1 Down from the hills of Hungary ... toward the markets of Budapest. 2 And among the first to be sold were the flocks of Konrad Driskai. 3 "Well, Konrad, you've sold me some nice sheep this time." 4 "And how is your daughter, Lena, enjoying her visit to our city?" 5 "Oh, Lena's having a lovely time. She's waiting for me now .... at the hotel." 6 "Meet me tonight and I'll let you pay for my supper again." 7 COCK ROBIN - The ballyhoo man at the Palace of Illusions. 8 "Now watch closely .... and you will see the little lady suspended in mid-air!" 9 "That's easy ... they hold her up with wires." 10 "He knows how to get the ladies .... and the money." 11 "PRESTO!" 12 "Now, folks, on the inside .... The Show starts immediately!" 13 "And waiting to collect your tickets is ..... THE LIVING HAND OF CLEOPATRA!" 14 "ZELA! Zela the half lady!" 15 "Believe me, boys .... there's no cold feet here to bother you!" 16 "ARACHNIDA! The Human Spider!" 17 "She eats flies on week days .... and butterflies on Sundays!" 18 "NEPTUNA! Neptuna, The Queen of the Mermaids!" 17 "Now I know why the divers go down." 18 "Now ... on this platform ... The Great Terpsichorean Tragedy!" 19 "SALOME .... in all her oriental splendor will dance before King Herod!" 20 "And before your very eyes you'll see a man's head chopped off .... and served to her on a platter!" 21 "Behold!" 22 "SALOME!!" 23 "Dance for me, Salome ... and I will give thee whatsoever thy soul desireth." 24 "Thou hast pleased me, Salome. Tell me ... what is it thou wouldst have?" 25 "I ask for the head of Jokanaan ... served on a silver charger!" 26 "If the Greek finds Salome is trying to get Robin back again .... God help her!" 27 "You see ... now he's got the fake sword." 28 "Let her be given what she asks ... the head of Jokanaan!" 29 "Salome, thou art a wicked woman." 30 "Robin, are you going to meet the sheep raiser's kid again tonight?" 31 "I wish you wouldn't." 32 "Better watch out! If The Greek catches you ... bye-bye Robin!" 33 But The Greek was busy elsewhere. 34 "I can't meet you tonight, Robin ... I must watch this money for my Poppa." 35 "You keep away from him!" 36 "You're hired as freaks ... not vampires!" 37 "Don't try to get me back! If I want you I'll tell you!" 38 "I just gave back a present he gave me once." 39 "If it's his heart you want I'll cut it out and give it to you!" 40 "From the wilds of Madagascar comes this deadliest of all poisonous reptiles!" 41 "More poisonous than the rattlesnake, the cobra or the asp! Its bite is sure death!" 42 "From the oils of these reptiles is made this life- giving, youth-restoring liniment!" 43 "Driskai, the sheep merchant, was shot a while ago. Where were you when it happened?" 44 "Who ... me? Why, I've been right here for hours." 45 "Has that Butter Ball of mine from the country been around tonight?" 46 "I don't know when the hoodlum will be home. He rooms here ... that's all I know." 47 "How's business?" 48 "Deader than a grave- yard." 49 "That man who was bitten over at the snake show....is dead." 50 "That's funny. Two deaths tonight ... and good things always come in threes." 51 Midnight - - 52 "Where were you? I had to pay for my own supper tonight." 53 "Robin ... Robin, somebody killed my Poppa!" 54 "You'd better go back to the hotel. I'll see you tomorrow." 55 "But I'm afraid to be alone with all this money." 56 "With so many thieves around I'm glad you came to me first." 57 "Is it all right for me to come in here .... when we're not married?" 58 "You know, something just told me .... maybe we will get married." 59 "It's money my Poppa got for selling some of our sheep." 60 "Some of them?" 61 "Oh, yes ... we got hills full of them." 62 "You got any brothers... big brothers?" 63 "Robin, you'll always love me, won't you?" 64 "With hills full of sheep... Lena, how could you ask me?" 65 "You little fool, he's only after your money! Get out of here!" 66 "I couldn't let you do it, Robin ... I couldn't!" 67 "Please give that money back before it gets you in trouble." 68 "This is my business! You get out of here!" 69 "But, Robin .... she'll tell the police." 70 "Robin got a pile of money away from that kid...and Salome's with him." 71 "Play my hand." 72 The last show the following night. 73 "Let her be given what she asks....the head of Jokanaan!" 74 "Now watch him....he'll take the fake sword." 75 "He's still got the real sword!" 76 "We want him for robbing this girl ... and probably for killing her father." 77 "She's got the police after me! That's what happens for being nice to women!" 78 "Get over to my room! Hide in the attic!" 79 "It's her own fault ... for running after him!" 80 "Well .... now you've finally got me alone in your room." 81 "Give back that money and you won't have to stay here." 82 "You're going to talk about that money just once too often!" 83 "What was that noise? What were you doing?" 84 "I've been waiting up for you to read this letter to me. I know it's from my boy." 85 "It was the door....the wind blew it shut." 86 "Come ... we'll go to your room." 87 "No, no! I can't wait! Please read it here." 88 "My own dear Father--" 89 "Father, I'm a Captain now....and I've been decorated with the Emperor's Cross." 90 "You should have been a boy, an honored captain...like my son." 91 "But why don't his letters ever say when his regiment is coming home?" 92 "Some day you'll hear the bands playing .... then you'll know he's coming." 93 Days passed -- -- 94 "I'm sick and tired of looking at you and listening to that blabbering old fool!" 95 "I wish you wouldn't talk that way....about him." 96 "Sheep! Hills full of sheep! And you made me lose them!" 97 "It's the Saint Stephen's Day procession." 98 "I can see ... I'm not blind!" 99 "Here comes that old blind pest again! Keep him out of here!" 100 "I'm warning you! You're going to let him in here just once too often!" 101 "My boy is coming home! I know he's coming! I hear the bands!" 102 "Shall I put on my uniform to greet him?" 103 "Say ... that's no regiment! What's all this about his son coming home?" 104 "His son is never coming home." 105 "Yes? Then what about all those letters you've been reading to him?" 106 "I wrote them." 107 "They've got his son over there....in prison." 108 "They're going to hang him in the morning." 109 "Waiting for his son is all that has kept him alive...that's why I've lied to him." 110 "My boy! My boy! I heard voices! He's here! He's here!" 111 "My boy .... what's the matter? You know I can't see any more." 112 "I can't help being excited...I'm so glad you're back." 113 "Come to my room... where we can be alone." 114 "With this sword I carved our name--" 115 "-- -- the name you have carried to greater glory!" 116 "Go to your room! I want to be alone with my boy!" 117 "It's the excitement ... I've got to sit down." 118 "How I've longed and waited for this hour to come." 119 "Nothing can ever separate us again, my boy." 120 "Christ! He's dead!" 121 "Your brother was legally hanged in the prison yard at daybreak." 122 "Your father may call at the prison for your brother's belongings!" 123 "God but you're a real dame ... right straight through to the core." 124 "You shouldn't have to live in the same world with a thing like me." 125 "He didn't know I saw him....but he was behind the door." 126 "I'm going to get that money and give it back ... like you always wanted me to." 127 "Someone's been up there! The money's gone!" 128 "That's the money I took. I'm ready to go with you now." 129 "I'll send a doctor for him." 130 "Come along .... we'd better be getting over to headquarters." 131 And The Show goes on. 132 "I'm glad they let him go when he gave that money back." 133 "They say she kept him in her room ... alone ... for weeks." 134 "Well .... who wouldn't?" The EndHome