Pocahontas

(N): In 1616, Pocahontas, john Rolfe, and their son went to England. Ten of her people came too. After seven weeks on the ship, they arrived in London.

POCAHONTAS: How big London is!. There are hundreds of houses here - and thousands of people!.

(N): London was very noisy and exciting. Pocahontas was interested in everything. she went into the shops, and looked at the food and the dresses and the books. She went up and down the River Thames in a boat, and saw the big houses of rich people. Every day, she saw something new and wonderful.

But London was very dirty, too, because there were so many people. The river was dirty, and the water was bad. Two of Pocahontas people were ill. and died.

But Pocahontas was happy, and excited. Every day she visited big houses and talked to rich and important people. Everybody in London wanted to meet her, to talk to her, to be her friend.

The king and Queen of England heard about John Rolfe's wife. the Indian girl from Virginia, and they wanted to meet her, too. So one day Pocahontas went to visit King James and Queen Anne. They asked her about her father, Powhatan.

KING JAMES: Hi, Pocahontas. Are you the John Rolfe's wife? When is your father?

POCAHONTAS: Good morning sir. Yes, I am the John Rolfe's wife. My father is the King of the Algonquin people.. He has many men and villages. But our country is quieter than England. Our people understand the forest and the animals and the rivers. You can learn from us, and we can learn from you, too. We must be friends.

KING JAMES: Of course we must. Jamestown has my name, so I am very interested in it.

They talked for some time.

QUEEN ANNE: I have a letter about you, Pocahontas. It is from a man called John Smith. he was your friend, he says, when you were a little girl. Is that true?

(N): For a second or two Pocahontas could not speak.

POCAHONTAS: A letter from John Smith? But he is dead!.

(N): Queen Anne smiled, Dead?.

QUEEN ANNE: No he is here in England. Look, here is the letter. What is the matter, my dear? Are you ill?

POCAHONTAS: No, no, I am very right. I am very Happy.

(N): But that night, Pocahontas could not sleep. She was very excited. John Smith was not dead. He was alive, and in England! But Where?

Two days later, John Smith came to see her.

He was older, of course. But she remembered him. A little man, not tall, but interesting, exciting, alive. He smiled at her, with those beautiful blue eyes.

JOHN SMITH: Hello,, Pocahontas. Do you remember me?

(N): How could she forget him? She looked at him, but said nothing. John Rolfe watched them.

JOHN ROLFE: It is john Smith, my dear. Are you happy to see him?

(N): But Pocahontas was not happy.

POCAHONTAS: No. I am Sorry.

(N): No. She looked out of the window, at nothing. She couldn't look at John Smith.. John Rolfe went out, and Smith waited.

JOHN SMITH: You are a wife now. and a mother.

POCAHONTAS: Yes.

(N): Pocahontas looked at him and tried to smile.

JOHN SMITH: Do I look different? I am older, I know.

POCAHONTAS:

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