Snickerty Nick
BLUE BELL
Let me try. I will tickle him.
Tickely, tickely, on the knee,
If you laugh, you don’t love me.
[She tickles him on the nose and on the knee. He sits up suddenly for a moment, rubs his nose and makes funny faces. Finally he falls back asleep.]
It’s no use, he doesn’t love me and he won’t wake up.
[The Dwarf snickers in his sleep.]
BUMBLE BEE
[In a low buzzing voice.]
I can wake him. I’ll stick my itchy needle in, in, in.
[The Dwarf scratches first in one place, then in another, gives a kick and curls up asleep again.]
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