Сцена 5.

(Гости танцуют на балу.)

King: Oh, my dear. How do you like our quests? Is there anybody closer to your heart?

Prince: They are too alike.

Chancellor (трогая усы): What about these girls?

Prince: They are ugly.

King: Yes, I wouldn’t like to have a daughter like this.

(Появляется Золушка.)

Prince: Look! What is she? Who is she?

King (обращается к советнику): It seems to me, my boy likes somebody. Oh, charming, charming girl.

(Принц и Золушка танцуют.)

King: My boy has fallen in love. Oh my God, how happy I am.

(Часы бьют полночь.)

Cinderella: It’s late.

Prince: No, I’d like to introduce you to my father.

Cinderella: No, I have to leave you.

Prince: Why? Let’s dance a little more. I don’t even know your name.

(Девушка убегает по лестнице. На ступеньке остаётся туфелька.)

Prince: She has run away (поднимает туфельку и садится).

King: Oh, my dear. Where is she?

Prince: I don’t know.

King: You let her go away?

Prince: No, she disappeared so suddenly that I don’t know where to look for her.

King: Don’t be afraid, we’ll find her. Herald! Listen to my order. Try on the shoe! The girl whom the shoe fits will be a princess.

Herald: Yes, your Majesty.

Сцена 6.

Stepmother: Cinderella, how could you go to the ball? Where did you take the dress? Did you steal it?

Pat: We shall punish you.

Liz: We shall put you in the closet.

Stepmother: Yes, and I’ll lock the door. Nobody will make you free.

(Мачеха уводит Золушку и входит с ключом, который кладёт в карман.)

Herald: Listen to the King’s order. Every girl in our kingdom should try on the shoe. The girl whom the shoe fits will be a princess and the Prince will marry her.

Stepmother: Girls, today one of you will be a princess. Give me the shoe. Pat, give me your foot.

Pat: Oh, a little more, more (плачет).

Stepmother: You are clumsy. Liz, give me your foot. Bend your toes, please.

Liz: Oh, I can’t (плачет).

(Мышонок вытаскивает ключ из кармана мачехи. Появляется Золушка.)

Cinderella: Could I try on the shoe?

Stepmother: Go away.

Herald: Surely. The King has ordered to try the shoe on every girl of our kingdom.

(Золушка надевает туфельку, а затем достаёт другую и надевает её.)

Cinderella: I’ve got another one.

Herald: Oh, I’ve found her, Your Majesty.

(Мышата хлопают в ладоши, появляется принц, целует руку Золушки, они танцуют танец, король и министр пританцовывают.)

Magic Dwarf (after y.A.Samusenko)

Annie Father

Narrator People

King Rumpelstiltskin

Servant

Narrator: Once upon a time there was a poor widower who was very proud of his daughter. Her name was Annie. She was a pretty child, but her father thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world. Unfortunately her father was fond of boasting and he told everybody he met what wonderful things his daughter could do.

Father: Hey! Have you heard, what a clever daughter I’ve got!

People: Really?

As clever as you?

You are joking!

Father: Stop laughing! Listen to me and believe me.

***

Father:

She can sing like a bird,

She can swim like a fish,

She can bake a cake,

She can speak Chinese,

She can spin straw

Into gold,

She can do everything

What she is asked or what she is told.

People:

Can she sing like a bird?

Can she swim like a fish?

Can she bake a cake?

Can she speak Chinese?

Can she spin straw

Into gold?

Can she do everything

What she is asked or what she is told?

King: What do I hear! Can your daughter really do what you have told?

Father: But I…

King: Tell me, can she sing like a bird?

Father: Yes.

King: Well, didn’t you joke when you told she can swim like a fish?

Father: No…

King: She can speak Chinese, can’t she?

Father: Yes…

King: I’d like to see your daughter in the palace tonight. She must spin straw into gold. Won’t you deny she can do it?

Father: No…

King: Tell your daughter I’m waiting for her in my palace. I’d like to see for myself if she can spin straw into gold.

