Magic Casket. «Волшебная шкатулка». Пьесы для детей на английском языке - стр. 13
LUCY. Can I help you? I didn’t use to do washing but I can iron.
HEDGEHOG. All is done. Your apron is ready. You can put it on. Hold this basket and come out. We should give out these things to their owners.
SCENE III
SETTING. A green meadow in the forest.
The birds sing.
HEDGEHOG. Robin must be over here. Take back your cap, sir!
ROBIN. A lot of thanks, lady. I’m going to the concert tonight. You are invited.
HEDGEHOG. I have a lot of work to do, sir. I’m not sure to be free.
LUCY. I’ve never been to a birds’ concert. May I come?
ROBIN. Certainly. Glad to have met you, ladies. (Flies away).
SQUIRREL. Oh, my gloves are like new. You’re a true magician, my dear.
HEDGEHOG. I tried my best. These gloves will serve you if you take care of them.
SQUIRREL. But I have to cut nuts and that spoils a lot of gloves. Thank you very much. How I can do without you! (Runs away).
BUNNY. Hello, lady! Hello, Lucy! What about my waistcoat? I need pockets.
HEDGEHOG. Why do you wear a lot of things in your pockets, I wonder?
BUNNY. Have you heard the philosopher said, ’All my own I wear with myself’?
LUCY. But he didn’t mean penknives and glass balls.
BUNNY. It doesn’t matter. A lot of thanks. Bye!
LUCY. This is my home. Come in. My mother will be glad to meet you.
MOTHER’S VOICE. Is that you, Lucy? Who are you speaking to?
LUCY. It’s me, Mummy. Let me introduce Little Mistress to you. (Looking around). Where are you? She’s come away. What a pity! Mummy! I have brought my apron and my socks as well as my handkerchiefs. They are clean. I’ll always wash my things myself!
The end
PETER, THE RABBIT
(after Beatrix Potter)
CHARACTERS:
PETER
MOTHER
MOPSY, HIS SISTER
TOPSY, HIS BROTHER
MR.MCGREGOR
CAT
SCENE I
SETTING. A little tidy house where the rabbits’ family lives.
MOTHER. And now, my little children I should go out. I have a lot of work to do: to see a dentist, to meet your aunt Betty, to go to the fair and – last but not least – to do shopping. Would you like to have tasty buns for tea?
PETER. May I go for a walk?
MOTHER. Sure. You can either pick up flowers or play leapfrog with your brother and sister. I don’t mind.
TOPSY. Can I have two buns, Mummy if you have an extra bun?
MOTHER. You’re too fat, my dear. The fewer buns you’ll eat, the better! But why should I have an extra bun I wonder?
MOPSY. Peter won’t follow your advice. He is going to McGregor’s garden to pick up cabbages and carrots.
PETER. You are fools! I’ve told about lettuce! Nobody will take his cabbages because they are small and insipid. Only fools can eat the carrots in May.