Abominable! They’re sure to bark. LISTENER [_Delighted._] I say! A puppy! What a lark! Please try and get it for me. Hark! FINN [_Nervously._] What is it? LISTENER I hear the Giant coming up out of his sleep. You must be quick, Or else you’ll stick. THIEF [_To Climber._] I’m almost certain I could creep And steal the child while he is sleeping, Only I’m rather old to do much leaping; You’d have to carry me a bit, And let me gently down to it. CLIMBER All right! There is no difficulty there. With your support I could go anywhere. [_She swings down, takes the Thief on her back, and is presently seen on the roof letting her gently down inside the castle. The Climber is seen again kneeling._] FINN [_Anxiously, from below._] Oh dear! How slow she is! It’s very dark. Why is she delaying? LISTENER Be quiet! Can’t you see she’s praying? Hark! FINN [_Nervously._] What is it now? LISTENER [_Joyously._] I hear the child coming up out of his sleep. CLIMBER [_Calling softly down to the Thief._] It is so deep Inside, I can’t see where you are. LISTENER [_Anxiously._] Has she got the puppy? CLIMBER [_Reassuringly._] She’ll get it all right, never fear! LISTENER [_Whispering loudly._] Good man! I say! Can You hand it down and let me hold its muzzle? I guess to both of you it is a puzzle To know at present where to put it, And if Finn sees it probably he’ll shoot it. FINN [_Anxiously._] Has she got the child? I can’t endure To wait like this. CLIMBER [_A trifle hesitatingly._] I think so. I’m not sure. LISTENER Be quick! I hear the dog coming up out of her sleep. THIEF’S VOICE [_From within, faintly._] Oh! Lower me again to Mother Earth, For I in spirit have been called as far As the secret place where her lost children are, And I now bring them back to second birth, Rescuing both the body and the soul Out of the Hand of death entire and whole, If you are strong enough to bear us back To the same side from which we came. CLIMBER [_Reeling with the sudden relaxation of nervous tension._]