Lafayette Junior High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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PLAY OF RIP VAN WINKLE Scene: Kaatskill Mountains and New York. 1780 PERSONS OF PLAY Rip Van XVinkle, a Dutch Settler Rip Van lVinkle, His Son Judith Gardenier, His Daughter Mr. Doolittle, Hotel Keeper One of the Scenes of the Story Scene: After Rip's sleep 1 Rip fwaking up from his sleep! 1 XX-That! liave l been sleep- ing all night? Though it is a sunny day, Dame Van XVinkle will change the day for me. CLooking at his gunl: XVhat! The robbers had changed my gun and they took KK-'olf too! CGoes to rise.l My hack! My hack! This mountain air does not agree with me. CHe sees the country around him changedfl These rocks were not here yesterday. Clfle goes to the village. hut does not recognize anyonej I thought I knew everyone in the village. XVhy are all the people staring at my chin? QFeels his chin and sees his heard had grown a foot long.l My beard surely did grow long. These people do not seem like the people of our village. Yes! There is the Hud- son River and the Kaatskill Mountains. VVomen, men and children: Look at the strange man with the long heard! Rip: The inn is gone and so is our good tree. Look at the man speaking by the place of the inn. ''Congress-lilJerty- rights of citizens. Vlfhat is he talking about? Orator Ccoming up to Ripl : XVhat are you. Federal or Democrat? Rip: li am a quiet man and loyal Subject to King George. Bystanders: A spy! A Tory! A refugee! Away with him! Rip: l mean no harm to you, I am just seeking some of my friends. A man from crowd: Name them. Rip: Nicholas Vedder, Brom Dutcher. and V an Hummel. Important Man: Vedder died, Dutcher was killed in the war, and Van Hummel is in Congress. Rip Csorrowed at the sad changesl : Does anyone know Rip Van VVinkle? Bystanclers: To he sure, there is Rip leaning against the tree.

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' ACT I1SCENE III Place: An ante-room in the palace. Queen Isabella. fWatches clock closely and appears to be nel vous.j Christopher Columbus frushes in, falls on bended kneel : Oh, dear Queen, I'm sorry I have-kept you waiting, but I could not get by one of the guards easily and they will be here any minute. CRises.l Queen Isabella: Here, quickftake this money C hands him roll of billsl and fit out as many good ships as you can. I only can wish you good luck. Hut Hee before the guards find you. Good-bye, and success. Christopher Columbus: Good-bye. and thank you, dear Queen, and I vow that you shall receive from others what I can not do for your kindness. Qlflows and hurriedly goes.l Enter two guards. Guard One fbowsj : Has Her Majesty seen a peasant go by there? Queen Isabella: No, and I do not wish to be disturbed again out of a nap. Get yourselves and silly nonsense out of my sight. Guard Two C addressing Guard Onel: I told you that you were dreaming things and you woke me out of a nap. too. CBoth bow.l fExit two guards.j Queen Isabella. fL0oks out of window. then leaves on oppo- site side.l CURTAIN .ACT II Time: Several months later. Place: Palace gardens. CKing Ferdinand and Queen Isabella walk to garden seats and seat themselvesj Queen Isabella: Dear, I haven't heard you say you would like something to occupy your mind, for a long while. King Ferdinand Qlaughinglyl : No, I haven't, because it has been occupied for a long time. I have tried to figure out how you did all this business without my knowing it. Queen Isabella: VVell, you will have to think a long time and then probably not know. But where there is a will there is a way. fBoth rise and make way toward ekitj King Ferdinand: That's true, and I've found out that there are queens who can help the country a whole lot Csmiles and adds quicklyj, if they are like you! fExit.j -Juanita Braun.

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Rip Clocking around and seeing a man the image of himselfj : XV ho am I? I was on the mountain yesterday and everything is changed, even myself. Bystanders Cmotioning that he is crazy, in low whispersj: The man is out of his headg poor man! VVoman in crowd Qto her bahyl: Hush, Rip, the old man wouldn't hurt you. Rip Qto the womanl : NV hat is your and your father's name? Ilfoman: Judith Gardenier is my name and my father's name was Rip Van Wfinkle, but he went away with his gun twenty years ago, and never was heard of. Rip: VVhe11e is your mother? Xlfoman: She died a short time since, because she broke a blood vessel. Rip fcatching her in his armsl 2 I am your father. young Rip Van 'Xvinkle once, old Rip now! Does anyone remember me? An old woman from crowd flooking in his facel : Sure enough, it is Rip! W' here have you been? K Rip tells his story about his sleepj Bystanders: Let us take the opinion of Peter Vanderdonk, coming down the street. Peter Vanderdonk Cafter listening to the storyj: I am sure this is Rip and I believe his story. SCENE II CRip is taken to his daughters house and lives in comfortj Rip fat fireplace of his daughter's homej: This is comfort, and I know I will spend the rest of my life happily here. -Albert Se-rbin, A 7. ON THE TRAIN TO CALIFORNIA my XV hen I was live years old, the first trip I had ever taken on a train was from Boston to California. just after the train started, a tall, slender man in blue uniform entered our car. He offered somcrcandy to mother and the other passengers. VVhen I asked mother why she refused it, my brother spoke up and told me that I must never accept anything from strangers. In our car there was a very kind and gentle lady, who offered a large greedy girl and myself her chocolates. This selfish girl