LIGHT Not very far, my children; over there, to the Land of the Silence of Things.... TYLTYL No, no; I won't have you go.... We will go with you.... I shall tell mummy.... LIGHT Do not cry, my dear little ones.... I have not a voice like Water; I have only my brightness, which Man does not understand.... But I watch over him to the end of his days.... Never forget that I am speaking to you in every spreading moonbeam, in every twinkling star, in every dawn that rises, in every lamp that is lit, in every good and bright thought of your soul.... (_Eight o'clock strikes behind the wall_.) Listen!... The hour is striking!... Good-bye!... The door is opening!... In with you, in with you!... (_She pushes the_ CHILDREN _through the door, which has half-opened and which closes again behind them_. BREAD _wipes away a furtive tear_, SUGAR _and_ WATER, _etc., all in tears, flee precipitously and disappear in the wings to the right and left. The_ DOG _howls behind the scenes. The stage remains empty for a moment and then the scenery representing the wall and the little door opens in the middle and reveals the last scene_.) SCENE 2.--_The Awakening_. _The same setting as in_ ACT I, _but the objects, the walls and the atmosphere all appear incomparably and magically fresher, happier, more smiling. The daylight penetrates gaily through the chinks of the closed shutters. To the right, at the back_, TYLTYL _and_ MYTYL _lie sound asleep in their little beds. The_ DOG, _the_ CAT _and the_ THINGS _are in the places which they occupied in_ ACT I, _before the arrival of the_ FAIRY. _Enter_ MUMMY TYL MUMMY TYL (_in a cheerfully scolding voice_) Up, come, get up, you little lazybones!... Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?... It has struck eight and the sun is high above the trees!... Lord, how they sleep, how they sleep!... (_She leans over and kisses the_ CHILDREN.) They are quite rosy.... Tyltyl smells of lavender and Mytyl of lilies-of-the-valley.... (_Kissing them again_) What sweet things children are!... Still, they can't go on sleeping till midday.... I mustn't let them grow up idle.... And, besides, I have heard that it's not very healthy.... (_Gently shaking_ TYLTYL) Wake up, wake up, Tyltyl.... TYLTYL (_waking up_) What?... Light?... Where is she?... No, no, don't go away.... MUMMY TYL Light?... Why, of course it's light... Has been for ever so long.... It's as bright as noonday, though the shutters are closed.... Wait a bit till I open them.... (_She pushes back the shutters and the dazzling daylight invades the room_.) There! See!... What's the matter with you?... You look quite blinded.... TYLTYL (_rubbing his eyes_) Mummy, mummy!... It's you!... MUMMY TYL Why, of course, it's I.... Who did you think it was?... TYLTYL It's you.... Yes, yes, it's you!.... MUMMY TYL Yes, yes, it's I.... I haven't changed my face since last night.... Why do you stare at me in that wonderstruck way?... Is my nose turned upside down, by any chance?...