Scene 13
The Knights of Ni
- [spooky music]
- [music stops]
- HEAD KNIGHT OF NI:
- Ni!
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- KNIGHTS OF NI:
- Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!
- ARTHUR:
- Who are you?
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- We are the Knights Who Say... 'Ni'!
- RANDOM:
- Ni!
- ARTHUR:
- No! Not the Knights Who Say 'Ni'!
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- The same!
- BEDEVERE:
- Who are they?
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- We are the keepers of the sacred words: 'Ni', 'Peng',
and 'Neee-wom'!
- RANDOM:
- Neee-wom!
- ARTHUR:
- Those who hear them seldom live to tell the tale.
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- The Knights Who Say 'Ni' demand a sacrifice.
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- ARTHUR:
- Knights of Ni, we are but simple travellers who seek the
enchanter who lives beyond these woods.
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- Ni!
- KNIGHTS OF NI:
- Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!...
- ARTHUR:
- Ow! Ow! Ow! Agh!
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- We shall say 'ni' again to you if you do not appease us.
- ARTHUR:
- Well, what is it you want?
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- We want... a shrubbery!
- [dramatic chord]
- ARTHUR:
- A what?
- KNIGHTS OF NI:
- Ni! Ni! Ni! Ni!
- ARTHUR and PARTY:
- Ow! Oh!
- ARTHUR:
- Please! Please! No more! We will find you a shrubbery.
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- You must return here with a shrubbery, or else, you will
never pass through this wood... alive.
- ARTHUR:
- O Knights of Ni, you are just and fair, and we will
return with a shrubbery.
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- One that looks nice.
- ARTHUR:
- Of course.
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- And not too expensive.
- ARTHUR:
- Yes.
- HEAD KNIGHT:
- Now... go!
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Adam R. Jones