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TYLTYL (_listening_)
There's daddy again!... He's getting up this time; I can hear him
walking....
THE FAIRY
Let us go out by the window.... You shall all come to my house, where I
will dress the Animals and the Things properly.... (_To_ BREAD) You,
Bread, take the cage in which to put the Blue Bird.... It will be in your
charge.... Quick, quick, let us waste no time....
(_The window suddenly lengthens downwards, like a door. They all go
out; after which the window resumes its primitive shape and closes quite
innocently. The room has become dark again and the two cots are steeped in
shadow. The door on the right opens ajar and in the aperture appear the
heads of_ DADDY _and_ MUMMY TYL.)
DADDY TYL
It was nothing.... It's the cricket chirping....
MUMMY TYL
Can you see them?...
DADDY TYL
I can.... They are sleeping quite quietly....
MUMMY TYL
I can hear their breathing....
(_The door closes again_)
CURTAIN
ACT II
SCENE I.--_At the_ FAIRY'S.
_A magnificent entrance-hall in the palace of the_ FAIRY BERYLUNE.
_Columns of gleaming marble with gold and silver capitals, staircases,
porticoes, balustrades, etc_.
_Enter from the back, on the right, sumptuously clad, the_ CAT, SUGAR
_and_ FIRE.
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