Dreams of a Kitten by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Dreams of a Kitten

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Meanwhile, Dr. Dillamond, the only animal professor at Shiz,

informs Elphaba of a conspiracy to stop all animals from

speaking. On the first day of class, Galinda informs Dr.

Dillamond, that he is pronouncing her name incorrectly, as

Glinda. She says; “Gah. Gah. Galinda, correcting him.

A roguish prince, Fiyero, begins attending Shiz and arranges a

party for his fellow students. Galinda becomes immediately

enamored with him, and convinces her admirer, the Munchkin Boq,

to take Nessarose to the party instead so that she can go with

Fiyero. At Nessarose's urging, Elphaba asks Morrible to begin

teaching Galinda sorcery. When Elphaba is mocked at the party

for wearing an ugly hat Galinda gave her as a practical joke,

Galinda has a change of heart and decides to dance with Elphaba.

In their room, the girls finally bond.

The next day, Dillamond tells the class he is no longer

permitted to teach. He is forcefully removed by guards wearing

black, while Elphaba beseeches the class about why they are not

trying to stop this. Gillamond’s human replacement introduces

"the cage" which is designed to stop animals from speaking.

Elphaba, furious, uses a bouquet of poppies to put her

classmates and instructor to sleep and rescues the lion cub

imprisoned within it who will later become the Cowardly Lion.

She escapes with Fiyero and the cub. They share a private