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

Ярче, солнце!
Крылья! Если!

Конец

COME ON, KITTEN! (Translated by O. Zhivago)

Worldwide is a garbage dump.
How to clean this filthy sump?
How to cure this crazy world?
Our days are dark and cold.
Those who rule us are malicious
Caddish, impudent, suspicious
And to us they've always lied.
Never mind.
Our indifference and fears
Ruin up our souls and ears.
They can't hear very much,
Only «March!»
Folly laziness and lies,
Whim that nobody denies,
Cruelty is going fatter,
If there's somebody to flatter.
If there's somebody to lie,
Garbage dumps would never die.

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THE DANDELION

THE KITTEN

THE SMART CAT

THE FLY

THE LITTLE CARP

THE MOTH

THE POT THE OLD BOOT

ACT 1

The Pot's rattling. The Kitten, The the Little Carp, The Moth and the Fly alarmed.

EVERYBODY. What has happened? What has happened? What has happened here? Who is making these sounds?

THE POT. Horror, horror, disaster!

EVERYBODY. What's the matter? Quickly tell us about it! What's the matter? Quickly tell us! What? Would you tell us about it?

THE POT. Help! Help! We are lost!

EVERYBODY. Who is missing? Who is missing? One, two, three, four… The Boot is missing. Where is the Boot? We've lost The Boot. One, two, three, four… Where is The Smart Cat? We've lost The Smart Cat!

THE POT (keeps rattling). Quickly! Quickly! Come on! Help!

EVERYBODY. Help! And what has happened? What has happened?

THE POT. Is everybody here?

EVERYBODY. Everybody! Oh, no, not everybody! The Boot is missing, The Smart Cat is missing. Well, well, speak!

THE POT. Save yourselves!

EVERYBODY. Save yourselves! Save yourselves!

THE MOTH. But I can't save myself, I have no wings. Please, someone save me.

THE KITTEN. I don't know how to save myself. Please, someone teach me.

THE POT. The Smart Cat and The Boot must have already saved themselves. And we'll be lost here!

EVERYBODY. We'll be lost…

THE KITTEN. I don't know how to be lost. I'm so small. Please, someone teach me.

THE POT. Save yourselves!

EVERYBODY. Save yourselves, before it's too late.

THE KITTEN. You know, Fly, I want to learn quickly how to save myself?

THE LITTLE CARP and THE MOTH. So do we! So do we! We want to save ourselves too!

THE FLY. To save yourselves you have to do this way: don't care a bother about anything. You, Moth, don't care about The little Carp. And you, Kitten, don't care about the Moth.

THE KITTEN. I can't. Teach me!

THE FLY. Oh, it's very easy to do. You must tell the Moth that you are bored with him. Well, then!

THE KITTEN (To The Moth). I'm bored with you.

THE MOTH. Why are you bored with me, Kitten?

THE FLY. Don't you dare answer him! Go away from him! This is called saving oneself.

THE KITTEN. So easy? Then I'll hurry on… Oh!

THE OLD BOOT. Stop, Kitten. Where are you galloping to?

THE KITTEN. I'm saving myself. I can teach you how to do it. You, Boot, just tell me that you are bored with me. Now, then!

THE OLD BOOT. I'm bored with all of you.

THE POT. He doesn't understand. He doesn't want to save himself! He doesn't hear! Listen! Everybody, listen!

THE POT (stops ratting). (A rustle is heard.) Do you hear? Haven't told you? Now you can make sure! Save yourselves!

THE OLD BOOT. Whom from?