THE LITTLE MERMAID
Characters:
Sea King
Red Shrimp
Little Mermaid
Grandmother
Fish
Prince
Girl 1
Girl 2
Girl 3
Four Sisters
Wind Fairies
SCRIPT:
Narrator: In the bottom of the blue ocean there was a palace where the Sea King, an old man with a white beard, lived. The palace was a splendid mansion whose walls were built of coral and the roof was formed of shells.
Sea King: Red Shrimp! Have you seen my daughters lately?
Red Shrimp: Yes, they were going out of the sea to watch the ships passing by.
Sea King: What about the youngest?
Red Shrimp: She is in her room.
Sea King: Very good, she is not allowed to go with her sisters out of the sea. She is still too young.
Narrator: The Little Mermaid was very beautiful. She loved to sing, and when she sang all the fish from the sea came to listen to her beautiful songs. Sea shells would open showing their pretty pearls, and the jellyfish would stop floating. One day she was talking to her grandmother.
Little Mermaid: Oh, grandmother, I wish I could go out of the sea to watch the sky. Everybody says that it is so beautiful. And how much I would like to hear the voices of men and smell the perfume of flowers!
Grandmother: You are still too young. In a couple of years, when you are fifteen years old, the king will let you go out of the sea, just like your sisters do.
Little Mermaid: I want to know the people that live in the world up there. My sisters have told me a lot of stories.
Grandmother: Stop dreaming. It’s time for you to go and take care of the garden. And remember to feed the dolphins and the sea horses.
Little Mermaid: Dolphins are great company and they like to play with me, but the sea horses don´t like me that much!
Grandmother: Anyway, go now, it’s getting late.
Little Mermaid: Good-bye, grandmother.
Grandmother: Good-bye, my child.
Narrator: When it was her fifteenth birthday, she couldn’t sleep all night. Next morning her father told her.
Sea King: Very well, my precious daughter, you can now go out of the sea and breath the fresh air and see the sky! Just remember this… that world is not our world. We can only admire it. We don´t have a soul, like humans do. We belong to the sea. Be careful and don’t get near people. You can get in trouble!
Little Mermaid: Yes father!
Narrator: So the Little Mermaid kissed her father good-bye and started swimming away.
Little Mermaid: I feel so happy! I have to swim as fast as I can!
Fish: Wait! We are going with you!
Little Mermaid: Ha, ha, ha, ha, try to catch me if you can!
Narrator: Then she finally got out of the water.
Little Mermaid: This is so fascinating! The blue sky is so beautiful.
Fish: Yes it is.
Little Mermaid: What is that big yellow circle over there?
Fish: That is the sun! …. And those are sea gulls!
Little Mermaid: This is wonderful! Everything is so beautiful.
Narrator: Then they saw a ship. The sailors threw the the anchor to the water.
Little Mermaid: I can hear their voices. I wish I could talk to them! But….I don’t have legs. I will never be like them!
Narrator: Aboard the ship the sailors were dancing and celebrating.
Sailor: Hooray for our captain! Happy twentieth birthday!
Narrator: At that moment the Little Mermaid saw the young man.
Little Mermaid: Oh, he is so handsome, and he looks very happy! I can´t stop looking at him!
Fish: A storm is coming, look at the black sky.
Little Mermaid: Oh, I can feel the strong waves…. And the thunder…… Oh, the ship… Be careful! The sea!
Narrator: But nobody heard her screaming. The wind was strong, and the waves were so high that they rocked the ship. A dreadful storm was approaching.
Little Mermaid: Be careful! The sea!
Narrator: In vain she kept shouting. The sailors were screaming, the ship lights were extinguished,and the ship kept rocking up and down. Then the ship layed over on her side, the water rushed in, and the ship finally sank. Then he saw the captain sinking.
Little Mermaid: I have to help him!
Narrator: And she started swimming toward the young man. He took him by the hand and pulled him out of the water. He was unconscious. He held his head above the water and let the waves drift them where they would. In the morning the sun rose up red and glowing from the water.
Little Mermaid: I have to take him to the beach.
Narrator: So she swam with the handsome prince to the beach, which was covered with fine, white sand, and there she laid him in the warm sunshine. She stayed there for awhile holding his hands. Then she heard people talking, she kissed him in a hurry and swam out farther from the shore and placed herself between some high rocks that rose out of the water; then she covered her head and neck with the foam of the sea so that her little face might not be seen, and watched to see what would become of the poor prince.
Girl 1: Run! Run! There’s a man in the beach!
Girl 2: He’s alive! Oh, poor man, it was the storm! Let’s take him to the castle!
Girl 3: No! No! Let’s get help!
Narrator: The young man woke up, and he saw one of the girls, the one that was the most beautiful, and told her.
Prince: Thank you for saving me!
Narrator: The little mermaid saw that the young man was going to the castle with the three girls. But he didn’t know that it was her who saved him, and not the other girl.
Little Mermaid: I must go home now…. and leave him there. Oh… that was the most wonderful time I have spent … holding him in my arms!
Narrator: When she got to her palace she went straight to her room, and started to cry. She stayed there for many days without wanting to see anybody, and without eating.
Little Mermaid: Oh, I am in love, and I know that I will never marry him! I have to do something… but who could help me?
Narrator: Desperately she started thinking what to do. Then she remembered the Sea Witch.
Little Mermaid: She is the only one who can help me! But… at what price? Anyway… I will go see her.
Narrator: When she arrived to the castle of the Sea Witch, she said.
Sea Witch: I know what you want! It is very foolish of you, and your decision will bring you sorrow. . . my pretty princess.
Little Mermaid: I just want to get rid of my fish’s tail…
Sea Witch: I suppose you want legs . . like human beings on earth. Right?
Little Mermaid: Yes, I want the young prince to fall in love with me.
Sea Witch: Very well! But you will suffer. Everytime you walk, you will feel a terrible pain, as if a sword were passing through you.
Little Mermaid: I don’t care! I just want to be with him again!
Sea Witch: I haven´t finish yet! I must be paid! You must give me your beautiful and sweet voice, you will not charm the prince with it, your will not speak or sing, you will remain speechless forever! … But remember, if the man you love fells in love with another woman, your body will disappear in the water just like the foam of the waves.
Little Mermaid: But if you take away my voice… what is left for me?
Sea Witch: Your beautiful body, your graceful walk, and your pretty eyes. Do you want more?
Little Mermaid: I accept! Give me the magic potion.
Narrator: Then she went to the beach and drank the potion. Suddenly a strong pain made her unconscious. When she woke up she saw the prince beside her.
Prince: Don’t be afraid. You are safe. Where do you come from?
Narrator: But she could not speak.
Prince: I will take you to the palace and take care of you until you get well.
Narrator: For a few days her life changed. The prince gave her wonderful dresses, and she was his companion.
Prince: Tonight you will go with me to a party. I know that you can´t talk, but I can see in your eyes that you are happy here.
Narrator: And she was very happy, but every movement from her legs caused her great pain, just as the sea witch told her. But that was the price she was paying for being with her loved prince. That night the prince said.
Prince: I have to tell you something. One day I was rescued by a beautiful girl, and since that day she has been in my heart and in my mind. But I never saw her again, she returned to her country.
Little Mermaid: (thinking) Oh…it was me who rescued you! But I can’t tell you!
Prince: I feel very good with you, but I can´t forget her.
Narrator: When she heard those words she went running toward the beach and started crying.
Prince: Wait! .. please, I didn’t mean to…
Narrator: But it was late, she was not there, with him. One day they were in one of the towers of the palace, when the prince saw that a big ship was approaching.
Prince: Look! There’s a ship approaching. Let’s see who is coming.
Narrator: And when the people was coming down from the ship he was surprised.
Prince: Oh, it’s her! She came back to me!
Little Mermaid: (thinking) Oh, I feel a terrible pain in my heart. I am sure I will lose him forever.
Narrator: And she did, because the prince and the girl got married. A few days after the wedding they were invited for a trip on a ship and she also went with them.
Little Mermaid: (thinking) I lost him forever! And now just as the sea witch said, I will disappear in the ocean.
Narrator: Then she heard someone calling her from the sea water.
Four Sisters: Little Mermaid! Little Mermaid! It´s us, your sisters! Look…. We have a potion, the sea witch gave it to us… in exchange for our hairs. Give the potion to the prince, he will then vanish, and you will be a mermaid again!
Narrator: The Little Mermaid took the potion and went to the Prince´s room where he was sleeping, while her sisters returned to the deep sea.
Little Mermaid: (thinking) I can’t do this… I love you so much… I will just kiss you and leave forever.
Narrator: After kissing the prince she threw herself into the sea.
Little Mermaid: (thinking) I want to disappear and turn into foam… good-bye my love.
Narrator: When she turned to see the ship for the last time, suddenly a mysterious force got her out of the water and took her to the sky, and she felt the warmth of the sun. Then she heard some voices that sounded like tiny bells.
Wind Fairies: Little Mermaid! Little Mermaid! Come with us!
Little Mermaid: Who are you? Where are you?…. oh, I can speak again!
Wind Fairies: You are with us in the sky. We are the Wind Fairies. We don´t have a soul like humans do, but it’s our responsibility to help those who have been kind to them.
Narrator: The Little Mermaid looked down at the sea where the ship was, and started to cry.
Wind Fairies: Look! The flowers of the earth receive our tears and turned them into morning dew. Come with us! We will help mankind wherever we are, and we will be part of their happiness. With your heart, you have done the same efforts that we have done, you have suffered and you have passed the test, now you are a wind spirit, here you actions can get you an immortal soul.
Narrator: The Little Mermaid raised her arms to the sky and cried. Then she saw the ship, the prince and his beautiful bride, and said.
Little Mermaid: You can’t hear me or see me, I will always love you, and I wish you happiness.
Narrator: Then she kissed the prince, and left with the other wind fairies in a pink cloud floating through the air.
The End
Senin, 24 Mei 2010
Drama Script : Aladdin
ALADDIN
Characters:
Narrator
Mother
Aladdin
Alin
Genie from the Ring
Sultan
Servant
Princess
Genie from the Bottle
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time in the Middle East there was a young poor boy called Aladdin. When his father died, his mother had to work hard.
At Aladdin´s House
Mother: Aladdin, go to the market and buy some fish for dinner.
Aladdin: Are we going to eat fish again, mother?
Mother: You know we don´t have enought money… fish is all I can afford.
Aladdin: I am sorry…
Mother: It´s not your fault.
Aladdin: But I promise you, that one day I will give you everything you deserve.
Mother: It´s getting late… go now.
Narrator: He went to the market, and while he was shopping a stranger saw him alone so he approached him.
At the Market
Alin: How´s your father?
Aladdin: Excuse me?
Alin: I just want to know how your father is doing.
Aladdin: My father died a long time ago.
Alin: Oh, I am sorry, I didn´t know… I am your uncle Alin.
Aladdin: I didn´t know I have an uncle.
Narrator: The man in fact was not his uncle, he was an African wizard.
Alin: Please take me to see your mother. It´s very important.
Narrator: Both went home and when Aladdin´s mother saw the man, she was surprised because she didn´t know who he was.
Mother: Please, sit down, and have dinner with us.
Narrator: Aladdin´s mother cook the fish and while they were eating the stranger said.
Alin: And what do you do, Aladdin?
Aladdin: Mmmm
Mother: He does nothing. He just likes to play with his friends.
Alin: But, that´s not right. Come with me on a journey to another country. You will learn how to buy and sell the most fine fabrics.
Aladdin: That sounds good to me, at least I´ll meet other people and visit other countries.
Alin: We will leave tomorrow morning.
Narrator: Next day they left early morning. Alin told Aladdin wonderful stories throughout the journey. At night they stopped to rest.
In a desert place
Alin: Aladdin, bring some wood to make a fire. When you come back I will tell you a secret.
Aladdin: I´ll come as soon as I can… I am really intrigued!
Narrator: When the fire was lit the wizard said some magical words. Suddenly a door appeared. Aladdin was so scared that he started to run away.
Alin: Stop! Where do you think you´re going?
Aladdin: But….
Alin: Open the door! It´s an order!
Narrator: Aladdin opened the door and he saw a staircase.
Alin: You will go down. Walk straight a narrow hall, then you will pass a fruit garden, and at the other end you will find an oil lamp. Bring it to me !… But I warn you… don´t touch anything or you will regret it!
Narrator: When Aladdin was inside the cave, he saw very fine jewelry hanging from the fuit trees. He put some in his pockets disobeying the wizard. Then he saw the lamp.
Aladdin: I see the lamp he wants…
Narrator: Then he took the lamp and look inside very carefully.
Aladdin: But… there´s a ring inside… I will put it on… anyway… he didn´t say anything about a ring.
Narrator: Then he went back to the door. When he was about to go out the wizard said.
Alin: Give me the lamp!
Narrator: Aladdin was surprised by the tone of his voice, and was suspicious.
Aladdin: I will give it to you as soon as I am out.
Alin: No! I just want the lamp!
Aladdin: Let me out, then I will give you the lamp!
Narrator: The wizard was angry at Aladdin and said.
Alin: I prefer to loose the lamp and its powers! You will stay there forever!
Narrator: Then he shut the door. Aladdin had no other choice but to go down the stairs where he sat on the floor and remained there for two days.
Aladdin: It´s so dark in here… and I am so cold.
Narrator: Then he rubbed his hands together, and suddenly he saw a bright light coming out from the ring. It was a genie.
Genie from the Ring: Master, I will do as you order!
Aladdin: Who are you?
Genie from the Ring: I am the slave from the ring. I will grant you all your wishes.
Aladdin: If that is true, then take me home.
Narrator: And in just a few second he was back home again.
At Aladdin´s House
Mother: Aladdin! I was worried about you! Where have you been?
Aladdin: Oh, mother… something terrible happened.
Narrator: And he told his mother about the wizard , the ring, and the lamp.
Mother: Aladdin, I am so sad. We don´t have money… not even to buy some food.
Aladdin: Don´t worry mother, the genie will help us.
Narrator: And he rubbed the ring again, and when the genie appeared he said.
Genie from the Ring: I am sorry… I can´t…
Aladdin: What do you mean… you can´t?
Genie from the Ring: I can only take you from one place to another.
Aladdin: If that is the case, then, I will sell the lamp!
Mother: Are you sure you want to do that?
Aladdin: Yes, we don´t have other choice.
Mother: Let me clean it then. It´s so dirty… maybe we can get more money if it looks like new.
Narrator: When his mother rubbed the lamp to clean it, a genie appeared before them.
Mother: Who are you?
Genie from the Lamp: I am the slave from the lamp. I will obey your orders!
Aladdin: Give us something to eat!
Narrator: And from that day Aladdin and his mother always had food on their table. One day Aladdin went to the market and he saw passing by the Sultan´s daughter.
In the Market
Aladdin: Oh, she´s so beautiful! I am in love with her.
Narrator: Then he went home and told his mother about the beautiful girl.
At Aladdin´s House
Aladdin: I want to marry her!
Mother: Ha, ha, ha you know that is impossible.
Aladdin: Please, mother. Go talk to the Sultan, and take this fine jewelry I found in the cave.
Mother: Very well. I´ll go… but I can´t promise you good news.
Narrator: Her mother went to the palace to talk to the Sultan.
At the Palace
Sultan: Old woman… what can I do for you?
Mother: My son, Aladdin, fell in love with your daughter, and he wants to marry her. He has sent her a gift.
Sultan: Let me see it.
Narrator: As soon as the Sultan saw the sparkling jewelry he said.
Sultan: This fine jewelry is not enough. I will approve to the wedding on one condition.
Mother: And what is that?
Sultan: If your son builds by tomorrow a splendid and magnificent palace, he will marry my daughter.
Mother: I will let him know your desire.
Narrator: When Aladdin heard the news he asked the genie from the lamp for another wish.
At Aladdin´s House
Aladdin: I order you to build the most beautiful palace, with precious stones, and a magnificent garden.
Genie from the Lamp: Your wish is an order to me!
Narrator: Next day the Sultan was astonished to see the palace and agreed to the wedding, and in a few days they got married … But in a faraway place the wizard heard the news.
Alin: I am so furious! Aladdin didn´t die inside the cave. I have to go back and get the lamp! I am sure he has it!
Narrator: As soon as he returned he disguised himself as a merchant and went to the palace where Aladdin and his wife were living.
At the Palace
Servant: What can I do for you?
Alin: I would like to talk to the princess.
Servant: Let me call her.
Narrator: As soon as the princess was before him, he said.
Alin: Would you like to exchange old lamps for new ones?
Princess: Well… indeed I have an old lamp. Let me bring it.
Narrator: As soon as the princess gave the lamp to Alin, he rubbed the lamp. And the Genie appeared.
Alin: Take me, the princess, and the palace to my homeland.
Genie: Your wish is an order to me!
Narrator: And he took them away. When the sultan knew about what had happened he was furious at Aladdin, and he had to tell him the truth,
Sultan: Very well… I will forgive you if in forty days you bring me my daughter back.
Aladdin: You know I will. I love her more than anything in the world.
Narrator: Aladdin was desperate, and didn´t know what to do. Then he remembered the Genie of the Ring. He rubbed the ring and the genie appeared.
Aladdin: Take me to where my wife is.
Narrator: In an instant they were in Africa, and Aladdin started looking for the princess, until he found her.
In Africa
Aladdin: My dear wife… what have they done to you?
Princess: Oh… Aladdin… this is like a nightmare!
Aladdin: I have to tell you he truth… come… sit over here… we have to talk.
Narrator: Aladdin told her what had happened, then he asked.
Aladdin: And… do you know where the lamp is?
Princess: That wicked wizard has it.
Aladdin: We have to think of something to get it back… I think I have a plan.
Princess: I am listening.
Narrator: That night the princess invited Alin to have dinner. But as always, he carried the lamp with him.
In a Restaurant
Alin: You look beautiful tonight princess!
Princess: Thank you… I think I need some fresh air… Let´s go to the balcony.
Alin: Take my hand…
Princess: But… do you have to take that lamp with you?
Alin: Well, no… not really.
Princess: Then leave it on the table. It looks so old and rusty that nobody will take it.
Alin: You´re right.
Narrator: Alin placed the lamp over the table and they went outside. As soon as they left, Aladdin took the lamp, then he went behind them, and when they were in the balcony, he pushed Alin, falling down from the balcony.
Aladdin: Come on!
Princess: Rub the lamp!
Aladdin: Genie, I order you to take us to our palace in the Middle East.
