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!!