(Shouts still afar but growing nearer.)
That belly levels all things in the plain. (Thunder.)
Rudolph—Val-father's voice from out the clouds mid-air
Meets with the dragon's voice and devours it. Hark!
Canzler—It may lay hands on Fritz.
(He goes back along the ledge and starts down the mountain.)
Rudolph— Be careful, chief!
The wheel moves this way.
Canzler— It is following them.
Rudolph—Here he comes running up the mountain!
Canzler— Where?
Rudolph—Wait till the lightning shows the slopes again.