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Chapter 4
"Eliza? Eliza Higgins?" I ask, speaking for the first time in Henry's
presence.
"Who is this?" Henry asks, nodding toward me. "The costume designer?"
Max and I laugh.
"You aren't the only one who has gotten married, Henry. This is
Geunevere, my wife."
"Ho! You too, eh?"
"Yes, charmed and hypnotized by the other sex."
Max says.
"Are you trying to imply something?" I say, pretending to be mad.
"Not at all dear." He says with a kiss.
"So you've heard of Eliza?" Henry asks me.
"Yes, I met her the other day at the doc--" I stop, remembering
that I haven't told Max
about the baby yet.
"The doctor??" Max questions. "Was something wrong? Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, worried.
I smile. "Oh, nothing is wrong darling. Unless you call being pregnant
with twins a problem."
Max just stands there for a moment in complete shock.
"You mean-I-we-you are going to have twins?" He stammers.
I laugh. "Why not?"
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Max asks
"I had no occasion to." I say, kissing him on the lips.
Henry has been standing beside us, chin in his hand, and thinking hard.
"Why the devil would Eliza have seen the doctor." He asked no
particular person.
Max and I share a knowing smile. Eliza obviously hasn't told Henry
about the doctor visit either.
***end flashback***
I snap out of my thinking when Max says, "I'll be right back. Wait
here." As he walks off toward the
stage.
The lights start to dim again, and I heard Max's voice.
"Ladies and Gentleman, I would like to present for our intermission,
the Von Trapp children singers!"
Everyone looks around, suprised.
The curtains go up, and the children start singing a German song.
"O wie wohl ist mir am Abend, mir am Abend,
wenn zur Ruh die Glocken läuten, Glocken läuten:
Bim, bam, bim, bam, bim, bam."
They start singing it over again, this time each one singing a
different part of the song at the
same time. They sound beautiful.
Louisa then goes to the mike and says, "We would now like to sing a
special song. It was written by
a father, for his son Danny, who was going off to war. Danny's seven
brothers had already gone to war, and all of them died.
He wrote this song for his last son, who would later join his brothers
in death."
Louisa sang alone first, with Briggita doing motions along with the
words, such as pretending to play a pipe while Lousia sang the first
line.
"Oh Danny Boy the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summers gone and all the roses falling
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide."
At this point the others joined in.
"But come yea back when summers in the meadow
Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow
And I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy I love you so
But when yea comes and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead as dead I may well be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an Ave there for me .
And I shall hear though soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me."
Louisa sang alone now. "Oh Danny boy, Oh Danny boy. I love you so."
For a moment, the audience was stunned with the beauty of the song.
There were many old ladies who had tears streaming down their face, and
even some men too, who had oviously had songs in the war who had
obviously had sons who died at war, and knew what the Irish man had
felt when he had written the song. Then, all at once, the whole theater
filled with appluase.
For more information about the song Danny Boy, go here: http://www.theoriginofdannyboy.com/index.asp
The reasons I chose Danny Boy and O Wie Wohl was because of two reasons. 1. The von Trapp children sing it on their cd. 2. I love the song Danny Boy, and O Wie Wohl is a German song. The reasons Briggita is doing choreogrophy with it, is because I myself made up moves for the whole song, so I thought it would be neat if Briggita did motions for it.
Please review!
Chapter 4
"Eliza? Eliza Higgins?" I ask, speaking for the first time in Henry's
presence.
"Who is this?" Henry asks, nodding toward me. "The costume designer?"
Max and I laugh.
"You aren't the only one who has gotten married, Henry. This is
Geunevere, my wife."
"Ho! You too, eh?"
"Yes, charmed and hypnotized by the other sex."
Max says.
"Are you trying to imply something?" I say, pretending to be mad.
"Not at all dear." He says with a kiss.
"So you've heard of Eliza?" Henry asks me.
"Yes, I met her the other day at the doc--" I stop, remembering
that I haven't told Max
about the baby yet.
"The doctor??" Max questions. "Was something wrong? Why didn't you tell me?" He asked, worried.
I smile. "Oh, nothing is wrong darling. Unless you call being pregnant
with twins a problem."
Max just stands there for a moment in complete shock.
"You mean-I-we-you are going to have twins?" He stammers.
I laugh. "Why not?"
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Max asks
"I had no occasion to." I say, kissing him on the lips.
Henry has been standing beside us, chin in his hand, and thinking hard.
"Why the devil would Eliza have seen the doctor." He asked no
particular person.
Max and I share a knowing smile. Eliza obviously hasn't told Henry
about the doctor visit either.
***end flashback***
I snap out of my thinking when Max says, "I'll be right back. Wait
here." As he walks off toward the
stage.
The lights start to dim again, and I heard Max's voice.
"Ladies and Gentleman, I would like to present for our intermission,
the Von Trapp children singers!"
Everyone looks around, suprised.
The curtains go up, and the children start singing a German song.
"O wie wohl ist mir am Abend, mir am Abend,
wenn zur Ruh die Glocken läuten, Glocken läuten:
Bim, bam, bim, bam, bim, bam."
They start singing it over again, this time each one singing a
different part of the song at the
same time. They sound beautiful.
Louisa then goes to the mike and says, "We would now like to sing a
special song. It was written by
a father, for his son Danny, who was going off to war. Danny's seven
brothers had already gone to war, and all of them died.
He wrote this song for his last son, who would later join his brothers
in death."
Louisa sang alone first, with Briggita doing motions along with the
words, such as pretending to play a pipe while Lousia sang the first
line.
"Oh Danny Boy the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
The summers gone and all the roses falling
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide."
At this point the others joined in.
"But come yea back when summers in the meadow
Or when the valleys hushed and white with snow
And I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy I love you so
But when yea comes and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead as dead I may well be
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an Ave there for me .
And I shall hear though soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer sweeter be
For you will bend and tell me that you love me
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me."
Louisa sang alone now. "Oh Danny boy, Oh Danny boy. I love you so."
For a moment, the audience was stunned with the beauty of the song.
There were many old ladies who had tears streaming down their face, and
even some men too, who had oviously had songs in the war who had
obviously had sons who died at war, and knew what the Irish man had
felt when he had written the song. Then, all at once, the whole theater
filled with appluase.
For more information about the song Danny Boy, go here: http://www.theoriginofdannyboy.com/index.asp
The reasons I chose Danny Boy and O Wie Wohl was because of two reasons. 1. The von Trapp children sing it on their cd. 2. I love the song Danny Boy, and O Wie Wohl is a German song. The reasons Briggita is doing choreogrophy with it, is because I myself made up moves for the whole song, so I thought it would be neat if Briggita did motions for it.
Please review!