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Question 1

1. Howie Newsome: Giddap, Bessie! What’s the matter with you today?

Answer 1

Here comes Howie Newsome, delivering’ the milk.

Question 2

2. Mrs Gibbs: I’ll come and slap the both of you - that’s what I’ll do.

Answer 2

We’ve got a factory in our town, too - hear it? Makes blankets. Cartwrights own it and it brung ‘em a fortune.

Question 3

3. Stage Manager: Thank you ladies. Thank you very much.

Answer 3

Now we’re going to skip a few hours. But first we want a little more information about the town from our political and social report: Editor Webb. - Oh, Mr Webb?

Question 4

4. Mrs Webb; Charles! Everybody’s waitin’.

Answer 4

Mr Webb is Publisher and Editor of the Grover’s Corners Sentinel. That’s our local paper, y’know. Have you any comments, Mr Webb?

Question 5

5. Lady in a Box: So I thought. Thank you, Mr Webb.

Answer 5

Thank you, Mr Webb. (Mr Webb retires). Now, we’ll go back to the town. It’s early afternoon. All 2,642 have had their dinners and all the dishes have been washed.