Fox walked carelessly through the forest
And suddenly noticed ripe Grapes.
Sweet berries shone enticingly,
Fox prepared to eat them quickly.
She approached, extended her paw,
But Grapes hung too high.
Fox stretched with all her might,
But she couldn't reach Grapes.
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She backed down, but didn't give up,
Tried to solve the problem in a different way.
Fox began to be cunning,
She pretended to be imbecile.
"Oh, Grapes, what a pity,
That I can't get a star from the sky!
I can't get that high,
I need help, can you help me?"
Naive Grapes believed to Fox
And lowered his branches to the ground.
Fox immediately sank into them with her teeth,
But her attempt was unsuccessful.
Grapes realized the deception of Fox
And lifted up his branches.
Fox was left with empty paws,
A bitter disappointment befell her.
There is a lot of text in the original play,
Fox spends all day on an emotional swing,
Moving from frustration to hope and back.
But we will not stretch the action.
Sometimes even the longest story
Can be reduced to a one-act drama,
Saving disc space and viewers' free time.
Aspiring playwrights should take note!
The original text was written by me in Russian. I haven't studied English systematically so the translation may not be ideal. The main work was done by Google Translate, I just corrected obvious absurdities, where I noticed them and where I did not confuse them with brilliant insights.