Narrator: And in an instant they appeared in the palace where Aladdin´s mother and the sultan were waiting, and when they saw them they hugged them and kissed them.
At the Palace
Sultan: My dear daughter… you´re back.
Princess: Oh, father…
Aladdin´s mother: Aladdin!
Sultan: Thank you Aladdin for bringing my dearest daughter home.
Aladdin: Everything is over now, and we have nothing to worry about… come, my dear wife our life together is just beginning.
Narrator: And they were happy for many, many years.
The End
Characters:
Narrator
Mother
Aladdin
Alin
Genie from the Ring
Sultan
Servant
Princess
Genie from the Bottle
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time in the Middle East there was a young poor boy called Aladdin. When his father died, his mother had to work hard.
At Aladdin´s House
Mother: Aladdin, go to the market and buy some fish for dinner.
Aladdin: Are we going to eat fish again, mother?
Mother: You know we don´t have enought money… fish is all I can afford.
Aladdin: I am sorry…
Mother: It´s not your fault.
Aladdin: But I promise you, that one day I will give you everything you deserve.
Mother: It´s getting late… go now.
Narrator: He went to the market, and while he was shopping a stranger saw him alone so he approached him.
At the Market
Alin: How´s your father?
Aladdin: Excuse me?
Alin: I just want to know how your father is doing.
Aladdin: My father died a long time ago.
Alin: Oh, I am sorry, I didn´t know… I am your uncle Alin.
Aladdin: I didn´t know I have an uncle.
Narrator: The man in fact was not his uncle, he was an African wizard.
Alin: Please take me to see your mother. It´s very important.
Narrator: Both went home and when Aladdin´s mother saw the man, she was surprised because she didn´t know who he was.
Mother: Please, sit down, and have dinner with us.
Narrator: Aladdin´s mother cook the fish and while they were eating the stranger said.
Alin: And what do you do, Aladdin?
Aladdin: Mmmm
Mother: He does nothing. He just likes to play with his friends.
Alin: But, that´s not right. Come with me on a journey to another country. You will learn how to buy and sell the most fine fabrics.
Aladdin: That sounds good to me, at least I´ll meet other people and visit other countries.
Alin: We will leave tomorrow morning.
Narrator: Next day they left early morning. Alin told Aladdin wonderful stories throughout the journey. At night they stopped to rest.
In a desert place
Alin: Aladdin, bring some wood to make a fire. When you come back I will tell you a secret.
Aladdin: I´ll come as soon as I can… I am really intrigued!
Narrator: When the fire was lit the wizard said some magical words. Suddenly a door appeared. Aladdin was so scared that he started to run away.
Alin: Stop! Where do you think you´re going?
Aladdin: But….
Alin: Open the door! It´s an order!
Narrator: Aladdin opened the door and he saw a staircase.
Alin: You will go down. Walk straight a narrow hall, then you will pass a fruit garden, and at the other end you will find an oil lamp. Bring it to me !… But I warn you… don´t touch anything or you will regret it!
Narrator: When Aladdin was inside the cave, he saw very fine jewelry hanging from the fuit trees. He put some in his pockets disobeying the wizard. Then he saw the lamp.
Aladdin: I see the lamp he wants…
Narrator: Then he took the lamp and look inside very carefully.
Aladdin: But… there´s a ring inside… I will put it on… anyway… he didn´t say anything about a ring.
Narrator: Then he went back to the door. When he was about to go out the wizard said.
Alin: Give me the lamp!
Narrator: Aladdin was surprised by the tone of his voice, and was suspicious.
Aladdin: I will give it to you as soon as I am out.
Alin: No! I just want the lamp!
Aladdin: Let me out, then I will give you the lamp!
Narrator: The wizard was angry at Aladdin and said.
Alin: I prefer to loose the lamp and its powers! You will stay there forever!
Narrator: Then he shut the door. Aladdin had no other choice but to go down the stairs where he sat on the floor and remained there for two days.
Aladdin: It´s so dark in here… and I am so cold.
Narrator: Then he rubbed his hands together, and suddenly he saw a bright light coming out from the ring. It was a genie.
Genie from the Ring: Master, I will do as you order!
Aladdin: Who are you?
Genie from the Ring: I am the slave from the ring. I will grant you all your wishes.
Aladdin: If that is true, then take me home.
Narrator: And in just a few second he was back home again.
At Aladdin´s House
Mother: Aladdin! I was worried about you! Where have you been?
Aladdin: Oh, mother… something terrible happened.
Narrator: And he told his mother about the wizard , the ring, and the lamp.
Mother: Aladdin, I am so sad. We don´t have money… not even to buy some food.
Aladdin: Don´t worry mother, the genie will help us.
Narrator: And he rubbed the ring again, and when the genie appeared he said.
Genie from the Ring: I am sorry… I can´t…
Aladdin: What do you mean… you can´t?
Genie from the Ring: I can only take you from one place to another.
Aladdin: If that is the case, then, I will sell the lamp!
Mother: Are you sure you want to do that?
Aladdin: Yes, we don´t have other choice.
Mother: Let me clean it then. It´s so dirty… maybe we can get more money if it looks like new.
Narrator: When his mother rubbed the lamp to clean it, a genie appeared before them.
Mother: Who are you?
Genie from the Lamp: I am the slave from the lamp. I will obey your orders!
Aladdin: Give us something to eat!
Narrator: And from that day Aladdin and his mother always had food on their table. One day Aladdin went to the market and he saw passing by the Sultan´s daughter.
In the Market
Aladdin: Oh, she´s so beautiful! I am in love with her.
Narrator: Then he went home and told his mother about the beautiful girl.
At Aladdin´s House
Aladdin: I want to marry her!
Mother: Ha, ha, ha you know that is impossible.
Aladdin: Please, mother. Go talk to the Sultan, and take this fine jewelry I found in the cave.
Mother: Very well. I´ll go… but I can´t promise you good news.
Narrator: Her mother went to the palace to talk to the Sultan.
At the Palace
Sultan: Old woman… what can I do for you?
Mother: My son, Aladdin, fell in love with your daughter, and he wants to marry her. He has sent her a gift.
Sultan: Let me see it.
Narrator: As soon as the Sultan saw the sparkling jewelry he said.
Sultan: This fine jewelry is not enough. I will approve to the wedding on one condition.
Mother: And what is that?
Sultan: If your son builds by tomorrow a splendid and magnificent palace, he will marry my daughter.
Mother: I will let him know your desire.
Narrator: When Aladdin heard the news he asked the genie from the lamp for another wish.
At Aladdin´s House
Aladdin: I order you to build the most beautiful palace, with precious stones, and a magnificent garden.
Genie from the Lamp: Your wish is an order to me!
Narrator: Next day the Sultan was astonished to see the palace and agreed to the wedding, and in a few days they got married … But in a faraway place the wizard heard the news.
Alin: I am so furious! Aladdin didn´t die inside the cave. I have to go back and get the lamp! I am sure he has it!
Narrator: As soon as he returned he disguised himself as a merchant and went to the palace where Aladdin and his wife were living.
At the Palace
Servant: What can I do for you?
Alin: I would like to talk to the princess.
Servant: Let me call her.
Narrator: As soon as the princess was before him, he said.
Alin: Would you like to exchange old lamps for new ones?
Princess: Well… indeed I have an old lamp. Let me bring it.
Narrator: As soon as the princess gave the lamp to Alin, he rubbed the lamp. And the Genie appeared.
Alin: Take me, the princess, and the palace to my homeland.
Genie: Your wish is an order to me!
Narrator: And he took them away. When the sultan knew about what had happened he was furious at Aladdin, and he had to tell him the truth,
Sultan: Very well… I will forgive you if in forty days you bring me my daughter back.
Aladdin: You know I will. I love her more than anything in the world.
Narrator: Aladdin was desperate, and didn´t know what to do. Then he remembered the Genie of the Ring. He rubbed the ring and the genie appeared.
Aladdin: Take me to where my wife is.
Narrator: In an instant they were in Africa, and Aladdin started looking for the princess, until he found her.
In Africa
Aladdin: My dear wife… what have they done to you?
Princess: Oh… Aladdin… this is like a nightmare!
Aladdin: I have to tell you he truth… come… sit over here… we have to talk.
Narrator: Aladdin told her what had happened, then he asked.
Aladdin: And… do you know where the lamp is?
Princess: That wicked wizard has it.
Aladdin: We have to think of something to get it back… I think I have a plan.
Princess: I am listening.
Narrator: That night the princess invited Alin to have dinner. But as always, he carried the lamp with him.
In a Restaurant
Alin: You look beautiful tonight princess!
Princess: Thank you… I think I need some fresh air… Let´s go to the balcony.
Alin: Take my hand…
Princess: But… do you have to take that lamp with you?
Alin: Well, no… not really.
Princess: Then leave it on the table. It looks so old and rusty that nobody will take it.
Alin: You´re right.
Narrator: Alin placed the lamp over the table and they went outside. As soon as they left, Aladdin took the lamp, then he went behind them, and when they were in the balcony, he pushed Alin, falling down from the balcony.
Aladdin: Come on!
Princess: Rub the lamp!
Aladdin: Genie, I order you to take us to our palace in the Middle East.
Narrator: And in an instant they appeared in the palace where Aladdin´s mother and the sultan were waiting, and when they saw them they hugged them and kissed them.
At the Palace
Sultan: My dear daughter… you´re back.
Princess: Oh, father…
Aladdin´s mother: Aladdin!
Sultan: Thank you Aladdin for bringing my dearest daughter home.
Aladdin: Everything is over now, and we have nothing to worry about… come, my dear wife our life together is just beginning.
Narrator: And they were happy for many, many years.
The End
King Arthur and the Witch
Characters:
Narrator
King Arthur
Soldier
King Marcus
Maid
Witch
Gwain
Maiden 1
Maiden 2
Maiden 3
Maiden 4
SCRIPT:
Narrator: A long time ago, King Arthur of England was captured while he was hunting in a forbidden land.
Soldier: Stop! You are not allowed to hunt in our land. Who gave you permission to do so?
King Arthur: Nobody.
Soldier: Then you must come with us. We will take you to our king.
Narrator: When king Marcus saw him he said.
King Marcus: You are an intrepid young man, but you must die because you violated our laws.
King Arthur: Do what you have to do.
King Marcus: I can also see that you are strong of character, and I like that. I will forgive you on one condition.
King Arthur: What is the prince I have to pay for my life?
King Marcus : I will give one year to find out the answer to a very difficult question.
King Arthur: What question?
King Marcus: I need to know what does a lady want?
King Arthur: That is an impossible question to answer. Not even the wisest man in my kingdom would have an answer to your question. But my life is worth it, I will give you the answer.
King Marcus: You are free to go now. And don´t forget… I´ll be waiting for you.
King Arthur: I will come back.
Narrator: King Arthur returned to kis kingdom and started questioning everybody. The princess, the queen, the priests, the wisemen, but no one had an answer. Then he asked one of the maids.
Maid: Well, people say there´s a witch living in the deep forest. They say that she is very smart, but evil. Why don´t you go and ask her?
King Arthur: So… you are also telling me to go and see the witch, and I supposed you know her…maybe she has already given you one of her spells.
Maid: I don´t know what you mean… but, did somebody else tell you about her?
King Arthur: The princess, and the queen also suggested that I should see her.
Maid: Then you must do it, maybe she´s the only one that can help you. But I must tell you, that the price you will pay, will be high.
King Arthur: If she has the answer, then I don´t care about the price.
Maid: Just don´t go alone, take your soldiers with you. She´s not a very pleasant person.
King Arthur: I will. Thank you for your advice.
Narrator: That same night King Arthur went to the old witch´s house. When he was about to knock, the witch opened the door.
Witch: I have been expecting you… I know that your time is running out.
King Arthur: If you already know why I´m here, then tell me the answer.
Witch: Are you willing to pay the price?
King Arthur: I will pay whatever I have to pay.
Witch: Then I assume that you accept the deal.
King Arthur: That´s right.
Witch: Now…there´s no turning back… I want to marry Gwain, your best friend.
King Arthur: Are you out of your mind! It makes me sick just to think of the idea of you marrying him!
Witch: You accepted the price… remember?
King Arthur: Have you seen yourself in a mirror? You´re ugly! You have only one tooth and you´re hunchbacked! You´re the most repulsive person I have ever seen! How can I ask my best friend to sacrifice because of me?
Witch: Talk to him… I know that you will come back.
Narrator: King Arthur had no choice but to talk to his friend.
Gwain: It´s not a sacrifice, you´re life is worth it.
King Arthur: You are truly my best friend. I could never in my whole life pay you for what you are doing for me.
Gwain: Tell her I accept and prepare everything. The wedding will be tomorrow.
Narrator: King Arthur returned to the witch´s house.
Witch: I will be ready, tomorrow after the wedding you will have your answer.
Narrator: When the wedding papers were signed, the witch said.
Witch: What a lady wants, is to be in charge of her own destiny.
Narrator: Everybody at the wedding was astonished, because they knew that it was true, and that King Arthur would now be safe. When King Marcus heard the news, he freed King Arthur. Meanwhile at the wedding Gwain was respectful and kind to the witch. But the guests, who were noblemen and maidens, had their own opinion.
Maiden 1: Look at the way she eats!
Maiden 2: I feel ashamed just to look ate her.
Maiden 3: Why does she have to eat with her bare hands.
Maiden 4: If we have spoons!
Maiden 1: Are you listening to the noise she does when she eats, or is it just my imagination?
Maiden 2: Poor Gwain! He´s so handsome!
Maiden 3: He is truly a good friend.
Maiden 4: Indeed he is.
Narrator: At that moment King Arthur decided that it was time for everybody to leave the couple alone, so everybody left. When Gwain was in his room, suddenly the door opened.
Gwain: Who are you?
Witch: I am your wife.
Gwain: My wife? What kind of joke is this?
Witch: It´s not a joke. It´s me, the old witch.
Gwain: But… you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen! What happened to you?
Witch: You were kind to me. So, half of the time I will horrible, and the other half, I will be beautiful as you see me right now.
Gwain: I am speechless…
Witch: You must decide which one do you prefer during the day, and which one at night.
Gwain: Let me think… I will let you know my decision in a few hours.
Witch: Call me when you are ready.
Gwain: I will.
Narrator: When the witch left the room, Gwain went out to the forest near the castle just to think about what to do.
Gwain: What should I do? I would surely want an adorable young lady during the day for everybody to see, especially my friends… and at night obviously I would like a beautiful girl and not a horrible witch… or should I prefer the opposite?
Narrator: After a few minutes, Gwain took a decision, went back to the castle and straight to his room where his wife was already waiting.
Witch: What is your answer?
Gwain: I will let you choose.
Witch: Very well then… I will be a beautiful lady during the day and also at night, because you have shown me respect and you are allowing me to be in charge of my own life.
Narrator: And they lived happily forever.
The End
Narrator
King Arthur
Soldier
King Marcus
Maid
Witch
Gwain
Maiden 1
Maiden 2
Maiden 3
Maiden 4
SCRIPT:
Narrator: A long time ago, King Arthur of England was captured while he was hunting in a forbidden land.
Soldier: Stop! You are not allowed to hunt in our land. Who gave you permission to do so?
King Arthur: Nobody.
Soldier: Then you must come with us. We will take you to our king.
Narrator: When king Marcus saw him he said.
King Marcus: You are an intrepid young man, but you must die because you violated our laws.
King Arthur: Do what you have to do.
King Marcus: I can also see that you are strong of character, and I like that. I will forgive you on one condition.
King Arthur: What is the prince I have to pay for my life?
King Marcus : I will give one year to find out the answer to a very difficult question.
King Arthur: What question?
King Marcus: I need to know what does a lady want?
King Arthur: That is an impossible question to answer. Not even the wisest man in my kingdom would have an answer to your question. But my life is worth it, I will give you the answer.
King Marcus: You are free to go now. And don´t forget… I´ll be waiting for you.
King Arthur: I will come back.
Narrator: King Arthur returned to kis kingdom and started questioning everybody. The princess, the queen, the priests, the wisemen, but no one had an answer. Then he asked one of the maids.
Maid: Well, people say there´s a witch living in the deep forest. They say that she is very smart, but evil. Why don´t you go and ask her?
King Arthur: So… you are also telling me to go and see the witch, and I supposed you know her…maybe she has already given you one of her spells.
Maid: I don´t know what you mean… but, did somebody else tell you about her?
King Arthur: The princess, and the queen also suggested that I should see her.
Maid: Then you must do it, maybe she´s the only one that can help you. But I must tell you, that the price you will pay, will be high.
King Arthur: If she has the answer, then I don´t care about the price.
Maid: Just don´t go alone, take your soldiers with you. She´s not a very pleasant person.
King Arthur: I will. Thank you for your advice.
Narrator: That same night King Arthur went to the old witch´s house. When he was about to knock, the witch opened the door.
Witch: I have been expecting you… I know that your time is running out.
King Arthur: If you already know why I´m here, then tell me the answer.
Witch: Are you willing to pay the price?
King Arthur: I will pay whatever I have to pay.
Witch: Then I assume that you accept the deal.
King Arthur: That´s right.
Witch: Now…there´s no turning back… I want to marry Gwain, your best friend.
King Arthur: Are you out of your mind! It makes me sick just to think of the idea of you marrying him!
Witch: You accepted the price… remember?
King Arthur: Have you seen yourself in a mirror? You´re ugly! You have only one tooth and you´re hunchbacked! You´re the most repulsive person I have ever seen! How can I ask my best friend to sacrifice because of me?
Witch: Talk to him… I know that you will come back.
Narrator: King Arthur had no choice but to talk to his friend.
Gwain: It´s not a sacrifice, you´re life is worth it.
King Arthur: You are truly my best friend. I could never in my whole life pay you for what you are doing for me.
Gwain: Tell her I accept and prepare everything. The wedding will be tomorrow.
Narrator: King Arthur returned to the witch´s house.
Witch: I will be ready, tomorrow after the wedding you will have your answer.
Narrator: When the wedding papers were signed, the witch said.
Witch: What a lady wants, is to be in charge of her own destiny.
Narrator: Everybody at the wedding was astonished, because they knew that it was true, and that King Arthur would now be safe. When King Marcus heard the news, he freed King Arthur. Meanwhile at the wedding Gwain was respectful and kind to the witch. But the guests, who were noblemen and maidens, had their own opinion.
Maiden 1: Look at the way she eats!
Maiden 2: I feel ashamed just to look ate her.
Maiden 3: Why does she have to eat with her bare hands.
Maiden 4: If we have spoons!
