GRANNY TYL Here they are, here they are!... As soon as you think of them, as soon as you speak of them, they are there, the darlings!...
(TYLTYL and MYTYL run to meet the CHILDREN. They hustle and hug one another and dance and whirl about and utter screams of joy.)
TYLTYL Hullo, Pierrot!... (They clutch each other by the hair.) Ah, so we're going to fight again, as in the old days.... And Robert!... I say, Jean, what's become of your top?... Madeleine and Pierette and Pauline!... And here's Riquette!...
MYTYL Oh, Riquette, Riquette!... She's still crawling on all fours!...
GRANNY TYL Yes, she has stopped growing.
TYLTYL (noticing the little DOG yelping around them) There's Kiki, whose tail I cut off with Pauline's scissors.... He hasn't changed either....
GAFFER TYL (sententiously) No, nothing changes here....
TYLTYL And Pauline still has a pimple on her nose....
GRANNY TYL Yes, it won't go away; there's nothing to be done for it....
TYLTYL Oh, how well they look, how fat and glossy they are!... What jolly cheeks they have!... They look well fed....