Wishing Man monologue (Act 6) — The White Christmas and other Merry Christmas Plays

(_goes to the doll bushes_) The dolly plants don't seem to be doing very well. (_Picks a doll._) Here's a ripe one. I'm going to give that to (_insert some little girl's name_) for a Christmas present. And here's another for ----. I wonder how my big French dolls are doing. They're dreadfully hard to raise. They require so much attention. I have to keep them under cover to protect them from the sun. The wax melts so easily and the pretty red cheeks are apt to run down over their pretty French dresses. (_Removes cover._) How nice they look. There's Annette, Olivette and Babette. Three as pretty little French ladies as ever came out of Paris. I think they're just about ready to pick. They're such pretty dollies that I think I'll give them to little boys instead of little girls. I'll give Annette to (_insert little boy's name_) and I'll give Olivette to ----, and little Babette I'll give to ----. My, my, I was forgetting all about the children and the mysterious fern seed. I wonder if it has changed them back into real little children again. (_Looks out at R._) Yes, here they come.