Maiden 1: Are you listening to the noise she does when she eats, or is it just my imagination?
Maiden 2: Poor Gwain! He´s so handsome!
Maiden 3: He is truly a good friend.
Maiden 4: Indeed he is.
Narrator: At that moment King Arthur decided that it was time for everybody to leave the couple alone, so everybody left. When Gwain was in his room, suddenly the door opened.
Gwain: Who are you?
Witch: I am your wife.
Gwain: My wife? What kind of joke is this?
Witch: It´s not a joke. It´s me, the old witch.
Gwain: But… you are the most beautiful girl I have ever seen! What happened to you?
Witch: You were kind to me. So, half of the time I will horrible, and the other half, I will be beautiful as you see me right now.
Gwain: I am speechless…
Witch: You must decide which one do you prefer during the day, and which one at night.
Gwain: Let me think… I will let you know my decision in a few hours.
Witch: Call me when you are ready.
Gwain: I will.
Narrator: When the witch left the room, Gwain went out to the forest near the castle just to think about what to do.
Gwain: What should I do? I would surely want an adorable young lady during the day for everybody to see, especially my friends… and at night obviously I would like a beautiful girl and not a horrible witch… or should I prefer the opposite?
Narrator: After a few minutes, Gwain took a decision, went back to the castle and straight to his room where his wife was already waiting.
Witch: What is your answer?
Gwain: I will let you choose.
Witch: Very well then… I will be a beautiful lady during the day and also at night, because you have shown me respect and you are allowing me to be in charge of my own life.
Narrator: And they lived happily forever.
The End
Drama Script : The Chicken of the Golden Eggs
The Chicken of the Golden Eggs
Characters:
Farmer
Elf
Woman 1
Woman 2
Man 1
Man 2
Man 3
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time there was a farmer who was very poor. One day he was plowing the field and thought.
Farmer: I work too much… and all for nothing! I am tired of coming here every day and just for a few cents. I really have bad luck!
Narrator: Suddenly an elf appeared.
Farmer: Oh my!
Elf: Don’t be afraid.
Farmer: Who are you?
Elf: I have heard what you said, today your luck will change. Take this hen.
Farmer: Thank you, I am so hungry! I will cook it as soon as I get home.
Elf: No! This is a very special hen.
Farmer: What makes it so special? … Does it talk?
Elf: No! Listen to me! This hen is so wonderful that every day it lays a golden egg.
Farmer: A golden egg?
Narrator: The elf didn’t answer, and he just disappeared.
Farmer: I hope it’s true. I will go home right away.
Narrator: The farmer went home and immediately put the hen in a cage. Next day, as soon as he woke up, he went to the chicken house to see if the hen laid the golden egg.
Farmer: Oh… it is true! It’s an egg of solid gold!
Narrator: He took the egg, went to town and tried to sell it. He stood in the middle of the street and shouted.
Farmer: Golden egg for sale! Golden egg for sale!
Narrator: Soon a crowd gathered around him amazed at the golden egg.
Woman 1: How much do you want?
Woman 2: Is it really a golden egg?
Farmer: Sure, it is!
Man 1: I want it!
Man 2: No, it’s mine!
Man 3:I’ll buy it! Sell it to me!
Farmer: It’s your then!… And don’t worry… I will bring another one tomorrow. There are enough for everybody!
Narrator: The farmer sold the egg. Next day when he woke up he went straight to see if there was another golden egg.
Farmer: Good… another golden egg! I’ll sell it right away.
Narrator: And once again he went to town and sold the egg. After that day, every day, the hen gave him a beautiful golden egg.
Farmer: I am getting richer and richer every day. I am the richest man in town! I have everything a man could want… but… I wonder how I could get more eggs from my hen…
Narrator: As the farmer grew richer, he also became greedy and stingy.
Farmer: I want to have more and more money! I am tired of waiting every day just for one golden egg.
Narrator: And he thought and thought…
Farmer: I am going to kill the hen and I’ll find the gold mine she has inside. I will have all her treasure at once!
Narrator: So he cut her open and found nothing at all.
Farmer: This can’t be! Where’s the gold mine? Where’s her treasure? Now I don’t have the hen and its golden eggs!
The End
Characters:
Farmer
Elf
Woman 1
Woman 2
Man 1
Man 2
Man 3
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time there was a farmer who was very poor. One day he was plowing the field and thought.
Farmer: I work too much… and all for nothing! I am tired of coming here every day and just for a few cents. I really have bad luck!
Narrator: Suddenly an elf appeared.
Farmer: Oh my!
Elf: Don’t be afraid.
Farmer: Who are you?
Elf: I have heard what you said, today your luck will change. Take this hen.
Farmer: Thank you, I am so hungry! I will cook it as soon as I get home.
Elf: No! This is a very special hen.
Farmer: What makes it so special? … Does it talk?
Elf: No! Listen to me! This hen is so wonderful that every day it lays a golden egg.
Farmer: A golden egg?
Narrator: The elf didn’t answer, and he just disappeared.
Farmer: I hope it’s true. I will go home right away.
Narrator: The farmer went home and immediately put the hen in a cage. Next day, as soon as he woke up, he went to the chicken house to see if the hen laid the golden egg.
Farmer: Oh… it is true! It’s an egg of solid gold!
Narrator: He took the egg, went to town and tried to sell it. He stood in the middle of the street and shouted.
Farmer: Golden egg for sale! Golden egg for sale!
Narrator: Soon a crowd gathered around him amazed at the golden egg.
Woman 1: How much do you want?
Woman 2: Is it really a golden egg?
Farmer: Sure, it is!
Man 1: I want it!
Man 2: No, it’s mine!
Man 3:I’ll buy it! Sell it to me!
Farmer: It’s your then!… And don’t worry… I will bring another one tomorrow. There are enough for everybody!
Narrator: The farmer sold the egg. Next day when he woke up he went straight to see if there was another golden egg.
Farmer: Good… another golden egg! I’ll sell it right away.
Narrator: And once again he went to town and sold the egg. After that day, every day, the hen gave him a beautiful golden egg.
Farmer: I am getting richer and richer every day. I am the richest man in town! I have everything a man could want… but… I wonder how I could get more eggs from my hen…
Narrator: As the farmer grew richer, he also became greedy and stingy.
Farmer: I want to have more and more money! I am tired of waiting every day just for one golden egg.
Narrator: And he thought and thought…
Farmer: I am going to kill the hen and I’ll find the gold mine she has inside. I will have all her treasure at once!
Narrator: So he cut her open and found nothing at all.
Farmer: This can’t be! Where’s the gold mine? Where’s her treasure? Now I don’t have the hen and its golden eggs!
The End
Sleeping Beauty
Characters:
Guard
Man
Woman
Crowd
Fairy 1
Fairy 2
Fairy 3
Fairy 4
Fairy 5
Fairy 6
Old Fairy
Princess
King
Queen (no dialogues)
Prince
Old Man
SCRIPT:
Guard: The King announces that next Sunday, the little princess will be baptized. Everybody is invited to the palace.
Man: Hail to the King!
Crowd: Hail to the King!
Woman: Hail to the Queen!
Crowd: Hail to the Queen!
Man: Hail to the Princess!
Crowd: Hail to the Princess!
Narrator: The day the princess was baptized people were happy because they loved the King and Queen. That day 6 fairies were invited. Each one gave the princess a gift.
Fairy 1: She will be the most beautiful princess.
Fairy 2: She will be like an angel.
Fairy 3: She will be the most gracious girl in the kingdom.
Fairy 4: She will be the greatest dancer.
Fairy 5: She will be loved by everybody.
Narrator: When the sixth fairy was about to speak, an old fairy entered the palace.
Old Fairy : Ha, ha, ha, ha… I wasn`t invited! You didn`t invite the oldest fairy… ha, ha, ha, ha… very good, then… instead of a gift, I will give her a spell… the princess will in her fifteenth birthday prick herself with a spindle, and fall down dead… ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Narrator: And then she left the palace. But then the sixth fairy approached the princess and with her magic wand she said.
Fairy 6: Don`t worry your majesty, your daughter will not die. She will prick her finger with a spindle, but she will not die, she will fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years, until a prince, son of a king, wakes her up.
Narrator: The king gave orders that every spindle in the whole kingdom should be burnt. Years passed by, and the little baby turned into the most beautiful girl in the kingdom. But one day, when the little girl was walking into every room and tower in the palace she found an old lady who was sitting with her spindle.
Princess: Oh, sweet old lady. What are you doing?
Old Lady: Don`t you see, young girl? I am spinning.
Princess: It`s very nice. Can I try it?
Old Lady: Sure.
Princess: Show me how, old lady? … like this? Ohhh
Narrator: And the princess pricked her finger with the spindle, and fell to the ground. Then the king called the sixth fairy.
King: Now, what is going to happen, good fairy?
Fairy 6: She will sleep for a hundred years. Every body in the kingdom will fall into a deep sleep too, including the maids, noblemen, maidens, animals, guards, and the whole court, including you and the queen, so that when the princess wakes up she will not be alone.
King: What about this castle?
Fairy 6: This castle will remain in the middle of a deep forest, and nobody will be able to get near it, until a hundred years have passed. Don`t worry, your majesty, your daughter then will be very happy.
Narrator: Time passed by rapidly. The forest was so deep that people could only see the castle`s towers. One day…
Prince: Uhh, horse, uhhh… Good morning, old man. What are you doing.
Old Man: I am taking care of my sheep. This is the only thing I can do.
Prince: How old are you?
Old Man: Well, 75 years old.
Prince: Then you must know who is the owner of that magnificent palace.
Old Man: Oh, yes sir. A long time ago… my father told me that the castle is under a spell. He said that a beautiful princess is there, waiting for a prince to wake her up and marry her. But, for now, nobody can go inside.
Prince: Don`t worry old man, I will.
Old Man: But you can`t… the forest will not let you in.
Prince: Good-bye!
Narrator: That man was a very handsome prince who was hunting in the nearby woods. The prince´s horse galloped toward the castle where sleeping beauty was waiting. When he arrived, the trees let him in until he reached the great staircase that led to the castle.
Prince: That old man was right! The castle is in a deep sleep…. Everybody is sleeping, guards, maids, birds… but, I have to look for the princess.
Narrator: Finally, in a small room, he found the beautiful princess sleeping, lying in a bed wearing a gold embroidered dress. The prince approached her, he knelt down, and kissed her.
Prince: Beautiful Princess
Princess: Ohh, where am I?
Prince: In your palace. You have just woken up from a hundred-year sleep.
Princes: Why did I sleep so much?. Who are you?
Prince: I am a prince, son of a king. I came to wake you up. The good fairy told me the story, and she said that the bad fairy died a long time ago.
Princess: No, no, prince, I don`t remember anything. And now, what?
Prince: Now we will go to my palace. We will get married, and we will invite all the fairies that made you so beautiful, gracious, smart, good…
Princess: Oh, yes, prince.
Prince: We will be the happiest king and queen on earth.
Narrator: When they arrived to the prince’s kingdom, the crowd was already gathered in the streets.
Crowd: Hail to the Princess! Hail to the Prince! Hail to the king and queen!
Narrator: And that is how the princess after a hundred year sleep, became a queen, and lived happily forever and ever.
The End
Guard
Man
Woman
Crowd
Fairy 1
Fairy 2
Fairy 3
Fairy 4
Fairy 5
Fairy 6
Old Fairy
Princess
King
Queen (no dialogues)
Prince
Old Man
SCRIPT:
Guard: The King announces that next Sunday, the little princess will be baptized. Everybody is invited to the palace.
Man: Hail to the King!
Crowd: Hail to the King!
Woman: Hail to the Queen!
Crowd: Hail to the Queen!
Man: Hail to the Princess!
Crowd: Hail to the Princess!
Narrator: The day the princess was baptized people were happy because they loved the King and Queen. That day 6 fairies were invited. Each one gave the princess a gift.
Fairy 1: She will be the most beautiful princess.
Fairy 2: She will be like an angel.
Fairy 3: She will be the most gracious girl in the kingdom.
Fairy 4: She will be the greatest dancer.
Fairy 5: She will be loved by everybody.
Narrator: When the sixth fairy was about to speak, an old fairy entered the palace.
Old Fairy : Ha, ha, ha, ha… I wasn`t invited! You didn`t invite the oldest fairy… ha, ha, ha, ha… very good, then… instead of a gift, I will give her a spell… the princess will in her fifteenth birthday prick herself with a spindle, and fall down dead… ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
Narrator: And then she left the palace. But then the sixth fairy approached the princess and with her magic wand she said.
Fairy 6: Don`t worry your majesty, your daughter will not die. She will prick her finger with a spindle, but she will not die, she will fall into a deep sleep for a hundred years, until a prince, son of a king, wakes her up.
Narrator: The king gave orders that every spindle in the whole kingdom should be burnt. Years passed by, and the little baby turned into the most beautiful girl in the kingdom. But one day, when the little girl was walking into every room and tower in the palace she found an old lady who was sitting with her spindle.
Princess: Oh, sweet old lady. What are you doing?
Old Lady: Don`t you see, young girl? I am spinning.
Princess: It`s very nice. Can I try it?
Old Lady: Sure.
Princess: Show me how, old lady? … like this? Ohhh
Narrator: And the princess pricked her finger with the spindle, and fell to the ground. Then the king called the sixth fairy.
King: Now, what is going to happen, good fairy?
Fairy 6: She will sleep for a hundred years. Every body in the kingdom will fall into a deep sleep too, including the maids, noblemen, maidens, animals, guards, and the whole court, including you and the queen, so that when the princess wakes up she will not be alone.
King: What about this castle?
Fairy 6: This castle will remain in the middle of a deep forest, and nobody will be able to get near it, until a hundred years have passed. Don`t worry, your majesty, your daughter then will be very happy.
Narrator: Time passed by rapidly. The forest was so deep that people could only see the castle`s towers. One day…
Prince: Uhh, horse, uhhh… Good morning, old man. What are you doing.
Old Man: I am taking care of my sheep. This is the only thing I can do.
Prince: How old are you?
Old Man: Well, 75 years old.
Prince: Then you must know who is the owner of that magnificent palace.
Old Man: Oh, yes sir. A long time ago… my father told me that the castle is under a spell. He said that a beautiful princess is there, waiting for a prince to wake her up and marry her. But, for now, nobody can go inside.
Prince: Don`t worry old man, I will.
Old Man: But you can`t… the forest will not let you in.
Prince: Good-bye!
Narrator: That man was a very handsome prince who was hunting in the nearby woods. The prince´s horse galloped toward the castle where sleeping beauty was waiting. When he arrived, the trees let him in until he reached the great staircase that led to the castle.
Prince: That old man was right! The castle is in a deep sleep…. Everybody is sleeping, guards, maids, birds… but, I have to look for the princess.
Narrator: Finally, in a small room, he found the beautiful princess sleeping, lying in a bed wearing a gold embroidered dress. The prince approached her, he knelt down, and kissed her.
Prince: Beautiful Princess
Princess: Ohh, where am I?
Prince: In your palace. You have just woken up from a hundred-year sleep.
Princes: Why did I sleep so much?. Who are you?
Prince: I am a prince, son of a king. I came to wake you up. The good fairy told me the story, and she said that the bad fairy died a long time ago.
Princess: No, no, prince, I don`t remember anything. And now, what?
Prince: Now we will go to my palace. We will get married, and we will invite all the fairies that made you so beautiful, gracious, smart, good…
Princess: Oh, yes, prince.
Prince: We will be the happiest king and queen on earth.
Narrator: When they arrived to the prince’s kingdom, the crowd was already gathered in the streets.
Crowd: Hail to the Princess! Hail to the Prince! Hail to the king and queen!
Narrator: And that is how the princess after a hundred year sleep, became a queen, and lived happily forever and ever.
The End
Drama Script : FEARLESS JOHN
Characters:
Narrator
King
Princess
Advisor 1
Advisor 2
Advisor 3
Fearless John
Ghost 1
Ghost 2
Witch 1
Witch 2
SCRIPT:
Narrator: In a far away land there lived King Daniel The Great. He was worried because his daughter didn´t want to get married. One night he decided to talk to her.
King: Just give me a good reason, that´s all I am asking for.
Princess: I already told you father. Please… don´t insist.
King: You have to understand my position.
Narrator: The King looked through the palace window.
King: Look at all this! I rule this kingdom. All this belongs to you!.
Princess: I know father, but I don´t like anybody here. I can´t just marry any man!.
King: There are very nice man in the kingdom. There are some nobleman, rich man, wise man… what do you want then?
Princess: The man I choose to be my husband has to be special.
King: In what way?
Princess: Let me put it this way, father… I want to marry the bravest man in the kingdom.
King: What? What about all the men that have fought for this kingdom? Aren´t they brave enough for you?
Princess: No, they aren’t, father. I want the treasure hidden inside the enchanted castle.
King: Oh, so… you don´t think you are rich enough… is that it? You are not satisfied with what I give you… you want more… that´s why this kingdom is not enough for you!
Princess: No, father, you are wrong. I don´t want the treasure… I only want the man who can bring it to me… the man who is brave enough to enter that castle… the man who dares to go inside… the man who can fight whatever is inside that place. I just want that man!
King: But… that´s impossible. Nobody dares to enter that castle. People say there are horrible ghosts and terrible witches.
Princess: There must be someone who can do it. If you want me to get married, then do something!.
King: Well, let me talk to my advisors… I´ll see you in the morning.
Princess: Good night, father.
King: Good night, darling.
Narrator: That same night the King talked to his advisors.
King: Think! Think! Think!
Advisor 1: But your highness, nobody will go to that castle.
Advisor 2: And you know it!
Advisor 3: Which means…
King: That there are no brave men in my kingdom…
Adivsor 1: I think we should tell the truth.
Advisor 2: Yes, let´s tell your people that the princess will marry the bravest man in the country.
Narrator: Next day they spread the news. And the King waited, and waited, and waited, until one day a young man named Fearless John, asked to see the king.
Fearless John: Yor majesty, I know that you are looking for the bravest man in this kingdom.
King: It is true… do you know someone who would wants to go to that castle? Do you know someone brave and strong?
Fearless John: Yes, your majesty. It´s me… I will bring the treasure.
King: Ha, ha, ha, ha… you are a dreamer. You are short and thin… and you look weak!
Fearless John: Your majesty, they call me Fearless John because I am not afraid of anything.
King: It´s hard to believe… I think you should think about it.
Fearless John: I have nothing to think about. I will go to the castle tonight.
