A monologue by Walter Ben Hare
NOTE: This kind of monologue is reprinted by Readings and Monologues Forwardlooking. Walter Ben Hare. Minneapolis: To. S. Denison & Co., 1921.
Great afternoon, Mrs. Boyer. How can you do, women! Isn\t this a lovely working day. I saw vehicles out in the front, Mrs. Boyer, and I thought Willie and i also would just drop over and spend the evening with you. Willie is so keen on company. Say How do you perform to the girls, Willie. Not any, no, now, mamma\s baby mustn\t always be so bashful. Speak up like a small man and say How do you do! No, you can\t have easy. The very idea. Mrs. Boyer isn\t gonna give you virtually any cake, and I\m sure I haven\t any. Merely sit on that little couch over presently there and be a good boy. He\s such an interesting child! Wow, you\re gonna play public sale? Go proper ahead along with your game, don\t mind us. Willie simply adores to find out ladies enjoy auction. We\ll just stay here and talk to you while you enjoy. Willie, you mustn\t contact that classic vase, you\re liable to break it. Vases weren\t made for very little boys to experience with. Don\t you just adore children, Mrs. Boyer?
I do believe they\re so interesting the moment they\re Willie\s age. It\s a real charm and education to watch the introduction of their very little minds, the unfolding from the bud, as it were. Certainly, he\ll end up being five in January. Isn\t he impressive for his age? Not any, Willie, no! Mamma says no . That\s the joker, you mustn\t touch the cards. Oh yea, he\s acquired them all mixed up. Naughty, mischievous Willie. Yet doesn\t that show how rapidly his mind is definitely developing? This individual just adores auctions. Willie, Willie, put that pillow down. Place that cushion right back inside the chair. Mrs. Boyer doesn\t like little boys whom pull cushions out of chairs. Not any, no, sonny, you mustn\t talk to the ladies when they are playing auction. It\s so hard to keep him calm. He reveals and discussions and reveals! He has a positive professional for oratory. Why, only last month this individual recited a selection at the Weekend school entertainment. His daddy heard him, and having been the proudest man around. Right then and there we decided that Willie can be a lawyer, or possibly a statesman. This individual recited Tiny Robin Redbreast and it would have helped bring tears to your eyes. He\s so mental. He feels every word he utters. Willie, imagine you recite Little Robin Redbreast pertaining to the ladies. Stand right out here in entrance now. Toes out. Shoulders back. Right now, make your bow. Just a minute, Miss Metallic, surely you wouldn\t attention to go on playing auction the moment Willie is about to recite! Now, Willie, begin! I\m a little robin redbreast, friend! Go on, small, speak it nice and loud. My nest is in the shrub, that\s proper. Now choose your gesture. There\s the woods. Your nest is way up in the tree. Today, go on
My nesting is in the shrub! That\s right, If you search for in yonder elm don\t forget the motion there, Willie. My pleasurable home you\ll see! Right now, imitate the limited bird. That\s rightskip above there. Willie, look out for the lamp! Right now skip again. Isn\t this individual a favorite? I taught him that skip me personally. Now the 2nd verse, Willie. I have a key I would like the limited girls to be aware of. Point to the little girls, Willie. There, isn\t that funny, he indicated right at you, Miss Metal. He considers you are a little girl. Isn\t he bright? Go on, right now. But We won\t inform a single youngster, they steal the poor chickens so! At this point act pathetic when you declare. Isn\t this wonderful the facial appearance he features when he says they rob the poor birds so! State it over again, Willie, and let Mrs. Boyer see your manifestation. She was dealing the cards and didn\t see the full sentiment in your confront. Yes, begin from the very first. I\m a little robin the boy wonder redbreast. That\s right. Touch to the proper. Isn\t this individual graceful? Now the miss! Skip fast, Willie. Lift up your toes. Oh, the vase! He\s broken that. Willie, aren\t you ashamed to break Mrs. Boyer\s great big classic vase? Come proper over below to mamma, she\s have got to kiss the naughty palm. You know, Mrs. Boyer, I always kiss his hands when he\s naughty and then this individual never does not remember it. He really contains a remarkable storage. He can recite several other pieces just as well when he can Tiny Robin Redbreast. Suppose you recite Tiny Orphant Annie for the pretty women, Willie. Also, are you going, Miss Metal? I thought you always played market all afternoon. Willie, Willie, put that hat down. You\re ripping it. You mustn\t mind him, Miss Steel. He\s only in innocent tiny baby. We don\t believe that it is hurt quite definitely. Send this around to the Model and they\ll correct it just as very good as new. Good-bye, Miss Steel. Visit and spend the afternoon with me some day. I\ll have Willie dance for you personally. He can move the highland fling, and he shows the cutest film imitations. Good-bye. She\s gone! Now three of you can\t play auction. We\ll just stay here and let Willie entertain us other afternoon. He\s better than a play!
