Light scares these big-eyed birds;
They go and hide all day;
They sit in hollow trees;
Disturbed, they hiss and say:
Tu-whit, tu-whoo! tu-whit, tu-whoo!
3. Children slowly circle room, arms stretched out wide, heads inclining forward, mother behind, pointing.
4. Children circle room as before; mother behind, tiptoe, joyous, with tossing, soaring, wavering arm movements.
5. Mother waves her arms backward repeatedly. Children circle, away to their seats, arms extended horizontally as before, repeating refrain until seated.
But out they fly at night;