Scene VII.

(Лесная поляна. На поляне ворон. Выбегают две белки.)

First Squirrel: Hello, squirrel!

Second Squirrel: Hello, squirrel!

First Squirrel: Happy New Year!

Second Squirrel: Happy New Year!

First Squirrel: Here is a present for you – a pinecone.

Second Squirrel: And a fir cone – for you.

First Squirrel: A pinecone!

Second Squirrel: A fir cone!

First Squirrel: A pinecone!

Second Squirrel: A fir cone!

Raven: Cr…Cr…Cr! Hello squirrels!

First Squirrel: Hello, old Raven! Happy New Year!

Second Squirrel: Happy New Year! How are you?

Raven: As before.

First Squirrel: Old Raven, how many times did you celebrate the New Year?

Raven: 150.

Second Squirrel: Oh!

First Squirrel: They say, you know everything! Is it true?

Raven: Yes, it is.

Second Squirrel: Please tell us something.

Raven: Cr…Cr… Cr!

First Squirrel: We don’t understand your language!

Raven: You must study foreign languages!

(На поляну выскакивает заяц.)

First Squirrel: Hello, Hare.

Second Squirrel: Happy New Year! Are you frozen?

Hare: Am I frozen!? No, I am hot! Squirrels, have you seen our Wolf?

First Squirrel: Why are looking for Wolf?

Hare: I am not looking for him, I am afraid of him!

Second Squirrel: Run away, Hare! It is Wolf!

(Выбегает волк.)

Wolf: Squirrels, have you seen Hare?

First Squirrel: Yes, of course. Our Hare is looking for you..

Wolf: Well! Where is Hare? I’ll catch him!

First Squirrel: There! (Показывает вправо.)

Second Squirrel: There! (Показывает влево.)

Raven: Look! Soldiers are coming here!

All together: Let’s run away.

Scene VIII.

(Лесная поляна. На поляне учитель и королева.)

Queen: Teacher! You told me there are many wild animals in the forest. But I saw no one. Where are they? Please? Show them to me.

Teacher: I think they are sleeping now.

Queen: Why? It isn’t dark now.

Teacher: Some of them usually go to sleep in autumn and wake up in spring.

Queen: There is a lot of snow in the forest. The trees are very strange! They are black and have no leaves. But I like them.Where are those two women, the Mother and the Daughter? They promised to show us the snowdrops. Where are they?!

(Появляются мать, падчерица и дочь.)

Teacher: They are here!

Queen: At long last!

Mother: Your Majesty, this is my stepdaughter.

Queen: Come here, dear. I see you are a nice girl. But you are frozen! Give her a fur coat!

(Учитель накидывает на падчерицу шубу.)

Stepdaughter: Thank you, Your Majesty.

Queen: I can give you a basket of gold, a lot of dresses, nice shoes, skirts. What do you want?

Stepdaughter: Thank you, Your Majesty. I don’t want anything from you. But let them (указывает на мачеху и её дочь) give me my ring back.

Mother: Don’t listen to her, Your Majesty!

Daughter: She doesn’t know what she says.

Stepdaughter: I do! I had a ring and you took it and don’t want to give it back.

Mother: Oh! Your Majesty, believe us, we haven’t got the ring.

Queen: Give it to me quickly!

Daughter: Just a moment. (Достаёт из кармана кольцо и отдаёт королеве)

Stepdaughter: It’s my ring!

Queen: A beautiful ring! Where did you get it? Who gave it to you?

Stepdaughter: I shall not tell you.

Queen: Oh! You are obstinate! Well! Show us where the snowdrops are and I’ll give you your ring.

Stepdaughter: I cannot do it!

Queen: Tell me!

Stepdaughter: Never!

Queen: So… Take the fur coat off her!

Teacher: Your Majesty!

Queen: Yes?

Teacher: You shouldn’t do this!

Queen: You forgot who the Queen is! You forgot that a word ”execute” is shorter than “forgiveness”!

Teacher: Your majesty!

Queen: No! (Поворачивается к падчерице.) I am asking you for the last time: where are the snowdrops? Will you show them to me?

Stepdaughter: No, I shall not!

Queen: Say “Good-bye” to your ring! (Бросает кольцо.)

Stepdaughter: No!

Roll, roll the ring

To the steps of spring,

To the summer porch,

To the autumn cottage, with winter shine

To the New Year’s fire!

Queen: What is she saying?

(Танец снежинок. В вихре танца снежинки уносят Падчерицу)

It is spring now!

Teacher: Nonsense!

Queen: The snowdrops! Stop! Where is the girl? Woman, where is your stepdaughter?

Mother: She is gone. She ran away.

(Все бросаются собирать цветы. Появляется Январь.)

January: What are you doing here?

Queen: We are looking for the snowdrops.

January: There are no snowdrops in winter.

Queen: I know it. I want to go home, but I don’t know how to do it. Please, help us! I’ll reward you.

January: I need nothing. I can reward you. What New Year’s presents do you want?

Queen: I wan to be at home.

Teacher: I want all months come one by one.

Mother: And we want a fur coats.

January: Take them! (набрасывает на дочь и мать шубы.)

Mother (к дочери): You’re a dog!

Daughter: You’re a dog, too!

(Садятся на корточки, дерутся, лают как собаки и уходят.)

January: Let’s go to our fire!