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 SIMAH I was looking all over for you. I know how you love raspberries.

EZRA (teasingly)

Ha, ha, ha! I’ve eaten them nearly all up and left nothing for you.

NACHOMAH (putting @ raspberry into Simah’s mouth)

Here—you little mischief, you.

EzRA (to Nachomah)

And then you say I spoil her! (He steals some berries into her mouth.)

NACHOMAH And I say so still.

SIMAH Why am I bad, tell me. I want with all my heart to please you. I know myself I have to look after you both. Your daughter told me that I must look after you, but I know that even better than she does.

EZRA Of course, of course, my daughter wants you to look after us.

NACHOMAH I have nothing against you. I love you as if you were my own child.

SIMAH I know that you wouldn’t send me away.

NACHOMAH God forbid, who even thinks of such a thing!

EZRA But a naughty girl you are, anyway! Why have