the next morning, og meets sharon and shyly confesses his feelings for her ("something sort of grandish"). sharon is in love with woody, however, and finian slyly prevents woody from leaving for new york by making him suspect that another man is pursuing sharon. the sharecroppers celebrate the unofficial betrothal of sharon and woody ("if this isn't love"). og arrives and tells finian he loves sharon. he also warns finian not to make wishes near the gold - after three wishes, the gold will vanish forever. og enlists the local children to help find his gold, promising to get them anything from a magical catalogue ("something sort of grandish [reprise]").