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美人鱼

小美人鱼－英文剧本

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（Anocean.Birdsareflyingandporpoisesareswimminghappily.

Fromthefogashipappearscrashingthroughthewaves）

Sailors:

I'lltellyouataleofthebottomlessblue

Andit'sheytothestarboard,heaveho

Lookout,lad,amermaidbewaitin'foryou

Inmysteriousfathomsbelow.

Eric:

Isn'tthisgreat?

Thesaltyseaair,thewindblowinginyourface...

aperfectdaytobeatsea!

Grimsby:

（Leaningoverside.）Ohyes...delightful....

Sailor1:

Afinestrongwindandafollowingsea.KingTritonmustbeina

friendly-typemood.

Eric:

KingTriton?

Sailor2:

Why,rulerofthemerpeople,lad.Thoughteverygoodsailorknew

abouthim.

Grimsby:

Merpeople!

Eric,paynoattentiontothisnauticalnonsense.

Sailor2:

Butitain'tnonsense,it'sthetruth!

I'mtellin'you,downinthe

depthso'theoceantheylive.（Hegestureswildly,Fishinhishandflops

awayandlandsbackintheocean,relieved.）

Sailors:

Heave.ho.Heave,ho.Inmysteriousfathomsbelow.（Fishsighsand

swimsaway.）

（Titles.Variousfishswimming.Merpeopleconvergeonagreatundersea

palace,fillingconcerthallinside.Fanfareensues.）

Seahorse:

Ahem...Hisroyalhighness,KingTriton!

（Tritonenters

dramaticallytowildcheering.）Andpresentingthedistinguishedcourt

composer,HoratioTheloniousIgnatiusCrustaceousSebastian!

（Sebastian

enterstomildapplause.）

Triton:

I'mreallylookingforwardtothisperformance,Sebastian.

Sebastian:

Oh,YourMajesty,thiswillbethefinestconcertIhaveevercon-

ducted.Yourdaughters-theywillbespectacular!

Triton:

Yes,andespeciallymylittleAriel.

Sebastian:

Yes,yes,shehasthemostbeautifulvoice....[sotto]Ifonly

she'dshowupforrehearsalsonceinawhile....（Heproceedstopodium

andbeginstodirectorchestra.）

Triton'sdaughters:

Ah,wearethedaughtersofTriton.

Greatfatherwholovesusandnameduswell:

Aquata,Andrina,Arista,Atina,Adella,Allana.

Andthenthereistheyoungestinhermusicaldebut,

Ourseventhlittlesister,we'representinghertoyou,

TosingasongSebastianwrote,hervoiceislikeabell,

She'soursister,Ar-i...

（ShellopenstorevealthatArielisabsent.）

Triton:

（Veryangry.）Ariel!

!

（CuttoAriellookingatsunkenship.）

Flounder:

（Fromdistance.）Ariel,waitforme...

Ariel:

Flounder,hurryup!

Flounder:

（Catchingup.）YouknowIcan'tswimthatfast.

Ariel:

Thereitis.Isn'titfantastic?

Flounder:

Yeah...sure...it-it'sgreat.Nowlet'sgetouttahere.

Ariel:

You'renotgettingcoldfinsnow,areyou?

Flounder:

Who,me?

Noway.It'sjust,it,err...itlooks-dampinthere.

Yeah.AndIthinkImaybecomingdownwithsomething.Yeah,Igotthis

cough.（Floundercoughsunconvincingly）

Ariel:

Allright.I'mgoinginside.Youcanjuststayhereand-watchfor

sharks.（Shegoesinside.）

Flounder:

O.K.Yeah-yougo.I'llstayand-what?

Sharks!

Ariel!

（Hetriestofitthroughporthole.）Ariel...Ican't...Imean-

Arielhelp!

Ariel:

（Laughs.）Oh,Flounder.

Flounder:

（Wispering.）Ariel,doyoureallythinktheremightbesharksaround

here?

（Sharkpassesoutside.）

Ariel:

Flounder,don'tbesuchaguppy.

Flounder:

I'mnotaguppy.（Getspulledthroughporthole.）Thisisgreat-I

mean,Ireallylovethis.Excitement,adventure,dangerlurkingaround

everycorn-YAAAAHHHHHHHH!

