The King and I Page #3
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Be father to my children
And husband to each wife
Et cetera, et cetera
And so forth
If my lord in heaven
Buddha show the way
Every day I try to live
Another day
If my lord in heaven
Buddha show the way
Every day I do my best
For one more day
But...
...is a puzzlement!
Come along now, children.
Take your places, please.
Quickly now...
...and quietly.
Lady Thiang, will you
start the lesson, please?
Blue...
...is ocean.
Red...
...Siam.
Here is king of Siam.
In right hand is weapon.
Show how he destroy...
...all who fight him.
Green...
...Burma.
Here is king of Burma.
No clothes mean...
...how poor is king of Burma.
Thank you, Lady Thiang.
I'll continue.
The map you have been looking at
is 25 years old...
...and today
we have a surprise for you.
A new map just arrived from England.
I do not see Siam.
The white is Siam.
Siam not so small.
Well, wait. Let me show you England.
See? It is even smaller than Siam.
Before I came here, Siam was just
Now that I've been here many months
it has become far more than that...
...because I've met the people of Siam,
and I'm learning to understand them.
You like us, Mrs. Anna?
Yes, I like you very much.
Very much, indeed.
It's a very ancient saying
But a true and honest thought
That if you become a teacher
By your pupils you'll be taught
As a teacher I've been learning
You'll forgive me if I boast
And I've now become an expert
On the subject I like most
Getting to know you.
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy
Because of all the...
...beautiful and new things...
Day by...
...day
Getting to know you
Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you
Putting it my way
But nicely
You are precisely
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy
Because of all the...
...beautiful and new things...
Day by...
...day
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy
Because of all the...
...beautiful and new things...
...I'm learning about you
Day by...
...day
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you
Getting to know what to say
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy
Because of all the...
...beautiful and new things...
...I'm learning about you
Day...
...by...
...day
Goodness, this started out
to be a geography lesson.
Quickly, let's get back to work.
- Now-
- What is that green up there?
That is Norway.
Nor... way.
Nor... way.
Norway is a very cold place.
Sometimes it is so cold...
...that the lakes and rivers freeze...
...and the water becomes so hard
that you can walk on it.
Walk on water?
Yes, walk on water.
How is it possible?
Hard water?
Not only that, but the raindrops
change into small white spots...
...that look like lace.
And this is called "snow. "
Snow.
Spots of lace!
Yes, Your Highness. The water freezes
on its way down from the sky.
I do not believe such thing as snow.
And I do not believe
such thing as snow.
And I do not believe Siam is this big.
And other country so big.
- Siam is biggest country in world!
- Siam!
What, what, what?
How can schoolroom be so unscientific?
Well, Your Majesty, we had
a little misunderstanding.
I was trying to describe snow...
...and they refused to believe
there is such a thing.
Snow?
Snow.
From mountaintop.
From sky, Your Majesty.
From sky to mountaintop.
That's right, Your Majesty.
I remember. I see pictures
of Switzerland.
Land all white with snow.
Who does not believe this?
Well, after all,
they've never seen it.
Never seen?
If they believe only what they see,
why do we have schoolroom? Rise!
Never let me hear
of not believing schoolteacher...
...whom I have bring here
at high expense.
Twenty pounds each month.
Twenty English pounds.
Sterling!
Rise!
I command all of you...
...to make most of this opportunity
for expensive education.
For sake of selves...
...and country.
Furthermore, it is-
What, what, what? This is not
study book I have provide.
No, Your Majesty, it's one of mine.
- I gave it to Tuptim.
- The name! You tell me!
Is called
The Small House of Uncle Thomas.
Is by American lady,
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
A wonderful book, Your Majesty.
All about the evils
of slavery in America.
President Lincoln of America
against slavery, no?
Very definitely, Your Majesty.
Me too.
Slavery very bad thing.
Mr. Lincoln is fighting a war,
even now, to set the slaves free.
You admire him for this?
Very much, Your Majesty.
He seems to be a fine man
who has studied hard...
...and educated himself.
In that, he is not unlike yourself.
Shall Mr. Lincoln be winning this war
he is fighting at present?
No one knows, really.
Does he have enough guns and
elephants for transporting same?
I don't think they have elephants
in America, Your Majesty.
- No elephants?
- No.
No wonder he's not winning war.
All right, children,
you may be seated now.
- Mrs. Anna?
- Yes, Your Highness?
I do not understand...
...how slaves can be set free
if their masters wish to keep them.
It's done by the passing of a law...
...and by the enforcing of that law,
if necessary.
But my slaves...
...and the slaves of my father...
Suppose there was such a law in Siam
and we did not want it so?
Sometimes things can't be just a
question of what we want, Highness...
...but of what is right.
I think perhaps we had better call
You may be excused.
Young prince has healthy respect...
...for ways of his own people.
Sometimes more than king.
Prince Chulalongkorn is a fine boy
with a keen and probing mind.
But he still has much to learn,
Your Excellency.
What is important for him to learn...
...I do not think he'll find
in this classroom.
I'm fully aware that you do not
approve of my coming to Siam.
Why are you so blind?
Have you no eyes to see?
King tries impossible task...
...wishing to be scientific man
I think it a fine ambition.
Inside him is strong king like
his father, who cannot change.
He will only tear himself in two,
trying to be something he can never be.
...if those closest to him
are unwilling to help him.
You do not know king
as well as you think you do.
You believe you have
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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