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III.

Enter Barbara as a Lamb, and Little Toddles (boy or girl) with a Spelling-Game Box.
Barbara
(following Toddles).
Baa! baa! baa!

Toddles.
“The dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink—”

Barbara
(pathetically).
Baa! baa! baa!

Toddles.
Oh, you pretty little lamb,
Why, oh, why have you left your dam?
You do not know how pleased I am!

Barbara.
Baa! baa! baa!

Toddles.
Who is it owns you, lambkin white?
And where do you sleep of a chilly night?

Barbara.
Baa! baa! baa!

Toddles.
Shall I bring you milk all warm in a can,
Or water as clear as ever ran?

Barbara
(pathetically).
Baa! baa! baa!

Toddles.
When the dew falls fast, and the stars are blinking,
Of what is little lambkin thinking?

Barbara
(agitated).
Baa! baa! baa!

Toddles.
You seem quite sorry, you bleat so sore!
But what is lambkin sorry for?
Come, you shall see my Spelling-Game,
You pet! I am learning to spell my name.

[Spreads out the letters on the ground. Barbara snuffs around them, and tries to spell with them.
Toddles.
Naughty lambkin, fie for shame!
You want to eat my Spelling-Game;
Lambkin does not know its letters—
Spelling is for lambkin's betters.

[Exit, followed by the Lamb, bleating, and trying to walk on its two hind legs.