***

Father:

Oh, my poor Annie

What have I done!

I’ve boasted and many

Real facts were none.

Oh, my honey wife, you hear,

Help her daughter, help her, dear,

And forgive my boastful words

Didn’t want I any hurts.

King: Hello, Annie. I’ve heard you can spin straw into gold I’d like you to do it for me.

Annie: But I can’t do it.

King: I won’t do you any harm, dear Annie, but you must spin straw into gold for me.

Annie: But it is impossible. Tell him, father, tell him, please, I can’t do it.

Father: Do the best you can, my child, do the best you can.

***

King: You can do.

Annie: I cannot.

King: You will do.

Annie: I will not.

King: You will take the spindle in your hands.

Annie: I have never seen its movements.

King: Can you sing?

Annie: Yes I can.

King: Can you swim?

Annie: Yes I can.

King: That means you can do the work.

Annie: Please don’t put me under a lock.

King: If you don’t.

Annie: If I don’t.

King: If you can’t.

Annie: If I can’t.

King: I will put you into prison.

Annie: I’ll be punished for what reason?

King: If you spin.

Annie: If I spin.

King: Into gold.

Annie: It can’t be.

King: You’ll be Queen and I’ll reward you.

Annie: I will try to if I am due.

King: I’ll come tomorrow, Annie. If I don’t see gold here on the floor I’ll punish you. You should respect your king.

Narrator: With these words the king left the room. The girl sat down on the straw in despair and began to cry. She didn’t know what to do. Nobody could help her – neither her father, nor her dead mother. She had never seen the spinning wheel and didn’t know how to manage it.

Annie:

What am I going to do

If I am going to cry?

Crying can’t help me any more

What am I here, Daddy, for?

I can’t spin straw into gold

I can’t do what I was told

Oh, someone, somewhere help me, please

I haven’t the power to do this.

Why am I punished here for

How can I leave the room for more?

And if I touch the spinning wheel

God cannot realize my will.

Narrator: Suddenly the door opened and in danced a tiny little man. He was dressed all in silver from head to toe. His stockings and shoes sparkled when he moved.

***

Dwarf:

Don’t cry Annie

Don’t cry, dear.

I will help you

I am here.

I am magic,

I’m not mean.

I will help you

To be Queen.

I can spin straw

Into gold,

If you give me

What I told.

Give me the necklace,

Don’t be greedy.

The necklace is something

That you needn’t.

I can spin straw

Into gold,

If you give me

What I told.

Give me your ring,

Don’t be silly.

A ring is not a price

For Queen’s being.

I can spin straw

Into gold,

If you give me

What I told.

First born child

Is what I want.

Think of your being

If you don’t.

You’ll stay here,

You’ll be punished.

The king won’t love you,

Dreams will vanish.

Annie: But I don’t have a child.

Dwarf: You will. You are a nice girl. King Joe will marry you as soon as you do what he wants. You should agree if you don’t want to lose your chance. Or you want me to disappear?

Annie: No, no, don’t leave me. Let it be as you want.

Dwarf: Good girl and how clever you are! Fall asleep. I will work. Each of us will get what he wants.

Narrator: Poor Annie got asleep. Not having maternal feelings she didn’t know how it’s difficult to part with her own child. Thoughts of being a Queen blinded her mind. But ahead there was a wedding. In the morning King Joe came in.

King: Oh, no. You’ve done it. It is a miracle! Gold! Gold is everywhere!

***

King:

Oh, my sweetie, you have done it.

Here is my hand and you’ll be mine.

You could spin straw into gold.

You’ve done all what you were told.

Be my wife,

Stay with me.

You are mine,

Dear Annie.

Annie:

Oh, my King,

Dear Joe,

You’ll open

My heart's door.

I have spinned straw into gold,

I have done what I was told.

We will marry, dear Joe,

I will do for you something more.

I will bear

You a boy,

You’ll be happy,

You’ll have a joy.

King:

Oh, my Annie,

Thank you dear,

I didn’t expect

News to hear.

