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Fairies: Betsy Button! Aren’t you ashamed?

We never thought you were a boo-hoo baby!

Betsy: Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!

Now who are you?

Fairies: We are the Wait-and-See Fairies!

Betsy: Go away! Go away! I hate you. I hate to wait and see.

First Fairy: But you don’t understand!

Second Fairy: It’s fun to wait and see!

Fairies: It is fun to wait and see, wait and see, wait and see.

It is fun to wait and see, my dear Betsy.

Betsy: What’s fun about it? I can’t wait! I won’t wait! I hate to wait!

First Fairy: The longer you wait, the more you’ll be surprised.

Second Fairy: Waiting makes the fun last longer.

Third Fairy: It’s more exciting to wait. ashamed: to feel very bad and guilty
about something that happened
Fourth Fairy: Just think, if you didn’t have to wait, exciting: filled with thrill, happiness,
or full of energy
your surprise would be over by now. crowd around: to gather closely
together around something or
Betsy: But the time seems so long. someone

First Fairy: That’s because you’re thinking about yourself.

Betsy: What else can I think about on my birthday?

Fairies: Let’s tell her. Let’s tell her the wait-and-see secret.

(Fairies crowd around Betsy and whisper in her ear.)

Betsy: Really and truly?

Fairies: Really and truly.

First Fairy: Will you try it, Betsy?

Betsy (Standing with hands behind her back
and singing): You will have to wait and see,
wait and see, wait and see,

You will have to wait and see, my dear fairies.

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