_Spirit_: It is a tree for some grownfolks! You see the children all over the land must have been put to bed a long time ago.
_Peace_ (nods her head): Grownfolks generally do stay up late Christmas night!
_Happyheart:_ They get very sad wishing they were children again!
_Merrylips:_ Christmas is very hard on them, poor things!
_Spirit:_ The men talk about spending so much money and the women sit up late nights stitching and stitching and complaining that they will not give anything but cards another Christmas.
_Merrylips:_ How foolish they are!
_Peace:_ They forget that we will help them!
_Happyheart:_ You see they don't believe in fairies! It's because they are so old! Why, they say that some are over thirty! _Goodwill:_ As if that mattered!
_Spirit:_ But I do feel very sorry for them! They can scarcely remember when they used to hang up their stockings! They will come and gather around this tree and there will be no presents!
_Happyheart_ (sits down upon stool): Oh, dear! (Drops her chin in her hand.) Can't we do something?