The King and I

Come on, lads, hurry!

We haven't got all day.

Is that it, captain?

Are we here?

Aye, laddie.

That's Bangkok all right.

Louis! Oh, Louis!

Mother! Look, there's Bangkok.

Yes, I know. Isn't it exciting?

Captain, I heard them lowering

the anchor. Is anything wrong?

We have to wait for the afternoon

tide to carry us over the bar.

Oh, I see.

Will the king of Siam come down

to meet us, Mother?

I hardly think so, dear.

Kings don't, as a rule.

Come forward, lads.

They need help in the bow.

Get along there.

That's the royal barge.

The king is coming out to meet us.

It's not the king,

it's the kralahome.

Who is the kralahome?

A sort of a prime minister.

The king's right-hand man,

you might say.

May I look? Please, may I see?

Aye, laddie.

Ma'am, if I might be allowed to offer

you a word of warning...

...that man has power, and he can

use it for you or against you.

You must stop worrying about me,

Captain Orton.

Sometimes I wonder if you know what

you're really facing.

An Englishwoman alone

in a country like Siam.

Oh, it doesn't matter, captain.

I shall have work to do...

...and the king has promised me

a house of my own.

I'll have a place to bring up my boy

as his father would have wished.

Mother, look.

The prime minister is naked!

Oh, don't be ridiculous, Louis.

He can't be naked.

He's only...

...half-naked.

They look so cruel, Mother.

Father wouldn't have liked us

to be afraid, would he?

No, Louis. Father would not have

liked us to be afraid.

Not ever.

Doesn't anything ever frighten you?

Oh, yes, sometimes.

- What do you do?

- I whistle.

Oh, that's why you whistle.

That's why I whistle.

Whenever I feel afraid

I hold my head erect

And whistle a happy tune

So no one will suspect

I'm afraid

While shivering in my shoes

I strike a careless pose

And whistle a happy tune

And no one ever knows

I'm afraid

The result of this deception

Is very strange to tell

For when I fool the people I fear

I fool myself as well

I whistle a happy tune

And every single time

The happiness in the tune

Convinces me that I'm

Not afraid

Make believe you're brave

And the trick will take you far

You may be as brave

As you make believe you are

You may be as brave

As you make believe you are

I think that's a very good idea,

Mother. A very good idea.

Yes, it is a good idea, isn't it?

I don't think I shall

ever be afraid again.

Good.

The result of this deception

Is very strange to tell

For when I fool the people I fear

I fool myself as well

Mrs. Leonowens, may I present his

excellency, the kralahome.

Sir, you are lady who will be

schoolmistress of the royal children?

- Yes.

- He called you "sir. "

Hush, dear, hush.

Have you friends in Bangkok?

I know no one in Bangkok at all.

His excellency wishes to know,

are you married, sir?

I am a widow.

What manner of man,

your deceased husband?

My husband was an officer

of Her Majesty's Army in...

Tell your master

his business with me...

...is as schoolteacher

to the royal children.

He has no right to pry

into my personal affairs.

He hasn't, Captain Orton.

I don't like that man.

In foreign country is best

you like everyone until you leave.

You might at least have told us

you speak English, Your Excellency.

It is not necessary for schoolteacher

to know everything at once.

You come with me now.

Your baggages shall be carried

to palace later.

Just a minute. Not the palace.

I am not living in the palace.

- Who say?

- The king say- Says.

In his letter of agreement,

he promised me 20 a month...

...and a house of my own

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