The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck
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page 157 of 198 (79%)
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No, they are grapes!... They will all be like that when I am thirty.... I
have found the way.... ANOTHER CHILD (_staggering under a basket of blue apples the size of melons_) And mine!... Look at my apples!... TYLTYL But those are melons!... THE CHILD No, no!... They are my apples and they are not the finest at that!... They will all be alike when I am alive.... I have discovered the system!... ANOTHER CHILD (_wheeling a blue barrow with blue melons bigger than pumpkins_) What do you say to my little melons?... TYLTYL But they are pumpkins!... THE CHILD WITH THE MELONS When I come on earth, the melons will be splendid!... I shall be the gardener of the King of the Three Planets.... TYLTYL The King of the Three Planets? THE CHILD WITH THE MELONS The great king who for thirty-five years will bring happiness to the Earth, |
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