SECOND INTRODUCTION
Maria meets the children.
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Maria: | At ease.
Well, now that there's just us, would you please tell me all your names again and how old you are
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Liesl: | I'm Liesl, I'm sixteen years old and I don't need a governess
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Maria: | Well, I'm glad you told me, Liesl, we'll just be good friends
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Friedrich: | I'm Friedrich, I'm fourteen, I'm impossible
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Maria: | (laughs) Really, who told you that, Friedrich?
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Friedrich: | Fraulein Josephine, four governesses ago
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Louisa: | I'm Brigitta
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Maria: | You, um, didn't told me how old you are, Louisa
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Brigitta: | I'm Brigitta, she's Louisa.
She's thirteen years old and your smart.
I'm ten and I think your dress is the ugliest one I ever saw
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Kurt: | Brigitta, you shouldn't said that
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Brigitta: | Why not, don't you think it's ugly?
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Kurt: | Of course, but Fraulein Helga's was the ugliest.
I'm Kurt, I'm eleven, I'm incorrigible
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Maria: | Congratulations
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Kurt: | What's 'incorrigible'?
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Maria: | I think it means you want to be treated like a boy
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Maria: | Mh hmm?
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Marta: | I'm Marta and I'm going to be seven on Tuesday, and I'd like a pink parasol
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Maria: | Well, pink's my favorite color too.
Yes you're Gretl, and you're five years old? My you're practically a lady.
Now I have to tell you a secret, I've never been a governess before
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Louisa: | You mean you don't know anything about being a governess?
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Maria: | Nothing, I'll need lots of advice
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Louisa: | Well, the best way to start is to be sure to tell father to mind his own business
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Friedrich: | You must never come to dinner on time
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Brigitta: | Never eat your soup quietly
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Kurt: | And during dessert, always blow your nose
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Gretl: | Don't you believe a word they say, Fraulein Maria
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Maria: | Oh, why not?
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Gretl: | Because I like you
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