| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| Title | Little Nemo |
| Author | Winsor McCay |
| Date Published | 1911-04-09 - Saturday |
| Characters | Flip, Impie, Nemo |
| Contents | Airships_(67), Cityscapes_(27), Costumes_(12), Crowds_(25), Owls_(23), Post_offices_(3) |
| Transcript |
[[Impie, Nemo, Flip and Owl looking across Lake Michigan at the Chicago skyline]] Nemo: This is the lake front of the great city of Chicago! This is Lake Michigan we are passing over. Chicago was built on a prairie. Flip: I heard the whole city burned down once and built up again quicker than it burned. Owl: It has a water front that stretches along for forty miles. Think of it! And rivers all through it. [[Airship flying over city]] {{We don't see the characters, so it is not quite clear who is speaking}} (Nemo): Whether to land on the south side, north side or west side, I cannot make up my mind. (Flip?): Why not land on the east side and visit the poor kids in the tenement district, Nemo? (Nemo): They have no tenement house district nor poor kids in Chicago. The east side is Lake Michigan, if there is such a side. (Flip): Then let's go to the center of the city and take a look around. We'll find a place to land some'rs. (Nemo): No wonder they call Chicago the birth place of sky scrapers. Let's get dressed up and ready! (Flip): Yes! I'm going to rig myself out in swell style. This is some city and I'm goin' to have some fun! [[Inside the airship. Flip is dressed as a cowboy. Owl has no clothes as usual, Nemo is dressed as Napoleon. Impie is wearing an Indian headdress and holding a tomahawk.]] Flip: How do I look? How do I loom up? Am I wild and woolly looking? Owl: You surely do look wild, but what is the occasion? You've made a mistake! Nemo: Go take that outfit off, Flip! You are like everyone who has never been to Chicago! You think you are out among Indians! Wait till we are really out west! [[Lower decks of the airship]] Nemo: Land here on top of the post office, Captain, till we find out just what we'll do! Flip: This is the home of the Cubs! Um, I'd like to see 'em practising. Wow! What a big city! Owl: (flying) I'll skirmish around and find a landing place. [[Airship is on top of the post office building. The building is surrounded by people.]] (Nemo?): We will have to wait until next week to see the sights! We'll map out a programme before we start! Someone on roof: Hey! Kids! We will meet you next week in either Lincoln, Washington, Jackson, Garfield, Douglass or Humboldt Park. People in crowd: He's on top of the post office! People in crowd: Come down here! People in crowd: Look! There's Flip! Look! [[Nemo in his bed at home]] Nemo: Oh! I'm in bed! I thought I was on top of a big building! |