AMujina狢
二年23班
英文話劇比賽劇本
a mujina 狢
act 1
os: on a village road. at night. an old man is on his way home with a lantern in his hand
(夜晚的村道上.一個老翁手提燈籠正走在回家的路上)
villager: excuse me. where are you going? (對不起.你要上哪裡去?)
old man: i’m going home. (我要回家)
villager: where is your home? (你家住在哪裡?)
old man: i live in kanda. i’m a merchant. (我住在神田.是個商人)
villager: how about taking another way? (換條路走如何?)
villager: you had better not walk up this hill. (你最好別走這座山丘)
old man: why? what’s the matter with it? (為什麼?發生什麼事了?)
villager: i hear there are bad mujinas around here. (我聽說這附近有惡狢)
villager: it is said they bewitch passers-by at night.
(聽說他們在夜晚魅惑路人)
old man: mujinas? pshaw! i don’t believe such foolish stories. i’ll take this way, for this a short-cut to kanda. ( 狢? 啐!我不信這種無稽的說法.我要走這條路.因為這是往神田的捷徑)
villager: please yourself then! (那隨你便囉!)
villager: you will be sure to regret it. (你一定會後悔的)
(村人退場.老翁繼續走)
act 2
os: beside the road, there sits a younger lady sobbing with the sleeves of her kimono covering her face.
(一位年輕的小姐坐在路旁,用和服的衣袖掩面哭泣)
old man: hello, younger lady! (嗨!年輕的小姐.)
os: younger lady is crying.
younger lady: (無聲地哭泣)
old man: what’ the matter with you? (你怎麼了?)
os: younger lady is crying continually.
younger lady: (無聲地哭泣)
old man: don’t weep any more. please tell me about your trouble. (別哭了.告訴我你有什麼困難.)
younger lady: i’m sad because i have an ugly face. i want to die. (我為自己醜陋的容貌難過.我真想死)
old man: don’t be foolish. please come here and show me your face. i can’t believe you are ugly. (別傻了.請過來.讓我看看你的臉.我不相信你有多醜.)
younger lady: i’m quite ugly. i can’t show you such a terrible face. (我很醜.我不能讓你看到這樣一張醜陋的臉)
old man: i will not be surprised however ugly you may be. (不論你有多醜.我都不會嚇到的)
os: suddenly younger lady takes the sleeves off the face. it is a flat face with no eyes, no nose and no mouth. the old man screams, falls down in fright and gets out crawling. (年輕女郎猛然將衣袖由臉上移開.那是一張沒有眼睛.沒有鼻子.沒有嘴巴的扁平臉.老翁尖叫一聲.嚇的倒在地上爬了出去)
younger lady: will you never be surprised……….
(你絕不會被嚇到嗎…)
younger lady: ……..even if you see such a face?
(即使再你看到這樣一張臉之後?)
os: the younger lady takes off her mask and changes back into a mujina. (年輕女郎拿下面具變成狢)
mujina: ah, ha-ha-ha! i’ve succeeded in frightening the stupid old man. now, i have another work to do. i must hurry. (阿哈哈! 我成功地嚇壞了這個笨老頭.現在.還有另外一件事要做.我得趕快)
(匆匆出場)
act 3
(老翁進場.嚇的發抖)
old man: i was very frightened. i wish i had obeyed the villagers.
(嚇死我了.我真該聽村人的話)
old man: oh, i see a light over there. it’s a soba-stand. how lucky i am, there is a man there! 喔!那邊有燈光.一個麵攤.真幸運.有人在那裡.
old man: hello, a bowl of hot soda, please. (嗨!來碗熱呼呼的麵吧)
soba-seller: (沒有抬起頭) certainly, sir. (好的.先生)
soba-seller: (背對著老翁煮麵)
did you come up the kinokunizaka?
(你上了紀之國坡道嗎?)
old man: oh, yes. i have had a terrible time. i met a ghost with a flat face with no eyes, no nose and no mouth.
(嗯!事的.我剛碰上一件恐怖的事情.我遇上了鬼了.那鬼有一張沒有眼睛.沒有鼻子.沒有嘴巴的扁平臉)
soba-seller: it was a face like this, wasn’t it? (是不是像這樣的臉?)
os: suddenly he turns his face toward the old man. the face is flat.
(他猛然將臉轉向老翁.那是一張扁平的臉)
(老翁尖叫一聲便不省人事.賣麵者換上狢的面具)
mujina: ah, ha-ha-ha! i’ve succeeded again! what a coward he is (阿哈哈!我又成功了.真是個膽小鬼.)
os: the end. (劇終)
這次比賽是為了讓大家多學習英文.比賽重在過程不在得不得獎.也希望有參與演出的同學能努力的練習和詮釋角色.讓我們在一起為班上爭光吧!!