Sarah Binks, A Musical Tribute - Library2

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YOUNG SARAH:
O DAD, SUCH MAN ALONG THE STREET,
WITH GLOWING ORBS AND CRISS-CROSS FEET,
WHO BREATHES A GREAT HILARITY,
(CRISSCROSSERS ARE A RARITY),
HAS FOUND IN THAT CEREBRAL BALL
THE FINAL MEANING OF IT ALL.
HIEBERT:
MY GIRL, SUCH MAN WITH MIND ALOOF,
IS WORTH TEN OTHERS ON THE HOOF,
AND HE WHO WALKS WITH CRISS-CROSS GAIT
CAN READ THE COSMOS LIKE A SLATE;
JACOB, YOUNG SARAH & HIEBERT: GO MARK HIM WELL
WITH HUMBLE HEART.
CRISSCROSSERS ARE A THING APART.
GO MARK HIM WELL WITH HUMBLE HEART.
CRISSCROSSERS ARE A THING APART!
CRISSCROSSERS ARE A THING APART!
HIEBERT: Rarely has prairie wisdom reached such heights. "To read the
cosmos like a slate"! Jacob Binks had been a crisscrosser on more than one
occasion. On election night, indeed after any political forum, he practised the
crisscross on his way home from town. Ole, inspired by his example, engaged in
many attempts to achieve the "cosmic mind," but never succeeded.
SARAH:
Ole's strength wasn't really what you'd call mental.
(LIGHTS UP ON OLE, LUMBERING TO HIS FEET.)
HIEBERT: No. No. But to Ole the hired man, cheerful hard-working Ole, big of
heart and big of feet, must surely go the honour of being the seminal influence
on young Sarah's early work. Ole's family name is not known, or was soon
forgotten. He was a big man, with hands that swung at his sides like slabs of
teak. He had shoulders of gnarled oak.
SARAH:
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And a head to match.
“THE HIRED MAN ON SATURDAY NIGHT”
(FIRST STING)
HIEBERT: Ole was noted for his strength, and could toss Sarah's bosom
friend, Mathilda Schwantzhacker, from the ground to the hayloft with great ease,
even though she was eighteen and already ample for her age.
(SECOND STING)