very wise people, but now

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<v Speaker 2>and then they can be quite as foolish as mortal folk.

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<v Speaker 2>Oberon and Titania, who might have been as happy as

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<v Speaker 2>the days were long, had thrown away all their joy

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<v Speaker 2>in a foolish quarrel. They never met without saying disagreeable

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<v Speaker 2>things to each other, and scolded each other so dreadfully

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<v Speaker 2>that all their little fairy followers, for fear, would creep

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<v Speaker 2>into acorn cups and hide them there. Oh, instead of

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<v Speaker 2>keeping one happy court and dancing all night through the

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<v Speaker 2>moonlight as his fairies use, the king and his attendants

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<v Speaker 2>wandered through one part of the wood, while the queen

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<v Speaker 2>with hers kept state in another. And the cause of

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<v Speaker 2>all this trouble was a little Indian boy, whom Titania

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<v Speaker 2>had taken to be one of her followers. Oberon wanted

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<v Speaker 2>the child to follow him and be one of his

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<v Speaker 2>fairy knights, but the queen would not give him up.

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<v Speaker 2>On this night, in a mossy, moonlit glade, the King

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<v Speaker 2>and Queen of the fairies met. I'll meet by moonlight.

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<v Speaker 2>Proud Titania, said the king. What jealous? Oberon answered the queen.

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<v Speaker 2>You spoil everything with your quarreling. Come, fairies, let us

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<v Speaker 2>leave him. I am not friends with him. Now it

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<v Speaker 2>rests with you to make up the quarrel, said the King.

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<v Speaker 2>Give me that little Indian boy, and I will again

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<v Speaker 2>be your humble servant and suitor. Set your mind at rest,

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<v Speaker 2>said the queen. Your whole fairy kingdom buys not that

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<v Speaker 2>boy from me. Come fairies, and she and her train

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<v Speaker 2>rode off down the moonbeams. Well go your ways, said Oberon,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'll be even with you before you leave this wood.

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<v Speaker 2>Then Oberon called his favorite fairy Puck. Puck was the

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<v Speaker 2>spirit of mischief. He used to slip into the dairies

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<v Speaker 2>and take the cream away and get into the churns

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<v Speaker 2>so that the butter would not come and turn the

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<v Speaker 2>beer sour, and lead people out of their way on

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<v Speaker 2>dark nights, and then laugh at them and tumble people's

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<v Speaker 2>stools from under them when they were going to sit down,

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<v Speaker 2>and upset their hot ale over their chins when they

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<v Speaker 2>were going to drink. Now, said Oberon to this little sprite,

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<v Speaker 2>fetch me the flower called love in idleness. The juice

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<v Speaker 2>of that little purple flower, laid on the eyes of

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<v Speaker 2>those who sleep, will make them, when they awake, to

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<v Speaker 2>love the first thing they see. I will put some

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<v Speaker 2>of the juice of that flower on my Titania's eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>and when she awakes, she will love the first thing

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<v Speaker 2>she sees, were it a lion, bear, or wolf, or bull,

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<v Speaker 2>or meddling monkey, or a busy ape. While Puck was gone,

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<v Speaker 2>Demetrius passed through the glade, followed by poor Helena, and

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<v Speaker 2>still she told him how she loved him, and reminded

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<v Speaker 2>him of all his promises, And still he told her

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<v Speaker 2>that he did not and could not love her, and

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<v Speaker 2>that his promises were nothing. Oberon was sorry for poor Helena,

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<v Speaker 2>and when Puck returned with the flower, he bade him

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<v Speaker 2>follow Demetrius and put some of the juice on his eyes,

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<v Speaker 2>so that he might love Helena when he woke, and

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<v Speaker 2>looked on her as much as she loved him, so

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<v Speaker 2>Puck set off, and wandering through the wood, found not

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<v Speaker 2>Demetrius but Lysander, on whose eyes he put the juice.

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<v Speaker 2>But when Lysander woke, he saw not his own Hermia,

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<v Speaker 2>but Helena, who was walking through the wood looking for

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<v Speaker 2>the cruel Demetrius, and directly he saw her. He loved her,

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<v Speaker 2>and he left his own lady under the spell of

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<v Speaker 2>the purple flower. When Hermia awoke, she found Lyssander gone

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<v Speaker 2>and wondered about the wood trying to find him. Puck

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<v Speaker 2>went back and told Oberon what he had done, and

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<v Speaker 2>Oberon soon found that he had made a mistake and

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<v Speaker 2>set about looking for Demetrius, and having found him, put

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<v Speaker 2>some of the juice on his eyes. And the first

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<v Speaker 2>thing Demetrius saw when he woke was also Helena. So

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<v Speaker 2>now Demetrius and Lessander were both following her through the wood,

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<v Speaker 2>and it was Hermia's turn to follow her lover, as

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<v Speaker 2>Helena had done before the end of it was that

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<v Speaker 2>Helena and Hermia began to quarrel, and Demetrius and Lyssander

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<v Speaker 2>went off to fight. Oberon was very sorry to see

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<v Speaker 2>his kind scheme to help these lovers turn out so badly,

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<v Speaker 2>so he said to Puck, these two young men are

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<v Speaker 2>going to fight. You must overhang the night with drooping

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<v Speaker 2>fog and lead them so astray that one will never

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<v Speaker 2>find the other. When they are tired out, they will

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<v Speaker 2>fall asleep. Then drop this other herb on Lessander's eyes

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<v Speaker 2>that will give him his old sight and his old love.

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<v Speaker 2>Then each man will have the lady who loves him.

