Excerpt from The Sunken Bell: A Fairy Play in Five Acts

Scene. - A fir-clad glade in the mountains. R. up stage, beneath an overhanging rock, a hut, with practicable door and windows. L.C. an old well.

Rautendelein is seated on the edge of the well, combing her thick golden locks and addressing a bee which she is trying to drive way. In one hand she has a mirror.

Rautendelein.

Thou buzzing, golden, wight - whence com'st thou here?

Thou sipper of sweets, thou little wax-maker!

Nay! Tease me not, thou sun-born good-for-naught!

Dost hear?... Begone!... 'Tis time I combed my hair

With Granny's golden comb. Should I delay,

She'll scold me when she comes. Begone, I say!

What?... Loit'ring still?... Away - away with thee!

Am I a rose bush?... Are my lips a rose?

Off to the wood with thee, beyond the brook!

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