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WOMAN: And we even managed to put something by for a rainy day.
MAN: And…
WOMAN: Yes
MAN: …it’s your turn to fetch the firewood. Ha, ha!
WOMAN: Oh. I wouldn’t mind if he did something useful while I did the hard stuff, but all he does is
make toys for the children. Hoops, indeed!
OH, Oh. Six trips to the forest that lot took me! Well, it’s his turn now. And what use has a hoop been to
anybody
MAN: Hoops. Come on, kids. Hoops. Hoops, hoops – ha, ho, ho – hoops. Ho-o-ops, ho-o-ops, hey,
hey, hoops. Look at this. Wheels.
WOMAN: Hmmm. My pile took me six trips to the forest.
MAN: And mine took one.
WOMAN: Hmmm….um-hum. Hmm Yes. I’ll show him. Yes. Yes!
MAN: Well; I’ll be blowed - another revolutionary idea!
Unh, urgh, urgn, oh. It’s all very well for you. All you have to do to earn your keep is to turn grass into
milk. How would you like to push a plow, eh Look at me while I’m talking to you. Well, how would
you like to push a plow, or even pull a plow Hey, kids, over here! Good girl. Walk up
WOMAN: Oh, you’ve got to hand it to him. First he invents the wheel; then he gets the animal to do the
work for him. What next Hey, what about the really important jobs, like grinding corn that makes the
bread, that gives him the energy to make more toys for the children Oh. Hmm, yes, what next indeed.
MAN: Oh, oh. I think she’s thinking again.
WOMAN: Yet another machine.
MAN: And yet more surplus.
WOMAN: In fact, we only had one reason to invent anything. We wanted to cut down the effort we
need to do a job. Then we’d have more energy to spare to make more surplus.
MAN: More time, too!
WOMAN: Hey, then we could even take time off – have a holiday!
MAN: That’s why we invented machines. After all, they are nothing more than devices which make the
energy from our muscles more effective, therefore more productive. Every machine, no matter how
complicated it looks, is made up of very basic parts; for example, a wheel, an axle, a lever, bits of wood
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