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At right foreground sits the Bunny. He is dressed in a white sleeping garment which covers hands and feet, and a little flannelette cap with long, upstanding ears which are wired and colored pink on the inside.

At left foreground on a little stool sits the Teddy-bear in furry coat and cap with little ears of cotton wool.

Fairy and Maiden pause at right entrance.]

Fairy.

Here within the Dreamland gate,

All the lovely Dream-toys wait.

Choose, and they shall come alive

Until the Dream-toy clock strikes five.

[Leads little Maiden into shop.]

Maiden.

Oh, what lovely, lovely toys!

I shall choose—the Soldier-boys!

Fairy. [Softly touching them with wand.]

Forward march, then, Soldier-boys,

But please don’t make too much noise.

[Soldiers begin to march and drum stiffly at first and softly, but soon faster and noisily.]

Maiden. [Putting fingers in ears.]

Soldiers do make lots of noise!

Girls are quieter than boys.

Let the Dollies come alive.

[Fairy touches them with wand. They get

stiffly off counter.]