Scene IX.

(Лесная поляна. На поляне все, кроме месяцев поют песню “Jingle bells”.)

Dashing through the snow,

in a one horse open sleigh,

Down the fields we go,

laughing all the way.

Bells on bobtail ring,

making spirits bright,

Oh what fun it is to ride and sing

a sleighing song tonight!

Chorus:

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.

Oh! What fun it is to ride

in a one-horse open sleigh!

Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.

Oh! What fun it is to ride

in a one-horse open sleigh!

Yemelya the fool (after y.A. Samusenko)

Author

Yemelya

Mother

Pike

Tsar

Tsarevna

Servants

People

Scene 1

Author: Once there lived an old woman. She had a son, Yemelya – the Fool. He lay the whole day on the stove and cared about nothing.

Mother: Yemelya, bring some water.

Yemelya: I don’t feel like it.

Mother: I won’t buy you any sweets!

Yemelya: All right, Mom.

What a day!

What a life!

No one minute without a lie!

She won’t buy me any sweets.

For the garden she’ll buy seeds.

Mother: Stop talking! Bring some water!

Scene 2

Author: Yemelya came down from the warm stove, put his clothes and shoes on, took two buckets, an axe and went to the river.

Yemelya: What a day!

What a life!

How to make an ice-hole right.

I would better sit at home.

And not wander day and night.

(Емеля делает прорубь и наполняет ведра водой, он наклоняется и замечает, что что-то поймал)

Yemelya: What is it? A fish! That tasty fish soup we’ll have for dinner!

Author: All of a sudden the pike said:

Pike: Let me go, Yemelya, I’ll be useful to you!

Yemelya: What can I need you for? I’ll take you home and mom will make perfect fish-soup.

Author: The spike begged for mercy again.

Pike: Yemelya, Yemelya, please let me go. I’ll do whatever you want me to do.

Yemelya: All right. But first prove that you can help me. Let my buckets go home by themselves and no water splash out.

Pike: Remember my words. Whenever you want something, just say:

“On the pike’s will

And my wish…”

Yemelya: Well, let me see.

On the pike’s will

And my wish – buckets go back home yourselves!

Author: As soon as the buckets went home, Yemelya let the pike swim and rushed after the buckets!

Yemelya: What a miracle!

What a life!

That pike hasn’t told a lie.

Now I will do my best

To sleep on the stove like a bird in a nest.

(Емеля поставил ведра и залез на печь.)

Scene 3

Author: In the afternoon mother came home.

Mother: Yemelya, I’ve bought you some sweets. No firewood is left. Go to the forest and chop some.

Yemelya: I am not in the mood for doing that!

Mother: You should do it. I can’t make dinner!

Yemelya: What to do,

I have to help

That pike gave me something great

I will say some words and a sledge

Takes me to the wood without a wage.

On the pike’s will

And my wish – drive, my sledge into the forest!

(Емеля садится на сани и они едут.)

People: What a miracle!

What a life!

Yemelya can make this drive!

It’s impossible! It can’t be!

Oh, my eyes! What can they see?

Author: People shouted and laughed. And the tsar who lived not far away heard that noise.