WISHING MAN (_yells_). Where are your children? _Enter_ BIG DUMPLING, BIG TOOTSY _and_ BIG SNOOKUMS. _They join hands and dance around at R._ WISHING MAN. There they are. There are little Dumpling and Tootsy and Baby Snookums. (NURSE MAID _looks at children, screams loudly, throws up her arms and faints in a chair at L. of stage._ WISHING MAN _stands at C. with arms akimbo, laughing at her. The three big children dance in a circle at R._) CURTAIN. ACT II. SCENE: _No scene at all. The action takes place in front of the closed curtains. Note: During this act the managers should be arranging the stage for the next act._ _The children who are present in the audience should be given seats down in front. At this point they rise and go upon the stage in front of the curtain and sing, accompanied by a chorus of older children behind the scenes. An adult leader may appear with the children. All sing, marching around platform and acting out the song:_ FOLLOW ME, FULL OF GLEE. Movement Song. [Music illustration: 1. Chil-dren go, to and fro, In a mer-ry, pret-ty row: Foot-steps light, fa-ces bright, 'Tis a hap-py, hap-py sight; Swift-ly turn-ing round and round.[A] Do not look up-on the ground, 2. Birds are free, so are we, And we live as hap-pi-ly; Work we do, stud-y, too, Learn-ing dai-ly some-thing new; Then we laugh, and dance, and sing, Gay as birds or an-y-thing: 3. Work is done, play's be-gun, Now we have our laugh and fun: Hap-py days, pret-ty plays, And no naught-y, naught-y ways. Hold-ing fast each oth-er's hand, We're a hap-py, cheer-ful band; CHORUS. Fol-low me, full of glee, Sing-ing mer-ri-ly. Sing-ing mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly, Sing-ing mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly, Fol-low me, full of glee, Sing-ing mer-ri-ly.] [Footnote A: They all twirl around.] (_The music continues softly as they resume their seats in the audience. After a pause the_ WISHING MAN _sticks his head out from the curtains. He takes one step in front, bows, then skips down to front and bows again._) WISHING MAN. Hello, little boys and girls, how do you do this fine winter night? I know what each of you has been thinking. You've been wishing that _you_ could meet the Wishing Man and that he would make _your_ wishes come true. Now, haven't you? Well, I've made that wish come true. You wished to meet me, and here I am. I've been watching you all the year in Sunday School. I know how you have worked over your lessons, how you have helped your teachers and how punctual you have been. To be sure, I know some of you haven't helped your teachers as much as you could have done, but I'll forget all that at Christmas time. Now tell me what you wish for most. CHILDREN (_in audience who have previously rehearsed this scene_). A Christmas tree. A look at old Santa Claus. Some nice Christmas presents, etc.