The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck
page 24 of 198 (12%)
page 24 of 198 (12%)
|
TYLTYL
Oh, what a dear little green hat!... What's that shining in the cockade?... THE FAIRY That's the big diamond that makes people see.... TYLTYL Really?... THE FAIRY Yes; when you've got the hat on your head, you turn the diamond a little; from right to left, for instance, like this; do you see?... Then it presses a bump which nobody knows of and which opens your eyes.... TYLTYL Doesn't it hurt?... THE FAIRY On the contrary, it's enchanted.... You at once see even the inside of things: the soul of bread, of wine, of pepper, for instance.... MYTYL Can you see the soul of sugar, too?... THE FAIRY (_suddenly cross_) Of course you can!... I hate unnecessary questions.... The soul of sugar is no more interesting than the soul of pepper.... There, I give you all I have to help you in your search for the Blue Bird. I know that the flying carpet or the ring which makes its wearer invisible would be more useful to you.... But I have lost the key of the cupboard in which I locked them.... |
|