The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck
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page 106 of 198 (53%)
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TYLTYL Where?... Who?... THE DOG There! There!... It's Light!... She has found us!... Saved, my little king!... Kiss me!... We are saved!... Look!... They're alarmed!... They're retreating!... They're afraid!... TYLTYL Light!... Light!... Come quick!... Hurry!... They have rebelled!... They are all against us!... _Enter_ LIGHT. _As she comes forward, the dawn rises over the forest, which becomes light_. LIGHT What is it?... What has happened?... But, my poor boy, didn't you know?... Turn the diamond!... They will return into silence and obscurity; and you will no longer perceive their hidden feelings.... (TYLTYL _turns the diamond. Immediately, the souls of all the_ TREES _rush back into the trunks, which close again. The souls of the_ ANIMALS _also disappear; and a peaceful_ COW _and_ SHEEP, _etc., are seen browsing in the distance. The Forest becomes harmless once more_, TYLTYL _looks around him in amazement_.) TYLTYL Where are they?... What was the matter with them?... Were they mad?... |
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