To Create a Better Country

倪燕萍

王宮里，住著一位自私、冷酷的女王。女王貪圖享樂，驕奢淫逸，百姓長期生活在水深火熱之中。積貧積弱的王國不堪一擊，很快被外敵攻占。女王流落民間，感受到人民的善意，最終被感化，決心和她的人民一起趕走敵人，重振家園。一起來欣賞江蘇省常州市實驗小學的同學們的精彩表演吧！

金海欣 黃天羽 黃乙耘 金若彤 蔣一菲 梅鈺艷 巢欣雨

王鈺凱 黃心堯 石涵淼 吳 婧 童 瑤 范雨欣 吳欣澄

唐潤湫 王藝璇 劉璽彤 周靖程 趙俊鑫 滕思遠 韋澤云

林昳霏 王 涵

Queen： Hey， wheres my cappuccino（卡布奇諾）？

Maid： Here it is. Im so sorry， My Queen. Im late today.

Queen： It is unforgivable. Put it here. Guards， take her away. Spank her twenty times.

Guard 1 & 2： Yes， Your Majesty.

Maid： My Queen， forgive me. Help！ Help！

Queen： Is there anything you want to report to me？

Officer 1： Yes， there is. According to the weather broadcast， these days the air is very bad. Smoke from cars and factories makes the air even worse. It affects peoples health.

Officer 2： Your Majesty， many rivers are dirty. People throw rubbish in the rivers. There is not enough clean water to drink.

Officer 3： In some places， people dont have enough food. Theyre starving（饑餓的）.

Queen： Is the air in my palace clean？

All： Of course it is.

Queen： Is the water in my palace clean？

All： Of course， its very clean.

Queen： Is there enough food in my palace？

All： Yes.

Queen： Then its OK. Anything else？

Officer 4： Your Majesty， I have heard that there is an enemy troop（敵軍） coming to our country.

Queen： Oh， really？ My general（將軍）， do you train the soldiers every day？

General： Yes， I do.

Queen： Train harder！ Prepare for the war！

Soldier 1： Look， the enemy is coming！

Enemy 1 & 2： Lets break into the palace.

Queen： （wandering alone） Im hungry but there isnt anything to eat. Im thirsty but the water in the river is so dirty.

Girl： What a poor woman！ Do you regret， madam？ Here is the only apple my mother left to me. Here you are. Eat it， and you will be better.

Queen： Thank you so much.

（However， the girl fainted from hunger.）

Queen： Whats wrong with you？ Wake up！ Wake up！? Youre so kind. Lets start working. I want to make a better life for you. My people deserve（應得） it.

（The queen organized a team. After several years of unremitting efforts， everyone gained a lot.）

Man 1： Now， we have enough food to eat.

Man 2： Yes. We are not hungry anymore.

Man 3： There are so many fruit trees in our mountain.

Girl： I like eating apples. I can eat apples every day.

Man 4： The water in the river is so clean. We can drink as much as we like.

Queen： This is called “Hard work gets harvest”. I miss my old life in the palace.

Man 1： You lived in the palace before？

Queen： Yes， I did.

Man 2： Oh， I see. You are the queen， are you？

All： Your Majesty！

Queen： Im not the queen now. I made my people suffer a lot before.

Man 3： But now you have changed.

All： Yes， you have.

Man 4： We work together. We live together. You are nice to people now.

Queen： Do you really forgive me？

All： Yes， we do.

Queen： Thank you very much. The enemy has occupied （占領） the palace for a long time. Lets go and take it back.

All： I agree.

Queen： Thanks a lot. Now we have so many people. There is strength in numbers.

（The queen led the army， held the forces together， and won at last.）

All： We win！ We win！

Man 2： Be quiet， everyone. I want to say something. Now we have taken back our country， but we still need a leader. We still want this lady to be our queen.

All： We still want you to be our queen！

Queen： Im so happy today. I come back to my home again. These days Ive learnt a lot from you. Now I know it is the queens mission（使命） to make people live better. I will try my best to serve the people（為人民服務）.

All： Your Majesty！

（The End）