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<v Speaker 2>They will all think that this has only been a

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<v Speaker 2>midsummer night's dream. Then when this is done, all will

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<v Speaker 2>be well with them. So Puck went and did as

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<v Speaker 2>he was told, And when the two had fallen asleep

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<v Speaker 2>without meeting each other, Puck poured the juice on Lyssander's

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<v Speaker 2>eyes and said, when thou wakest, thou takest true delight

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<v Speaker 2>in the sight of thy former lady's eye, Jack shall

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<v Speaker 2>have Jill, Nought shall go ill. Meanwhile, Oberon found Titania

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<v Speaker 2>asleep on a bank where grew wild thyme, ox lips

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<v Speaker 2>and violets, and woodbine, musk roses and egglantine. There Titania

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<v Speaker 2>always slept a part of the night, wrapped in the

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<v Speaker 2>enameled skin of a snake. Oberon stooped over her and

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<v Speaker 2>laid the juice on her eyes, saying, what thou seest

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<v Speaker 2>when thou awake, do it for thy true love? Take now.

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<v Speaker 2>It happened that when Titania woke, the first thing she

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<v Speaker 2>saw was a stupid clown, one of a party of

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<v Speaker 2>players who had come out into the wood to rehearse

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<v Speaker 2>their play. This clown had met with Puck, who had

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<v Speaker 2>clapped an ass's head on his shoulders so that it

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<v Speaker 2>looked as if it grew there Directly. Titania woke and

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<v Speaker 2>saw this dreadful monster. She said, what angel is this?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you as wise as you are beautiful? If I

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<v Speaker 2>am wise enough to find my way out of this wood,

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<v Speaker 2>that's enough for me, said the foolish clown. Do not

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<v Speaker 2>desire to go out of the wood, said Titania. The

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<v Speaker 2>spell of the love juice was on her, and to

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<v Speaker 2>her the clown seemed the most beautiful and delightful creature

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<v Speaker 2>on all the earth. I love you, she went on,

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<v Speaker 2>Come with me, and I will give you fairies to

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<v Speaker 2>attend on you. So she called four fairies, whose names

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<v Speaker 2>were pease blossom, cobweb moth, and mustard seed. You must

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<v Speaker 2>attend this gentleman, said the queen. Feed him with apricots

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<v Speaker 2>and dewberries, purple grapes, green figs, and mulberries, steal honey

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<v Speaker 2>bags for him from the bumble bees, and with the

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<v Speaker 2>wings of painted butterflies, fan the moonbeams from his sleeping eyes.

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<v Speaker 2>I will, said one of the fairies, and all the

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<v Speaker 2>others said, I will. Now sit down with me, said

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<v Speaker 2>the queen to the clown, and let me stroke your

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<v Speaker 2>dear cheeks, and stick muskroses in your smooth sleek head,

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<v Speaker 2>and kiss your fair large ears. My gentle joy, where's

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<v Speaker 2>pease blossom? Asked the clown with the ass's head. He

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<v Speaker 2>did not much care about the queen's affection, but he

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<v Speaker 2>was very proud of having fairies to wait on him. Ready,

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<v Speaker 2>said pease Blossom. Scratch my head, pease Blossom, said the clown.

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<v Speaker 2>Where's Cobweb? Ready? Said cobweb? Kill me, said the clown.

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<v Speaker 2>The red bumblebee on the top of it. Thistle yonder

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<v Speaker 2>and bring me the honey bag. Where's mustard seed? Ready?

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<v Speaker 2>Said mustard seed. Oh? I want nothing, said the clown,

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<v Speaker 2>Only just help Cobweb to scratch. I must go to

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<v Speaker 2>the barber for methinks. I am marvelous, hairy about the face.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you like anything to eat, said the fairy queen.

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<v Speaker 2>I should like some good dry oats, said the clown,

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<v Speaker 2>for his donkey's head made him desire donkey's food and

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<v Speaker 2>some hay to follow. Shall some of my fairies fetch

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<v Speaker 2>you new nuts from the squirrel's house, asked the queen.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd rather have a handful of two or good dried peas,

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<v Speaker 2>said the clown. But please don't let any of your

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<v Speaker 2>people disturb me. I'm going to sleep, then, said the queen,

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<v Speaker 2>and I will wind thee in my arms. And so

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<v Speaker 2>when Oberon came along, he found his beautiful queen lavishing

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<v Speaker 2>kisses and endearments on a clown with a donkey's head,

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<v Speaker 2>And before he released her from the enchantment, he persuaded

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<v Speaker 2>her to give him the little Indian boy he so

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<v Speaker 2>much desired to have. Then he took pity on her

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<v Speaker 2>and threw some of the juice of the disenchanting flower

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<v Speaker 2>on her pretty eyes. And then in a moment, she

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<v Speaker 2>saw plainly the donkey headed clown she had been loving,

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<v Speaker 2>and knew how foolish she had been. Oberon took off

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<v Speaker 2>the ass's head from the clown and left him to

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<v Speaker 2>finish his sleep with his own silly head, lying on

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<v Speaker 2>the time in violets. Thus all was made plain straight again.

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<v Speaker 2>Oberon and Titania loved each other more than ever. Demetrius

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<v Speaker 2>thought of no one but Helena, and Helena had never

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<v Speaker 2>any thought of anyone but Demetrius. As for Hermia and Lyssander,

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<v Speaker 2>they were as loving a couple as you could meet

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<v Speaker 2>in a day's march, even through a fairy wood. So

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<v Speaker 2>the four mortal lovers went back to Athens and were married,

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<v Speaker 2>And the fairy king and Queen live happily together in

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<v Speaker 2>that very wood to this very day.