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WOMAN: And they spent all those evenings making a huge trawling net, beautifully designed – floats
and everything.
MAN: They must have increased their catch twenty times over with that net.
WOMAN: The Masons increased their productivity in just the same way.
MAN: So have the Farmers and the Shepherds.
WOMAN: I know all about the Shepherds, thank you very much.
MAN: You do go on about the Shepherds, dear.
WOMAN: Yes, and with reason. There they are, look… at it again!
MAN: No, not again.
WOMAN: This week all they’ve put in the barn is one mangy lamb, and what have they taken out of the
common food, you may ask
MAN: It does look a bit suspect…
WOMAN: Would you believe it
MAN: And they’ve got three times as many sheep as the Cowherds have cattle.
WOMAN: I know.
MAN: Mrs. Cowherd knows what they’re up to. They’re cheating and salting away all her beef for a
rainy day.
WOMAN: Mind you, Mrs. Cowherd doesn’t have much right to complain. She walked off with all the
best raspberries last week.
MAN: We’ve got to face facts, you know. This idea of a common pool hasn’t worked out as well as you
thought it would.
WOMAN: Yes, and we’re not the only ones who think so.
MAN VILLAGER: This business of sharing doesn’t work. It’s not fair. By the time our family gets to
the barn the best stuff is gone. The share out is far from equal.
WOMAN VILLAGER: And it’s not only that. Look what’s happening now. Just because of the glut in
vegetables that nobody wants we have to throw away all those turnips – after all that work, too.
ANOTHER MAN: And don’t forget that terrible row over the raspberries. Disgraceful behavior!
MAN: After that, Mr. Mason thought we should put him in charge of everything.
WOMAN: Oh that man makes me so mad! Look at him showing off!
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