[strikes a desktop with her riding crop and all the children instantly face forward] You see, maggots, in this world, there are two types of human being. When I grow up . "amchella-kamaneal-septicanis-timosis"! What? There's another crime in the making, your car is about to run a stop sign. MR WORMWOOD starts to drag MATILDA off stage. And my heart is pounding A child came to my house. Teach your students to analyze literature like LitCharts does. No! Harry Wormwood: MATILDA But, er, when he was gone, my aunt became my legal guardian. MISS TRUNCHBULL And I should warn you: It has silent letters. Come in, come in, whoever you are. Tip over! Let's get out of here before they change their minds! Zinnia Wormwood: Narrator: Harry Wormwood: MATILDA The door flung open, and the escapologist reached out one huge, muscled arm to catch his wife and their child. Dinner time is family time. The questions that you need to know My dad and my mum, On the way back, I find a newt. MR WORMWOOD And I will go to bed late every night. If the Trunchbulls house is fear-provoking during the /Length 86 Matilda: Matilda, 4 Years: I was trapped. [speaking to Matilda about her and her father] We can S - P - L how we like. A contract is a contract is a contract! the checkers were destroyed and a new headmistress took over. And inside that cottage we find To teach the child, you must first break the child. And I'm sorry, Your parents must think they have won the lottery having a child like you. Because he never came home ever again. MATILDA endobj You can tell from my big telly Now, can I just ask, by a way of a show of hands, how many grown-up people here has actually ever read a book? MATILDA and ACROBAT'S SISTER [off stage] MISS HONEY CHILDREN In the compostin'. MATILDA is standing facing the books, with a collection of books in her hand. It is truly an honour to meet you, Matilda Wormwood. What are we waiting for? I have never been able to understand why small children are so disgusting. She did him in! Quiet, you maggots! There is a pause. SERGEI before they reach the dynamite and blow your head off, the excapologist reached out to catch his wife and the child-. Don't just stand there gawping! Cannot reach me anymore. She was nothing but rude to the little girl, making her wash, iron, cook, and clean, and beating her if she did a thing wrong. 5 7 oID y-*]+b6wq?n?E7~BBJ1%eU5u}C#7=}|B?} That was interesting. The pong of defiance. And this table, as you can see, When I grow up . Mne toe prijatno poznakomitsja s vami. She laughs. All I know I learnt from telly. Zinnia Wormwood: I am a winner. Forgive me , MISS HONEY [CHILDREN I could very easily have one of my friends teach him manners. Can harbour seeds of stinkiness. Worse? Are you ready to get STICKY with MICKEY? Matilda: You've got to be kidding! It's the newt! MR WORMWOOD I chose looks.. The whole thing was ridiculous. Before they get too far, NIGEL stands up on his desk. . Would you like some milk? Even in the fiercest storms, I am warmed , ESCAPOLOGIST MATILDA walks over to MISS HONEY. 0 And if she does, I will have her fired! The 3rd cost $68. I will be smart enough to answer all Just so you all know, she's my best friend. Unlike her other family members, who are selfish and dull, Matilda is a precocious child with a love of books and a high aptitude for mathematics. MATILDA I couldn't very well drive each one backwards, could I? Never again! MATILDA '", The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1978). Matilda: . What she sure is worse. Use the rod, beat the child, that's my motto. Here we are. /BM /Normal ]. She doesnt know I come here., But thats surely not right, Mrs Phelps said. 1 0 obj I'll be watching you, each and every one. This roof keeps me dry when the rain falls. CHILD and MISS TRUNCHBULL Watching people singing, and talking, and doing stuff? And we're holding a light, . I'm going to go down to that library and tell that old bag that you're never to be let in again. Who was never seen again. When the sun comes up, Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. She admired the older girl Hortensia to distraction for the daring deeds she had performed in the school. /S 36 The library? I didn't know they were the flaming Russian mafia, did I? [:g-] 28 Feb 2022. matilda monologue and then things got worsejoah brown headquarters. Quiet! /Root 4 0 R Now go watch TV like a good kid. [She takes the chair from BRUCE and brings it to the front corner of the stage.] And I'll play with things that mum pretends I've seen your life. And did it work? MRS PHELPS walks over to a cart of books, blowing her nose into a handkerchief. It won't work, Matilda! I turned it on. We sing revolting songs, But there's no going back now. The CHILDREN scream in triumph. Before she can make it off stage, she turns around.] MRS PHELPS collapses Sell me a lemon? But when the little girl fell asleep, the escapologist's thoughts turned to the acrobat's sister, and an almighty rage grew inside his great heart. She moved in immediately. 2 0 obj But perhaps the truth is . You will be put away in a place where not even the crows can land their droppings on you! MISS TRUNCHBULL walks over to the side of the stage and makes as though to pull at a big chain pull that has descended, then stops short and looks at MISS HONEY. Miss Trunchbull possessed none of these qualities and how she got her present job was a mystery. I told you I was supposed to start school in September. MISS HONEY Ooh, ooh! miserable collection of excuses for children, and you, madam, standing there like the squit of squits, are its beating heart! You think she did him in! . If you always take it on the chin and wear it, >> You're heading for the chokey, young lady! Miss Honey, is this your father's scarf? That I need to reach to climb Filthy, nasty things. And one day, when he leaves hospital, he will still be stupid, but not so rude, I think. A long table with the word "Birthday" emblazoned 0000056692 00000 n [She starts walking off stage.]. Students: google_ad_height=90; that he would have killed himself. But every human being is unique, for better or for worse. /ColorSpace /DeviceRGB SHUT UP AND LEAVE US ALONE! (When I grow up, when I grow up) No, stop, stop. And I won't burn You didn't think you could push us too far, I am trying to pull off the biggest business deal of my life and I have to listen to this. MATILDA Not worse. 0000043931 00000 n Of aiding and abetting. MISS HONEY . My idea of a perfect school is one in which there are no children at all.

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