MOTHER. I will do that. I will put it on her ring-finger. There! See how pretty it looks!

SISTER. How pretty it makes her finger look!

MOTHER. Now come. We must not wake her. Sh! Sh!

[They go.]

RING-FINGER. I have a gold ring. I am pretty. I am better than the other fingers. I will not work with them.

THUMB. Do you hear that, fingers?

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POINTING-FINGER. You are too proud, Ring-finger.

RING-FINGER. Have I not a ring?