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 &ensp;(bends her head down to the old woman) I don’t know. I once had little threads in my ears.

&ensp;(feeling her ears) Yes, they were pierced once, but—grown together again. M’m—they’ll have to be pierced all over again.

&ensp;(timidly) Will it hurt?

Of course, it’ll hurt. But when one wants to wear ear-rings…

I’ll get you a needle and thread.

It’ll hurt. It may hurt much.

I won’t care.

Have you a fine needle?

Yes, a very thin needle…Will it hurt much?

If you’re lively, it won’t hurt.

Then I’ll be lively. A white or a black thread?

Nu, of course, a white thread. Don’t make a knot, not necessary. But I’ll have to find my spectacles—without spectacles…&emsp;(She hunts in the sack.)&emsp;Shah! Here they are!&emsp;(She dons a