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THE SMART CAT. I've kept watching over him for the whole night. I've been lying in wait. I haven't had a wink of sleep for several nights. It fell to my lot… But, what the results are! — He's turned grey. Not me, it's Dandelion, that's turned grey. Any will turn grey, if your best friend leaves you. How unjust it's everywhere! Everywhere! But where's Fly? What are the results? Well, let's see… Dandelion… shone their way for the whole night. How can one do everything at once? I warned him not to do it! — In vain. He shone for the whole night. And here the results! I ask you to switch off the light, when you are leaving (I'm approaching to the point, you know.) I can't look at him — he's changed a lot for these 2 days: first he was green, then yellow and now he's turned grey. I feel pity for him. How could he do that? When you leave, please… Oh, I've already warned you about it. How awful it is! But that is what I wanted, didn't I? Well, it's dangerous to tell the truth. And what if this happens to me? Could I do it? Without having a wink of sleep… He shone for the whole night… Well, I've already told you about it. Let's wait for Fly to come. Let her look at him. But it's better not to look at him at all. How awful it is! Well, it's dangerous to tell the truth… And I've told you about it too! There's nothing unknown in this world. Everything has been told. For the life of me! Well… the only thing, left for us is to live ourselves, There is nothing to add. What happens to me? — I'm telling the truth, and there's nobody to listen to it. I have to be so sophisticated. And this is my life… Oh, my life… I was born. How was I born? — They simply threw me away, and that of it? They made me home my own way. And I have.

But who won't have it? Will he? Nobody asked him or tried to persuade him. Honest! What if you try to persuade me. Nobody knows, what will come of it… I have my own way, and I can rely only on myself. I don't need to think of anybody else… They'll get along without me. What a good boy I am! They'll keep me in mind! But will they! They'll forget me immediately! As if I have never lived here. Well, I'll get along without them! I shall! There are many of us here. And there are just a few of them.

They seem to be returning. I can hear them approaching. I am leaving… But why should I hide myself?.. It's my desert, that he… He's still alive! And what if I?..

Fly.

THE FLY. Well. I warned them. I was right. I flied and saw everything. He's such a delicate person. And what results! After one night of there were two of them? Or three of them? Well, Smart Cat, you've done a lot without me. What a good boy you are? I'll reward you for your devoted job. You know, there, in the ravine there is a fish head. It's for you.

THE SMART CAT. Thank you. But don't boast about yourself. Well I'm leaving… (He tries to listen.) No, I'll prefer to watch the meeting of the friends first. Perhaps, tears will fall from my eyes.

THE FLY. Well, let's watch it.

The Kitten, The Old Boot, The Pot, The Little Carp, The Moth singing.

How are you, heroes? How are you, Kitten? Where are your friend? And what about you, Little Carp, where are your fins? Moth, have you got your new wings? Ha-ha-ha! Why are you so silent? You sang your song while walking on your road: Together! Our song! Sun! Wings! Look at each other — what have you got? You are silent…

EVERYBODY. She deceived us.

THE KITTEN (to Dandelion). Are You silent? I've returned. Why do you keep silent? You lit our way the whole night. I could see our way even when my eyes got tired. But they deceived me. Do your hear me, Dandelion?

THE FLY. Certainly not, He's went deaf his sorrow.

THE DANDELION. I hear you…

THE KITTEN. Tell me something. Shout at me!

THE DANDELION…if you've got a brave heart…

THE KITTEN. Heart!

THE DANDELION…if you even were born in the rubbish heap…

THE KITTEN. If you were born!

THE FLY. Don't listen to him! Close your ears! He's got mad!

THE SMART CAT. Oh, tears sprang to my eyes.

THE DANDELION…even if you were deceived…

THE KITTEN. We're deceived!

THE FLY. He talks nonsense!

THE DANDELION…if you saw your way…

THE KITTEN. My way!

THE FLY. He's dying! Dying!

THE OLD BOOT. Everything will die.

THE POT. Everything passes.

THE DANDELION…everything has changed around me…

THE FLY. It's our life! Ha-ha-ha.

THE DANDELION. Life… I love… Something hurts my eyes…

THE FLY. It is the light. Ha-ha-ha!

THE DANDELION. The light… I love… It hurts me…

THE FLY. It's our life! Ha-ha-ha.

THE DANDELION. Our life… I love…

THE FLY. He's died. He's fallen in battle.