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 SIMAH And I hate you!

(She runs away. Asher stands perplexed. The old ones return. Asher hides behind a tree.)

EZRA Ha, ha, ha! Do you know the trick she once played me? Got angry with me for a whole week. I never knew why or when.

NACHOMAH Why don’t you tell him why?

FAIGEN It only happened once?

EZRA But for a whole week! She wouldn’t eat. Ha, ha, ha! She wouldn’t come to me in my room—slept in her clothes for a whole week!

(They ail laugh happily.)

FAIGEN And did you make up?

EZRA

Come home for the Sabbath—the house is dark. Pitch dark! I had touched her honor! She wanted a new dress, so I said—just so— “Why do you need a new dress? It’s after the wedding.” Ha, ha, ha! Just spoke that way. “Why you have a baby already.” Ha, ha, ha! So she gets angry—but for a whole week!

NAcHOMAH (laughing happily) When one is young, one is foolish. I thought