Nine Maidens

NINE MAIDENS
(an extract)

Open with dragon’s voice (deep, husky, slow, threatening):

Dragon: Em the Baldragon Dragon. Fae Baldragon

And em hungry.

Em stervin.

Eh could eat a hoarse.

Eh could eat a haill coo.

Eh could murder a fish supper!

Eh could murder a. . . . here, wha’s this comin doon the road?

Scene 2

Fether: (Sound effect – slurping and slaverin as he finishes last drap o wattar fae a bucket)

Braa wattar, this. Whut, it’s feenished? Och na, that’s no real. Em affy thirsty.

(shouts for First dochter) Oi you!

First dochter: Whut ye waantin?

Fether: Get you doon tae the well and fetch us some mare wattar.

First dochter: Ugh but daa…

Fether: Jist dae it!