King: It´s up to you, then… just bring me the treasure, and my daughter will marry you.
Narrator: That same night Fearless John went to the enchanted castle, the place where no one dared to go.
Fearless John: It´s so dark in here… and dirty, and there are spider webs everywhere.
Narrator: Suddenly he saw a ghost.
Fearless John: Hello, Mr. Ghost.
Narrator: The ghost went straight to the dining room, and Fearless John followed him. But before entering the room, he heard a loud noise. Trash! Cuash! Mash! Fearless John turned around and said.
Fearless John: Do you think you scare me? You better stop that noise!
Narrator: The loud noise was made by a huge snake that was coming down the stairs.
Fearless John: I can´t waste my time with you, go back!
Narrator: The snake went upstairs, and Fearless John entered the dining room. And in the center of the room, there was a big dining table, and there were two green witches with red lips, hands, and hair, and two ghosts with big ears.
Ghost 1: Come here, Fearless John!
Fearless John: Oh, so you know my name.
Ghost 2: We know everything… we also know why you are here.
Witch 1: Do you want to have dinner with us?
Fearless John: Sure… I am really hungry!
Witch 2: Would you like to taste our soup made of frog eyes, snake tongue, and lizard tail ?
Fearless John: Yes, it looks delicious!
Ghost 1: You are our guest of honor.
Ghost 2: Sit down!
Narrator: Fearless John sat at the table and enjoyed dinner. When he finished eating he said.
Fearless John: Thank you for this wonderful dinner. I feel very tired. I am going upstairs to sleep… Oh, and please… don´t make a lot of noise… I really need to rest.
Witch 1: Have pleasant dreams, Fearless John.
Witch 1, 2,
Ghost 1, 2: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Narrator: Fearless John went upstairs. As soon as he found a bed, he went to sleep. At midnight he felt the bed was moving, and he woke up.
Fearless John: Oh, this is fun! I am flying! This is the first time in my whole life that I sleep in a flying bed!
Narrator: Then the bed came down.
Fearless John: Oh, I was just having fun… anyway…
Narrator: And he went to sleep once again. Next day, when he woke up he was surrounded by ghosts and witches.
Fearless John: Good morning. I feel better now, after a good night sleep! … What can I do for you?
Ghost 1: You are the first person who has treated us kindly.
Ghost 2: That´s right.
Witch 1: You haven´t tried to harm us.
Witch 2: Or to get rid of us.
Ghost 1: We want to give you the treasure you came looking for.
Ghost 2: Take this bag of gold coins.
Witch 1: And this box of precious jewels.
Fearless John: Oh, thank you very much!
Narrator: Then he hugged the witches and the ghosts.
Fearless John: I have to go now.
Witch 2: Good bye, Fearless John.
Narrator: He left the enchanted castle and went straight to the king´s palace. When he arrived he asked to see the king.
King: You are back!
Fearless John: Yes, your majesty, and I have the treasure with me.
King: I have to see it before I tell my daughter.
Narrator: Fearless John showed the king the gold coins and the precious jewels. The king was delighted.
King: Good! … my daughter will be here in a few minutes. Guard!
Narrator: A guard entered the room.
King: Tell my daughter to come here immediately.
Guard: Yes, your majesty.
Narrator: After a few minutes the princess came into the room.
Princess: Did you want to talk to me?
King: Yes… this is Fearless John… and he brought the treasure from the enchanted castle.
Narrator: The princess looked surprised, but at the same time satisfied.
Princess: Oh, thank you… and I will keep my promise… to marry the bravest man in the kingdom.
King: Tomorrow my people will know that my daughter will get married.
Princess: Yes, father… and please, give the treasure to the needy people.
King: I knew you wouldn`t dissappoint me…I will.
Narrator: And Fearless John and the Princess had a magnificent wedding and were happy forever and ever.
The End
Narrator
King
Princess
Advisor 1
Advisor 2
Advisor 3
Fearless John
Ghost 1
Ghost 2
Witch 1
Witch 2
SCRIPT:
Narrator: In a far away land there lived King Daniel The Great. He was worried because his daughter didn´t want to get married. One night he decided to talk to her.
King: Just give me a good reason, that´s all I am asking for.
Princess: I already told you father. Please… don´t insist.
King: You have to understand my position.
Narrator: The King looked through the palace window.
King: Look at all this! I rule this kingdom. All this belongs to you!.
Princess: I know father, but I don´t like anybody here. I can´t just marry any man!.
King: There are very nice man in the kingdom. There are some nobleman, rich man, wise man… what do you want then?
Princess: The man I choose to be my husband has to be special.
King: In what way?
Princess: Let me put it this way, father… I want to marry the bravest man in the kingdom.
King: What? What about all the men that have fought for this kingdom? Aren´t they brave enough for you?
Princess: No, they aren’t, father. I want the treasure hidden inside the enchanted castle.
King: Oh, so… you don´t think you are rich enough… is that it? You are not satisfied with what I give you… you want more… that´s why this kingdom is not enough for you!
Princess: No, father, you are wrong. I don´t want the treasure… I only want the man who can bring it to me… the man who is brave enough to enter that castle… the man who dares to go inside… the man who can fight whatever is inside that place. I just want that man!
King: But… that´s impossible. Nobody dares to enter that castle. People say there are horrible ghosts and terrible witches.
Princess: There must be someone who can do it. If you want me to get married, then do something!.
King: Well, let me talk to my advisors… I´ll see you in the morning.
Princess: Good night, father.
King: Good night, darling.
Narrator: That same night the King talked to his advisors.
King: Think! Think! Think!
Advisor 1: But your highness, nobody will go to that castle.
Advisor 2: And you know it!
Advisor 3: Which means…
King: That there are no brave men in my kingdom…
Adivsor 1: I think we should tell the truth.
Advisor 2: Yes, let´s tell your people that the princess will marry the bravest man in the country.
Narrator: Next day they spread the news. And the King waited, and waited, and waited, until one day a young man named Fearless John, asked to see the king.
Fearless John: Yor majesty, I know that you are looking for the bravest man in this kingdom.
King: It is true… do you know someone who would wants to go to that castle? Do you know someone brave and strong?
Fearless John: Yes, your majesty. It´s me… I will bring the treasure.
King: Ha, ha, ha, ha… you are a dreamer. You are short and thin… and you look weak!
Fearless John: Your majesty, they call me Fearless John because I am not afraid of anything.
King: It´s hard to believe… I think you should think about it.
Fearless John: I have nothing to think about. I will go to the castle tonight.
King: It´s up to you, then… just bring me the treasure, and my daughter will marry you.
Narrator: That same night Fearless John went to the enchanted castle, the place where no one dared to go.
Fearless John: It´s so dark in here… and dirty, and there are spider webs everywhere.
Narrator: Suddenly he saw a ghost.
Fearless John: Hello, Mr. Ghost.
Narrator: The ghost went straight to the dining room, and Fearless John followed him. But before entering the room, he heard a loud noise. Trash! Cuash! Mash! Fearless John turned around and said.
Fearless John: Do you think you scare me? You better stop that noise!
Narrator: The loud noise was made by a huge snake that was coming down the stairs.
Fearless John: I can´t waste my time with you, go back!
Narrator: The snake went upstairs, and Fearless John entered the dining room. And in the center of the room, there was a big dining table, and there were two green witches with red lips, hands, and hair, and two ghosts with big ears.
Ghost 1: Come here, Fearless John!
Fearless John: Oh, so you know my name.
Ghost 2: We know everything… we also know why you are here.
Witch 1: Do you want to have dinner with us?
Fearless John: Sure… I am really hungry!
Witch 2: Would you like to taste our soup made of frog eyes, snake tongue, and lizard tail ?
Fearless John: Yes, it looks delicious!
Ghost 1: You are our guest of honor.
Ghost 2: Sit down!
Narrator: Fearless John sat at the table and enjoyed dinner. When he finished eating he said.
Fearless John: Thank you for this wonderful dinner. I feel very tired. I am going upstairs to sleep… Oh, and please… don´t make a lot of noise… I really need to rest.
Witch 1: Have pleasant dreams, Fearless John.
Witch 1, 2,
Ghost 1, 2: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
Narrator: Fearless John went upstairs. As soon as he found a bed, he went to sleep. At midnight he felt the bed was moving, and he woke up.
Fearless John: Oh, this is fun! I am flying! This is the first time in my whole life that I sleep in a flying bed!
Narrator: Then the bed came down.
Fearless John: Oh, I was just having fun… anyway…
Narrator: And he went to sleep once again. Next day, when he woke up he was surrounded by ghosts and witches.
Fearless John: Good morning. I feel better now, after a good night sleep! … What can I do for you?
Ghost 1: You are the first person who has treated us kindly.
Ghost 2: That´s right.
Witch 1: You haven´t tried to harm us.
Witch 2: Or to get rid of us.
Ghost 1: We want to give you the treasure you came looking for.
Ghost 2: Take this bag of gold coins.
Witch 1: And this box of precious jewels.
Fearless John: Oh, thank you very much!
Narrator: Then he hugged the witches and the ghosts.
Fearless John: I have to go now.
Witch 2: Good bye, Fearless John.
Narrator: He left the enchanted castle and went straight to the king´s palace. When he arrived he asked to see the king.
King: You are back!
Fearless John: Yes, your majesty, and I have the treasure with me.
King: I have to see it before I tell my daughter.
Narrator: Fearless John showed the king the gold coins and the precious jewels. The king was delighted.
King: Good! … my daughter will be here in a few minutes. Guard!
Narrator: A guard entered the room.
King: Tell my daughter to come here immediately.
Guard: Yes, your majesty.
Narrator: After a few minutes the princess came into the room.
Princess: Did you want to talk to me?
King: Yes… this is Fearless John… and he brought the treasure from the enchanted castle.
Narrator: The princess looked surprised, but at the same time satisfied.
Princess: Oh, thank you… and I will keep my promise… to marry the bravest man in the kingdom.
King: Tomorrow my people will know that my daughter will get married.
Princess: Yes, father… and please, give the treasure to the needy people.
King: I knew you wouldn`t dissappoint me…I will.
Narrator: And Fearless John and the Princess had a magnificent wedding and were happy forever and ever.
The End
Drama Script : The Goose Girl
Characters:
Narrator
Queen
Princess
Maid
Falada (horse)
Lock of Hair
Prince
King
Conrad
Old Man
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time there was an old Queen who had a beautiful daughter. When the princess grew up she was betrothed to a prince who lived in a faraway kingdom.
Princess: Mother, do I have to do this?
Queen: Yes, my dear daughter, I gave the prince my word that you would marry him.
Princess: But, I want to stay here with you.
Queen: I am old, and I will soon be gone…. Now… take these jewels and precious stones with you.
Princess: I can’t take them… they are yours.
Queen: They were a gift from your father, and now they belong to you.
Princess: Very well, mother.
Queen: Oh, wait…I have something else for you.
Narrator: The Queen took a pair of scissors and cut a lock of her hair
Princess: What are you doing, mother!
Queen: Dear daughter, preserve this carefully, it will be of service to you on your way. Now, put it inside your pocket.
Princess: Thank you, mother, I will.
Queen: I don’t want you to go alone, so the maid is going with you. Is Falada your horse ready?
Princess: Yes mother, we are ready to go now.
Queen: Remember, that Falada is loyal to me, and I’m sure that he will tell me everything that happens to you.
Princess: Yes, I know mother, don’t worry, I will be fine.
Narrator: The Queen and her daughter went outside of the palace where the maid and the horses were waiting.
Princess: Let’s go, maid.
Maid: As you order, princess.
Queen: Good-bye, then.
Princess: Good-bye, mother.
Narrator: The princess and the maid mounted their horses, and left the palace. After many hours of traveling, the princess was thirsty, and said to her maid.
Princess: Please dismount, and bring me some water from the stream.
Maid: If you are thirsty, my dear princess, get off your horse yourself, and lie down and drink out of the water, I am not your servant.
Narrator: The princess got off her horse, she bent down over the water in the stream and drank. Suddenly the lock of hair, which had magical powers said.
Lock of Hair: Poor princess! If only your mother knew, her heart would break.
Narrator: But the King’s daughter was humble, said nothing, and mounted her horse again. After three more hours of traveling, she was thirsty once again, and when they came to a stream of water, she said to her maid.
Princess: Please dismount, and bring me some water from the stream.
Maid: If you are thirsty, my dear princess, get off your horse yourself, and lie down and drink out of the water, I am not your servant.
Narrator: The princess got off her horse, she bent down over the water in the stream and drank. Then the lock of hair said.
Lock of Hair: If only your mother knew, her heart would break. The maid is not obedient….but… be careful princess! Don’t bend so much,! Oh! I am falling to the river!
Narrator: The lock of hair fell out of her pocket, and floated away with the water. Then the maid said.
Maid: Ha, ha, ha! Now you are weak and powerless! From now on, I give the orders, and you must obey me! Now, take off your dress and give it to me, and you will wear mine. I am now the Princess! … Promise me that you will not tell anybody about this, or you will regret it!
Princess: I promise!
Narrator: The Maid wore the Princess´s dress and mounted her horse, Falada, and the true bride the bad horse. Finally, they arrived to the royal palace. The Prince went to meet them.
Prince: Welcome to my palace, dear princess!
Maid: I am so happy to be here!
Prince: Who is this girl?
Maid: She is my maid… she is my companion… but I don’t like her. I was wondering, Prince, if you have some work for her.
Prince: Well, I don´t have any work for her, but I have a little boy, named Conrad, who takes care of the geese, she may help him.
Maid: Oh, and Prince, I need another favor…Please, get rid of the horse on which I rode here.
Prince: Why? It seems a nice horse.
Princess: But it isn’t! I almost died on the road because of him!
Narrator: In fact, the maid knows that Falada, the horse, can speak, and it might tell how she behaved with the real princess.
Prince: I have to tell my father about this. I will let you know his decision.
Maid: Oh, thank you!
Narrator: Next day the prince told the King about the horse, but he disagreed, and the horse was locked in a place where nobody could see him again. Next day the Maid went to see the Princess.
Maid: Ha, ha, ha… you will never see your beloved horse again… ha, ha, ha!
Princess: What did you do to him? Please, tell me.
Maid: Let’s say that he just vanished!
Princess: Oh, please no!
Maid: Well, my intention was to get rid of him forever… but… he ’s in a place where you will never see him or talk to him again.
Princess: Why are you doing this to me?
Maid: Keep working or I will tell the Prince to get rid of you too!
Narrator: The maid left, and the princess started crying. Suddenly an old man approached her, and said.
Old Man: Don’t worry, I know where your horse is. Meet me here tonight, and I will take you to where they keep him.
Princess: Oh, thank you, good man.
Old Man: I’ll meet you here at midnight, don’t be late.
Princess: Oh, I won’t.
Old Man: Good-bye.
Princess: Good-bye, and thank you once again.
Narrator: But Conrad was hiding behind a bush, and listened to the whole conversation, and he thought.
Conrad: Mmmm this sounds interesting, I will also be here, and maybe… just maybe… the King will know about this also.
Narrator: That night the old man took the princess to see the horse. Conrad was hiding behind them.
Old Man: Here we are. Now, you have to be careful.
Princess: I will.
Old Man: I have to go now.
Narrator: The old man left, and the princess went inside the place where her horse was. Conrad followed her. As soon as she saw the horse she said.
Princess: Oh, poor Falada! What have they done to you?
Falada: My poor Princess, you are also suffering. If only your mother knew, her heart would break.
Narrator: Conrad was asthonished when he saw that the horse could speak,and thought.
Conrad: Oh, My! Am I crazy? The horse can talk! I must tell the King!… But… will he believe me?… I don’t know, I have to think about it.
Narrator: While he was thinking about this, the Princess left. Next morning everything was normal as usual.
Princess: Good morning, Conrad.
Conrad: Good morning. Did you sleep well?
Princess: Oh, yes, I did. What about you?
Conrad: Well, I had a nightmare, but I hope it doesn’t happen again.
Narrator: While they were talking, the princess started combing her hair, which was like pure gold. Conrad wanted to pluck out a few hairs. Then she said.
Princess: Conrad, stop bothering me! Leave my hair alone!
Conrad: But, your hair is blond. Do you want to me to braid your hair?
Princess: No, stop it, Conrad!
Conrad: But I want some of your hair!
Princess: Leave me alone! … Blow, blow, gentle wind, I say, blow Conrad’s little hat away, and make him chase it here and there, until I have braided all my hair.
Narrator: And there came such a violent wind that it blew Conrad’s hat far away across country, and he was forced to run after it.
Princess: Ha, ha, ha, ha! It’s so funny!
Narrator: When he came back she had finished combing her hair and was putting it up again.
Princess: Conrad, don’t be angry at me, please.
Conrad: It’s enough. I am leaving.
Princess: Conrad!… Conrad! Don’t go!
Narrator: But Conrad left, and went straight to see the King.
Conrad: Your majesty, I don’t want to be near that girl again. I am scared!
King: But, Conrad, she is just an innocent girl. How can a big man like you be afraid of her?
Conrad: No, your majesty, I think she is a witch. A very bad witch!
King: A witch? You shoud have told me that in the first place! Come on, tell me everything!
Conrad: Well, see your majesty… the other day I….
Narrator: Conrad told the King everything he knew about the princess and her horse, and about the way the wind blew his hat.
King: Go home now Conrad, I will take care of everything .
Conrad: Thank your majesty.
Narrator: Next day the King hid near the place where Falada was, and he waited until the Princess came to see the horse.
Princess: Good morning, my dear Falada.
Falada: Good morning, my dear Princess. If only your mother knew, her heart would break.
Narrator: The King heard the conversation, but he also saw how Conrad bothered the Princess and how the wind blew his hat. Then, without being seen, he went away. Next day, he asked to talk to the princess.
Princess: Do you want to talk to me?
King: Yes, please tell me… is there something bothering you…I mean…I have been watching you, and I know that there is something wrong. You can trust me.
Princess: Oh, your majesty, I am sorry, but I can´t tell you anything. I promised that I would not tell my sorrows to any human being.
King: Very well then, I will leave you alone, and you can tell your sorrows to these walls. I am leaving.
Narrator: And he went away. Then the Princess emptied her whole heart.
Princess: Oh, walls, old walls. I am the princess, and she is the maid, who will marry the king. Oh, bricks… bricks, she is bad. One day she will be the Queen and I will soon die. And tomorrow I will have to keep taking care of the geese.
Narrator: The King, however, was standing outside the door and was listening to what she said. Then he came back again, and said.
