A Play: Buying Medicine By Liu Qinglin Characters: X ------ Xiao Fei S ------- Shopkeeper D- ---- Doctor Li O- -----Others ( O1, O2 O3 -----) Ws ------ Wounded soldiers ( W1, W2,W3 -----) H -----He zhenwu, a Japanese spy W- ---- Woman J ------ Japanese Scene1 ( At an old temple lie some wounded soldiers. D is examining their wounds.) D: Good evening, everyone. Ws: ( Together) Good evening, Dr Li. D: Hello, let me examine you. W1: I’m all right. There’s no need to do so. ( W1 is about to fall down.) D: (Helps him up) Your leg discloses you! Let me have a look. Ah, it’s going worse. Let me put some medicine on you. W1: No, it isn’t necessary. There is little medicine left. Go to look after that young man. He has a high fever. He seems fainted. D: ( Takes W2’s temperature. ) So he has! He needs an injection but we have none. Feed him these last three pills with warm water. What else can I do? There’s no medicine left. W3: Don’t worry, Doctor. I am young and strong. I am all tight now. I’ll go and buy some medicine. D: No, you are not all right. Your leg will bleed when you move. Lie down and have a good rest. W4: So you can let me go . I can run very fast. The enemy cannot catch me. ( Just then, Xiao Fei comes in.) X: Be quiet everybody. You must have a good rest. This is order, you know. |