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Begonia Club Takes Form One Day in the Studio of Autumn Freshness Characters: 李纨 Ann 探春 Olivia 迎春 Asuna 惜春 Sylvia 宝钗 Echo 黛玉 Eva 宝玉 Jenniier 旁白 Lemon 旁白：He（宝玉）went to the Studio of Autumn Freshness(秋爽斋) where 宝玉, 黛玉, 迎春and 惜春 were assembled. 宝玉, 黛玉, 迎春, 惜春 （cried）（laughing, as he entered.）: Here comes another! 探春 （asked gleefully）: Not so vulgar, was it, that sudden idea of mine? I wrote a few invitations to see what would happen, and you all turn up in force. 宝玉 （observed）: We should have started a club like this long ago. 黛玉: Start one if you like, but dont count me in. Im not up to it. 迎春 （countered with a smile）: If youre not, who is? 宝玉 （declared）: This is a serious business. We should encourage each other, not back out of politeness. Lets all give our ideas for general discussion. What suggestions have you, Cousin 宝钗? And Cousin 黛玉? 宝钗（asked）: Whats the hurry? Were not all here yet. 旁白：Before she had finished speaking 李纨 walked in. 李纨（cried）: How very refined! If youre going to start a poetry club, Ill volunteer to preside. I had this very idea last spring, but on second thoughts decided it would only be asking for trouble as I cant write poetry myself, so I dropped the idea and forgot it. Now that Third Sisters so keen, Ill help you get this going. 黛玉: If youre set on starting a poetry club, we must all be poets. And first, to be less conventional, we must stop calling each other sister, cousin, sister-in-law and so forth. 李纨（agreed） : Quite right. Lets choose some elegant pen-names. Ill be The Old Peasant of Sweet Paddy（稻香老农）. No one else can have that name. 探春（cried）: Ill be Master of Autumn Freshness（秋爽居士）. 宝玉 （objected）: Theres something unreal and awkward about master and scholar’. With all these wu-tung trees and plantains here, why not use them in your name? 探春 （agreed）: Yes, I know what. I like plantains best so Ill call myself The Stranger Under the Plantain（蕉下客）. 旁白：The others approved this as more original. 黛玉 （teased）: Drag her o