Matilda (Miss Honey) Flashcards
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TRUNCHBULL: I will tell you when you are full, and I say that criminals like you are not full until you have eaten the entire cake!
BRUCE: But–
TRUNCHBULL: No buts. Eat!
MISS HONEY:
TRUNCHBULL: I will tell you when you are full, and I say that criminals like you are not full until you have eaten the entire cake!
BRUCE: But–
TRUNCHBULL: No buts. Eat!
MISS HONEY: Headmistress, he’ll be sick–
(BRUCE finishes the cake. MISS HONEY jumps up and screams.)
MISS HONEY:
ALL: Gasp!
MISS HONEY:
(BRUCE finishes the cake. MISS HONEY jumps up and screams.)
MISS HONEY: Go on Brucie! Yes! Yes!
ALL: Gasp!
MISS HONEY: (to TRUNCHBULL) Sorry, Miss Trunchbull. I got carried away.
TRUNCHBULL: Oh, did I not mention? That was the first part of your punishment. There’s more. The second part. And the second part is…chokey!
BRUCE: What?
MISS HONEY:
TRUNCHBULL: Oh, did I not mention? That was the first part of your punishment. There’s more. The second part. And the second part is…chokey!
BRUCE: What?
MISS HONEY: No, Miss Trunchbull please, you can’t!
TRUNCHBULL: What are you doing with those books, woman!
MISS HONEY:
TRUNCHBULL: What are you doing with those books, woman!
MISS HONEY: They…they’re for Matilda.
TRUNCHBULL: Miss Honey, you believe in kindness and fluffiness and books and stories. That is not teaching! To teach the child, we must first break the child.
(She blows a whistle, the kids march on, stop, silent.)
Quiet you maggots!!
MISS HONEY:
TRUNCHBULL: Miss Honey, you believe in kindness and fluffiness and books and stories. That is not teaching! To teach the child, we must first break the child.
(She blows a whistle, the kids march on, stop, silent.)
Quiet you maggots!!
MISS HONEY: But no one was speaking, Miss Trunchbull.
LAVENDER: Look what I found! A newt! I’m gonna put the newt into the Trunchbull’s—
TRUNCHBULL: Quiet!
(Lavender hands over the jug)
MISS HONEY:
LAVENDER: Look what I found! A newt! I’m gonna put the newt into the Trunchbull’s—
TRUNCHBULL: Quiet!
(Lavender hands over the jug)
MISS HONEY: I don’t think this is teaching at all, I think it’s just cruelty!
TRUNCHBULL: I’ve got a newt in my knickers!
(The TRUNCHBULL runs off, screaming, with a newt in her knickers.)
MISS HONEY: (to the class)
TRUNCHBULL: I’ve got a newt in my knickers!
(The TRUNCHBULL runs off, screaming, with a newt in her knickers.)
MISS HONEY: (to the class) Well. That was interesting. I think we’d all better go home. While we still can.
(KIDS cheer and exit, except for MATILDA, who has not moved a muscle)
Matilda?
MATILDA: I moved it with my eyes. Am I strange.
(Beat. MISS HONEY stares at her dumfounded. Then–)
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: I moved it with my eyes. Am I strange.
(Beat. MISS HONEY stares at her dumfounded. Then–)
MISS HONEY: Would you fancy a nice cup of tea?
MATILDA: What do you think it is? This thing with my eyes?
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: What do you think it is? This thing with my eyes?
MISS HONEY: I…can’t pretend that I know Matilda. But I don’t believe we should be frightened of it. I think it’s something to do with that incredible mind of yours.
MATILDA: You mean, there’s no room in my head for all my brains, so they have to squish out through my eyes?
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: You mean, there’s no room in my head for all my brains, so they have to squish out through my eyes?
MISS HONEY: Well, not exactly but, yes something like that. You certainly are a special girl Matilda. I met your mother. She’s…unusual. What about your father? Is he proud to have a daughter as clever as you?
MATILDA: …That’s not true, Miss Honey. He’s not proud at all. He calls me a liar and a cheat and a nasty little creep.
MISS HONEY:
(arriving)
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: Are you poor?
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: …That’s not true, Miss Honey. He’s not proud at all. He calls me a liar and a cheat and a nasty little creep.
MISS HONEY: I see.
(arriving)
MISS HONEY: Here we are; home, sweet home.
MATILDA: Are you poor?
MISS HONEY: Yes. Yes, I am. Very.
MATILDA: Don’t they pay teachers very much?
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: Don’t they pay teachers very much?
MISS HONEY: Well, they don’t, actually. But I am even poorer than most, because of…other reasons. I used to live with my aunt. But one day I was out walking and I came across this old shed - I fell completely in love with it. I ran to the farmer and begged him to let me move in. He thought I was mad! But he agreed and I’ve lived here ever since.
MATILDA: But Miss Honey, you can’t live in a shed!
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: But Miss Honey, you can’t live in a shed!
MISS HONEY: I’m not strong like you, Matilda. My father died when I was young. Magnus was his name and he was very kind. But when he was gone, my aunt became my legal guardian. She was mean and cruel like you can hardly imagine. And then, when I got my job as a teacher, she presented me with a bill for looking after me all those years. And she made me sign a contract to pay her back every penny. She even produced a document that said my father had given her his entire house.
MATILDA: But did he really do that? Just give her his house?
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: But did he really do that? Just give her his house?
MISS HONEY: I find it hard to believe. Just like I cannot believe that he would have…killed himself, which is what she said happened.
MATILDA: You think she…did him in, don’t you, Miss Honey?
MISS HONEY:
MATILDA: You think she…did him in, don’t you, Miss Honey?
MISS HONEY: I…cannot say, Matilda. All I know is that years of being bullied by that woman made me…well, pathetic; I was trapped.
