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Without some grown-up guides.

I can’t help crying—I must pout—

But I can smile besides.

And when my little form is seen

The dreary world awakes all green.

Jury. O, April, you’re too timid quite

To rule the year—trot out of sight.

[Exit April.]

[Music. May song sung or May dance played.]

[Enter Herald, Princess May and Dancers.]

Herald. Honorable judges, allow me to present

the Princess May and her train.

[All bow. The dancers place the crown on May’s head and form for the dance which immediately follows. At its close May recites.]

Hear the birds a-singing,

See the leaping rill,

How they greet my coming

Over vale and hill.

In my hands are blossoms,

On my face a smile,

And my days of sunshine

Sadness will beguile.

Jury. You surely are a lovely lass—

But not a queen—so you must pass.

[Exit May and train.]

[Music.]

[Enter Herald and June.]

Herald. Honorable judges, Miss Summer-hearted June.

June.[Recites.]

Oh, take me for your queen,

For surely ne’er was seen

A fairer, sweeter, dearer month than I.