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- A: Me, either.
- C: Same here.
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D: (He looks ready to cry.) Unfortunately, there is a smell on me.
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A, B, & C: (They are very surprised?) What kind of smell is it?
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D: (He halters but speaks in a low, timorous voice.) The smell is like salted sardine.
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A, B, & C: (Pointing at D.) This is a disaster. Because of you, we're all going to die!
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D: (He cries out in desperation.) My god, how could I be a sardine!
(The warning bell is sounded and the red light flashes. E is the first one to climb into her box, A, B, C, and D become pale and tremble, but soon they climb into their boxes and barrels. After some time, the bell and light stop. E is the first one to climb out, flips her hands and stops. A, B, and c climb out. They stare at D'S barrel. D does not climb out.)
- A: I'm sure he has been taken away by the others.
- B: I agree with your opinion.
- C: Since the one who smelled has been taken away, don't you think we are safe now?
- A: You're right. There is nothing for us to worry about.
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B: (His face becomes rosy and happy.) I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that now we don't have to worry about our death. We won't have to hear that exhausting sound of the warning bell ever again.
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A: (Looking happy.) Pretty soon maybe we'll hear a splashing sound. Since he was a sardine, it's only natural that he goes back to the sea. There is no need for us to pity the one who was not even a human being but a fish.
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E: (She looks at them without a word.)
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D: (Suddenly he opens the lid of his barrel, climbs out, and speaks in excitement.) Gentlemen, I am not a salted sardine! Although I do smell like one. (He happily jumps around.) The