!

Ariel!

!

（Heseesaskull,crashesintopillar

causingcavein,andswimsfranticallyaway,knockingoverAriel.）

Ariel:

Oh,areyouokay?

Flounder:

Yeahsure,noproblem,I'mokay...

Ariel:

Shhh...（Seeingafork.）Ohmygosh!

Ohmygosh!

Haveyouever

seenanythingsowonderfulinyourentirelife?

Flounder:

Wow,cool!

But,err,whatisit?

Ariel:

Idon'tknow.ButIbetScuttlewill.

（Putsforkinbag.Skarkswimsbyoutside.）

Flounder:

Whatwasthat?

Didyouhearsomething?

Ariel:

（Distractedbypipe.）Hmm,Iwonderwhatthisoneis?

Flounder:

Ariel..

Ariel:

Flounder,willyourelax.Nothingisgoingtohappen.

Flounder:

（SeeingSharkloomingbehindhim.）AAHHHH!

!

Run!

!

Run!

!

We're

gonnadie!

!

（Sharkchasesthemallaround.Ariel'sbagishungup.She

goesbackforit.Sharkalmostgetsthem.Theyheadforporthole.）OhNo!

!

（Theycrashthroughandgoroundandround.Floundergetsknockedsilly

butArielsaveshimandtrapsShark）Youbigbully.THBBBTTTT...

（Sharksnapsathimandheswimsaway.）

Ariel:

（Laughing.）Flounder,youreallyareaguppy.

Flounder:

Iamnot.

（Onsurface.Scuttleonhisislandhummingandlookingthroughhis

telescope.）

Ariel:

Scuttle!

Scuttle:

（Lookingthroughthetelescopethewrongway,shouting.）Whoa!

Mermaidofftheportbow!

Ariel,howyoudoin'kid?

（Lowerstelescopeto

revealArielatwing'slength.）Whoa,whataswim!

Ariel:

Scuttle-lookwhatwefound.

Flounder:

Yeah-wewereinthissunkenship-itwasreallycreepy.

Scuttle:

Humanstuff,huh?

Hey,lemmesee.（Picksupfork.）Lookatthis.

Wow-thisisspecial-thisisvery,veryunusual.

Ariel:

What?

Whatisit?

Scuttle:

It'sadinglehopper!

Humansusetheselittlebabies...to

straightentheirhairout.See-justalittletwirlherean'ayank

thereand-voiolay!

Yougotanaestheticallypleasingconfiguration

ofhairthathumansgonutsover!

Ariel:

Adinglehopper!

Flounder:

Whataboutthatone?

Scuttle:

（Holdingpipe）Ah-thisIhaven'tseeninyears.Thisiswonderful!

Abanded,bulbous-snarfblat.

ArielandFlounder:

Oohhh.

Scuttle:

Now,thesnarfblatdatesbacktoprehistoricaltimes,whenhumansused

tositaround,andstareateachotherallday.Gotveryboring.So,they

inventedthesnarfblattomakefinemusic.Allowme.

（Scuttleblowsintothepipe;seaweedpopsouttheotherend.）

Ariel:

Music?

Oh,theconcert!

Ohmygosh,myfather'sgonnakillme!

Flounder:

Theconcertwastoday?

Scuttle:

（Stillcontemplatingpipe.）Maybeyoucouldmakealittleplanter

outofitorsomethin'.

Ariel:

Uh,I'msorry,I'vegottago.ThankyouScuttle.（Waves.）

Scuttle:

Anytimesweetie,anytime.

（CuttoFlotsamandJetsam,thenUrsulainbackgroundwatchingmagic

projectionofArielswimming.）

Ursula:

Yeeeeeees,hurryhome,princess.Wewouldn'twanttomissolddaddy's

celebration,now,wouldwe?

Huh!

Celebrationindeed.Bah!

InMYday,we

hadfantasticalfeastswhenIlivedinthepalace.Andnow,lookatme-

wastedawaytopracticallynothing-banishedandexiledandpractically

starving,whileheandhisflimsyfish-folkcelebrate.Well,I'llgive'em

somethingtocelebratesoonenough.Flotsam!

