Crogiolo Atto Terzo~Gennaio 26

ACT III

Setting is in the forest the following break of dawn.  Tituba, Mary, Mercy, Ruth, and Abigail are there.  Tituba is chanting in Barbados around a fire.  Mercy and Ruth are dancing naked.  Abigail holds up a new poppet that Mary made.

Abigail: How could you lose the poppet on the way to the Proctors'?  You're such a dunce.

Mary: It was dusk and something chased me and I dropped it in the grass and couldn't go back.  What       happened to you plan of stabbing the needle?

Abigail: I dropped my needle and couldn't find it.

In the background Tituba chants to Mercy and Ruth to drink chicken blood.

Abigail: You won't screw up this time or I'll have your head smashed.

Mary: I can't not--

Abigail: Shut up and take this poppet!  Or...Let's make this poppet Elizabeth.  Make another John poppet and John poppet cater to the Elizabeth one.  For now.

Ruth: To Tituba: Give me chicken blood and say your stupid Barbados.  I want me brothers and sisters back!

Tituba: Me need poppets for to make baby come backs.  Here chicken blood.  Drank!

A movement is in the soup as a tiger salamander slides in.  The salamander had just come from a mold patch of ergot.  Ruth takes a sip.  Nothing happens for awhile.  After an hour, nausea and sweating, which progress to vomiting, violent convulsions, paralysis, and a coma.  The other girls watched this whole time, until now.  They all fled.  The scene switches to the Proctors' home the same morning.

John: Exiting his bedroom to find Elizabeth cooking: What are you doing up so early?

Elizabeth:  Just making my good husband some oatmeal cereal and pancakes.  Is that alright with you?

John: Of course, of course. How did I not hear you get up?

Elizabeth: Silly man, you slept deep after our talk last night.

John: Oh yeah, so what conclusion you come to after last night?

Elizabeth: I apologize for acting like that.  You are right John, it was a long time ago and you have been good and well since.  And everyone makes mistakes.  It's really no problem now.

John: Oh that's unexpected, but nice.

 The scene switches to the fleeing girls a few hours later, in the afternoon.  After they fled a good few miles away, they stopped to rest.  In the commotion, nobody was able to salvage any food.  In the quest for food, Mercy and Tituba find some harmless berries, which the group gorges.

Abigail: So Mary, how is our little miss Elizabeth treating her husband?

Mary: Oh perfect, this time we have been running, I told her what to say to John and the dolls are changing good like.

Abigail: Good.

Tituba: Who that comes over hill for we?  It has them clothes of Ruth me believe.

Abigail: Oh *1600s expletive*!  It is.  And she has a funny limp and her arms are a'reaching.  Does anyone else see this?  What's the meaning of this?

Mercy: We stay or run?  She never a fast runner to me knowledge.

Abigail: We um--.  I think we should--.

At this point the scene returns to John Proctor's home.  A thunderous knocking has come from the big oak doors.  John gets up from his dinner to open the door.

John: Mr. Hale.  God why has he come back?  To look for more poppets I suppose?  He opens the door.  Mr. Hale please come in.  How can we help you?

Hale: Mr. Proctor.  Goody Proctor.  After seeing the godly woman Rebecca Nurse charged, I am leaving.  Not to be Mr. Pontius Pilate, but this town is too witchy even for me.  I wash my hands of this.

Servo Diario Di Ingresso~Gennaio 19

The following is a recorded interview converted to English text due to the fact that Tituba does not have the capability of writing in the English language.  Attempts have been made to capture mispronunciations and incorrect words to reflect a Barbados dialect.

I Tituba.  This me journal.  E'ryone blamed e'ryone so I say chicken blood Abigail n Betty eat.  They begs.  Them wants chicken blood.  Them said make we a stew rid we of Goody Proctor.  So I done.  Them attacking me n say I witch.  Me no witch, but I says what all they wants.  I have story that Devil come to me n say work fors me.  Me no have contract with Devil, so I saying no.  Devil tell me kill Parris and have you free leave to Barbados.  I sayn to Hale no.  But Devil haves many servant, like white.  Them dumb.  But when confessed to Hale, no hanging.  No want me to die, so I say what them wanting.  Yes Devil come to me.  Yes.  No I not some witch.  Parris before right now good man.  But now he in ninnyhammer.  Dumb hexed ninnyhammer.  Before he say do this do that n I do and he give me foods and house and I happy.  Now this witchtalk.  All blame all.  I only dance and chant in Barbados n these child dancing and had fun.  Why me blame?  They all say me to they want potion and voodoo.  No do voodoo, but I say yes voodoo.  Bye-bye Goody Proctor.  Now Abigail lied to they.  She a liar.  They believes.  Voodoo only for making drug people zombies.  Not for killing living.  Us servant no live good in Salem.  We not liked.  Betty in these bed looking sickling.  E'ryone mad.  E'ryone pointed finger.  No want fingers at me points.  Need to leaves.  Nutty people done dumb stuff.  No I want be here while bad happened.  Want to go to home Barbados.  This all.