People: Hey, everybody! There is a wedding, King Joe will marry charming Annie. She has done something special for him. What is it? I don’t know. They say she has spinned straw into gold. Is it possible? What a miracle!

***

People:

Be happy dear Queen and King,

We wish you luck and peace.

Be healthy, wealthy and all this

We seal with a ring.

Narrator: One year passed. The Queen bore a child. She forgot about her promise. But one day…

Dwarf: Hello, Queen! Haven't you forgotten me?

Annie: Oh, no. Not that!

Dwarf: I see you remember me. I've come to take your baby.

Annie: Take anything you want, but not my child. I won't give him to you.

Dwarf: But you promised. I will take him anyway.

Annie: Oh, please, don't take my baby. Leave us.

Dwarf: You didn't ask me to leave when you had troubles.

Annie: But I didn't know…

Dwarf: Well. Let's play a game. Guess my name and I won't disturb you.

***

Annie:

He can't live in the wood,

Sleep with you on the grass,

He should have childhood

In the palace with us.

Dwarf:

You have only three days,

Days will come one by one.

Guess my name or I will

Take your child with mine.

Annie:

I will try to guess the name,

I will try to break the promise,

I won't give my child,

I won't give my Thomas.

Andy, Annie, Billy, Bobby,

Carlos, Charlie, David, Dobby,

Ernie, Eddie, Francis, Freddy,

Jimmy, Joe, Harry, Randy.

Oh, I don't know. Hey, servants! Come up to me, please. Look for a tiny little man! Keep an eye on him. You should tell me everything you'll see. I want to know his name.

***

Dwarf:

What a happy day today!

What a happy night tonight!

Tomorrow I'll take

The young Queen's child.

Ref: I'll win the game

Rumpelstiltskin is my name.

How funny is to play,

How silly is to pray.

The Queen won't guess

My queer name.

Ref: I'll win the game

Rumpelstiltskin is my name.

How bright the fire’s burning,

We will have the baby born.

We'll be very happy

To have a little baby.

Ref: I'll win the game

Rumpelstiltskin is my name.

Servant:

You won't win the game

Rumpelstiltskin is your name.

Servant: Oh, queen! We've found a tiny little man deep in the forest.

Annie: How did he look like?

Servant: He was dressed in silver from head to toe.

Annie: Have you learnt his name?

Servant: His name is Rumpelstiltskin.

Annie: Rumpelstiltskin! Wonderful! I am very grateful to you. Now leave me alone.

Narrator: The queen was happy. Now she knows the little man's name. And she wanted to play a joke on him. In the evening he came in.

***

Dwarf:

Oh, my dear girl, I've come.

Tell me, tell me, what you've done?

Have you guessed my queer name?

Give me baby, over's game.

Annie:

Stop, my dear, dwarf, you say

I should tell your queer name.

If I guess I won't give Thomas,

I will tell you the name, I promise.

Andy, Annie, Billy, Bobby,

Carlos, Charlie, David, Dobby.

Haven’t I won your uneasy game –

Rumpelstiltskin is your name.

Oh, how it is wonderful to win!

Come to me, my dear king.

We shall live with little Tomas.

Life will be happy, I promise.

King:

You’re my wife,

Stay with me.

You are mine

Dear Annie.

Annie:

Oh, my King,

Dear Joe,

You have opened

My heart's door.

King: You look mysterious. Has something happened?

Annie: Oh, no. There must be some mystery in every woman. Let me not distract you from king's affairs.

King: Well, the better I recognize you the more I love you.

Narrator: What should I say in addition? The story has a happy end.

***

People:

Be happy dear Queen and King,

We wish you luck and peace.

Be healthy, wealthy and all this

We seal with a ring.

Winter Tale

Mother Daughter

Stepdaughter Queen

Lady Teacher

Chancellor Ambassador of the Western country

Ambassador of the Soldier

Eastern country

Wolf Hare

First Squirrel Second Squirrel

Raven Twelve months