The Blue Bird (1940)
Johnny Russell: Tyltyl
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Quotes
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Granny Tyl : Somebody must be thinking of us. I feel quite strong. I think we're going to have visitors. They seem to be coming near.
Grandpa Tyl : Maybe now I can finish my carving. I've been at this one for nearly a whole year.
Granny Tyl : That's because we're so seldom awake.
Mytyl , Tyltyl : Granny! Grandpa!
Granny Tyl : It's the children! Give us a hug, dears, a big one this time.
Grandpa Tyl : It's been months and months since you last remembered us.
Granny Tyl : The last time was Easter morning. The church bells were ringing.
Mytyl : Easter? Oh, we didn't go out that day. We both had very bad colds.
Granny Tyl : But you thought of us.
Mytyl : Yes, we missed you.
Granny Tyl : Every time you think of us, we wake up and see you again.
Mytyl : But we thought you were dead.
Granny Tyl : No, dear. Only when we're forgotten.
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Little Sister : Mytyl, Mytyl! Oh, you're Mytyl! And Tyltyl!
Mytyl : How do you know our names?
Little Sister : That's not very surprising. When I'm born, I'm going to be your little sister.
Mytyl : Our little sister! Oh, when?
Little Sister : I don't know just when. In a year or so.
Mytyl : Oh, that's wonderful!
Little Sister : Yes. In a way.
Mytyl : In a way? There will be three of us! We'll have lots of fun together!
Little Sister : Not for very long.
Mytyl : Why not?
Little Sister : I'll only be with you a short while.
Mytyl : And then you're going away?
Little Sister : Yes.
Tyltyl : It's hardly worthwhile you coming at all, is it?
Little Sister : It would seem so, but we can't pick and choose.
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Daddy Tyl : How many times have I told you, Mytyl? Not to trap birds in the woods.
Mytyl : But, daddy! It's such fun!
Daddy Tyl : It's not much fun for the bird.
Mytyl : But, I need it!
Daddy Tyl : What for?
Mytyl : To sing for us... What do you think, mommy? Angela Berlingot wanted me to give it to her.
Mummy Tyl : Well, why didn't you? It'd be something to cheer her up. Poor mite, sick in bed all winter.
Mytyl : It's not my fault, she's sick.
Mummy Tyl : Well, it's your fault, you're selfish.
Daddy Tyl : You have so much that she hasn't, Mytyl.
Mytyl : What have I got?
Daddy Tyl : Health for one thing: to run free and play.
Mytyl : Oh, that isn't anything.
Daddy Tyl : Oh? Isn't it?
Tyltyl : I wouldn't like to stay in bed all day.
Mytyl : I wouldn't mind.
Mummy Tyl : That'll do, Mytyl. Stop talking and eat your supper.
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Mrs. Luxury : Why didn't you think to get each of them a pony? Then they'd have nothing to quarrel over!
Mr. Luxury : Why didn't you? Well, don't stand there gaping! Go and get another pony!
Footman : Yes, sir.
Tyltyl : All right, you can have this old pony! They'll get me a better one!
Mytyl : Oh, no! You keep this one, and I'll take the better one!
Tyltyl : I'll get there first!
Mytyl : Oh no, you won't!
Mrs. Luxury : There just seems to be no satisfying them.
Mr. Luxury : If you ask me, they're spoiled.
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Mytyl : Lightning struck, and the whole forest went up in flames.
Light : Lightning and Fire are my stepbrothers. They're very wicked.
Mytyl : We nearly got burned up.
Tyltyl : Tylette did get burned up.
Tylo : She got what she deserved.
Mytyl : Don't say that, Tylo! Poor Tylette.
Light : There, there, dear. Don't be unhappy. What about the blue bird?
Mytyl : We didn't see one, not one. We didn't have time to look.
Tylo : If you ask me, there is no such bird.
Mytyl : Oh, there is, Tylo. There must be!
Light : You haven't looked everywhere. The blue bird may be in the Future.
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Little Girl : Look! Live children!
Tyltyl : Why do they call us live children?
Mytyl : I don't know.
Young Lad : You're live children, aren't you?
Mytyl : Well, of course we're alive. Aren't you alive?
Young Lad : Not yet. We're waiting to be born.
Little Girl : Look how funny they dress.
Mytyl : I was thinking the same thing about you.
Little Girl : What are those things on your feet?
Mytyl : They're my shoes. They're for protecting your feet from thorns and stones and the cold.
Young Lad : It's all very confusing, but I expect we'll understand it when we're born.
Mytyl : Why don't you get born?
Young Lad : We will, but we have to wait our turn. Is it nice on Earth?
Tyltyl : Yeah, it's all right.
Mytyl : It's beautiful!
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Fairy Berylune : What silly children you are not to know this lady! You've seen her hundreds of times. This is Light. Light, may I present Mytyl and Tyltyl.
Mytyl : How do you do, Light?
Tyltyl : How do you do?
Light : There's no need to be formal. We're old friends. Where would you like to go? I shall be your guide.
Mytyl : We're not sure where to go.
Fairy Berylune : Why don't you use your head? Hasn't it occurred to you that the blue bird might be hiding in the Past?
Mytyl : But where is the Past? Do you know the way?
Light : Why, of course. The Past is right behind us.
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Mummy Tyl : There's something wrong with these children. They must have eaten something last night that disagreed with them.
Daddy Tyl : Well, they look all right to me.
Mummy Tyl : But they've been talking such nonsense! About seeing their grandparents!
Mytyl : But we did, Daddy! We really did!
Tyltyl : But we're home now.
Mytyl : And we missed you so!
Daddy Tyl : You mean you're going to miss me when I go to war.
Mytyl : Oh. I had forgotten about that.
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[first lines]
Tyltyl : [sees the bird] Look, Mytyl! There's one!