Theyareveryfaithful,arestagepeasants。Nojilting,nofickleness,nobreachofpromise。Ifthegentlemaninpinkwalksoutwiththeladyinblueinthefirstact,pinkandbluewillbemarriedintheend。Hestickstoherallthroughandshestickstohim。
Girlsinyellowmaycomeandgo,girlsingreenmaylaughanddance——thegentlemaninpinkheedsthemnot。Blueishiscolor,andheneverleavesit。Hestandsbesideit,hesitsbesideit。Hedrinkswithher,hesmileswithher,helaughswithher,hedanceswithher,hecomesonwithher,hegoesoffwithher。
Whenthetimecomesfortalkinghetalkstoherandonlyher,andshetalkstohimandonlyhim。Thusthereisnojealousy,noquarreling。
Butweshouldpreferanoccasionalchangeourselves。
Therearenomarriedpeopleinstagevillagesandnochildren(consequently,ofcourse—happyvillage!oh,todiscoveritandspendamonththere!)。Therearejustthesamenumberofmenastherearewomeninallstagevillages,andtheyareallaboutthesameageandeachyoungmanlovessomeyoungwoman。Buttheynevermarry。