Jetsam!

Iwantyoutokeepan

extraclosewatchonthisprettylittledaughterofhis.Shemaybethekey

toTriton'sundoing....

（FadetothepalacethroneroomwhereArielisbeingadmonished.）

Triton:

Ijustdon'tknowwhatwe'regoingtodowithyou,younglady.

Ariel:

Daddy,I'msorry,Ijustforgot,I-

Triton:

Asaresultofyourcarelessbehaviour-

Sebastian:

Carelessandrecklessbehaviour!

Triton:

-theentirecelebrationwas,er-

Sebastian:

Well,itwasruined!

That'sall.Completelydestroyed!

This

concertwastobethepinnacleofmydistinguishedcareer.Nowthanksto

youIamthelaughingstockoftheentirekingdom!

Flounder:

Butitwasn'therfault!

Ah-well-first,ahh,thissharkchasedus

-yeah-yeah!

Andwetriedto-butwecouldn't-and-grrrrrrrrr-and-

andwe-whoooaaaaaa-oh,andthenweweresafe.Butthenthisseagullcame,

anditwasthisisthis,andthatisthat,and-

Triton:

Seagull?

What?

Oh-youwentuptothesurfaceagain,didn'tyou?

DIDN'TYOU?

Ariel:

Nothing-happened....

Triton:

Oh,Ariel,Howmanytimesmustwegothroughthis?

Youcould'vebeen

seenbyoneofthosebarbarians-by-byoneofthosehumans!

Ariel:

Daddy,they'renotbarbarians!

Triton:

They'redangerous.DoyouthinkIwanttoseemyyoungestdaughter

snaredbysomefish-eater'shook?

Ariel:

I'msixteenyearsold-I'mnotachildanymore-

Triton:

Don'tyoutakethattoneofvoicewithmeyounglady.Aslongasyou

liveundermyocean,you'llobeymyrules!

Ariel:

Butifyouwouldjustlisten-

Triton:

Notanotherword-andIamnever,NEVERtohearofyougoingtothe

surfaceagain.Isthatclear?

（Arielleaves,crying.）

Sebastian:

Hm!

Teenagers....Theythinktheyknoweverything.Yougive

themaninch,theyswimalloveryou.

Triton:

Doyou,er,thinkI-Iwastoohardonher?

Sebastian:

Definitelynot.Why,ifArielwasmydaughter,I'dshowherwhowas

boss.Noneofthis"flittingtothesurface"andothersuchnonsense.No,

sir-I'dkeepherundertightcontrol.

Triton:

You'reabsolutelyright,Sebastian.

Sebastian:

Ofcourse.

Triton:

Arielneedsconstantsupervision.

Sebastian:

Constant.

Triton:

Someonetowatchoverher-tokeepheroutoftrouble.

Sebastian:

Allthetime-

Triton:

AndYOUarejustthecrabtodoit.

（CuttoSebastianwalkingdowncorridor.）

Sebastian:

HowdoIgetmyselfintothesesituations?

Ishouldbewriting

symphonies-nottaggingalongaftersomeheadstrongteenager.（SeesAriel

andFloundersneakingoffandfollows.）Hmm?

Whatisthatgirlupto?

（He

barelymakesitintocaveandseesAriel'scollection.）Huh?

Flounder:

Ariel,areyouokay?

Ariel:

IfonlyIcouldmakehimunderstand.Ijustdon'tseethingsthewayhe

does.Idon'tseehowaworldthatmakessuchwonderfulthings-couldbe

bad.

Lookatthisstuff

Isn'titneat?

Wouldn'tyouthinkmycollection'scomplete?

Wouldn'tyouthinkI'mthegirl

Thegirlwhohasev'rything?

Lookatthistrove

Treasuresuntold

Howmanywonderscanonecavernhold?

Lookin'aroundhereyou'dthink

Sure,she'sgoteverything

I'vegotgadgetsandgizmosaplenty

I'vegotwhozitsandwhatzitsgalore

（Youwantthingamabobs?

Igottwenty）

Butwhocares?

Nobigdeal

Iwantm