THE DOG Very well, very well, it makes no difference. If they are vicious, my little god, all you have to do Is this ... (_he whistles_) and you shall see.... It will be just as in the forest: Wow! Wow! Wow!...
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_.)
_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_.
TYLTYL (_not too much at his ease_) I am never frightened....
TYLTYL Yes, once, long ago, when I was very young....
TYLTYL Quite white, very still and very cold and it didn't talk....
TYLTYL Here, under the grass or under those big stones....
MYTYL Are they there all the year round?...
MYTYL (_pointing to the slabs_) Are those the doors of their houses?...
TYLTYL Because they are in their shirts....
MYTYL Do they go out also when it rains?...
TYLTYL When it rains, they stay at home....
TYLTYL Why, yes; they have all those that die....
TYLTYL Of course; we see everything when I turn the diamond.
TYLTYL They will say nothing, as they don't talk....
TYLTYL Because they have nothing to say....
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 Yes, I can even see the small hand....
TYLTYL Well, midnight is just going to strike.... There!... Do you hear?...
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!...
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....
MYTYL (_clinging to_ TYLTYL'S _clothes_) Tyltyl, I can't stay!... No, I can't possibly!... They are going to come out of the ground!...