Modern Music Series, First Book.]

Jury. You are a jolly fellow true,

But not for kings such lads as you.

[Exit March and the Winds.]

[Enter Herald coaxing little April to follow. She hangs back and seems so shy that Herald has to push her gently toward the Jury.]

Herald. This is Baby April.

Baby April. [Wipes her eyes, and says:]

I’m ’most too small to go about

Without some grown-up guides.

I can’t help crying—I must pout—