2. Several children come out and hippity-hop about swiftly and gaily.
Sometimes a child at night
Awakes from slumber sweet,
And seems to hear the step
Of fleeing elfin feet.
(Child sings:)
’Tis I, the merry Mouse,
The little bright-eyed Mouse
That dwells within the house!
Tis I! ’tis I! ’tis I!