Dismal Dumps. You made me drop it, anyhow. And now did you hear those bells? That means the key is found, and we’re done for if we can’t get it again. (Seeing the children.) Quick, Bugaboo, here’s the key. Make ’em give it up! (Bugaboo Man starts towards the children, who retreat slowly.)
Old Woman (to Bugaboo Man, stepping between him and the children). It’s my opinion you’re a thief, sir! you and the gentleman in gray, there; and you won’t get that key again, I can tell you!
Bugaboo Man and Dismal Dumps (together, advancing nearer). Won’t we?
Old Woman (taking off sunbonnet, and flapping it vigorously at Dismal Dumps). Shoo! Shoo! (Dismal Dumps retreats hastily. Bugaboo Man advances towards the group. Old Woman still more vigorously, flapping at Bugaboo Man.) Scat! (Bugaboo Man runs backward so fast he almost tumbles down. Dismal Dumps and Bugaboo Man consult, at a safe distance. The children come forward a little.)
Carol. O, I wish Dorothy would come!
All the rest. So do I!
Reallywish. Why, we’re forgetting what the Queen of the Cosey Corner told us. If we really wish Dorothy would come, why don’t we bring her?
Justnow. Why, of course. Let’s call her back just now!
(Bells begin ringing joyfully again. Dismal Dumps and Bugaboo Man turn first one way, then the other, confused, and place their hands over their ears as if they could not bear the sound. Bells continue ringing very softly, while the children and Brownies sing; tune, “Bring Back My Bonny.”)
Our playmate is far o’er the prairies,
But never a heart was more true;
She’ll come on the wings of the morning,
O Dorothy, welcome to you!
West Wind, West Wind,
Bring back our bonny, to-day, to-day,
West Wind, West Wind,
Bring back our bonny, to-day.