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THE GAKI
Perhaps to shorten the way.
AOYAGI
He met her in a little glade.--Hai!
THE GAKI
What shall you do?
AOYAGI
I'll go my way. I'll return to Obaa-San.
THE GAKI
I'll guide you down the mountain side.--Come, we'll take the shorter way--the by-paths--across the stream--through the little glade--
AOYAGI (_She looks about once more at the scene of her happiness_)
Hai!
THE GAKI
Come!
AOYAGI
No, let us go down the path.--I want to see my footprints--side by side with his.
THE GAKI
Perhaps they're being crushed under the feet of the lady from Is.h.i.+yama!
[_Aoyagi starts a moment as though to fly along the path before the lady comes.--She sways slowly--and then falls in a pitiful little heap.--The Gaki takes her in his arms and, utterly triumphant, starts up the mountain-side._
We'll go up--up--sweet Aoyagi, to the snow peak--gleaming in the sun.--You'll find the mountain-top--not lost in the sky.--Your perfect faith!--Oh, you silly human--oh, futile love--climb, Aoyagi--climb without love.--But first we'll make footprints for the lover's eyes.--Blindness will lead him to the mists at Kyushu.--Jealousy will lead you to the lonely stars.
[_He holds Aoyagi so that her feet touch the ground--toward the downward path. Then with a wild laugh, he turns toward the mountain top. As the laughter dies, the voice of Riki is heard calling_
Aoyagi! Aoyagi!... Oi!
[_The laugh of The Gaki is heard once more very far away--as he ascends the mountain with his burden._
RIKI
Aoyagi!--Aoyagi!
[_Riki comes running in. Presently he sees the footprints._
Oi!--Aoyagi!
[_He runs down the path._
Aoyagi!--Aoyagi!
[_Far, very far away The Gaki's laugh is heard._
RIKI
Aoyagi!--Aoyagi!
[_Night has fallen slowly._
Aoyagi!--Aoyagi!
_The Curtains Close._
ACT III
_Before the House of Obaa-San_
[_It is moonlight. As the curtain opens, Obaa-San is heard singing the lullaby; from the distance the voice of Riki calls._
RIKI
Aoyagi!--Aoyagi!--Aoyagi!--Aoyagi! Oi!
[_Obaa-San appears in the doorway._
Aoyagi!
OBAA-SAN (_She goes toward the voice_)
Oi!
[_Riki enters._
RIKI
Obaa-San! Where is Aoyagi?
OBAA-SAN
