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Alberich Climbs with gnome-like agility, though with re­peated checks, to the summit of the rock. Irritably.	Horrid rock, So slippery, slimy! I slide and slip! My hands and feet vainly Attempt to hold on To the slithery surface! Vapour damp Fills up my nostrils— Accursed sneezing! [He has got near Woglinde.
Woglinde Laughing.	Sneezing tells That my suitor comes!
Alberich	Be thou my love! Adorable child! He tries to embrace her.
Woglinde Escaping from him.	Here thou must woo, If woo me thou wilt! [She swims up to another rock.
Alberich Scratching his head.	Alas! not yet caught? Come but closer! Hard I found What so lightly thou didst.
Woglinde Swims to a third rock lower down.	Deeper descend: Thou’lt certainly seize me!
Alberich	Down there it is better!
Clambers down quickly.
Woglinde	But better still higher!
Darts upwards to a higher rock at the ſide.
Woglinde and Flosshilde Laughing.	Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!

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