.. Why not?...
TYLTYL
Well, they eat whenever they want to....
MYTYL (_incredulously_)
Every day?...
TYLTYL
They say so....
MYTYL
Will they eat them all?... Will they give any away?...
TYLTYL
To whom?...
MYTYL
To us....
TYLTYL
They don't know us....
MYTYL
Suppose we asked them....
TYLTYL
We mustn't.
MYTYL
Why not?...
TYLTYL
Because it's not right.
MYTYL (_clapping her hands_)
Oh, how pretty they are!...
TYLTYL (_rapturously_)
And how they're laughing and laughing!...
MYTYL
And the little ones dancing!...
TYLTYL
Yes, yes; let's dance too!... (_They stamp their feet for joy on the
stool_.)
MYTYL
Oh, what fun!...
TYLTYL
They're getting the cakes!... They can touch them!... They're eating,
they're eating, they're eating!...
MYTYL
The tiny ones, too!... They've got two, three, four apiece!...
TYLTYL (_drunk with delight_)
Oh, how lovely!... Oh, how lovely, how lovely!...
MYTYL (_counting imaginary cakes_)
I've got twelve!...
TYLTYL
And I four times twelve!... But I'll give you some....
(_A knock at the door of the cottage_.)
TYLTYL (_suddenly quieted and frightened_)
What's that?...
MYTYL (_scared_)
It's Daddy!.
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