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The Journey to the East Indies, or Searching for Kasper. (♪) Scene 1: Kasper and Gentleman. Kasper: Hello! Everybody there? Working makes life pleasant. Lazy people just get fat, but doing nothing is the best of all. Gentleman: Would you like to be my servant, Kasper? Kasper: Of course, if you give me tips and pocket money. Gentleman: Come along then, we’re going on a journey to the East Indies.

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(♪) Scene 2: Kasper and Mariken. Mariken: Where are you off to, Kasper? Kasper: I’m off to the East Indies. That’s a wonderful place, where pancakes grow all over the streets, they say. Mariken: When are you coming back? Kasper: In time for lunch, and I’ll cook dumplings and celery.

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(♪) Scene 3: Gentleman and Grandmother. Gentleman: Is Kasper trustworthy and honest? Grandmother: Of course, you can trust Kasper. His mother is a night watchman and his father a washerwoman. No, no, his father is a washerwoman and his mother a night watchman. Oh, no, no...

(♪) Scene 4: The Devil and Grandmother. Devil: Where is Kasper? Grandmother: Kasper has gone on a journey to the East Indies.

(♪) Scene 5: Mariken and Grandmother. Grandmother: The Devil has been asking for Kasper. Mariken: I must hurry off to the East Indies and tell him.

(♪) Scene 6: Gentleman and the Turk. Gentleman: Oh dear, oh dear, I’ve lost my ship. Turk: Was it a very tiny ship? Gentleman: It was a three-masted sailing ship from Liverpool. Turk: You mean you can’t find such a big ship. You couldn’t have looked properly, could you?

(♪) Scene 7: Gentleman and Crocodile. Crocodile: I am the big East India Crocodile. Gentleman: Mercy me! A crocodile! Help! [Let me out of here!]

(♪) Scene 8: The Crocodile and the Sultan. Crocodile: At five o’clock tomorrow morning I would like to have your Daughter Suleika for my breakfast. Sultan: Oh, no! What shall we do!

(♪) Scene 9: The Sultan and the Turk.Turk: A guest has arrived. Sultan: Show him in.

(♪) Scene 10: Kasper and the Sultan. Sultan: If you will catch the crocodile you shall have my daughter Suleika as your wife. Kasper: I wonder if Mariken will agree. Sultan: If you already have a wife I had better think the matter over. Kasper: Yes, it’s better to think it over.

(♪) Scene 11: The Devil and the Turk. Devil: Where’s Kasper? Turk: There! He is sitting in the plum tree picking the apples.

(♪) Scene 12: Mariken and the Turk. Mariken: Where on earth is Kasper? Do you know where I can find a man with a colored cap? Turk: Have you lost him? The Devil was asking about him just now.

(♪) Scene 13: Kasper and the Devil. Devil: I’ve come to fetch you. Kasper: What! Who! You have come to fetch me? It’s my birthday today, so you won’t catch me! Devil: Come quickly. Kasper: What are we going to have? Chocolate, cake, a lollypop? Just a minute, I’ll go and change.

(♪) Scene 14: The Crocodile and the Devil. Crocodile: Kasper sent me here. He said I could find something good to eat. Devil: The green crocodile! I must escape. He will kill me.

(♪) Scene 15: Mariken and the Crocodile. Crocodile: Here comes Mariken. I’m in luck! Mariken: I’m not afraid of you. What shall I give you?

(♪) Scene 16: Grandmother and Sultan. Grandmother: Oh, Sultan of India, I can’t find Mariken. Sultan: Brave Mariken chased away the crocodile from whom even the Devil fled. That’s why Turk and Kasper were saved. It was such a noble deed.

(♪) Scene 17: Kasper and Mariken. Kasper: Who ever goes on a journey should be very proud and clever, for in a short time he learns more than ever. Mariken: Come, hurry home, the dumplings are ready. (♪)

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