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There was a Masked Troupe Disciple named Dou E, who trained diligently through the dog days of summer. Having finished his practice, with sweat pouring down like rain, he grew dizzy from the heat and lay down upon a stone to rest a while. Suddenly a great goose came pecking at him; though Dou E could ordinarily have bested it with ease, being overcome by the heat, he was defeated and fled. His master, witnessing this, ordered him to train eight additional hours as punishment. And so Dou E composed this drama to cry out his injustice.\n\n- Main Text -\n\n(First, the overture is played; the Scene-Setter announces the prologue.)\n\n(Actor in the leading male role enters as Dou E, and speaks) Injustice most foul!\n\n(Leading male sings) The blazing summer sun boils my sweat like broth, yet dare I not neglect my craft. Who could have known that lying dizzied upon a stone, I'd be bullied by a feather-brained beast! Were it any ordinary day, three strokes would see it beaten, but alas, the poison of the heat proved mightier than blade or spear...\n\n(Actor in the comedic villain role enters as the Goose, chasing him. The leading male runs and takes a comedic fall. The comedic villain stands on the rock, laughing and speaking:) Some Masked Troupe Disciple you are, unable even to best a mere Goose!\n\n(Actor in the supporting role as the Master shouts from offstage, speaking:) Dou E! Your skill is not yet refined enough. Rain eight more hours!\n\n(Leading male gets up, acting ashamed and furious)\n\n(Leading male sings) It is not that I cannot fight, it is only that the heat left my head dizzied and my limbs weak! Oh Heaven above, how could you make sport of this poor humble performer? Oh Earth below, how could you trample so upon the innocent?\n\n(Leading male speaks) I, Dou E, do here swear an oath...\n\n(Leading male sings) Unless this grievance of mine be redressed, let that great goose sweat through three years of summers till its white feathers are soaked through, and let snow fall in the sixth month besides. Only then shall my anger be appeased!\n\n(Leading male speaks) The title of this drama: The Goose's Grievance!\n\n(Exit)\n\n- A Comic Interlude -\n\n(Actor in the narrator role enters and speaks) And afterward? Why, that goose was ordered stewed in an iron pot by a guest, and has already been eaten. Indeed, as the saying goes: the unruly creature was stewed in an iron pot, and with a laugh, the grievance of the heatstroke was dissolved entirely.\n\n(All exit)