..
FIRE (_who has done nothing but run madly round the room, hissing with
anguish_)
I can't find my chimney!...
WATER (_vainly trying to get into the tap_)
I can't get into the tap!...
SUGAR (_hovering round his paper wrapper_)
I've burst my packing-paper!...
MILK (_lymphatically and bashfully_)
Somebody's broken my little jug!...
THE FAIRY
Goodness me, what fools they are!... Fools and cowards too!... So you
would rather go on living in your ugly boxes, in your traps and taps, than
accompany the children in search of the bird?...
ALL (_excepting the_ DOG _and_ LIGHT)
Yes, yes! Now, at once!... My tap!... My pan!... My chimney!... My trap!...
THE FAIRY (_to_ LIGHT, _who is dreamily gazing at the wreckage of her
lamp_)
And you, Light, what do you say?
LIGHT
I will go with the children....
THE DOG (_yelling with delight_)
I too!... I too!...
THE FAIRY
That's right.... Besides, it's too late to go back; you have no choice now,
you must all start with us.... But you, Fire, don't come near anybody; you,
Dog, don't tease the Cat; and you, Water, hold yourself up and try not to
run all over the place....
(_A violent knocking is again heard at the door on the right_.
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