The last leaf (最后一片叶子)剧本
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It was the deep autumn of New York. The life there was not as bustling and noisy as it used to be. In November a cold, unseen stranger, whom the doctors called Pneumonia, stalked about the colony, touching one here and there with his icy fingers. In a cabin located in the western part of Washington square, a mite of a little woman with blood thinned by California zephyrs became another victim of him. Unfortunately, it was Johnsy. And she lay, scarcely moving, on her painted iron bedstead, looking through the small Dutch window-panes at the blank side of the next brick house.
One morning the busy doctor invited Sue into the hallway with a shaggy, grey eyebrow.
D:"She has one chance in - let us say, ten," (边说边甩着体温表)" And that chance is for her to want to live. But it seems your little lady has made up her mind that she's not going to get well. Has she anything on her mind?"
S:"She - she wanted to paint the Bay of Naples some day."
D:"Paint? - bosh! Has she anything on her mind worth thinking twice - a man for instance?"
S:"A man? Is a man worth - but, no, doctor; there is nothing of the kind."(扯着嗓子)
D:"Well, it is the weakness, then, I will do all that science, so far as it may filter through my efforts, can accomplish. But whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines. If you will get her to ask one question about the new winter styles in cloak sleeves I will promise you a one-in-five chance for her, instead of one in ten.(医生走开，苏珊低声啜泣，而后故作镇定地拿着画板进入房间)
sort of link
S：Johnsy.                       
J: Oh,here you come back,Sudie.（有气无力）
S:Yes,dear.                （走到她床边，握着她的手）
J: Has the doctor gone? 
S: Umm. Well, if it wasn’t me who led him the way, I’m afraid….I’m afraid he would be stuck in the missing alley!（含着怨气）
J: Twelve,eleven,ten…… 
S: Johnsy, What are you counting for?
J: "Six," (用气音)"They're falling faster now. Oh, there goes another one. There are only five left now."
S: Five what, my dear?
J: "Leaves. On the ivy vine. Three days ago there were almost a hundred. It made my head ache to count them. But now it's easy.（伤感）
S: Oh, don’t do things like that! I’ll pull the shade down so that you won’t catch a cold.
J: No! Please don’t, Sue…
S: OK,OK, I’ll keep off the curtain. Then lie down my dear, just do not count those leaves any more.
J: Poor leaves. There will be none left before long. And would a girl like me who’s about to go to the heaven be afraid of catching cold? No, certainly not.
S: Oh, I’ve never heard of such nonsense. The doctor have just said that you’re getting well. How could a slight illness like this do harm to you since you are so young and charming? That’s exactly what the doctor told me!
J:Sue, look at me. Don’t deny that you’ve wept. If I were going to recover, why would your face be covered with tears? I’ m not silly. I’ve read the newspaper. The pneumonia caused by flu have taken away so many people’s lives and I….I’ll be the next.
旁白：
琼西脸惨白，静静地躺着，活像一尊倒塌下来的塑像，她闭上眼睛说……
 Johnsy opened her mouth, with her eyes closed, and lying white and still as fallen statue.
J: Because I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark. I’m tired of waiting. I’m tired of thinking. I want to turn loose my hold on everything and go sailing down, down, just like one of those poor, tired leaves.
S: My child, don’t be so silly. What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? How can you link your life with a small ivy leaf? Please do not say things like that. I’ll never let you speak that sort of words, Johnsy.
J: Sue, please don’t blame me. Neither do I want to leave you as well as the beautiful world. However, I’ve tried my best to defend, like the weak leaf. I believe it doesn’t want to fall down, but how could it survive without any strength?
S: No, Johnsy. Throw away the leaves from your brain, ok? Let’s think about something marvelous. Let’s think about the Bay of Naples, the motherland of VG, and the SN River in Paris.
J: Oh, that’s right. We’ve engaged to travel around the Europe together and realize our artistic dreams.
S：Yes, and to save up for that, we cut back daily expenses, never dine out, never buy fashionable clothes and keep off any banquet.

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