Florida Blood For Money

The little beast. monologue spoken by Mme.Reichenberg

That long, long, long

When I was a little girl ...

- (My God that the time flies!

tomorrow I'll have my twenty-eight years!)

soon as I saw my grandmother

My good grandmother, soft-eyed,

I bounced on his knee,

I kissed her head so dear

And without taking the bottom of his bag

The candy ready :

- "Let me see! The little beast

Who is ticking, tick-tock, tick-tock "

During his chest gently

She pulled his gold watch,

A gem that I can still see

With its fine carving,

Its a blue enamel always pure

Despite the wear years

His white beads aligned

current on the box of blue;

His good shape dial honest

Where will store hours

Around the name a watchmaker

famous as Marie Antoinette.

me, I hastened to seize

In the rare two-handed marvel;

Me applied it to my ear

While blushing with pleasure.

And then quietly as an angel,

listened curiously

The clear and nimble movement

From small strange beasts ...

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