King: My dear child! I knew there was something wrong with that woman.Your maid deserves to be punished, she betrayed you! She will be locked in jail forever. And my son, the Prince, will marry you, the real princess.
Princess: Oh, King… thank you!
King: And now, dear, let’s get everything ready for your wedding…and the first thing you will need, is your royal garments.
Princess: Oh, King…. what about my horse?
King: Don’t worry about him. He will be free, and you will see him soon.
Princess: Thank you!
Narrator: Next day the wedding was celebrated at the palace. There was a great feast, all the people and all good friends were invited, and the royal couple lived happily forever.
The End
Narrator
Queen
Princess
Maid
Falada (horse)
Lock of Hair
Prince
King
Conrad
Old Man
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time there was an old Queen who had a beautiful daughter. When the princess grew up she was betrothed to a prince who lived in a faraway kingdom.
Princess: Mother, do I have to do this?
Queen: Yes, my dear daughter, I gave the prince my word that you would marry him.
Princess: But, I want to stay here with you.
Queen: I am old, and I will soon be gone…. Now… take these jewels and precious stones with you.
Princess: I can’t take them… they are yours.
Queen: They were a gift from your father, and now they belong to you.
Princess: Very well, mother.
Queen: Oh, wait…I have something else for you.
Narrator: The Queen took a pair of scissors and cut a lock of her hair
Princess: What are you doing, mother!
Queen: Dear daughter, preserve this carefully, it will be of service to you on your way. Now, put it inside your pocket.
Princess: Thank you, mother, I will.
Queen: I don’t want you to go alone, so the maid is going with you. Is Falada your horse ready?
Princess: Yes mother, we are ready to go now.
Queen: Remember, that Falada is loyal to me, and I’m sure that he will tell me everything that happens to you.
Princess: Yes, I know mother, don’t worry, I will be fine.
Narrator: The Queen and her daughter went outside of the palace where the maid and the horses were waiting.
Princess: Let’s go, maid.
Maid: As you order, princess.
Queen: Good-bye, then.
Princess: Good-bye, mother.
Narrator: The princess and the maid mounted their horses, and left the palace. After many hours of traveling, the princess was thirsty, and said to her maid.
Princess: Please dismount, and bring me some water from the stream.
Maid: If you are thirsty, my dear princess, get off your horse yourself, and lie down and drink out of the water, I am not your servant.
Narrator: The princess got off her horse, she bent down over the water in the stream and drank. Suddenly the lock of hair, which had magical powers said.
Lock of Hair: Poor princess! If only your mother knew, her heart would break.
Narrator: But the King’s daughter was humble, said nothing, and mounted her horse again. After three more hours of traveling, she was thirsty once again, and when they came to a stream of water, she said to her maid.
Princess: Please dismount, and bring me some water from the stream.
Maid: If you are thirsty, my dear princess, get off your horse yourself, and lie down and drink out of the water, I am not your servant.
Narrator: The princess got off her horse, she bent down over the water in the stream and drank. Then the lock of hair said.
Lock of Hair: If only your mother knew, her heart would break. The maid is not obedient….but… be careful princess! Don’t bend so much,! Oh! I am falling to the river!
Narrator: The lock of hair fell out of her pocket, and floated away with the water. Then the maid said.
Maid: Ha, ha, ha! Now you are weak and powerless! From now on, I give the orders, and you must obey me! Now, take off your dress and give it to me, and you will wear mine. I am now the Princess! … Promise me that you will not tell anybody about this, or you will regret it!
Princess: I promise!
Narrator: The Maid wore the Princess´s dress and mounted her horse, Falada, and the true bride the bad horse. Finally, they arrived to the royal palace. The Prince went to meet them.
Prince: Welcome to my palace, dear princess!
Maid: I am so happy to be here!
Prince: Who is this girl?
Maid: She is my maid… she is my companion… but I don’t like her. I was wondering, Prince, if you have some work for her.
Prince: Well, I don´t have any work for her, but I have a little boy, named Conrad, who takes care of the geese, she may help him.
Maid: Oh, and Prince, I need another favor…Please, get rid of the horse on which I rode here.
Prince: Why? It seems a nice horse.
Princess: But it isn’t! I almost died on the road because of him!
Narrator: In fact, the maid knows that Falada, the horse, can speak, and it might tell how she behaved with the real princess.
Prince: I have to tell my father about this. I will let you know his decision.
Maid: Oh, thank you!
Narrator: Next day the prince told the King about the horse, but he disagreed, and the horse was locked in a place where nobody could see him again. Next day the Maid went to see the Princess.
Maid: Ha, ha, ha… you will never see your beloved horse again… ha, ha, ha!
Princess: What did you do to him? Please, tell me.
Maid: Let’s say that he just vanished!
Princess: Oh, please no!
Maid: Well, my intention was to get rid of him forever… but… he ’s in a place where you will never see him or talk to him again.
Princess: Why are you doing this to me?
Maid: Keep working or I will tell the Prince to get rid of you too!
Narrator: The maid left, and the princess started crying. Suddenly an old man approached her, and said.
Old Man: Don’t worry, I know where your horse is. Meet me here tonight, and I will take you to where they keep him.
Princess: Oh, thank you, good man.
Old Man: I’ll meet you here at midnight, don’t be late.
Princess: Oh, I won’t.
Old Man: Good-bye.
Princess: Good-bye, and thank you once again.
Narrator: But Conrad was hiding behind a bush, and listened to the whole conversation, and he thought.
Conrad: Mmmm this sounds interesting, I will also be here, and maybe… just maybe… the King will know about this also.
Narrator: That night the old man took the princess to see the horse. Conrad was hiding behind them.
Old Man: Here we are. Now, you have to be careful.
Princess: I will.
Old Man: I have to go now.
Narrator: The old man left, and the princess went inside the place where her horse was. Conrad followed her. As soon as she saw the horse she said.
Princess: Oh, poor Falada! What have they done to you?
Falada: My poor Princess, you are also suffering. If only your mother knew, her heart would break.
Narrator: Conrad was asthonished when he saw that the horse could speak,and thought.
Conrad: Oh, My! Am I crazy? The horse can talk! I must tell the King!… But… will he believe me?… I don’t know, I have to think about it.
Narrator: While he was thinking about this, the Princess left. Next morning everything was normal as usual.
Princess: Good morning, Conrad.
Conrad: Good morning. Did you sleep well?
Princess: Oh, yes, I did. What about you?
Conrad: Well, I had a nightmare, but I hope it doesn’t happen again.
Narrator: While they were talking, the princess started combing her hair, which was like pure gold. Conrad wanted to pluck out a few hairs. Then she said.
Princess: Conrad, stop bothering me! Leave my hair alone!
Conrad: But, your hair is blond. Do you want to me to braid your hair?
Princess: No, stop it, Conrad!
Conrad: But I want some of your hair!
Princess: Leave me alone! … Blow, blow, gentle wind, I say, blow Conrad’s little hat away, and make him chase it here and there, until I have braided all my hair.
Narrator: And there came such a violent wind that it blew Conrad’s hat far away across country, and he was forced to run after it.
Princess: Ha, ha, ha, ha! It’s so funny!
Narrator: When he came back she had finished combing her hair and was putting it up again.
Princess: Conrad, don’t be angry at me, please.
Conrad: It’s enough. I am leaving.
Princess: Conrad!… Conrad! Don’t go!
Narrator: But Conrad left, and went straight to see the King.
Conrad: Your majesty, I don’t want to be near that girl again. I am scared!
King: But, Conrad, she is just an innocent girl. How can a big man like you be afraid of her?
Conrad: No, your majesty, I think she is a witch. A very bad witch!
King: A witch? You shoud have told me that in the first place! Come on, tell me everything!
Conrad: Well, see your majesty… the other day I….
Narrator: Conrad told the King everything he knew about the princess and her horse, and about the way the wind blew his hat.
King: Go home now Conrad, I will take care of everything .
Conrad: Thank your majesty.
Narrator: Next day the King hid near the place where Falada was, and he waited until the Princess came to see the horse.
Princess: Good morning, my dear Falada.
Falada: Good morning, my dear Princess. If only your mother knew, her heart would break.
Narrator: The King heard the conversation, but he also saw how Conrad bothered the Princess and how the wind blew his hat. Then, without being seen, he went away. Next day, he asked to talk to the princess.
Princess: Do you want to talk to me?
King: Yes, please tell me… is there something bothering you…I mean…I have been watching you, and I know that there is something wrong. You can trust me.
Princess: Oh, your majesty, I am sorry, but I can´t tell you anything. I promised that I would not tell my sorrows to any human being.
King: Very well then, I will leave you alone, and you can tell your sorrows to these walls. I am leaving.
Narrator: And he went away. Then the Princess emptied her whole heart.
Princess: Oh, walls, old walls. I am the princess, and she is the maid, who will marry the king. Oh, bricks… bricks, she is bad. One day she will be the Queen and I will soon die. And tomorrow I will have to keep taking care of the geese.
Narrator: The King, however, was standing outside the door and was listening to what she said. Then he came back again, and said.
King: My dear child! I knew there was something wrong with that woman.Your maid deserves to be punished, she betrayed you! She will be locked in jail forever. And my son, the Prince, will marry you, the real princess.
Princess: Oh, King… thank you!
King: And now, dear, let’s get everything ready for your wedding…and the first thing you will need, is your royal garments.
Princess: Oh, King…. what about my horse?
King: Don’t worry about him. He will be free, and you will see him soon.
Princess: Thank you!
Narrator: Next day the wedding was celebrated at the palace. There was a great feast, all the people and all good friends were invited, and the royal couple lived happily forever.
The End
Drama Script : Peter Pan
Characters:
Narrator
Michael
John
Wendy
Peter Pan
Tinker Bell
Lost Boy 1
Lost Boy 2
Lost Boys
Captain Hook
Pirates
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time there were three brothers named Wendy, Michael and John. They lived in London in a very big house. Every night Wendy, the oldest sister, told her brothers stories about the adventures of Peter Pan.
Michael: Tell us more about Peter Pan!
John: Yes, please Wendy! Tell us another story!, please, please!
Wendy: It’s late and tomorrow we have school.
Michael: Oh.
Wendy: Now, close your eyes and go to sleep. Good-night and sweet dreams.
Michael and John: Good night, Wendy.
Narrator: A few hours later they woke up frightened because they heard strange noises in the room.
John: Did you hear that?
Michael: Yes, did you, Wendy?
Wendy: Yes.. but what’s that light over there?
John: Where?
Michael: What is it?
Wendy: It’s…
Tinker Bell: Yes! It’s me Tinker Bell!
Wendy, Michael, John: Tinker Bell!
Narrator: Then something extraordinary happened. Peter Pan appeared right there in the middle of the room.
Wendy, Michael, John: Peter Pan!
Peter Pan: Do you want to come with us?
Wendy: Where?
Peter Pan: Tinker Bell and I can take you to Neverland, where the lost boys live.
John: To Neverland?
Michael: Where the lost boys live?
Wendy: We can’t fly.
Peter Pan: Tinker Bell will help you. She will blow on you fairy dust,and you will fly.
Narrator: Then Tinker Bell blew some fairy dust over the kids, and they started to fly.
Michael: Look at me!
John: Look at me! I am flying!
Michael: Oh, lovely!
Narrator: And up and down they went, and round and round, until finally the five of them were out of the room and up in the sky. They flew days and nights. Sometimes they were cold, and sometimes they felt warm. Sometimes they were hungry, and sometimes they were sleepy. When they were flying over Neverland, Peter Pan pointed to a ship in the middle of the ocean, and said.
Peter Pan: Look! That’s Captain Hook´s ship. We have to be very careful with him. He wants to have me prisoner.
Wendy: Who is Captain Hook?
Peter Pan: A long time ago, a crocodile bit off Hook’s hand along with his watch. That’s why, when he hears a tick, tack he gets really nervous. Since he can’t get me, then he tries to get the little children.
Narrator: Since Peter Pan was very kind and polite to Wendy,Tinker Bell felt a pain in his heart,and thought.
Tinker Bell: I am jealous! I have been through a lot of adventures, but I can’t stop feeling selfish. I have to get out of here!
Narrator: And she flew away.
Wendy, Michael, John, Peter Pan: Tinker Bell! Where are you going!
Narrator: But Tinker Bell flew and flew until she decided to rest for a while in one of the houses of the lost boys.
Tinker Bell: Please, lost boys, help Peter Pan. He’s flying with three children, but a great mean bird is chasing them.
Lost Boy 1: Where?
Tinker Bell: Look, up in the sky! There it is! It’s behind Peter Pan!
Narrator: Then one of the lost boys took out his bow and arrow and fired straight at Wendy.
Lost Boy 2: Now Peter Pan is safe!
Narrator: Wendy felt a strong pain and she fell down slowly to the ground. When the lost boys saw she wasn’t a mean bird, but a beautiful girl, they were surprised. Then they said.
Lost Boys: Will you be our mother?
Wendy: I am only a little girl. I have no experience, but I’ll try.
Narrator: That night and every day she took care of the little children and she told them about Peter Pan’s adventures. However, one night, while they were at the square, they heard a terrible voice.
Captain Hook: You are my prisoners!
Narrator: Suddenly the clock struck, tick tock, tick,tock, and he was furious. He grabbed Wendy and said.
Captain Hook: If you want to see her again, tell Peter Pan to come and get me.
Narrator: They got into their horses, and left quickly to their ship. The lost boys told Peter Pan about what had happened. Peter Pan left Michael and John with his friends, and headed to the pirate’s ship.
Peter Pan: Captain Hook! Here I am! Let Wendy go!
Captain Hook: Ha,ha,ha! Welcome aboard, Peter Pan! …. My loyal men, take her to land!
Narrator: When she arrived to land she went straight to the square of the Lost Boys, and said.
Wendy: Peter Pan is Hook’s prisoner! What can we do?
Narrator: At that moment they saw a light coming down from the sky, it was Tinker Bell.
Tinker Bell: Forgive me, Wendy. Please, be my friend again.
Narrator: Wendy smiled and said.
Wendy: We have to save Peter Pan.
Tinker Bell: I have a plan… follow me!
Narrator: Tinker Bell, Wendy, Michael, John, and the Lost Boys headed to sea in a boat. When they were near Captain’s Hook ship, Tinker Bell started to dance over the water. Soon, the sea waves started to sound, tick, tock, tick, tock.
Captain Hook: Stop it, please! I can’t stand that noise!
Tinker Bell: Let Peter Pan go, or the ocean will turned into a tick tock in your ears!
Narrator: Hook set Peter Pan free, and while Captain Hook and his pirates escaped, he and his friends went back to the square of the lost boys. That night everybody was celebrating.
Peter Pan: Thank you my friends. You saved my life! We have experienced one of the most exciting adventures!
Narrator: Then John woke up. They were in his bedroom.
John: Was it a dream?
Michael: Yes, maybe it was all a dream.
Narrator: Then Wendy saw Tinker Bell and Peter Pan up in the sky. They were waving good-bye.
The End
Narrator
Michael
John
Wendy
Peter Pan
Tinker Bell
Lost Boy 1
Lost Boy 2
Lost Boys
Captain Hook
Pirates
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time there were three brothers named Wendy, Michael and John. They lived in London in a very big house. Every night Wendy, the oldest sister, told her brothers stories about the adventures of Peter Pan.
Michael: Tell us more about Peter Pan!
John: Yes, please Wendy! Tell us another story!, please, please!
Wendy: It’s late and tomorrow we have school.
Michael: Oh.
Wendy: Now, close your eyes and go to sleep. Good-night and sweet dreams.
Michael and John: Good night, Wendy.
Narrator: A few hours later they woke up frightened because they heard strange noises in the room.
John: Did you hear that?
Michael: Yes, did you, Wendy?
Wendy: Yes.. but what’s that light over there?
John: Where?
Michael: What is it?
Wendy: It’s…
Tinker Bell: Yes! It’s me Tinker Bell!
Wendy, Michael, John: Tinker Bell!
Narrator: Then something extraordinary happened. Peter Pan appeared right there in the middle of the room.
Wendy, Michael, John: Peter Pan!
Peter Pan: Do you want to come with us?
Wendy: Where?
Peter Pan: Tinker Bell and I can take you to Neverland, where the lost boys live.
John: To Neverland?
Michael: Where the lost boys live?
Wendy: We can’t fly.
Peter Pan: Tinker Bell will help you. She will blow on you fairy dust,and you will fly.
Narrator: Then Tinker Bell blew some fairy dust over the kids, and they started to fly.
Michael: Look at me!
John: Look at me! I am flying!
Michael: Oh, lovely!
Narrator: And up and down they went, and round and round, until finally the five of them were out of the room and up in the sky. They flew days and nights. Sometimes they were cold, and sometimes they felt warm. Sometimes they were hungry, and sometimes they were sleepy. When they were flying over Neverland, Peter Pan pointed to a ship in the middle of the ocean, and said.
Peter Pan: Look! That’s Captain Hook´s ship. We have to be very careful with him. He wants to have me prisoner.
Wendy: Who is Captain Hook?
Peter Pan: A long time ago, a crocodile bit off Hook’s hand along with his watch. That’s why, when he hears a tick, tack he gets really nervous. Since he can’t get me, then he tries to get the little children.
Narrator: Since Peter Pan was very kind and polite to Wendy,Tinker Bell felt a pain in his heart,and thought.
Tinker Bell: I am jealous! I have been through a lot of adventures, but I can’t stop feeling selfish. I have to get out of here!
Narrator: And she flew away.
Wendy, Michael, John, Peter Pan: Tinker Bell! Where are you going!
Narrator: But Tinker Bell flew and flew until she decided to rest for a while in one of the houses of the lost boys.
Tinker Bell: Please, lost boys, help Peter Pan. He’s flying with three children, but a great mean bird is chasing them.
Lost Boy 1: Where?
Tinker Bell: Look, up in the sky! There it is! It’s behind Peter Pan!
Narrator: Then one of the lost boys took out his bow and arrow and fired straight at Wendy.
Lost Boy 2: Now Peter Pan is safe!
Narrator: Wendy felt a strong pain and she fell down slowly to the ground. When the lost boys saw she wasn’t a mean bird, but a beautiful girl, they were surprised. Then they said.
Lost Boys: Will you be our mother?
Wendy: I am only a little girl. I have no experience, but I’ll try.
Narrator: That night and every day she took care of the little children and she told them about Peter Pan’s adventures. However, one night, while they were at the square, they heard a terrible voice.
Captain Hook: You are my prisoners!
