Андрей Зинчук - «Вперед, Котенок!» и другие... Сказки для театра [С иллюстрациями]

THE DANDELION. Will you get golden fins?

THE KITTEN. Well, not. Little Carp will. Don't interrupt. When I get golden fins…!

THE DANDELION. Well?

THE KITTEN.That's all. Little Carp would tell nothing more. And now it's your turn.

THE DANDELION.Well, I'll try… So… When I become The Goldfish again…!

THE KITTEN.Well?

THE DANDELION.When I get golden fins!

THE KITTEN.Well? What else?

THE DANDELION.But you didn't teach me anything else!

THE KITTEN.Oh! How I wish I could learn what will happen to these fins. I think we aren't good at dreaming.

THE DANDELION.Let's peep into the future.

THE KITTEN.Let's, but what is the future?

THE DANDELION.That's something that will certainly happen.

THE KITTEN.Well, let's try…

They peep into the future.

Well?

THE DANDELION.Ooh, it is wonderful!

THE KITTEN.It's wonderful! Now, you'll try to learn what's in store for me, and I'll do it for you.

They peep into the future of each other.

Your future seems better than mine.

THE DANDELION.Do you like it? So I give it to you.

THE KITTEN.So do I! I give it to you.

THE DANDELION.What do you want to give me?

THE KITTEN.Everything!

THE DANDELION.I give you everything too!

THE KITTEN.Hurrah! You've given to me, and I give to you! I wish Little Carp could hear our words. He's fond of giving too. Let's give him something.

THE DANDELION.Well, what?

THE KITTEN.We'll give him everything too. Well… He doesn't need everything. He wants his fins. Let's give him the fins.

THE DANDELION. Well, let's.

THE KITTEN.Little Carp, we give you golden fins.

THE DANDELION.And we give Moth his wings.

THE KITTEN.Little Carp!

THE DANDELION.Moth!

THE KITTEN.I think, they can't hear our words. They're sleeping. Let's call them!

THE DANDELIONand THE KITTEN.Moth! Little Carp!

The Moth and The Little Carp.

THE KITTEN.Moth and Little Carp! Listen, we give you your fins and wings.

THE LITTLE CARP.Thank you.

THE MOTH.I'm so happy.

THE LITTLE CARP.Well… You say… How could it be! I'll get my golden fins again!

THE MOTH.It seems to me… new wings?!

THE LITTLE CARP.Moth, wake up!

THE MOTH.Wake up, Little Carp!

THE LITTLE CARP.My fins!

THE MOTH.My wings!

THE KITTEN.So, we've made them a present! Let's give something to somebody else.

THE LITTLE CARP.Why… But where are my fins?

THE MOTH.And what about wings? Give me them!

THE KITTEN.But should one give anything, while making a present?

THE LITTLE CARP.Oh, look at him!

THE KITTEN.But we can't do it yet. We can only make presents.

THE MOTH.How would you like it! Well, Little Carp, listen to what they are talking about!

THE LITTLE CARP.Well, Moth! They seem to be deceiving us!

THE KITTENand THE DANDELION.Deceive you?!

THE MOTH.I was just flying over the thistles… in my dream, of course…

THE LITTLE CARP.And you?..

THE MOTH.And I was woke up?

THE KITTENand THE DANDELION.Who woke you?

THE LITTLE CARP.I don't know how to put it… They promised to give me the fins…

THE MOTH.Oh, I was awaken at the same moment — they promised to give me my wings…

THE KITTENand THE DANDELION.Who promised that?

THE MOTH.There are two know-it-alls. Am I right, Little Carp?

THE DANDELION. Well, Kitten, we happen to be these know-it-alls, we promised…

THE KITTEN.How could it be? I don't know how to promise. I did it accidentally! Please forgive me!

THE DANDELION. Forgive me too! Please!

THE LITTLE CARP.Well, we'll forgive you, but…

THE MOTH.It can't be helped — one should keep his promise.

THE KITTEN.But I… We can't keep promise!

THE MOTH.So you should learn!

THE LITTLE CARP.So you'll have to learn! And I'll go and see my dream up to the end. I want to know, how it ended.

He leaves.

THE MOTH.I may have time to fly over those thistles by the morning. ( He leaves. )

THE KITTENand THE DANDELION.Don't get upset about it! We'll keep our promise! Honest!

THE KITTEN.Why didn't you warn me? I wouldn't have promised then. We made a present to our own misfortune. What shall we do?

THE DANDELION.You know, I seem to know what to do. Let's… invent something!

THE KITTEN.Hurrah! Let us! But let's whisper at first.

THE DANDELION.Let's whisper!

They whisper.

THE KITTEN.It's a secret!

THE DANDELION.It's our secret!

