Unit2;;1.WhatarethemainliteraryworksofMauriceMaeterlinck?
ChristèleBARBIER,PelléasandMélisande,TheBlueBirdandsoon.
2.WhenwastheplayTheBlueBirdpublished?
In1908.
3.WhatisMauriceMaeterlinckhonoredas?
Heishonoredas“theShakespeareofBelgium”.;;;Nowreadtheplayandcheckyouranswers.;(AlltheotherHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)Why,wearetheonlythingsyoudoknow!Wearealwaysaroundyou!Weeat,drink,wakeup,breatheandlivewithyou!
TYLTYLOh...ButIshouldliketoknowwhatyournamesare...
THEHAPPINESSIamthechiefoftheHappinessesofyourhome:andallthesearetheotherHappinessesthatlivethere.
TYLTYLThenthereareHappinessesinmyhome?
(AlltheHAPPINESSESburstoutlaughing.)
THEHAPPINESSYouheardhim!ArethereHappinessesinhishome!Why,itiscrammedwithHappinesses!LetmeintroducemyselffirsttheHappinessofBeingWell.Iamnottheprettiest,butIamthemostimportant.ThisistheHappinessofPureAir,whoisalmosttransparent.HereistheHappinessofLovingOne’sParents.HerearetheHappinessoftheBlueSky,who,ofcourseisdressedinblue,andtheHappinessoftheForest:youwillseehimeverytimeyougotothewindow.;TTWTLExcuseme,butdoyouknowwheretheBlueBirdis?
THEHAPPINESSHedoesntknowwheretheBlueBirdis!(AlltheHAPPINESSESOFTHEHOMEburstoutlaughing.)
TTLITIL(vexed)No,Idonotknow.Theresnothingtolaughat(Freshburstsoflaughter.)
THEHAPPNESSHedoesn’tknow:well,whatdoyouexpect?Heisnomoreabsurdthanthemajorityofmen....;;THENEIGHBOURReally?Straightawayandfornothing?Howhappyshewillbe!(KissingTYLTYL)
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(Later,theNEIGHBOURenterswithalittlegirlwhocarriesTYLTYL’Sdoveinherarms.)
THENEIGHBOURDoyouseethemiracle?Shecanrun.shecandance,shecanfly!(PushingtheLITTLEGIRLintoTYITYL’Sarms.)ComealongandthankTyltyl.