.. Are we near mummy?... I
want to go in at once.... I want to kiss her at once!...
LIGHT
One moment.... They are sound asleep; you must not wake them with a
start.... Besides, the door will not open till the hour strikes....
TYLTYL
What hour?... Is there long to wait?...
LIGHT
Alas, no!... A few poor minutes....
TYLTYL
Aren't you glad to be back?... What is it, Light?... You are quite pale,
you look ill....
LIGHT
It's nothing, child.... I feel a little sad, because I am leaving you....
TYLTYL
Leaving us?...
LIGHT
I must.... I have nothing more to do here; the year is over, the Fairy is
coming back to ask you for the Blue Bird....
TYLTYL
But I haven't got the Blue Bird!... The one of the Land of Memory turned
quite black, the one of the Future turned quite pink, the Night's are dead
and I could not catch the one in the Forest.... Is it my fault if they
change colour, or die, or escape?... Will the Fairy be angry and what will
she say?...
LIGHT
We have done what we could.... It seems likely that the Blue Bird does not
exist or that he changes colour when he is caged....
TYLTYL
Where is the cage?...
BREAD
Here, master.... It was entrusted to my diligent care during our long
journey; to-day, now that my mission is drawing to an end, I restore it to
your hands, untouched and carefully closed, as I received it.
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