LIGHT Come, good-bye, dear children ... I shall not be far away.... (_She kisses the_ CHILDREN.) Those who love me and whom I love always find me again.... (_To the_ THINGS _and the_ ANIMALS) This way, all of you.... (_She goes out with the_ THINGS _and the_ ANIMALS. _The_ CHILDREN _remain alone in the middle of the stage. The curtain, opens and discloses the next scene_.) SCENE 2.--_The Graveyard_. _It is night. The moon is shining on a country graveyard.. Numerous tombstones, grassy mounds, wooden crosses, stone slabs, etc_. TYLTYL _and_ MYTYL _are standing by a short stone pillar_. MYTYL I am frightened!... TYLTYL (_not too much at his ease_) I am never frightened.... MYTYL I say, are the dead wicked?... TYLTYL Why, no, they're not alive!... MYTYL Have you ever seen one?... TYLTYL Yes, once, long ago, when I was very young.... MYTYL What was it like, say?... TYLTYL Quite white, very still and very cold and it didn't talk.... MYTYL Are we going to see them, say?... TYLTYL Why, of course, Light said so.... MYTYL Where are they?... TYLTYL Here, under the grass or under those big stones.... MYTYL Are they there all the year round?... TYLTYL Yes. MYTYL (_pointing to the slabs_) Are those the doors of their houses?... TYLTYL Yes. MYTYL Do they go out when it's fine?... TYLTYL They can only go out at night.... MYTYL Why?... TYLTYL Because they are in their shirts.... MYTYL Do they go out also when it rains?... TYLTYL When it rains, they stay at home.... MYTYL Is it nice in their homes, say?... TYLTYL They say it's very cramped.... MYTYL Have they any little children?... TYLTYL Why, yes; they have all those that die.... MYTYL And what do they live on?... TYLTYL They eat roots.... MYTYL Shall we see them?... TYLTYL Of course; we see everything when I turn the diamond. MYTYL And what will they say?... TYLTYL They will say nothing, as they don't talk.... MYTYL Why don't they talk?... TYLTYL Because they have nothing to say.... MYTYL Why have they nothing to say?... TYLTYL You're a nuisance.... (_A pause_) MYTYL When will you turn the diamond? TYLTYL You heard Light say that I was to wait until midnight, because that disturbs them less.... MYTYL Why does that disturb them less?... TYLTYL Because that is when they go out to take the air.... MYTYL Is it not midnight yet?... TYLTYL Do you see the church clock?... MYTYL Yes, I can even see the small hand.... TYLTYL Well, midnight is just going to strike.... There!... Do you hear?... (_The clock strikes twelve_) MYTYL I want to go away!... TYLTYL Not now.... I am going to turn the diamond.... MYTYL No, no!... Don't!... I want to go away!... I am so frightened, little brother!... I am terribly frightened!... TYLTYL But there is no danger.... MYTYL I don't want to see the dead!... I don't want to see them!... TYLTYL Very well, you shall not see them; shut your eyes....