3rd Wrenboy: Hares are the biggest fairies of all.
4th Wrenboy: And down by the sea I met a
weasel bringing up a fish in his mouth from the
tide. And I often seen seals there, seals that are
enchanted and look like humans, and will hold up
a hand the same as a Christian.
5th Wrenboy: I that saw a hedgehog running
up the side of a mountain as swift as a racehorse.
1st Wrenboy: It's the moonlight is the only time!
1st Prince: I never saw the moon but through
a window.
1st Wrenboy: That's the time to go ramble.
(He chants.)
You'll see the crane in the water standing,
And never landing a fish, for fright,
For he can but shiver seeing in the river
His shadow shaking in the bright moonlight.
2nd Wrenboy: Or you may listen to the plover's whistle,
When high above him the wild geese screech;
Or the mallard flying, as the night is dying,
His neck out-stretched towards the salt sea beach.
3rd Wrenboy: When dawn discloses the oak and shows us
The wide sky whitening through the scanty ash,
High in the beeches the furry creatures,
Squirrel and marten lightly pass.
4th Wrenboy:
The badger scurries to find his burrow
The rabbit hurries to hide underground.
5th Wrenboy:
The pigeon rouses the thrush that drowses,
The woods awaken and the world goes round!