 93  ^ Oh, dear! That’s sad. (Then he asks suddenly.) Is there a birthday cake? (There is a voice from behind: «Of course! There’s always a birthday cake on birthday. This one’s got six candles. Someone’s six today» ).   (to the audience). How nice to be six. That’s a very nice age. Almost as nice as being seven. Five is nice too: and so is four. And as for eight, well, when you are eight you’ll need only eight or perhaps ten more years and you’ll be grown-up. Still, I think I’d like best to be six (To the voice.) Oh! Poor lost birthday! What can I do for you? There is a voice from behind: «Please, help me to find whose I am! Maybe someone is crying now, but I don’t know who and I can’t go to him». But how can I help you? (He thinks for a minute.) Oh!!! I know! In our forest we have a very old and a very clever owl. Her name is Pampushka. She knows everything! I’ll go to her and ask her. And you (he says to the voice ) stop crying and wait for me. Yalmar goes off. Father Elephant appears, stops in the middle of the stage, thinks for some minutes and then he hears the sound of crying. He listens for some time.   Who is crying here? There is a voice from behind: «I’m a lost birthday. I don't know who I belong to that’s why...» The lost birthday! (He thinks for some time.) I know!  Mother elephant enters.  What do you know? I know... I have forgotten Yalmar’s birthday. He is six today. 93 |
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