THE KITTEN.Let's whisper a little more!

THE DANDELION.Let's whisper then.

They continue whispering.

The Smart Cat and The Fly.

THE FLY.Have a good rest, sleepy-head?

THE SMART CAT.I didn't have a wink of sleep. I was lying in wait. Do you think, it's very interesting? Give it a try!

THE FLY.What's the news?

THE SMART CAT.Bad news. I didn't have enough sleep.

THE FLY.That's a good boy. You don't have to tell everything they said. I'm sure they talked nonsense. Report on what you heard.

THE SMART CAT.I'm reporting: I didn't understand a word. I was lying in wait.

THE FLY.What for then?

THE SMART CAT.What for? We, cats, have this habit.

THE FLY. So you didn't hear a word?

THE SMART CAT.Pains me to hear it! We cats have a keen ear… But my memory…

THE FLY.Can you remember at least one word?

THE SMART CAT. Mm… We often repeat it.

THE FLY.«Promise»?

THE SMART CAT.Another one… One says, when he's lying.

THE FLY.«Honest».

THE SMART CAT.That's right. That's what they were talking about.

THE FLY. How interesting! Could you even imagine it? Such a little but harmful seed has flown here from behind these thistles!

THE SMART CAT. What are you talking about?

THE FLY. Wait, you'll see what the things will be like!

THE SMART CAT. I don't like anybody, saying contradictions. I can't understand it!

THE FLY.It's quite easy — As you sow, you shall reap.

THE SMART CAT. What shall one sow?

THE FLY.Sow the wind…

THE SMART CAT. And what shall one reap?

THE FLY.And reap the whirlwind. As you sow you shall reap!

THE SMART CAT.But why does one reap not, what he's sown?

THE FLY.Nobody knows, what grow on our ground!..

THE SMART CAT. What will grow?

THE FLY.Well, Smart Cat!..

THE SMART CAT. Oh, Fly!.. Well… We need a plan! How to save ourselves from it!

THE FLY. How nice of you to understand it! Let's think it over.

They are whispering.

THE SMART CAT.Hush! Who is coming here?

They disappear. The Old Boot and The Pot.

THE OLD BOOT.How are you?! Still rattling, aren't you?

THE POT.I am. Well, is the night over?

THE OLD BOOT.Of course, it is. And the day will certainly be over. Everything passes: morning, day, evening, night…

THE POT. It is an old custom.

THE OLD BOOT.But we shall never be worn out.

THE POT. We are inanimate objects.

The Moth and The Little Carp.

THE LITTLE CARP.I'll soon get my golden fins.

THE MOTH.And they promised to give me the wings!

THE OLD BOOT. Oh, as soon as you start dreaming of something they'll immediately interrupt you!

THE POT.They'll immediately interrupt you!

THE POT.They'll find and certainly interrupt! Certainly!

THE LITTLE CARP.Oh, Moth, if you ever could imagine, how these two old whimperers bother me!

THE MOTH.Little Carp, I'm bored to death with this lame Boot!

THE OLD BOOT.Come! Come! If you were more careful, you could notice long ago that I'm the left one!

THE POT. And I'm always right!

THE LITTLE CARP.And I'll get the fins!

THE MOTH.And I'll get the wings!

THE LITTLE CARP.I'll swim away!

THE MOTH.I'll fly away!

THE OLD BOOT. I say! We can dream better, can't we, Pot?

THE POT. We can! You can't even imagine!

THE LITTLE CARP. Well, try then and show us how you do!

THE MOTH. You can't!

THE OLD BOOT. Ah! Well… I… Mm…

THE POT( is prompting ). I can dream… so…

THE OLD BOOT. Can dream so…

THE POT( is prompting ). That…

THE OLD BOOT. That!..

THE MOTH.Is that all?

THE OLD BOOT. It is all!

THE LITTLE CARP. It is clear.

THE POT. Feel envious? Well, Boot, Tell them, how the day passes.

THE OLD BOOT. Day passes and…

THE LITTLE CARP. Stop talking! You are dreaming in the wrong way! One shouldn't dream as you do!

THE OLD BOOT. I am right!

THE MOTH. Try to dream of the most important thing.

THE OLD BOOT. That's what I'm doing: everything passes, everything goes to its end…

THE LITTLE CARP. Boot, tell me, do you have something valuable?

THE OLD BOOT. I have… My thoughts!

THE LITTLE CARP. No, the most important thing, you've got is your sole.

THE OLD BOOT. My sole!

THE MOTH. And what about you, Pot?

THE POT. My soul!

THE MOTH. No, Pot, it's your cover.

THE POT. Cover!

THE MOTHand THE LITTLE CARP. And you should dream of this!