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

THE POT. My Cover!

THE OLD BOOT. Sole!

THE LITTLE CARP. Oh, my fins.

THE MOTH. My wings.

THE LITTLE CARP. I'll swim to the black sea!

THE MOTH. I'll fly to high pine-trees!

THE OLD BOOT. I can't remain on my feet!

THE POT. I'm boiling with life!

THE OLD BOOT( suddenly ). Let's take the field!

EVERYBODY. The field! The field!

THE OLD BOOT. We are marching together!

EVERYBODY. Together!

THE POT. We are singing our song loudly!

EVERYBODY. Our song!

THE LITTLE CARP. We'll try to catch the sunshine!

EVERYBODY. The sunshine!

THE MOTH. We'll be jumping over the thistle!

EVERYBODY. Over the thistles!

They sing their song.

THE OLD BOOT. We are marching together!

EVERYBODY. Together!

THE POT. Go on, music!

EVERYBODY. Music!

THE LITTLE CARP. Hello, Sunshine!

EVERYBODY. Sunshine!

THE MOTH. Our beautiful dream has got the wings!

EVERYBODY. The wings!

They leave singing.

The Smart Cat and The Fly.

THE SMART CAT. How silly they are! They'll never get over the thistles!

THE FLY. The sun will set by the evening, they'll lose their way!

THE SMART CAT. They can't see anything in the darkness!

THE FLY. They can't see anything in the darkness!

THE FLY. They'll step on each others feet! They'll beat each other up! They'll quarrel!

THE SMART CAT. They'll attack each other!

THE FLY. They'll quarrel!

THE SMART CAT. They'll beat each other!

THE FLY. They'll return back. They won't get over the thistles!

THE SMART CAT. The sun will set! They'll lose their way!

THE FLY. They'll deceive themselves.

THE SMART CAT. They'll return! Quarrel! That's it!

THE FLY.They'll quarrel! This way…

They start beating each other.

THE SMART CAT. Oh' They'll tease each other!

THE FLY. They'll attack!

THE SMART CAT. Hide!

THE FLY. Bite one another!

THE SMART CAT. My only eye!

THE FLY. My only sixth leg!

Stop beating each other.

THE SMART CAT. Smart Cat is nice, shrewd, clever, cowardly! Calm down, take away your paw. drop your tail, hide your claws, open your eye. You can't open it! Well, purr then… Mrr… How silly they are!

THE FLY.You see now, our first plan didn't work. We thought it over for nothing!

THE SMART CAT. I see! I can't see anything! How dark it is!.. They can't see in the darkness! Neither do I now! Why did you bite me?

THE FLY. Night will soon fall. Sun will set. Still we have the time to start the quarrel between them. We should steal their friendship.

THE SMART CAT. I'm always ready to steal something.

THE FLY. Then, listen. I am small, so I'll follow Little Carp, Moth, Old Boot and Pot. I'll attack then in the darkness and make them quarrel. Their friendship is so small, that I'll be able to steal it. And you, Smart Cat, stay here with Kitten and Dandelion. They've got the large friendship.

THE SMART CAT. I'm fond of stealing large things.

THE FLY. See you then! ( Disappears. )

THE SMART CAT. Off away with you! I'll get along myself! What shall I begin with? First of all, I'll attack them. I'll steal up to them and attack. But Kitten has got a keen ear, he'll hear me approaching. I'd rather try to overhear, what they are talking about. Oh, I hear something, what shall I do then? I should be clever. I'll lie to them. But they will realize that I'm lying. And I must lie so that they could believe me. What shall I tell them? Oh, I'll tell then the truth. I think I,m the first to lie like that. Well, I'll steal up to them and tell a lie. No, I'd rather attack them and tell a lie! No, it would be better to deceive them and then tell a lie! I'll steal up to them… I'll attack them… I'll tell them a lie… Mm… No, I'd rather come up to them, without stealing up. I'll come up and… tell a lie. So they won't understand, that I'm lying. Oh, what a Smart Cat I am! Fly could never even imagine this. So, I'll go. I'm already going!

The Dandelion and The Kitten, The Smart Cat.

THE SMART CAT. Hey! I'm not going to make friends with you! I'm not interest in it! It is so dull! ( I shouldn't mix anything and tell them a lie, otherwise they'll understand everything ). While you making plans and whispering, Little Carp and Moth has already gone to get their fins and wings. ( Oh, I'm telling the truth for the first time in the whole life. I'm excited! The truth appears to tickle my nerves. ) Well. While you are making plans, malicious Fly has followed them. She'll make them quarrel. And she'll steal their friendship. They've got small friendship, and it'll be easy to steal it. The Sun will set, they'll lose their way. They won't see their Happinness, as one can't see his own tail! ( I seem to have told a lie. Here is my tail. What if they don't believe me?. )

THE KITTEN.Oh, Golden fins!

