Big D. Then I wish I was a little boy again. I'm too big to enjoy myself.
Big T. And I wish I was a little girl again. Everybody laughs at me, 'cause I'm so big.
Big S. And I wish I was a 'ittie, teeny, weeny baby again. Being so big fwightens me so.
Wishing Man. Oh, ho! So you all want to be little again?
The Three. Yes, sir, if you please.
Big T. Why, I'm so big that I can't get all of me into bed. I'll have to let my feet hang outside.
Big S. And if I get in my baby buggy, I'll bweak it all down.
Big D. And my mamma won't recognize me at all, 'cause I'm grown so big.
Wishing Man. That's all very well, but it will be quite a job to make you all little again. It will take three magic fern seeds, and I don't think I have any ripe yet.
(Music, a march. Teddy Bear dances in in time to the music. He goes up to the Wishing Man, pulls his head down and whispers something in his ear. Then hands him a little box.)