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1. 
   tal Student
   Graduate School

   I'm not sure exactly which lines you mean, but here is lines 6-16:

   Here comes my messenger.--What's up, mad spirit?
   What's going on now about this haunted grove?

   PUCK:
   My mistress is in love with a monster.
   Near to her close and consecrated private place,
   While she was sleeping,
   A crew of actors, rude mechanicals,
   That work for bread near Athenian shops,
   Were met together to rehearse a play
   Intended for great Theseus' wedding day.
   The stupidest man of these dim country-folk
   Who acted Pyramus in their rehearsal,
   Exited from his scene and entered in a bunch of bushes,
   When I took advantage of him
   And I fixed donkey's head on his head.

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   Posted by tal on Friday January 26, 2007 at 2:18 PM
   
   

2. 
   brendawm Teacher
   High School - 9th Grade

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   This is the entire speech translated:

   My mistress Titania is in love with a monster. While she was sleeping in her bed of flowers, a group of bumbling idiots, rough workmen from Athens, got together nearby to rehearse some play they plan to perform on Theseus's wedding day. The stupidest one, who played Pyramus in their play, finished his scene and went to sit in the bushes to wait for his next cue. I took that opportunity to stick a donkey's head on him. When it was time for him to go back onstage and talk to his Thisbe, he came out of the bushes and everyone saw him. His friends ran away as fast as ducks scatter when they hear a hunter's gunshot. One of them was so frightened when he heard my footsteps that he yelled, “Murder!” and called for help from Athens. They were all so afraid that they completely lost their common sense. They started to become scared of inanimate objects, terrified by the thorns and briars that catch at their clothing and pull off their sleeves and hats. I led them on in this frightened, distracted state, and left sweet  Pyramus there, transformed into someone with a donkey's head. At that exact moment, Titania woke up and immediately fell in love with him, an ass.

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   Posted by brendawm on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 9:55 AM
   
   

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   revolution Teacher
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   ROBIN My mistress Titania is in love with a monster. While she was sleeping in her bed of flowers, a group of bumbling idiots, rough workmen from Athens, got together nearby to rehearse some play they plan to perform on Theseus's wedding day. The stupidest one, who played Pyramus in their play, finished his scene and went to sit in the bushes to wait for his next cue. I took that opportunity to stick a donkey's head on him. When it was time for him to go back onstage and talk to his Thisbe, he came out of the bushes and everyone saw him. His friends ran away as fast as ducks scatter when they hear a hunter's gunshot. One of them was so frightened when he heard my footsteps that he yelled, “Murder!” and called for help from Athens. They were all so afraid that they completely lost their common sense. They started to become scared of inanimate objects, terrified by the thorns and briars that catch at their clothing and pull off their sleeves and hats. I led them on in this frightened, distracted state, and left sweet

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   Posted by revolution on Monday July 20, 2009 at 5:43 AM