... But come, don't look so constrained.... I
will leave you alone, you will be more at ease by yourselves.... Besides, I
want to speak to the tall blue person....
TYLTYL (_going up to the_ BLUE CHILD _and holding out his hand_)
How do you do?... (_Touching the_ CHILD'S _blue dress with his
finger_.) What's that?...
THE CHILD (_gravely touching_ TYLTYL'S _hat_)
And that?...
TYLTYL
That?... That is my hat.... Have you no hat?...
THE CHILD
No; what is it for?...
TYLTYL
It's to say How-do-you-do with.... And then for when it rains or when it's
cold....
THE CHILD
What does that mean, when it's cold?...
TYLTYL
When you shiver like this: brrrr! brrrr!... When you blow into your hands
and go like this with your arms....
(_He vigorously beats his arms across his chest_.)
THE CHILD
Is it cold on earth?...
TYLTYL
Yes, sometimes, in the winter, when there is no fire....
THE CHILD
Why is there no fire?...
TYLTYL
Because it's expensive and it costs money to buy wood....
THE CHILD
What is money?...
TYLTYL
It's what you pay with....
THE CHILD
Oh....
TYLTYL
Some people have money and others have none....
THE CHILD
Why not?...
TYLTYL
Because they are not rich.
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