TYLTYL (dropping to the ground) No, I can hold out no longer!...
THE DOG (listening) They are coming!... I hear them, I scent them!...
TYLTYL Where?... Who?...
THE DOG There! There!... It's Light!... She has found us!... Saved, my little king!... Kiss me!... We are saved!... Look!... They're alarmed!... They're retreating!... They're afraid!...
TYLTYL Light!... Light!... Come quick!... Hurry!... They have rebelled!... They are all against us!...
Enter LIGHT. As she comes forward, the dawn rises over the forest, which becomes light.
LIGHT What is it?... What has happened?... But, my poor boy, didn't you know?... Turn the diamond!... They will return into silence and obscurity; and you will no longer perceive their hidden feelings....
(TYLTYL turns the diamond. Immediately, the souls of all the TREES rush back into the trunks, which close again. The souls of the ANIMALS also disappear; and a peaceful COW and SHEEP, etc., are seen browsing in the distance. The Forest becomes harmless once more, TYLTYL looks around him in amazement.)
TYLTYL Where are they?... What was the matter with them?... Were they mad?...
LIGHT No, they are always like that; but we do not know it because we do not see it.... I told you so before; it is dangerous to wake them when I am not there....