Narrator: Suddenly the clock struck, tick tock, tick,tock, and he was furious. He grabbed Wendy and said.
Captain Hook: If you want to see her again, tell Peter Pan to come and get me.
Narrator: They got into their horses, and left quickly to their ship. The lost boys told Peter Pan about what had happened. Peter Pan left Michael and John with his friends, and headed to the pirate’s ship.
Peter Pan: Captain Hook! Here I am! Let Wendy go!
Captain Hook: Ha,ha,ha! Welcome aboard, Peter Pan! …. My loyal men, take her to land!
Narrator: When she arrived to land she went straight to the square of the Lost Boys, and said.
Wendy: Peter Pan is Hook’s prisoner! What can we do?
Narrator: At that moment they saw a light coming down from the sky, it was Tinker Bell.
Tinker Bell: Forgive me, Wendy. Please, be my friend again.
Narrator: Wendy smiled and said.
Wendy: We have to save Peter Pan.
Tinker Bell: I have a plan… follow me!
Narrator: Tinker Bell, Wendy, Michael, John, and the Lost Boys headed to sea in a boat. When they were near Captain’s Hook ship, Tinker Bell started to dance over the water. Soon, the sea waves started to sound, tick, tock, tick, tock.
Captain Hook: Stop it, please! I can’t stand that noise!
Tinker Bell: Let Peter Pan go, or the ocean will turned into a tick tock in your ears!
Narrator: Hook set Peter Pan free, and while Captain Hook and his pirates escaped, he and his friends went back to the square of the lost boys. That night everybody was celebrating.
Peter Pan: Thank you my friends. You saved my life! We have experienced one of the most exciting adventures!
Narrator: Then John woke up. They were in his bedroom.
John: Was it a dream?
Michael: Yes, maybe it was all a dream.
Narrator: Then Wendy saw Tinker Bell and Peter Pan up in the sky. They were waving good-bye.
The End
Drama Script : The Magic Bell
Characters:
Mother
John
Henry
Martin
Squirrel
King
Guard
SCRIPT:
Scene I – At Home
(John, Henry, Martin and their mother are in the kitchen table)
Mother: What’s wrong John? You look worried.
John: I am mother, we work too hard, and we can hardly survive. I’m tired of this life… I can’t take it anymore.
Mother: (crying) Oh, please John… I feel terrible.
(Martin stands up and hugs his mother).
Martin: Don’t cry, please, don’t cry.
John: (stands up) I am a strong man. I’ll leave this village and I know that fortune is somewhere waiting for me.
Mother: You’re a grown up man, and I can’t stop you. Take this piece of bread… it’s all I have, and may God bless you.
John: Good-bye mother.
(The woman kisses John and he leaves)
Scene II – In the Forest
(John walks in the forest. He heads to the Royal Palace)
John: I’m tired… and hungry, and I need to rest.
(He sits on the ground and begins to eat the bread. A squirrel approaches him).
Squirrel: Please, give me some of your bread… I’m hungry.
(John takes a stone from the ground and throws it at the squirrel)
John: Go away, you nasty animal!
(The squirrel leaves. John stands up and keeps walking. A few minutes later he arrives to the gates of the palace)
Guard: You’re not from around here… what do you want?
John: I need to see the king.
Guard: Ha, ha, ha… I need to see the king! You better go!
John: I have some news from King Alexander… very important news that I must personally deliver to the king.
Guard: Hmmm… King Alexander… very well…come in.
(The guard opens the gate. John enters the palace)
Scene III – Inside the Palace
(The king is in his throne. John stands in front of him)
King: What’s the message you came here to tell me?
John: I’m very poor and I need money. King Alexander told me that you would give me a job… any job.
King: Really? So King Alexander told you that?
John: Yes, your majesty, he did.
King: Why are you lying?
John: I’m not lying. I went to see him… he told me that you were a kind man and …
(The king interrupts John)
King: King Alexander is dead! What do you pretend!
John: Oh… I didn’t know what to say… I needed to see you… I’m desperate… I need to work!
King: It takes courage to do what you did… and for this reason I’ll give you a job. In fact, it’s a very special job.
John: I’ll do whatever you want me to do.
King: Are you sure?
John: Yes, just tell me what, and I’ll do it!
King: Listen very well to what I’m going to tell you… I have a hundred rabbits. I want you to take them to the field so they can eat, and at night you should bring them back. Do you understand?
John: Yes, I do.
King: You have to be very careful… you must bring each one of them.
John: But… what if one is missing?
King: There should be no mistakes… if only one is missing, then you will go to jail and stay there for a year.
John: For a year! All because of one missing rabbit?
King: Yes… because of one missing rabbit! … Or would you prefer to go to jail for the rest of your life for lying to your king?
John: No… of course not… and for how long should I take the rabbits to the field?
King: Just for a week, then you will get a thousand gold coins.
John: Oh… a thousand gold coins… I will be rich! I will have my own house, my own barn, even my own field!
(The king rings a bell and a guard enters the room)
King: Take this man to the field… you know what to do.
Guard: Yes, your majesty. (he bows)
(The guard and John leave)
Scene IV – In the Field
(On the ground there is a cage with rabbits. John stares at the cage, he opens it and the rabbits get out.They start eating food that’s on the ground. A few minutes later, John tries to catch them)
John: Come here!…. Come back! Get inside the cage!
(All the rabbits run away and get lost)
John: Oh no! I better go home right now before the king finds out! I prefer to go home and be poor again, than being in jail because of some nasty ugly rabbits! Ugh!
(John leaves)
Scene V – At Home
(John, Henry, Martin and their mother are in the kitchen table)
Mother: At least you came home safe.
John: I was a fool, mother. I don’t know what happened to me.
Henry: Why did you let the rabbits get away?
John: You were not there, you didn’t see them how they ran away.
Henry: I can almost feel those thousand gold coins in my hand. I can even smell the money!
John: Then go, maybe you can have better luck than I did. But I’m sure of something…
Mother: What is it?
John: I know that those rabbits were under a spell!
Henry: Ha, ha, ha, there is no magic in here! Come on! You are only giving excuses for your lousy job! I’ll go there, and I’ll be back as a very rich man.
Mother: Henry, don’t go, please.
Henry: I have to mother. I have to show my brother that I can do the job he couldn’t do!
Mother: Take this piece of bread… it’s the only thing I have to give you for your journey.
(Henry takes the piece of bread and puts it in a bag)
Henry: Don’t worry about me, I’ll be back in a week.
(Henry leaves)
Scene VI - At the Forest
(Henry walks in the forest. He sits on the ground and begins to eat the bread. A squirrel approaches him)
Squirrel: Please, give me some or your bread… I’m very hungry!
(Henry scares away the squirrel then he eats the bread. He stands up and begins to walk. He arrives to the palace, the king and a guard at the palace gates)
King: Who are you? You’re not from around here… what do you want?
Henry: (he bows) Oh, your majesty, please help me, I really need a job!
King: Well, well, well, you’re the second one this week that comes asking for a job. And tell me, young man, who sent you?
Henry: No one sent me, your majesty. I’m here on my own.
King: I believe you… but… are you willing to do any kind of job?
Henry: Yes, your majesty. Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.
King: I’ll give you a very special job, so listen carefully… I have a hundred rabbits. I want you to take them to the field so they can eat, and at night you should bring them back. Do you think you can do it?
Henry: Don’t worry, your majesty, I’m very clever… how much will I get paid?
King: You will get all the money your hands can feel, and all the money your nose can smell.
Henry: What?
King: You know exactly what I mean. My guard will tell you where to go and what to do. Oh, and one more thing… there should be no mistakes… if only one of my rabbits is missing, then you will go to jail and stay there for a year. Do you still want the job?
Henry: Yes, I still want it.
King: Good!
(The guard and Henry leave)
Scene VII – In the Field
(On the ground there is a cage with rabbits. Henry stares at the cage, he opens it and the rabbits get out of the cage and get away. They start eating food that’s on the ground. A few minutes later, Henry tries to catch them)
Henry: Come here!…. Come back! Get inside the cage!
(All the rabbits run away and get lost)
Henry: Oh no! My brother was right, these rabbits are under a spell. I better go before the king finds out… I don’t want to end up in jail just because of rabbits.
(Henry leaves)
Scene VIII – At Home
(John, Henry, Martin and their mother are in the kitchen table)
Henry: I’m sorry mother, but John was right.
John: I told you it wasn’t going to be easy.
Martin: Now it’s my turn, mother.
Mother: No, Martin, you’re my youngest son, I won’t let you go.
Martin: I have to… trust me, please, mother.
John: Let him go.
Mother: No!
Henry: He’s our only hope now.
(Martin stand up and kisses her mother)
Mother: (crying) What if I never see you again?
Martin: You will… you have to believe… I’ll be back with those gold coins.
Mother: Take this piece of bread, and may God help you.
Martin: He will mother, I trust Him as you should trust me… good-bye.
(Martin leaves)
Scene IX
(Martin walks in the forest. He sits on the ground and starts eating the bread. A squirrel approaches him)
Squirrel: Please, give me some or your bread… I’m very hungry!
Martin: Here… take it.
Squirrel: I don’t want all your bread… just a small piece of it.
Martin: No, I’m fine… take it all.
Squirrel: You are very kind… I want to give you something… wait here.
(the squirrel leaves, then he comes back with a bell)
Martin: What is that?
Squirrel: This is a magic bell. Use it when you’re in trouble, and you’ll see.
(Martin takes the bell, puts it in his pocket and stands up)
Martin: Thank you. I’m leaving now.
Squirrel: Don’t forget what I told you. The bell will bring you back everything that is lost.
Martin: I won’t, good-bye.
The End
Mother
John
Henry
Martin
Squirrel
King
Guard
SCRIPT:
Scene I – At Home
(John, Henry, Martin and their mother are in the kitchen table)
Mother: What’s wrong John? You look worried.
John: I am mother, we work too hard, and we can hardly survive. I’m tired of this life… I can’t take it anymore.
Mother: (crying) Oh, please John… I feel terrible.
(Martin stands up and hugs his mother).
Martin: Don’t cry, please, don’t cry.
John: (stands up) I am a strong man. I’ll leave this village and I know that fortune is somewhere waiting for me.
Mother: You’re a grown up man, and I can’t stop you. Take this piece of bread… it’s all I have, and may God bless you.
John: Good-bye mother.
(The woman kisses John and he leaves)
Scene II – In the Forest
(John walks in the forest. He heads to the Royal Palace)
John: I’m tired… and hungry, and I need to rest.
(He sits on the ground and begins to eat the bread. A squirrel approaches him).
Squirrel: Please, give me some of your bread… I’m hungry.
(John takes a stone from the ground and throws it at the squirrel)
John: Go away, you nasty animal!
(The squirrel leaves. John stands up and keeps walking. A few minutes later he arrives to the gates of the palace)
Guard: You’re not from around here… what do you want?
John: I need to see the king.
Guard: Ha, ha, ha… I need to see the king! You better go!
John: I have some news from King Alexander… very important news that I must personally deliver to the king.
Guard: Hmmm… King Alexander… very well…come in.
(The guard opens the gate. John enters the palace)
Scene III – Inside the Palace
(The king is in his throne. John stands in front of him)
King: What’s the message you came here to tell me?
John: I’m very poor and I need money. King Alexander told me that you would give me a job… any job.
King: Really? So King Alexander told you that?
John: Yes, your majesty, he did.
King: Why are you lying?
John: I’m not lying. I went to see him… he told me that you were a kind man and …
(The king interrupts John)
King: King Alexander is dead! What do you pretend!
John: Oh… I didn’t know what to say… I needed to see you… I’m desperate… I need to work!
King: It takes courage to do what you did… and for this reason I’ll give you a job. In fact, it’s a very special job.
John: I’ll do whatever you want me to do.
King: Are you sure?
John: Yes, just tell me what, and I’ll do it!
King: Listen very well to what I’m going to tell you… I have a hundred rabbits. I want you to take them to the field so they can eat, and at night you should bring them back. Do you understand?
John: Yes, I do.
King: You have to be very careful… you must bring each one of them.
John: But… what if one is missing?
King: There should be no mistakes… if only one is missing, then you will go to jail and stay there for a year.
John: For a year! All because of one missing rabbit?
King: Yes… because of one missing rabbit! … Or would you prefer to go to jail for the rest of your life for lying to your king?
John: No… of course not… and for how long should I take the rabbits to the field?
King: Just for a week, then you will get a thousand gold coins.
John: Oh… a thousand gold coins… I will be rich! I will have my own house, my own barn, even my own field!
(The king rings a bell and a guard enters the room)
King: Take this man to the field… you know what to do.
Guard: Yes, your majesty. (he bows)
(The guard and John leave)
Scene IV – In the Field
(On the ground there is a cage with rabbits. John stares at the cage, he opens it and the rabbits get out.They start eating food that’s on the ground. A few minutes later, John tries to catch them)
John: Come here!…. Come back! Get inside the cage!
(All the rabbits run away and get lost)
John: Oh no! I better go home right now before the king finds out! I prefer to go home and be poor again, than being in jail because of some nasty ugly rabbits! Ugh!
(John leaves)
Scene V – At Home
(John, Henry, Martin and their mother are in the kitchen table)
Mother: At least you came home safe.
John: I was a fool, mother. I don’t know what happened to me.
Henry: Why did you let the rabbits get away?
John: You were not there, you didn’t see them how they ran away.
Henry: I can almost feel those thousand gold coins in my hand. I can even smell the money!
John: Then go, maybe you can have better luck than I did. But I’m sure of something…
Mother: What is it?
John: I know that those rabbits were under a spell!
Henry: Ha, ha, ha, there is no magic in here! Come on! You are only giving excuses for your lousy job! I’ll go there, and I’ll be back as a very rich man.
Mother: Henry, don’t go, please.
Henry: I have to mother. I have to show my brother that I can do the job he couldn’t do!
Mother: Take this piece of bread… it’s the only thing I have to give you for your journey.
(Henry takes the piece of bread and puts it in a bag)
Henry: Don’t worry about me, I’ll be back in a week.
(Henry leaves)
Scene VI - At the Forest
(Henry walks in the forest. He sits on the ground and begins to eat the bread. A squirrel approaches him)
Squirrel: Please, give me some or your bread… I’m very hungry!
(Henry scares away the squirrel then he eats the bread. He stands up and begins to walk. He arrives to the palace, the king and a guard at the palace gates)
King: Who are you? You’re not from around here… what do you want?
Henry: (he bows) Oh, your majesty, please help me, I really need a job!
King: Well, well, well, you’re the second one this week that comes asking for a job. And tell me, young man, who sent you?
Henry: No one sent me, your majesty. I’m here on my own.
King: I believe you… but… are you willing to do any kind of job?
Henry: Yes, your majesty. Just tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.
King: I’ll give you a very special job, so listen carefully… I have a hundred rabbits. I want you to take them to the field so they can eat, and at night you should bring them back. Do you think you can do it?
Henry: Don’t worry, your majesty, I’m very clever… how much will I get paid?
King: You will get all the money your hands can feel, and all the money your nose can smell.
Henry: What?
King: You know exactly what I mean. My guard will tell you where to go and what to do. Oh, and one more thing… there should be no mistakes… if only one of my rabbits is missing, then you will go to jail and stay there for a year. Do you still want the job?
Henry: Yes, I still want it.
King: Good!
(The guard and Henry leave)
Scene VII – In the Field
(On the ground there is a cage with rabbits. Henry stares at the cage, he opens it and the rabbits get out of the cage and get away. They start eating food that’s on the ground. A few minutes later, Henry tries to catch them)
Henry: Come here!…. Come back! Get inside the cage!
(All the rabbits run away and get lost)
Henry: Oh no! My brother was right, these rabbits are under a spell. I better go before the king finds out… I don’t want to end up in jail just because of rabbits.
(Henry leaves)
Scene VIII – At Home
(John, Henry, Martin and their mother are in the kitchen table)
Henry: I’m sorry mother, but John was right.
John: I told you it wasn’t going to be easy.
Martin: Now it’s my turn, mother.
Mother: No, Martin, you’re my youngest son, I won’t let you go.
Martin: I have to… trust me, please, mother.
John: Let him go.
Mother: No!
Henry: He’s our only hope now.
(Martin stand up and kisses her mother)
Mother: (crying) What if I never see you again?
Martin: You will… you have to believe… I’ll be back with those gold coins.
Mother: Take this piece of bread, and may God help you.
Martin: He will mother, I trust Him as you should trust me… good-bye.
(Martin leaves)
Scene IX
(Martin walks in the forest. He sits on the ground and starts eating the bread. A squirrel approaches him)
Squirrel: Please, give me some or your bread… I’m very hungry!
Martin: Here… take it.
Squirrel: I don’t want all your bread… just a small piece of it.
Martin: No, I’m fine… take it all.
Squirrel: You are very kind… I want to give you something… wait here.
(the squirrel leaves, then he comes back with a bell)
Martin: What is that?
Squirrel: This is a magic bell. Use it when you’re in trouble, and you’ll see.
(Martin takes the bell, puts it in his pocket and stands up)
Martin: Thank you. I’m leaving now.
Squirrel: Don’t forget what I told you. The bell will bring you back everything that is lost.
Martin: I won’t, good-bye.
The End
Drama Script : Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland
Characters:
Narrator
Alice
White Rabbit
Mouse
Parrot
Duck
Eagle
Pat – The Lizard
Animal 1
Animal 2
Caterpillar
Cheshire Cat
March Hare
Hatter
Dormouse
Two
Five
Seven
Queen
King
Crowd – Cards
SCRIPT:
Narrator: It was a hot day in the forest, and Alice, a little and happy girl, started to get tired of being seated near her sister who was reading a book under a tree.
Alice: How can my sister be reading a book without any pictures? … Oh, if it weren´t so hot I would be making a daisy chain.
Narrator: Then suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. The Rabbit said to itself.
White Rabbit: Oh dear! Oh dear! Time is out, I will be late!
Narrator: Alice was surprised, then she saw how the Rabbit took out a watch from his waistcoat pocket, and looked at it, and then ran away. Alice stood up quickly.
Alice: A Rabbit with a waistcoat and a watch! I have to catch it!
Narrator: Alice ran across the field after it, she was about to catch it, when the little animal went inside a large rabbit-hole under the hedge, and said.
White Rabbit: I can´t be late!
Narrator: Alice followed the Rabbit and went inside. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down.
