[The Rose-Girl laughs for pleasure and returns the kisses with which the two little girls greet her.]
Babs.
But all the same, and though I love you well
You’re not a princess from a fairy-book!
The Rose-Girl.
Oh, but I am! The earth’s great wonder-book
The story tells of Sleeping-Beauty! [She sings.]
The Song of the Sleeping Beauty Rose.
We flowers never die!
All tucked abed we lie