The Snowstorm
I begged them not to drink. I pleaded: We have to drive home yet.
Yoel Chayim
Don’t cry, woman. They’ll be found.
Raytze Yente
And such a storm outside! Shah! I thought I heard the calf bleat in the barn.
Yoel Chayim
And to me it sounded like a sheep. Hear it?
Raytze Yente
It is a sheep. (Zayde enters covered with snow.) Here is the child! (Falling on his neck.) Where are the others? Where is the bride?
Zayde
I lost them. The sleigh turned over and the horses ran away.
Yoel Chayim
Had a bit too much, I guess. Ha, ha, ha!
Zayde
Urtcha showed them the whip, and away they ran.
Yoel Chayim
His horses dislike the whip.
Raytze Yente (desperately)
I'll do something to myself!
Zayde
Where are the others?
Raytze Yente
Klavne, Vaveh, Pesele, and Shmereh have gone to look for them.
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