SCENE: THE COLORFUL HELSING HOME. GUSTAV IS RUMMAGING THROUGH BOOKSHELVES AND CHESTS, LOOKING FOR SOME PAPERS HE HAS MISPLACED. HE PLACES A CHAIR IN FRONT OF THE WRITING DESK AND AWKWARDLY CLIMBS UP IT TO LOOK AROUND THE STUFF (INTERESTING STUFF, LIKE A TWO-FOOT WAX STATUE OF A CHINESE DRAGON, A HUMMINGBIRD'S EGG MOUNTED ON A LARGER PEARL MOUNTED ON AN OSTRICH EGG, AND A REPLICA OF MICHELANGELO'S "DAVID" MADE OF NEON LIGHTS, ETC.) HE DOES NOT FIND WHAT HE WANTS, AND TURNS. HE TRIES TO STEP DOWN, BUT CANNOT BEND HIS KNEE ENOUGH. HE TRIES THE OTHER LEG, THEN THE FIRST AGAIN.

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