The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck
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page 156 of 198 (78%)
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They are daisies!...
TYLTYL Impossible!... They are as big as tables!... THE LITTLE BLUE CHILD And they smell so good!... TYLTYL (_smelling them_) Wonderful!... THE LITTLE BLUE CHILD They will grow like that when I am on earth.... TYLTYL When will that be?... THE LITTLE BLUE CHILD In fifty-three years, four months and nine days.... (_Two_ BLUE CHILDREN _arrive, carrying, like a lustre hanging on a pole, an incredible bunch of grapes, each larger than a pear_.) ONE OF THE CHILDREN (_carrying the grapes_) What do you say to my fruits?... TYLTYL A bunch of pears!... THE CHILD |
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