Chapter 63
In the NurseryFATHER, and mother, and brothers, and sisters, were gone
to the play; only little Anna and her grandpapa were left at
home.
"We'll have a play too," he said, "and it may begin
immediately."
"But we have no theatre," cried little Anna, "and we have
no one to act for us; my old doll cannot, for she is a fright, and
my new one cannot, for she must not rumple her new
clothes."
"One can always get actors if one makes use of what one
has," observed grandpapa.
"Now we'll go into the theatre. Here we will put up a
book, there another, and there a third, in a sloping row. Now three
on the other side; so, now we have the side scenes. The old box
that lies yonder may be the back stairs; and we'll lay the flooring
on top of it. The stage represents a room, as e
