here. _He is looking into the fire-place, when he says this_. I can
see now how the little green man went up the chimney, for there are
steps in the side, all the way up. Look at them.

POLLY _looks. Then she says_, I don't see any steps, Jack.

It's the fairy spectacles, Polly, _cries_ JACK. Isn't it wonderful?

Jack! _says_ POLLY _suddenly_, do you know what we must do?
We must go to Santa Claus, and carry him the medicine that cured Nurse
Mary's back and joints. You will go first up the chimney, and I will go
after, stepping just where I see you step, and then at the top I will
take tight hold of your hand, and with my wishing cap on I will wish to
be at Santa Claus' house at the North Pole.

Splendid! Let's start this minute, _cries_ JACK.

_Polly takes the spoon, and Jack takes the medicine bottle, and one
after the other they go up the chimney._

_A moment later_ MOTHER _comes in._ Children, _she begins,
looking about; but then she continues_, Oh, I see: they have gone to
bed. _She goes across to the other door and listens. Then she
says_: Not a sound! They are fast asleep already.

_So she takes the lamp from the table, and carries it out with her,
leaving the room all in black darkness._

_And that is the end of the First Scene._