DADDY TYL Why, no, no.... They are not dead yet.... Come, let us look into this.... (A knock at the front door.) Come in!...
(Enter NEIGHBOUR BERLINGOT, a little old woman resembling the FAIRY in ACT I and leaning on a stick.)
THE NEIGHBOUR Good-morning and a Merry Christmas to you all!...
TYLTYL It's the Fairy Bérylune!...
THE NEIGHBOUR I have come to ask for a bit of fire for my Christmas stew.... It's very chilly this morning.... Good-morning, children, how are you?...
TYLTYL Fairy Bérylune, I could not find the Blue Bird....
THE NEIGHBOUR What is he saying?...
MUMMY TYL Don't ask me, Madame Berlingot.... They don't know what they are saying.... They have been like that since they woke up.... They must have eaten something that wasn't good....
THE NEIGHBOUR Why, Tyltyl, don't you remember Goody Berlingot, your Neighbour Berlingot?...
TYLTYL Why, yes, ma'am.... You are the Fairy Bérylune.... You're not angry with us?...