Lyrics The Lion Cub

The Students Are In Dr. Dillamond's Class In Desks. Elphaba Walks In Outrageously Dressed.
Elphaba: Flips her hair.. Flip Flip! What?
Fiyero: Nothing, it's just... you've been "Galinda-fied". You don't have to do that , you know?
Dillamond: Alright, take your seats, class! I have something to say, and very little time to say it. This is my last day here at Shiz I am no longer permitted to teach. I want to thank you for your sharing your enthusiasm, your essays, no matter how feebly structured, and even, on occasion, your lunch.
Mme. Morrible Rushes In.
Morrible: Doctor Dillamond! I'm so dreadfully sorry.
Elphaba: Madame, we've got to do something.
Dillamond: Miss Elphaba, they can take away my job, but I shall continue speaking out.
Scientist: Come on, goat...
To Men Begin To Carry Him Out Of The Room.
Dillamond: They are not telling you the whole story! Remember that, class! Remember that.
He Is Gone.
Elphaba: Doctor Dillamond! After A Pause. Well, are you just going to sit here in silence?
Morrible: Miss Elphaba, there is nothing we can do. Please take your seat.
Professor: Good afternoon, students!
Morrible: Good afternoon.
Professor: Every day, with every tick of the Time Dragon Clock, in every corner of our great Oz, one hears the silence of progress. For example: this is called a cage!
He Points To A Cage With A Cloth Draped Over It. He Pulls Off The Cloth, Revealing A Lion Cub Inside.
Professor: Now, we will be seeing more and more of them in the near future. This remarkable innovation is actually for the Animal's own good...
Elphaba: If this is for his own good, then why is he trembling?
Professor: He's just excited to be here, that's all. Hits the cage. Now, as I was saying, one of the benefits of caging a Lion cub while he's young is that he never, in fact, will learn how to speak.
Elphaba: What?
He Motions The Students Forward, Toward The Cage.
Professor: That's right! Come closer!
Elphaba: To Fiyero. Can you imagine a world where Animals are kept in cages and they never speak?
Professor: Now, he may seem a bit agitated but that's easily remedied.
Elphaba: What should I do?
Fiyero: I don't know.
Elphaba: Well, somebody has to... Do something!!!
Sparks Begin To Fly Everywhere. All Students & The Professor Are Moving Uncontrollably Except Fiyero and Elphaba.
Fiyero: What's happening?
Elphaba: I don't know I got mad...andd
Fiyero: Alright just don't move! And don't get mad at me... He Grabs The Cage. Well are you coming?
She Runs With Him After He Snatches The Lion Cub.
Elphaba: Careful! Don't shake him!
Fiyero: I'm not!
Elphaba: We can't just let him loose anywhere, you know. We have to find someplace safe...
Fiyero: Don't you think that I realize that? You must think I'm really stupid or something!
Elphaba: No, not really stupid.
Fiyero: Why is it that every time I see you you're causing some sort of commotion?
Elphaba: I don't cause commotions, I am one.
Fiyero: That's for sure.
Elphaba: Oh! So you think I should just keep my mouth shut! Is that what you're saying?
Fiyero: No, I'm...
Elphaba: Do you think I want to be this way? Do you think I want to care this much? Don't you know how much easier my life would be if I didn't?
Fiyero: Do you ever let anyone else talk?
Elphaba: Oh, sorry... But can I just say one more thing? You could have just walked away back there.
Fiyero: So?
Elphaba: So, no matter how shallow and self-absorbed you tend to be...
Fiyero: Excuse me, there's no pretense here. I happen to be genuinely self-absorbed and deeply shallow.
Elphaba: No you're not. Or you wouldn't be so unhappy.
Fiyero: Fine, if you don't want my help...
Elphaba: No, I do! Poor little thing, it's heart is trembling... I didn't mean for...
Fiyero: What did you mean to do? Why was I the only one you didn't do it to?
Elphaba: Oh look, you're bleeding... it must have scratched you. Referring To A Cut On His Face.
Fiyero: Yea... or maybe it scratched me. I better get to safety... I mean the cub... get the cub to safety. He Walks Off.
Elphaba: Fiyero...