THE CAT No.... I see him there, on that moonbeam.... They could not reach him, he kept too high.... (_The_ CURTAIN _falls. Immediately after, before the dropped curtain_, ENTER, _at the same time, on the left_, LIGHT _and on the right_, TYLTYL, MYTYL _and the_ DOG, _who run up all covered by the birds which they have captured. But already the birds appear lifeless and, with hanging heads and drooping wings, are nothing more in their hands than inert remains._) LIGHT Well, have you caught him?... TYLTYL Yes, yes!...As many as we wanted!... There are thousands of them!... Here they are!... Do you see them?... (_Looking at the birds, which he holds out to_ LIGHT, _and perceiving that they are dead_) Why, they are dead!... What have they done to them?... Yours too, Mytyl?... Tylô's also?... (_Angrily flinging down the dead bodies of the birds_) Oh, this is too bad?... Who killed them?... I am too unhappy!... (_He hides his head in his arms and his whole frame is shaken with sobs._) LIGHT (_pressing him maternally in her arms_) Do not cry, my child.... You did not catch the one that is able to live in broad daylight.... He has gone elsewhere.... We shall find him again.... THE DOG (_looking at the dead birds_)) Are they good to eat?.... (_They all go out on the left_.) SCENE 2.--_The Forest._ _A forest. It is night. The moon is shining. Old trees of various kinds, notably an_ OAK, _a_ BEECH, _an_ ELM, _a_ POPLAR, _a_ FIR-TREE, _a_ CYPRESS, _a_ LIME-TREE, _a_ CHESTNUT-TREE, _etc_. ENTER _the_ CAT. THE CAT (_bowing to the trees in turn_) To all the trees here present, greeting!.... THE TREES (_murmuring in their leaves_) Greeting!....