The Zoo Story/The Sandbox [antikvár]

THE ZOO STORYThe SceneJt is Central Park, a Sunday afternoon in summer, the present. Jhere are two park benches. Behind tbem: foliage, trees, sky. At the beginning Peter is seated on one of the benches.Stage Directions As the curtain rises, Peter is seated on the d. S. bench. He is reading a book. Tie stops reading, cleans his glasses, goes back to reading. Jerry enters.JERRY. (Enters u. r., crosses l. to u. s. of l. bench, then D. l. to l. of d. s. bench.) I've been to the zoo. (Peter doesn't notice.) I said, I've been to the zoo. MISTER, I'VE BEEN TO THE ZOO! PETER. Hm? . . . What? I'm sorry, were you talking to me?JERRY. I went to the zoo, and then I walked mitil I came here. Have I been walking north?PETER. (Puzzled.) North? Why I I think so. Let mesee.JERRY. (Pointing past the audience.) Is that Fifth Avenue? PETER.Why, yes; yes, it is.JERRY. And what is that cross street there; that one, to the right? PETER. That? Oh, that's Seventy-Fourth Street. JERRY. And the zoo is around Sixty-Fifth Street; so, I've been walking north.PETER. (Anxious to get back to his reading.) Yes; it would seem so.JERRY. Good old north.PETER. (Oghtly, by reflex.) Ha, ha.JERRY. (After a slight pause.) But not due north.5