Fingers and toes he’ll warningly sting—

Jolly Jack Frost is nigh!

[The children begin to stir;

Betty rubs her nose uneasily.]

Betty.

Ow! Dick, don’t pinch my nose!

Dick.I didn’t, true!

But some one nipped my ear—now was it you?

[In awed whisper, as he looks about and sees Fairies.]

Oh, Betty, look! I say—who can they be?