(_She runs away, calling back._)

Fly away to the brook and see! Ha, ha, ha!

[Illustration: "'T IS SINKING! WHAT SHALL I DO?"]


SCENE III

TIME: _the day following Christmas Day_.
PLACE: _an old stone wall by a brook_.

* * * * *

THE SPARROW.
THE PEASANT.
GRETEL.
FIRST STONE.
SECOND STONE.
THIRD STONE.

* * * * *

[_The_ SPARROW _sits in a hole in the wall._]

FIRST STONE. Come, come, be not so sad, little Sparrow!

SECOND STONE. Come, lift up your head and sing!