Alice: I am falling down through a very deep well… but I am falling very slowly! It´s strange, the sides of the well are filled with cupboards and bool-shelves, and there are pictures and maps! … Over there… there´s a jar of strawberry jam… mmmmm, I´ll eat it! Oh, it´s empty! … I´ll put it on the lower cupboard, because if I throw it away I can hurt somebody. When will this well come to and end! I may have fallen miles and miles!.
Narrator: Suddenly the little girl, fell into a pile of dry leaves without getting hurt. Alice stood up, and there was another long passage, and there was the White Rabbit still running.
White Rabbit: Oh my ears and whiskers, now I am really late!
Narrator: Once again the little girl was about to catch it, when the Rabbit turned to a corner, and disappeared. Alice was in a great low room, very well lit up, and surrounded by doors of different sizes. She tried to opened them.
Alice: All the doors are locked! How am I going to get out of here?… I should have brought my little cat, that way I wouldn´t feel so lonely! …. Over there, in the middle of the room there´s a glass table… but where did it come from? … a few minutes ago it wasn´t there… I am sure of that! . Over the table there´s a tiny golden key… mmmm, it´s too small, it doesn´t open any door!
Narrator: However, on the second time round, Alice saw behind a curtain, a very tiny door, she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight, the door opened. The door led into a small narrow passage. She knelt down and looked along the passage, the loveliest garden she had ever seen.
Alice: Oh, I want to go to that garden! … but how could I? I will never fit through the little door. Oh, if I could shut up like a telescope, then I could surely go to that garden. I´ll see if over the table I can find another key…. Oh, well… there´s no other key! … but, what is this little bottle? It wasn´t here before! … it´s says in the label, DRINK ME. I´ll see it it doesn´t say poison. No, nothing indicates it´s poison, I´ll taste it… mmmm, I like it, I´ll drink the whole bottle… I feel strange…. I am getting smaller, just like a telescope.
Narrator: She was now only ten inches high. Then she went to the little door, hoping to get out to the garden. But, poor Alice, the door was locked, and she forgot the key over the table. She tried to get it by climbing up one of the legs of the table, but since it was made of glass, it was too slippery. Then she sat down on the floor, and cried.
Alice: I am behaving like a fool. There´s no use in crying!… but… under the table there´s a little box!.
Narrator: Alice opened the little box, and said.
Alice: It has a small cake that says EAT ME!… well, I´ll eat it… something marvelous has to happen. I have learned that in this place, everything is marvelous.
Narrator: She ate a little bite, but she noticed there was no difference, so she kept eating until she finished the whole cake. Then…
Alice: I am getting bigger! Good-bye dear feet! You are almost out of sight, so far off! When I want to change my shoes, I will have to send them with a messenger with a note that says: This shoes are a gift from Alice to her own feet. Oh, what nonsense I´m thinking! … What´s worse, is that I keep growing!… Oh! I hurt my head with the roof! I am more that nine feet high! I am a big girl! But now I can take the key.
Narrator: Poor big girl. But the only thing she could do was to lie down on the floor, and look through the door into the garden with one eye. Then she began to cry again.
Alice: I should be ashamed of myself! It´s not right that a great girl like me, cries like a baby.
Narrator: But she kept crying and crying, until there was a large pool of tears all around her. Then she heard some footsteps, and at last she stopped crying. There it was, the White Rabbit, very splendidly dressed, with a pair of white gloves in one hand, and a fan in the other.
White Rabbit: Oh! by this time the Duchess must be savage! I can´t keep her waiting anymore!
Alice: Mr. Rabbit! Mr. Rabbit! Wait Please! Just a moment! Listen to me!
Narrator: When the Rabbit heard Alice, it got scared and dropped the white gloves and the fan, and ran away as fast as it could. Alice picked up the gloves and the fan, and since it was hot, she fanned herself, and said.
Alice: What a day! Yesterday everything was so normal… Oh, I am getting smaller again! I wonder why! Maybe it´s the fan!
Narrator: She dropped the fan just when she was about to disappeared.
Alice: Now I can go to the garden!… but what´s this?…I have fallen into salt water.
Narrator: The salt water was her own pool of tears she had wept when she was nine feet high.
Alice: I wish I hadn´t cried so much!
Narrator: She started to swim when she heard something splashing in the pool.
Alice: Someone is swimming! … Oh, it´s a hippopotamus! No, it´s a walrus! Oh, it´s a mouse! But since now I am small, I see it huge! I will talk to the mouse, maybe it can answer me!
Narrator: So she said.
Alice: Tell me, mouse, do you know the way out of this pool?
Narrator: The mouse looked at her, but it didn´t answer. Alice thought that maybe the mouse didn´t understand English, so she said the only thing she could remember in French.
Alice: Ou est ma chatte?
Narrator: Which means where is my cat? Suddenly, the Mouse got out of the water.
Alice: Oh, please forgive me! I forgot mice don´t like cats.
Mouse: Look little girl! I have my own reasons to dislike cats, someday I will tell you my story, and then you will understand how I feel. But let´s swim to the shore. Look! We have company. The pool is full of creatures!
Alice: It´s true! It´s a parrot, a duck, and eagle, and many more!
Narrator: Alice swam near the little animals. After a while they were on shore.
Alice: We are all wet!
Mouse: I agree with you! What do you think, parrot?
Parrot: I think we should have a race-course.
Alice: A race course? What´s that?
Parrot: You don´t know? Look, it´s a sort of circle, but the shape doesn’t really. When I say ready, everybody will start running. Ready! Go!
Narrator: Everybody started running, and half an hour later, the parrot said.
Parrot: Everybody is dry! The race is over!
Mouse: Who won?
Parrot: Everybody has won! All of you have to receive a prize.
Duck: Who will give the prizes?
Eagle: Yes, who?
Parrot: The little girl, obviously!
Narrator: Alice didn´t know what to do. She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out a box of candies, and handed them round as prizes. There was exactly one a-piece all round.
Mouse: What about her? Isn´t she going to receive a prize?
Parrot: Of course she is! Let´s see Alice, what else do you have in your other pocket?
Alice: Let me see… only a thimble.
Parrot: Give it to me… Please accept this elegant thimble, as a prize.
Narrator: They all cheered. Alice thought that everything was so strange, but when she saw their faces so grave, she didn´t dare to laugh, so she just said.
Alice: It´s an honor for me to accept this beautiful prize. My thimble was just what I needed. Dear Mouse, you promised to tell me your story, I will he glad to hear it.
Mouse: I must tell you, that my story is very sad and long as my tail.
Alice: Your tail is long.
Narrator: The girl was looking at the mouse´s tail, but she didn´t know why was it sad. Alice didn´t pay attention to the mouse´s story, so when the mouse finished talking, he said.
Mouse: Little girl, you are not paying attention. What are you thinking of? I have a knot in my throat!
Alice: A knot! Oh, let me help you undo it! I always undo the ribbon my cat has in her neck.
Mouse: Young lady, you insult me and offend me!
Alice: You always get offended!
Mouse: You need more education! I am leaving!
Alice: He´s gone! Now can I talk with the parrot and the birds, about Dinah, my cat.
Parrot: Who´s Dinah?
Alice: Dinah is my little cat. She´s good at catching mice and birds! Oh, I wish you could see her after the birds! She eats them as soon as she looks at them!
Parrot: Let´s go friends, we can´t talk with this girl. That´s why the mouse left. Follow me!
Alice: Please, don´t leave me alone!…. they are gone! I should have never talked about Dinah! In this strange country nobody likes cats… Someone is coming… maybe it´s the mouse who changed his mind… but no… It´s the White Rabbit!
White Rabbit: The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as two plus two are eight! Where did I leave the gloves?
Narrator: The Rabbit was looking for the gloves and the fan. Alice, wishing to help, began looking for them. But everything was changed since she was swimming in the pool. Like magic, the room had vanished completely. At last, the Rabbit noticed Alice, and said.
White Rabbit: Mary Ann, what ARE you doing out here? Run home this moment, and bring me another pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!
Narrator: Alice was so frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.
Alice: He took me for his housemaid, but I’d better take him his fan and gloves… that is, if I can find them.
Narrator: As she said this, she came upon a very beautiful little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name White R engraved upon it
Alice: White R? Maybe it means White Rabbit. I will go in… I hope I don´t find the real Mary Ann. Anyway it´s funny! I am the messenger of a rabbit! Oh, how lucky I am, over the table there is a pair of gloves and a fan!… and a little bottle! I will drink it, and I hope I can grow large again, I am getting tired of being so small.
Narrator: In fact, as soon as she drank the little bottle, she grew so fast that she had to take an arm out of the window, and a leg up the chimney. Fortunately, the little magic bottle had now no effect. Still it was very uncomfortable, and, since there was no chance of getting out of the room again, she started crying. After a while she heard a voice outside.
White Rabbit: Mary Ann! Mary Ann! Answer me! Where are my pair of gloves? Can´t you hear me? What is going on! The door is not opening. Mary Ann, tell me why you locked the door? Answer me! Very good, then I´ll go in through the window.
Narrator: The rabbit was just under the window, when Alice opened her hand, and made a snatch in the air, but she didn´t catch anything. Then there was a crash of broken glass, and the rabbit shouted.
Rabbit: Oh!
Narrator: Next, the Rabbit with an angry voice, said.
White Rabbit: Pat! Pat! Where are you? Pat! Pat!
Pat: Here I am, digging for apples.
White Rabbit: Come and help me get out of here!… tell me what you see in the window.
Pat: I see an arm, your honor.
White Rabbit: What do you mean, an arm? Who has ever seen an arm that big?
Pat: Well, I insist, it´s an arm.
White Rabbit: Then, why is an arm there? Take it away!
Pat: I am scared of the arm.
White Rabbit: Don´t be a coward! Then go down through the chimney! I order you to do it!
Pat: Very well, I will go down the chimney.
Alice: Oh, I will kick him.
Narrator: Alice kicked Pat so hard, that he flew through the air. Then she heard animal voices.
Animals: Look! Look! It´s Pat
White Rabbit: Hold up his head!
Animal 1: Don’t choke him.
Animal 2: How was it?
White Rabbit: What happened to you? Tell us all about it!
Pat: I don´t know, suddenly I was thrown through the air like a sky-rocket!
White Rabbit: We could see that! And since there´s nothing else we can do, we must burn the house down!
Narrator: Alice could not see what was happening outside, but she could hear them, so she said.
Alice: Wait! And you Mr. Rabbit, if you burn the house, I´ll set my cat Dinah at you! I am warning you, she likes to eat rabbits!
Narrator: There was silence instantly, and Alice waited for an answer. At lastShe felt a shower of little pebbles coming from the window, and some of them hit her in the face. Alice noticed that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head.
Alice: I´ll eat one of these cakes, and I hope I will not grow bigger.
Narrator: She ate a cake, and she began shrinking. As soon as she was small enough to get through the door, she ran out of the house, and found a crowd of little animals around a lizard, which was Pat, who was in the middle of them. When they saw her, they chased her, but Alice ran off as hard as she could, and soon found herself safe in a forest.
Alice: Now I have to eat or drink something to grow to my right size again. I wonder what it will be.
Narrator: Near her there was a big mushroom. She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and she saw a large blue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top smoking a long hookah. The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each. At last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and talked to her in a languid voice.
Caterpillar: Who are you?
Alice: I suppose I don´t know…at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
Caterpillar: What do you mean by that? Explain yourself!
Alice: I´m afraid I can’t explain myself. But when you have to turn into a chrysalis… and then after that into a butterfly, you will feel like I do.
Caterpillar: Chrysalis… butterfly… I don´t like the idea. Now tell me… who are you?
Alice: It´s better if I go, Mr. Caterpillar, or we will start the conversation all over again. Put the hookah into your mouth and start smoking again. See you!
Caterpillar: Come back! I’ve something important to say!
Narrator: Alice turned and came back again.
Alice: What is it?
Caterpillar: Keep your temper.
Alice: Is that all?
Caterpillar: Of course not. So you think you have changed?
Alice: I don´t think so. I don’t keep the same size for fifteen minutes together!.
Caterpillar: Are you content now?
Alice: Impossible. I would like to be a little larger. I must measure three inches height. It´s ridiculous!
Caterpillar: It is a very good height! That´s what I measure.
Alice: Forgive me, Mr. Caterpillar, don´t feel offended, but I am not used to being so small.
Caterpillar: You’ll get used to it.
Narrator: The Caterpillar put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again. Then it took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned several times. Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, and said.
Caterpillar: One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.
Alice: One side of what? The other side of what?
Caterpillar: Of the mushroom, everybody knows that.
Narrator: As soon as the Caterpillar left, Alice stretched her arms, and cut a piece of the mushroom. One piece with her right arm, and another piece with her left arm. Then she ate a little from both hands until she was of normal size. Then she put some bread in her pocket, and kept walking through the forest. Suddenly she saw a large black cat who was grinning from ear to ear, it was Cheshire Cat.
Alice: Oh, would you tell me, please, which way I have to go from here?
Cheshire Cat: Ha, ha, ha, ha… that depends on where you want to get to.
Alice: I don’t care that much.
Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.
Alice: As long as I get somewhere. What kind of people live here?
Cheshire Cat: To the north, lives a Hatter. And to the south lives a March Hare. Visit either you like, they’re both mad.
Alice: But I don’t like mad people.
Cheshire Cat: We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.
Alice: Why do you say that? How do you know I’m mad?
Cheshire Cat: Because you are here. Tell me, are you going to play croquet with the Queen today?
Alice: I like croquet, but I haven’t been invited yet.
Cheshire Cat: Anyway, you’ll see me there.
Narrator: And the Cat vanished. But it vanished quite slowly. First, its tail. Then, its legs. Next, its body, and finally its grim.
Cheshire Cat: Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Alice: This is funny! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin, but a grin without a cat! I´ll go visit the Hare.
Narrator: She hadn´t gone much farther, when she saw the house of the March Hare. The chimneys were shaped like ears and the roof was made of fur. She walked toward the house, and ate a small piece of the magical mushroom. There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it. A Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion. The table was large but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it. When Alice approached them, they said.
March Hare, Hatter: There´s no room for you! There´s no room!
Alice: Of course there is! I´ll sit down in that armchair.
March Hare: Then drink some wine!
Alice: How can I drink wine, if there´s only tea!
March Hare: I knew there wasn´t any wine.
Alice: Then why are you telling me to drink it. You are not being polite!
March Hare: Well, it´s also not polite to sit down without being invited.
Alice: I didn’t know it was your table, it’s set for more than four.
Narrator: Meanwhile, the Hatter was looking at Alice silently. Finally he said.
Hatter: You should cut your hair, it´s too long.
Alice: I can see that they they didn´t tell you not to make personal remarks.
Hatter: Tell me, why is a raven like a writing-desk?
Alice: I like riddles. I think I can guess that.
March Hare: Do you mean you know the answer?
Alice: Yes, I do.
March Hare: Tell me what you think. Say what you mean.
Alice: I do, at least I mean what I say . . . it´s the same thing.
Hatter: It´s not the same thing. Is it the same thing to say I see what I eat, as I eat what I see? …or I like what I have, as I have what I like? … or I breathe when I sleep, as I sleep when I breathe?
Narrator: There was silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks. Then the Hatter said while looking at his watch.
Hatter: What day is today?
Alice: It´s the fourth.
Hatter: This watch is wrong for two days. I told you March Hare, that butter wouldn’t work.
March Hare: It was the best butter. Let me see your watch… I´ll dip it into the tea and I hope it works.
Alice: What a funny watch. It tells the day of the month, but not the time.
Hatter: Does your watch tells you what year it is?
Alice: Of course not,
Hatter: Then I see nothing strange with mine.The Dormouse is asleep again, I´ll pour a little hot tea in its nose. Now that I remember … do you have the answer to the riddle?
Alice: No, I give up, what’s the answer?
Hatter: We don´t have the slightest idea. Isn´t it right, March Hare?
March Hare: That´s right. We are getting bored. Tell us a story, young lady.
Alice: Right now, I can´t remember any.
March Hare: Then the Dormouse will.
Alice: But the Dormouse is sleeping.
Dormouse: I´m not asleep. I heard every word you said.
Hatter: Tell us something.
Alice: Yes, please!
Hatter: Don´t talk, young lady!
Narrator: Alice was angry at his rudeness, she stood up and walked off. Neither of the others tried to stop her, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot.
Alice: I don´t want to see you again! … Oh, in that tree! There´s a little door! I´ll go in… but what a beautiful garden! It´s the one I saw through the little door in that room! There are colorful flowers… and cool fountains!
Narrator: A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden. The roses growing on it were white, but there were three poker cards, who were gardeners. busily painting them red. Alice heard their conversation.
Two: Look out, Five! You´re splashing paint all over me!
Five: It wasn´t me. It was Seven, he pushed me with his elbow.
Seven: You are always blaming me.
Five: Seven, be quiet. Yesterday, the Queen said you deserved to be beheaded!
Two: Why?
Seven: That’s none of your business, Two! … Look, a little girl!
Alice: Would you be so kind to tell me why you are painting those roses?
Two: You see, Miss, we made a mistake. We planted a white rose tree, instead of a red one, just as the Queen told us. So we are doing our best, before she comes.
Seven: Quiet! The Queen!
Narrator: The three gardeners instantly threw themselves to the floor, flat on their faces. There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked around, eager to see the Queen. First came twenty soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, they were poker cards. Next the courtiers. After these came the royal children, they were ornamented with hearts, jumping merrily along hand in hand. Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among them, the White Rabbit. Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King’s crown, and, last of all this grand procession, came the King and Queen of Hearts. When the procession came opposite to Alice, they all stopped and looked at her, and the Queen said.
Queen: Who is she? Nobody knows! … What’s your name, child?
Alice: My name is Alice, your Majesty.
Narrator: But she added, to herself.
Alice: I shouldn´t be afraid, they are only a pack of cards.
Queen: And who are these on the floor? … All my courtiers are the same on the opposite side! Answer me, Alice!
Alice: How should I know? It’s none of my business.
Queen: Off with her head!
Crowd: Yes! Off with her head!
King: One moment, I the King have the right to speak… don´t you see my dear Queen, that she is only a child. Maybe she knows how to play croquet.
Queen: If she knows how to play, I will forgive her… Alice, follow me, stand beside the Rabbit.
Alice: Hello, Mr. Rabbit, we finally meet again. Where´s the Duchess?
White Rabbit: Quiet! She will be executed.
Alice: Why?
White Rabbit: She was late, the Queen was angry, and the Duchess slapped her.
Alice: Ha, ha, it´s funny.
White Rabbit: The Queen will hear you! … we have arrived to the croquet-ground.
