THE OLD BOOT. Whom from?

THE POT. From him, from this one. Just here.

THE KITTEN. Hey! Who is there?

THE MOTH. Is it silent?

THE LITTLE CARP. Isn't answering?

THE KITTEN. It is rustling.

EVERYBODY. It is rustling.

THE KITTEN. It's climbing out.

EVERYBODY. It's climbing out.

THE KITTEN. It's creeping up.

EVERYBODY. It's creeping up.

THE POT. I warned you! I warned you! I was the first to sound!

THE FLY. Now then… Let me listen… What could it be? One, two, three, four… Boot?.. No, The Boot is here. May be The Cat? Hey, Cat. Have you heard me? Ca-a-t! It's rustling. It's scratching.

THE KITTEN. The Smart Cat can't rustle. He growls and then at once rushes at you. Here it is something else. Let us do it this way: you all go away and I'll sneak up and catch it. I can do it, The Smart Cat taught me.

THE OLD BOOT. And if it goes all the way round and it catches you?

EVERYBODY. It will catch you! It will catch you!

THE LITTLE CARP. Let me listen too. Well then? Now it is scratching louder.

THE POT. Save yourselves!

THE OLD BOOT. But who would steal up on us from under the earth?

THE LITTLE CARP. May be this is… May be this is… a mountain growing!

EVERYBODY. A mountain!

THE LITTLE CARP. Oh, yes! Have you ever seen how the mountains grow? They simply grow up and that's all. When I was The Goldfish!..