HARRY. And just look at Bo-Peep, will you! She has a pink ribbon instead of a blue one!
NELL. And Jack Horner’s pie hasn’t any thumb-holes in it! And Simple Simon has a pie, too! Santa Claus must have heard what we said about their needing things!
HARRY. I wonder if he heard me say you needed a new pair of eyes.
NELL. [_Looking at him, eyes very wide and excited._] Do they look new?
HARRY. Yes, awfully shiny. I might pinch you, and see if they cry.
NELL. Don’t you dare! Anyway, maybe your hands are new, and if they are, they won’t pinch people, of course.
HARRY. [_Looking at them._] They don’t feel a bit like pinching now, really.
NELL. Let’s tell Mother, and show her the book. [_They run out with book. Return without it, run over to fireplace and take down their stockings. Holding these, they take hands, and coming toward the front, sing, to same music as before. As they sing, the Mother Goose children steal in behind them and join softly in the song_:]
Oh, it’s Christmas Day, and we’re made over new, Nell, and Hal, and Mother Goose’s children, too. We won’t slap, we won’t snap, And we’ll never, never scrap. It sounds as if we’re dreaming, but it’s true.
Old Santa Claus must certainly be wise, For he knew we needed brand-new hands and eyes. While we slept, in he stepped, To our bedsides softly crept, And he made us over just for a surprise.
Oh, we wish that we could tell him our delight, Over all the things that happened in the night— Tokens new for me and you, Mother Goose’s children, too! He’s remembered everybody most polite.
Oh, Santa Claus has been a perfect dear, And we’d like to tell him so right in his ear. Jack,—and you,—and Boy Blue,— And the rest,—all know it’s true, And we’d hug him if we had him with us here.
[_When the song is over the Mother Goose children run out quickly._ NELL _looks around, as though listening or looking for something. Looks puzzled._]
HARRY. No, you didn’t. Let’s look at our stockings!
NELL. All right. Only let’s get Bobby and Dot first. Maybe they’re made new, too!
HARRY. You couldn’t tell if they were. They’re almost new just as they are, you see.
HARRY and NELL. [_Go to door, call._] Oh, Bobby! Oh, Dot! Come along! Come and see your stockings!