The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts by Maurice Maeterlinck
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page 54 of 198 (27%)
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GRANNY TYL What? That's different?... Why, nothing's different when we're able to kiss each other.... TYLTYL (_looking first at his_ GRANDMOTHER _and then at his_ GRANDFATHER) You haven't changed, grandad, not a bit, not a bit.... And granny hasn't changed a bit either.... But you're better-looking.... GAFFER TYL Well, we feel all right.... We have stopped growing older.... But you, how tall you're growing!... Yes, you're shooting up finely.... Look, over there, on the door, is the mark of the last time.... That was on All-hallows.... Now then, stand up straight.... (TYLTYL _stands up against the door_.) Four fingers taller!... That's immense!... (MYTYL _also stands up against the door_.) And Mytyl, four and a half!... Aha, ill weeds grow apace!... How they've grown, oh, how they've grown!... TYLTYL (_looking around him with delight_) Nothing is changed, everything is in its old place!... Only everything is prettier!... There is the clock with the big hand which I broke the point off.... GAFFER TYL And here is the soup-tureen you chipped a corner off.... TYLTYL And here is the hole which I made in the door, the day I found the gimlet.... |
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