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MR. DUMPLING

Tiny jar remained.
A wee and tiny jar that was kept in a special perch.

MRS. DUMPLING

High atop the Grandfather Clock

MR. DUMPLING

Where it used to pitch and lurch.

VALERIE

And it started to pitch and lurch... yes, it did!

MRS. DUMPLING

Yes, it started to pitch and lurch.

MR. DUMPLING

Did it?

MRS. DUMPLING

Yes, it did, Daddy.

VALERIE

And it pitched and lurched and pitched and lurched and the land was all in doubt.

JOSEF

There were doubters.

VALERIE

Till the land was full of doubt.

JOSEF

They didn't know what to do, you see.

VALERIE

And the land was full of doubt.

JOSEF

But then there was music!

MRS. DUMPLING

Very good, Josef

VALERIE

Nice one, Josef

JOSEF

Music, Music, Music!

MR. DUMPLING

Yes, there was music.

JOSEF

The most beautiful music you could ever imagine.

MR. DUMPLING

It was beyond imagination.

JOSEF

A music so beautiful that it brought tears to your eyes.

MR. DUMPLING

It brought tears to their eyes and...

JOSEF

And... And it brought tears to their eyes and

MR. DUMPLING

It brought tears to their eyes and

JOSEF

It was so beautiful that it brought tears to all their eyes.