FATHER. Why not put it on her finger?

MOTHER. I will do that. I will put it on her ring-finger. There! See how
pretty it looks!

SISTER. How pretty it makes her finger look!

MOTHER. Now come. We must not wake her. Sh! Sh!

[_They go._]

RING-FINGER. I have a gold ring. I am pretty. I am better than the other
fingers. I will not work with them.

THUMB. Do you hear that, fingers?

[Illustration:]

POINTING-FINGER. You are too proud, Ring-finger.

RING-FINGER. Have I not a ring?

MIDDLE-FINGER. That makes you no better, miss.

RING-FINGER. I will not work with any of you.

LITTLE-FINGER. Then I will not work with you.

POINTING-FINGER. Nor I!