The Story of the Lost Castle
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Polycarp looks at the girls with restraint. He is not very happy about this idea.
Maina (to her father, ingratiatingly, a little as if guiltily). Dad?
Polycarp (kindly, "stepping over himself"). Yes, go already, go …
the girls are happy to leave in a hurry.
ZTM.
Scene 3. Forest
Musical accompaniment, preferably coupled with the sounds of nature.
A dense forest, a person here is an infrequent phenomenon.
We give the viewer to get acquainted with the scenery, sounds, and surroundings.
Here are two girls showing up, Maina and Callista. They are already pretty tired of dragging their backpacks. But they are still walking, sighing heavily, examining the place they have reached at this stage.
The music stops.
Maina (with a tear from fatigue). Callista, I don't know about you, but I find it appropriate to take a break. The "Y" is stressed, I clarify. Let's make a halt, eh?
Callista (also pretty tired). Come on, I wanted to suggest it myself. The place seems to be nothing. All. Halt!
The girls throw off their backpacks.
Maina (in a tired voice). You know, I wouldn't mind a snack. How are you?
Callista (delighted). Sure. Unpacking. What did they pick up for you there?
They begin to unpack backpacks. They get simple provisions peculiar to the area (bread, lard, vegetables …). They share with each other, who is much. They settle down, have a meal.
They communicate during the meal.
Callista (with interest). How did it go?
Maina (almost cheerfully). You mean the parents?
Callista (with interest). Yeah. How did they let you go? To be honest, I didn't really hope, I thought I would have to go alone.
Myna (deliberately indignant). Doubted me?
Callista, Maina (together, playfully, meaningfully). Mmm…
Callista (with interest). I didn't doubt you. But in your parents… Well, judge for yourself who will let her daughter go to a remote forest for a few days. You have a full-fledged family, and full-fledged views on life. In theory– they shouldn't have let you go. How did you persuade them?
Maina (with intrigue). It is necessary to be able to resort to female cunning. In order for your parents to give you their consent to something, it is enough to convince your mother of this. And she, in turn, will influence both her father and everyone else, if there are others and if they need to be influenced. Well…, Petrukha is still small, and his grandmother has him now. There is no need to influence him. And so in general – keep it in mind, girlfriend.
Callista (surprised). That's it, then?
Myna (complacently). Yeah… Well, she lied, of course. She said that we were going camping with the boys from a neighboring village, that you know them well, and so do I. Young people, movers, back and forth… Everything is like that… And so (he spreads his hands quite, claps, and rubs his palms) – Ala result!
Myna snaps her fingers pretty!
Callista thinks about it.
Callista (with interest). And what … is it true, like this, through mom, you can easily solve all the issues?
Myna looks at Callista somewhat ironically, but then quickly pulls herself together.
Myna (somewhat guiltily). Oh, yeah, sorry. I didn't think. You don't have a mom, how do you know.
Callista (retreating into memories). I don't remember my mom very well. Saves only a snapshot of an old non-color photo.
Callista takes out a small shuffled photo of her mother, looks at her with great warmth and love, and tremblingly passes the photo to her friend.
Callista (retreating into memories). How old was I then? I just learned to walk, as my father told me later. Mom sat with me for a long time, like all mothers with children at such an early age. And as soon as I got back on my feet, my mother asked my father and her friends to go to the forest for a while, to unwind a little… So none of them came back.
Maina (after a short semantic pause, sadly). It's strange that you, though a little, but still remember Mom. So many years have passed. Usually children do not remember anything from their early childhood. I don't remember anything from my childhood at all.
Callista (sad, measured). Strange, I agree, but I remember a little. I remember her eyes, nose, cheeks… But the outlines are already blurred. In the photo, she looks a little different than in my memory… This is ten or twelve years before I was born, she was filmed by her uncle. He was fond of photography.
Callista looks with warmth at the photo in her friend's hands.
Callista (tremulously). She's still very young here… Such as you and I are now about. I remember her a little differently.
Mina looks at the photo and gives it back to Callista.
Callista takes the photo, looks carefully.
Callista (sad, measured). And so… All these years I have been living with one thought that never leaves me – to find my mother. Thank you, Mina. Thank you so much for supporting me in this decision. It would be much more difficult for me alone, at least emotionally.
Maina (after a short semantic pause, sadly). Girlfriend, I will honestly tell you that I am ready to support you in everything and always, just like now and today. But I'm sorry, I don't believe we'll find your mom. Well, judge for yourself, if she were alive-wouldn't she have come back? After all, her beloved child and beloved husband are waiting for her at home. Who wouldn't come back in her place? I think that our campaign with you is doomed to failure, and, nevertheless, I am here with you. I'm sorry…