The Miracle Worker! (Story)

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The Miracle Worker
Part 1

Inside, three adults in the bedroom are grouped around a crib,
in the lamplight. They have been through a long vigil, and
it shows in their tired bearing and disarranged clothing. One
is a young gentlewomen with a sweet girlish face,Kate Keller;
the second is an elderly doctor, stethoscope at neck,thermometer
in fingers; the third is a hearty gentleman in his forties with chin
whiskers,captain arther keller.

Doctor: She'll Live
Kate: Thank God

(The doctor leaves them together over the crib, packs bag.)

Doctor: You're a pair of lucky parents. I can tell you now,
I thought she wouldnt
Keller: Nonsense, the childs a keller, she has the con-
stitution of a goat.She'll outlive us all
Doctor: Yes, especially if some of you kellers dont get
a nights sleep. I mean you,Mrs Keller.
Keller: You hear, Katie?
Kate: I hear.
Keller: I've brought up two of them, but this is my wife's
first, sheisn't battle-scarred yet.
Kate: Doctor, dont be merely considerate, will my girl
be alright?
Doctor:Oh, by morning she'll be knocked down captain
kellers fences again.
Kate: And aint there something we should do?
Keller: Put up strounger fencing, Ha?