THE DANDELION.Wings?

THE SMART CAT. They'll be lost! They'll lost their way!

THE KITTEN. Lost their way!

THE DANDELION. They'll be lost!

THE SMART CAT. Night has fallen. It has Honest!

THE DANDELION.Honest! We gave the promise!

THE SMART CAT. Sun is setting. They can't see in the darkness.

THE KITTEN. But I can!

THE SMART CAT. They'll lose their way!

THE KITTEN. But I won't lose it!

THE DANDELION. Kitten, you run after them! Find them and show them the way!

THE KITTEN. I shall! And what about you?

THE DANDELION. I'll light up your way! Kitten, you run, run without turning back!

THE KITTEN. But it means to save myself!

THE DANDELION. Kitten, you run and don't lose the time!

THE KITTEN. But it means to leave!

THE DANDELION. Good bye, Kitten! Don't turn around! Run away!

The Kitten runs away.

THE SMART CAT. I feel ill at ease! I'm going to cry! Parting words! The stolen friendship!

Night. The Kitten.

THE KITTEN. Now to turn around! I'll run! To save small friendship for the sake of large one! To run! Forward! Not to turn around! Not to leave! Not to save myself! Not to steal up! Not to deceive! To run forward! To run!.. To run… I'm tired. Not to get tired! I'm in despair. Not to be in despair! To run… Run.. I seem to be crying. Not to cry! To run…. To run…

Different voices in the darkness. Song is breaking down.

THE OLD BOOT. Together…

THE POT. Go on, music…

THE LITTLE CARP. Sunshine…

THE MOTH. Wings…

The Boot and then the others.

THE OLD BOOT. Together. Together. I'm the left boot. I'm going alone.

THE MOTH. They stopped on me.

THE LITTLE CARP. They pushed me.

THE POT. Somebody attacked me in the darkness.

THE OLD BOOT. We've lost our way!

THE POT. We didn't finish our song.

THE MOTH. Wings dropped.

THE LITTLE CARP. Sun has grown dark.

THE OLD BOOT. March together! Why should we march together, if nothing could be seen in the darkness.

THE POT. Why should we sing our song in the darkness?

THE MOTH. How could we go after sun if it's set?

THE OLD BOOT. We shouldn't… march together.

THE POT. Our song… is sung.

THE MOTH. The wings… are crumpled.

THE LITTLE CARP. The sun has set.

THE FLY.Ha-ha! What a sad end! The army is depressed! Distant victory and sad end! Ha-ha-ha!

The Kitten.

THE KITTEN. We'll march together again!

THE POT. Again!

THE KITTEN. A New sun has risen!

THE LITTLE CARP. A New sun!

THE KITTEN. Our dream's got the wings!

THE MOTH. Wings!

They sing their song again.

THE KITTEN. Together!

EVERYBODY. Together!

THE KITTEN. Our song!

EVERYBODY. Our song!

THE KITTEN. Sunshine!

EVERYBODY. Sunshine!

THE KITTEN. Wings!

EVERYBODY. Wings!

THE FLY. I'll follow them.

Thistles.

THE OLD BOOT. We have come at last. Thank you, Kitten. Here they are. I can see them.

THE POT. We have come at last. Thank you, Kitten. Here they are. I can see them.

THE POT. How frightful they are! Malicious! Thorny!

THE LITTLE CARP. Listen, friends! We must get over them today! Let's forget our quarrels!

THE MOTH. Let's ask them to help us have our way. They may be kind in reality. Perhaps they only try to look frightful! It happens, I know!

THE KITTEN. Thistles!

THE LITTLE CARP. I don't think, they hear our words. They are talking. ( Everybody tries to understand, what the thistles are talking about. )

THE KITTEN. But they keep silent! They can't understand our words!

THE MOTH. Another world is waiting for us there!

EVERYBODY. Another world!

THE LITTLE CARP. We'll get another way of living there!

EVERYBODY. Another way of living!

THE OLD BOOT. Let us have our way!

THE POT. Let us, please!

They listen.

THE KITTEN. They can't hear our words!

THE OLD BOOT. How quiet it is here!.. I am afraid.

THE POT. I feel cold.

THE KITTEN. Look, the light goes out. Let's go ahead!

THE LITTLE CARP. Let's gather all our strength.

THE MOTH. Gather the best we have!

THE OLD BOOT. Go ahead!

Mute scene. They attach. The Fly.

THE FLY. What are you doing! They are trying to get over. You won't get over here! I can see everything.

THE OLD BOOT. Let's go ahead!

THE FLY. What are you doing! You'll be hurt all over! You'll be wounded, you'll tear your clothes!

THE MOTH. Go ahead!