title: The Sun and Her Flowers Parody
author: James King
description: James King is author of bestselling The Sun and Her Flowers Parody. If you would like to publish this book in a different language, please feel free to contact authors secretary adamsjohn_@outlook.com
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  THE SUN. A SCENE
  
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  # THE SUN. A SCENE
  
  
  ### John Galsworthy
  
  
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  ### THE SUN. A SCENE
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  CHARACTERS
  
  
  THE GIRL.
  
  
  THE MAN.
  
  
  THE SOLDIER.
  
  
  
  
  
  ### THE SUN
  
  
  
  
  
    
  A Girl, sits crouched over her knees on a stile close to a
  
  
    
  river. A MAN with a silver badge stands beside her, clutching
  
  
    
  the worn top plank. THE GIRL'S level brows are drawn
  
  
  together;
  
  
    
  her eyes see her memories. THE MAN's eyes see THE GIRL; he
  
  
  has
  
  
    
  a dark, twisted face. The bright sun shines; the quiet river
  
  
    
  flows; the Cuckoo is calling; the mayflower is in bloom along
  
  
    
  the hedge that ends in the stile on the towing-path.
  
  
  THE GIRL. God knows what 'e'll say, Jim.
  
  
  THE MAN. Let 'im. 'E's come too late, that's all.
  
  
  THE GIRL. He couldn't come before. I'm frightened. 'E was
  
  
  fond o' me.
  
  
  THE MAN. And aren't I fond of you?
  
  
  THE GIRL. I ought to 'a w