are you? Murder!
Thieves! Robbers! Where's me children? Where's little Dumpling and
Tootsy and Baby Snookums? (_Fast, loud music._)

WISHING MAN (_yells_). Where are your children?

_Enter_ BIG DUMPLING, BIG TOOTSY _and_ BIG SNOOKUMS. _They join hands
and dance around at R._

WISHING MAN. There they are. There are little Dumpling and Tootsy and
Baby Snookums.

(NURSE MAID _looks at children, screams loudly, throws up her arms and
faints in a chair at L. of stage._ WISHING MAN _stands at C. with arms
akimbo, laughing at her. The three big children dance in a circle at
R._)

CURTAIN.

ACT II.

SCENE: _No scene at all. The action takes place in front of the closed
curtains. Note: During this act the managers should be arranging the
stage for the next act._

_The children who are present in the audience should be given seats
down in front. At this point they rise and go upon the stage in front
of the curtain and sing, accompanied by a chorus of older children
behind the scenes. An adult leader may appear with the children. All
sing, marching around platform and acting out the song:_

FOLLOW ME, FULL OF GLEE.

Movement Song.

[Music illustration:

1. Chil-dren go, to and fro,
In a mer-ry, pret-ty row:
Foot-steps light, fa-ces bright,
'Tis a hap-py, hap-py sight;
Swift-ly turn-ing round and round.[A]
Do not look up-on the ground,

2. Birds are free, so are we,
And we live as hap-pi-ly;
Work we do, stud-y, too,
Learn-ing dai-ly some-thing new;
Then we laugh, and dance, and sing,
Gay as birds or an-y-thing:

3. Work is done, play's be-gun,
Now we have our laugh and fun:
Hap-py days, pret-ty plays,
And no naught-y, naught-y ways.
Hold-ing fast each oth-er's hand,
We're a hap-py, cheer-ful band;

CHORUS.

Fol-low me, full of glee,
Sing-ing mer-ri-ly.
Sing-ing mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly,
Sing-ing mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly, mer-ri-ly,
Fol-low me, full of glee,
Sing-ing mer-ri-ly.]

[Footnote A: They all twirl around.]

(_The music continues softly as they resume their seats in the
audience. After a pause the_ WISHING MAN _sticks his head out from the
curtains. He takes one step in front, bows, then skips down to front
and bows again._)

WISHING MAN. Hello, little boys and girls, how do you do this fine
winter night? I know what each of you has been thinking.