In the Stewarts' house on Sunday night. Richard, Marilyn, Susan, and Harry, have just come home from their camping trip.
Marilyn:	[She enters the house.] I'm so glad everyone is asleep. I thought Max would be crying, and everybody would be awake.
Richard:	What did I tell you? Nothing to worry about.
Susan:	I'm sure everything is fine. My mother knows all there is to know about taking care of babies, I assure you.
Harry:	Let's put some of this stuff away and then take off. We've got a forty-minute drive into the city. [He goes into the kitchen.]
Ellen:	[She enters the kitchen in her night clothes.] Welcome home—and I do mean welcome home. [She hugs Marilyn and Susan.]
Richard:	Something wrong?
Ellen:	Oh, nothing's wrong, Richard. Believe me, Max is fine. But his teeth hurt, and he just can't get to sleep, poor dear. [She sits at the kitchen table.]
Susan:	Neither can you.
Marilyn:	Oh, I feel so bad.
Ellen:	Oh, I'm fine. How was your weekend?
Harry:	We had a great time, Mom.
Richard:	It was wonderful. The weather couldn't have been better.
Ellen:	It was nice here, too.
Marilyn:	Did you get a chance to get outside at all?
Ellen:	Oh, yes. Grandpa helped me yesterday afternoon. I went to the supermarket to get a few things, and I stayed out an extra half hour. The village was filled with people—the weather was so nice.
Richard:	Harry's a professional camper, Mom. He knows all there is to know, and he made the weekend very easy for us to enjoy.
Harry:	Come on. You all helped.
Susan:	You were wonderful, Harry. [They applaud him.]
Marilyn:	Why don't you go to your room, Mom, and get some sleep.
Ellen:	Oh, I'm fine. Tell me more about your weekend. Did you do anything special?
Susan:	Lots of special country things. We picked flowers.
Marilyn:	And we brought some home for you. [She gives some flowers to Ellen.] It was so nice to be out in the country.
Ellen:	[She smells the flowers.] They smell wonderful.
Marilyn:	Everything smelled so special. It would have been great if we had been able to bottle the smells.
Harry:	It would be a great business if you could do that. [The baby starts to cry upstairs.]
Ellen:	Oh!
Marilyn:	Uh, we're home now, Ellen. We'll take care of it.
Richard:	I'll take care of it. [He holds up the cassette player.] Let's see if it works.
Ellen:	What's that?
Richard:	A little special country music. [He goes upstairs.]
Susan:	I think we'd better head home. it's getting late, and we have a bit of a drive.
Harry:	Well, all your things are inside. There's your sleeping bag.
Marilyn:	Oh, thanks, Harry. [She kisses him and Susan goodbye.]
Harry:	Say goodbye to Richard. We'll call you all tomorrow night.
Marilyn:	Goodbye.
Susan:	Bye, Mom.
Ellen:	Bye-bye.
Marilyn:	Bye.
Ellen:	I'm so tired I think I'm overtired. I don't know if I can get to sleep. [Max stops crying.]
Ellen:	Max has stopped crying.
Marilyn:	Yes. It works!
Richard:	[He enters.] It works!
Ellen:	What works?
Richard:	This. [He turns on the cassette player and plays the tape of the sounds of the country.]
Ellen:	Oh. Oh, where did you get that? It sounds so nice. [She begins to fall asleep at the kitchen table.] I think I'm falling asleep.
Richard:	Like Max did. [Ellen leaves and takes the cassette player with her.]
Richard:	Good night.
Marilyn:	Good night. [to Richard] Sounds of the country. The soothing sounds of the country. [They hug.]