The Icelandic connection - 01.06.2010, Page 13

Vol. 63 # I
ICELANDIC CONNECTION
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suddenly...
Ye-ah! And then we’d pretend ‘n play boat when we got
home again...
Soaking wet! And then we’d pretend in the big easy chair ‘n
you’d sit up on the high back and be the captain...
‘Cause I always said I’d never heard of a lady captain, eh?
And you’d make the sound of the motor ‘n I’d sit on the arm
and make the wind and ‘specially the spray ... Oh! - how
we’d love to feel the spray on our faces and arms. That was
always the best part!
(chuckling) But 1 didn’t exactly appreciate you spittin’ on me
when you were pretendin’... Come now, finish your coffee.
(taking down her braids and starting to untie them) You know,
it was so thoughtful of Stefan and Sigga to drive out and bring
us a vlnarterta.
W-e-11 - they’ve being doin’ it for years!
1 know - but it was still sweet of them to drop by for a visit.
And they know how much we love to sing Hvab er svo
glatt...
(singing softly) Hvab er svo glatt sem gobra vina fundur
er glebinskin a vonarhyrri bra? Eins og...
(getting up from table) Here - take my hand and we’ll go up
to bed now.
(shuffling along together) They never seem to mind the drive
from town, do they? Of course, it’s not very far, thank
goodness.
Let’s sleep in tomorrow a little bit, eh...?
Ingi and Borga exit kitchen. Their conversation is heard
offstage.
(yawning) It’ll only take me a few minutes to brush my hair
and get dressed for bed - up- up- up!
Whew! It’s so warm up here, Borga. I think we’ll have to
leave the window open a little bit - don’t ya think?
M-m, it’s not raining too hard yet - but I’m not sure if ...
No worries! Goba nott, elskan - good night and sleep tight.
And don’t let the bedbugs bite! Thank you for a lovely day,
Ingi minn. Goba nott - sofbu rott.
SCENE II
As the scene opens offstage, there is the sound of heavy wind and rain. The storm has
accelerated and awakens Ingi. He gets out of bed to close the window which faces the back