Narrator: The ground was strange. It was all ridges and furrows. The balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches. When the
Queen shouted, people began running in all directions, tumbling up against each
other. But when someone was about to beat the Queen, she shouted.
Queen: Off with his head!
Narrator: Alice played as best as she could, but when she beat the Queen, she said.
Queen: Off with her head!
Alice: You can´t leave me without my head. I have the right to be judged!
Queen: Very well, let´s go to my palace!
Narrator: That´s how Alice entered the palace, accused of beating the Queen in a croquet game. There was a jury. The Hatter and the March Hare were the Members of the Jury. Alice imagined herself without her head, so she took from her pocket a piece of cake, ate it, and said to herself.
Alice: If I grow to my full size, I will be safe. It´s my only chance….. Yes, I am growing, I´m getting bigger and bigger!
Queen: I will say the sentence first, then the verdict… off with her head!
Alice: I don´t think you can make it, Queen of Hearts! You´re nothing but a card!And I am big!
Queen: I order you to be quiet!
Alice: I will not be quiet! All of you are only a pack of cards! I am not afraid of you!
Narrator: Then all the cards stood up and angrily came flying down upon her. The little girl tried to beat them off, but she couldn´t. She tried to stood up, but then she found out she had her head in the lap of her sister, and that everything had been a wonderful dream.
Alice: Dear sister, I had such a curious dream!… Someday I will tell you about it.
Narrator: Suddenly, Alice saw a Rabbit.
Alice: Look! Look sister! A White Rabbit with a waistcoat and a watch! I´ll follow him! … Come! Come with me to wonderland!
The End
Narrator
Alice
White Rabbit
Mouse
Parrot
Duck
Eagle
Pat – The Lizard
Animal 1
Animal 2
Caterpillar
Cheshire Cat
March Hare
Hatter
Dormouse
Two
Five
Seven
Queen
King
Crowd – Cards
SCRIPT:
Narrator: It was a hot day in the forest, and Alice, a little and happy girl, started to get tired of being seated near her sister who was reading a book under a tree.
Alice: How can my sister be reading a book without any pictures? … Oh, if it weren´t so hot I would be making a daisy chain.
Narrator: Then suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her. The Rabbit said to itself.
White Rabbit: Oh dear! Oh dear! Time is out, I will be late!
Narrator: Alice was surprised, then she saw how the Rabbit took out a watch from his waistcoat pocket, and looked at it, and then ran away. Alice stood up quickly.
Alice: A Rabbit with a waistcoat and a watch! I have to catch it!
Narrator: Alice ran across the field after it, she was about to catch it, when the little animal went inside a large rabbit-hole under the hedge, and said.
White Rabbit: I can´t be late!
Narrator: Alice followed the Rabbit and went inside. The rabbit-hole went straight on like a tunnel for some way, and then dipped suddenly down.
Alice: I am falling down through a very deep well… but I am falling very slowly! It´s strange, the sides of the well are filled with cupboards and bool-shelves, and there are pictures and maps! … Over there… there´s a jar of strawberry jam… mmmmm, I´ll eat it! Oh, it´s empty! … I´ll put it on the lower cupboard, because if I throw it away I can hurt somebody. When will this well come to and end! I may have fallen miles and miles!.
Narrator: Suddenly the little girl, fell into a pile of dry leaves without getting hurt. Alice stood up, and there was another long passage, and there was the White Rabbit still running.
White Rabbit: Oh my ears and whiskers, now I am really late!
Narrator: Once again the little girl was about to catch it, when the Rabbit turned to a corner, and disappeared. Alice was in a great low room, very well lit up, and surrounded by doors of different sizes. She tried to opened them.
Alice: All the doors are locked! How am I going to get out of here?… I should have brought my little cat, that way I wouldn´t feel so lonely! …. Over there, in the middle of the room there´s a glass table… but where did it come from? … a few minutes ago it wasn´t there… I am sure of that! . Over the table there´s a tiny golden key… mmmm, it´s too small, it doesn´t open any door!
Narrator: However, on the second time round, Alice saw behind a curtain, a very tiny door, she tried the little golden key in the lock, and to her great delight, the door opened. The door led into a small narrow passage. She knelt down and looked along the passage, the loveliest garden she had ever seen.
Alice: Oh, I want to go to that garden! … but how could I? I will never fit through the little door. Oh, if I could shut up like a telescope, then I could surely go to that garden. I´ll see if over the table I can find another key…. Oh, well… there´s no other key! … but, what is this little bottle? It wasn´t here before! … it´s says in the label, DRINK ME. I´ll see it it doesn´t say poison. No, nothing indicates it´s poison, I´ll taste it… mmmm, I like it, I´ll drink the whole bottle… I feel strange…. I am getting smaller, just like a telescope.
Narrator: She was now only ten inches high. Then she went to the little door, hoping to get out to the garden. But, poor Alice, the door was locked, and she forgot the key over the table. She tried to get it by climbing up one of the legs of the table, but since it was made of glass, it was too slippery. Then she sat down on the floor, and cried.
Alice: I am behaving like a fool. There´s no use in crying!… but… under the table there´s a little box!.
Narrator: Alice opened the little box, and said.
Alice: It has a small cake that says EAT ME!… well, I´ll eat it… something marvelous has to happen. I have learned that in this place, everything is marvelous.
Narrator: She ate a little bite, but she noticed there was no difference, so she kept eating until she finished the whole cake. Then…
Alice: I am getting bigger! Good-bye dear feet! You are almost out of sight, so far off! When I want to change my shoes, I will have to send them with a messenger with a note that says: This shoes are a gift from Alice to her own feet. Oh, what nonsense I´m thinking! … What´s worse, is that I keep growing!… Oh! I hurt my head with the roof! I am more that nine feet high! I am a big girl! But now I can take the key.
Narrator: Poor big girl. But the only thing she could do was to lie down on the floor, and look through the door into the garden with one eye. Then she began to cry again.
Alice: I should be ashamed of myself! It´s not right that a great girl like me, cries like a baby.
Narrator: But she kept crying and crying, until there was a large pool of tears all around her. Then she heard some footsteps, and at last she stopped crying. There it was, the White Rabbit, very splendidly dressed, with a pair of white gloves in one hand, and a fan in the other.
White Rabbit: Oh! by this time the Duchess must be savage! I can´t keep her waiting anymore!
Alice: Mr. Rabbit! Mr. Rabbit! Wait Please! Just a moment! Listen to me!
Narrator: When the Rabbit heard Alice, it got scared and dropped the white gloves and the fan, and ran away as fast as it could. Alice picked up the gloves and the fan, and since it was hot, she fanned herself, and said.
Alice: What a day! Yesterday everything was so normal… Oh, I am getting smaller again! I wonder why! Maybe it´s the fan!
Narrator: She dropped the fan just when she was about to disappeared.
Alice: Now I can go to the garden!… but what´s this?…I have fallen into salt water.
Narrator: The salt water was her own pool of tears she had wept when she was nine feet high.
Alice: I wish I hadn´t cried so much!
Narrator: She started to swim when she heard something splashing in the pool.
Alice: Someone is swimming! … Oh, it´s a hippopotamus! No, it´s a walrus! Oh, it´s a mouse! But since now I am small, I see it huge! I will talk to the mouse, maybe it can answer me!
Narrator: So she said.
Alice: Tell me, mouse, do you know the way out of this pool?
Narrator: The mouse looked at her, but it didn´t answer. Alice thought that maybe the mouse didn´t understand English, so she said the only thing she could remember in French.
Alice: Ou est ma chatte?
Narrator: Which means where is my cat? Suddenly, the Mouse got out of the water.
Alice: Oh, please forgive me! I forgot mice don´t like cats.
Mouse: Look little girl! I have my own reasons to dislike cats, someday I will tell you my story, and then you will understand how I feel. But let´s swim to the shore. Look! We have company. The pool is full of creatures!
Alice: It´s true! It´s a parrot, a duck, and eagle, and many more!
Narrator: Alice swam near the little animals. After a while they were on shore.
Alice: We are all wet!
Mouse: I agree with you! What do you think, parrot?
Parrot: I think we should have a race-course.
Alice: A race course? What´s that?
Parrot: You don´t know? Look, it´s a sort of circle, but the shape doesn’t really. When I say ready, everybody will start running. Ready! Go!
Narrator: Everybody started running, and half an hour later, the parrot said.
Parrot: Everybody is dry! The race is over!
Mouse: Who won?
Parrot: Everybody has won! All of you have to receive a prize.
Duck: Who will give the prizes?
Eagle: Yes, who?
Parrot: The little girl, obviously!
Narrator: Alice didn´t know what to do. She put her hand in her pocket and pulled out a box of candies, and handed them round as prizes. There was exactly one a-piece all round.
Mouse: What about her? Isn´t she going to receive a prize?
Parrot: Of course she is! Let´s see Alice, what else do you have in your other pocket?
Alice: Let me see… only a thimble.
Parrot: Give it to me… Please accept this elegant thimble, as a prize.
Narrator: They all cheered. Alice thought that everything was so strange, but when she saw their faces so grave, she didn´t dare to laugh, so she just said.
Alice: It´s an honor for me to accept this beautiful prize. My thimble was just what I needed. Dear Mouse, you promised to tell me your story, I will he glad to hear it.
Mouse: I must tell you, that my story is very sad and long as my tail.
Alice: Your tail is long.
Narrator: The girl was looking at the mouse´s tail, but she didn´t know why was it sad. Alice didn´t pay attention to the mouse´s story, so when the mouse finished talking, he said.
Mouse: Little girl, you are not paying attention. What are you thinking of? I have a knot in my throat!
Alice: A knot! Oh, let me help you undo it! I always undo the ribbon my cat has in her neck.
Mouse: Young lady, you insult me and offend me!
Alice: You always get offended!
Mouse: You need more education! I am leaving!
Alice: He´s gone! Now can I talk with the parrot and the birds, about Dinah, my cat.
Parrot: Who´s Dinah?
Alice: Dinah is my little cat. She´s good at catching mice and birds! Oh, I wish you could see her after the birds! She eats them as soon as she looks at them!
Parrot: Let´s go friends, we can´t talk with this girl. That´s why the mouse left. Follow me!
Alice: Please, don´t leave me alone!…. they are gone! I should have never talked about Dinah! In this strange country nobody likes cats… Someone is coming… maybe it´s the mouse who changed his mind… but no… It´s the White Rabbit!
White Rabbit: The Duchess! The Duchess! Oh my fur and whiskers! She’ll get me executed, as sure as two plus two are eight! Where did I leave the gloves?
Narrator: The Rabbit was looking for the gloves and the fan. Alice, wishing to help, began looking for them. But everything was changed since she was swimming in the pool. Like magic, the room had vanished completely. At last, the Rabbit noticed Alice, and said.
White Rabbit: Mary Ann, what ARE you doing out here? Run home this moment, and bring me another pair of gloves and a fan! Quick, now!
Narrator: Alice was so frightened that she ran off at once in the direction it pointed to, without trying to explain the mistake it had made.
Alice: He took me for his housemaid, but I’d better take him his fan and gloves… that is, if I can find them.
Narrator: As she said this, she came upon a very beautiful little house, on the door of which was a bright brass plate with the name White R engraved upon it
Alice: White R? Maybe it means White Rabbit. I will go in… I hope I don´t find the real Mary Ann. Anyway it´s funny! I am the messenger of a rabbit! Oh, how lucky I am, over the table there is a pair of gloves and a fan!… and a little bottle! I will drink it, and I hope I can grow large again, I am getting tired of being so small.
Narrator: In fact, as soon as she drank the little bottle, she grew so fast that she had to take an arm out of the window, and a leg up the chimney. Fortunately, the little magic bottle had now no effect. Still it was very uncomfortable, and, since there was no chance of getting out of the room again, she started crying. After a while she heard a voice outside.
White Rabbit: Mary Ann! Mary Ann! Answer me! Where are my pair of gloves? Can´t you hear me? What is going on! The door is not opening. Mary Ann, tell me why you locked the door? Answer me! Very good, then I´ll go in through the window.
Narrator: The rabbit was just under the window, when Alice opened her hand, and made a snatch in the air, but she didn´t catch anything. Then there was a crash of broken glass, and the rabbit shouted.
Rabbit: Oh!
Narrator: Next, the Rabbit with an angry voice, said.
White Rabbit: Pat! Pat! Where are you? Pat! Pat!
Pat: Here I am, digging for apples.
White Rabbit: Come and help me get out of here!… tell me what you see in the window.
Pat: I see an arm, your honor.
White Rabbit: What do you mean, an arm? Who has ever seen an arm that big?
Pat: Well, I insist, it´s an arm.
White Rabbit: Then, why is an arm there? Take it away!
Pat: I am scared of the arm.
White Rabbit: Don´t be a coward! Then go down through the chimney! I order you to do it!
Pat: Very well, I will go down the chimney.
Alice: Oh, I will kick him.
Narrator: Alice kicked Pat so hard, that he flew through the air. Then she heard animal voices.
Animals: Look! Look! It´s Pat
White Rabbit: Hold up his head!
Animal 1: Don’t choke him.
Animal 2: How was it?
White Rabbit: What happened to you? Tell us all about it!
Pat: I don´t know, suddenly I was thrown through the air like a sky-rocket!
White Rabbit: We could see that! And since there´s nothing else we can do, we must burn the house down!
Narrator: Alice could not see what was happening outside, but she could hear them, so she said.
Alice: Wait! And you Mr. Rabbit, if you burn the house, I´ll set my cat Dinah at you! I am warning you, she likes to eat rabbits!
Narrator: There was silence instantly, and Alice waited for an answer. At lastShe felt a shower of little pebbles coming from the window, and some of them hit her in the face. Alice noticed that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head.
Alice: I´ll eat one of these cakes, and I hope I will not grow bigger.
Narrator: She ate a cake, and she began shrinking. As soon as she was small enough to get through the door, she ran out of the house, and found a crowd of little animals around a lizard, which was Pat, who was in the middle of them. When they saw her, they chased her, but Alice ran off as hard as she could, and soon found herself safe in a forest.
Alice: Now I have to eat or drink something to grow to my right size again. I wonder what it will be.
Narrator: Near her there was a big mushroom. She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and she saw a large blue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top smoking a long hookah. The Caterpillar and Alice looked at each. At last the Caterpillar took the hookah out of its mouth, and talked to her in a languid voice.
Caterpillar: Who are you?
Alice: I suppose I don´t know…at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.
Caterpillar: What do you mean by that? Explain yourself!
Alice: I´m afraid I can’t explain myself. But when you have to turn into a chrysalis… and then after that into a butterfly, you will feel like I do.
Caterpillar: Chrysalis… butterfly… I don´t like the idea. Now tell me… who are you?
Alice: It´s better if I go, Mr. Caterpillar, or we will start the conversation all over again. Put the hookah into your mouth and start smoking again. See you!
Caterpillar: Come back! I’ve something important to say!
Narrator: Alice turned and came back again.
Alice: What is it?
Caterpillar: Keep your temper.
Alice: Is that all?
Caterpillar: Of course not. So you think you have changed?
Alice: I don´t think so. I don’t keep the same size for fifteen minutes together!.
Caterpillar: Are you content now?
Alice: Impossible. I would like to be a little larger. I must measure three inches height. It´s ridiculous!
Caterpillar: It is a very good height! That´s what I measure.
Alice: Forgive me, Mr. Caterpillar, don´t feel offended, but I am not used to being so small.
Caterpillar: You’ll get used to it.
Narrator: The Caterpillar put the hookah into its mouth and began smoking again. Then it took the hookah out of its mouth and yawned several times. Then it got down off the mushroom, and crawled away in the grass, and said.
Caterpillar: One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.
Alice: One side of what? The other side of what?
Caterpillar: Of the mushroom, everybody knows that.
Narrator: As soon as the Caterpillar left, Alice stretched her arms, and cut a piece of the mushroom. One piece with her right arm, and another piece with her left arm. Then she ate a little from both hands until she was of normal size. Then she put some bread in her pocket, and kept walking through the forest. Suddenly she saw a large black cat who was grinning from ear to ear, it was Cheshire Cat.
Alice: Oh, would you tell me, please, which way I have to go from here?
Cheshire Cat: Ha, ha, ha, ha… that depends on where you want to get to.
Alice: I don’t care that much.
Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t matter which way you go.
Alice: As long as I get somewhere. What kind of people live here?
Cheshire Cat: To the north, lives a Hatter. And to the south lives a March Hare. Visit either you like, they’re both mad.
Alice: But I don’t like mad people.
Cheshire Cat: We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.
Alice: Why do you say that? How do you know I’m mad?
Cheshire Cat: Because you are here. Tell me, are you going to play croquet with the Queen today?
Alice: I like croquet, but I haven’t been invited yet.
Cheshire Cat: Anyway, you’ll see me there.
Narrator: And the Cat vanished. But it vanished quite slowly. First, its tail. Then, its legs. Next, its body, and finally its grim.
Cheshire Cat: Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Alice: This is funny! I’ve often seen a cat without a grin, but a grin without a cat! I´ll go visit the Hare.
Narrator: She hadn´t gone much farther, when she saw the house of the March Hare. The chimneys were shaped like ears and the roof was made of fur. She walked toward the house, and ate a small piece of the magical mushroom. There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it. A Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion. The table was large but the three were all crowded together at one corner of it. When Alice approached them, they said.
March Hare, Hatter: There´s no room for you! There´s no room!
Alice: Of course there is! I´ll sit down in that armchair.
March Hare: Then drink some wine!
Alice: How can I drink wine, if there´s only tea!
March Hare: I knew there wasn´t any wine.
Alice: Then why are you telling me to drink it. You are not being polite!
March Hare: Well, it´s also not polite to sit down without being invited.
Alice: I didn’t know it was your table, it’s set for more than four.
Narrator: Meanwhile, the Hatter was looking at Alice silently. Finally he said.
Hatter: You should cut your hair, it´s too long.
Alice: I can see that they they didn´t tell you not to make personal remarks.
Hatter: Tell me, why is a raven like a writing-desk?
Alice: I like riddles. I think I can guess that.
March Hare: Do you mean you know the answer?
Alice: Yes, I do.
March Hare: Tell me what you think. Say what you mean.
Alice: I do, at least I mean what I say . . . it´s the same thing.
Hatter: It´s not the same thing. Is it the same thing to say I see what I eat, as I eat what I see? …or I like what I have, as I have what I like? … or I breathe when I sleep, as I sleep when I breathe?
Narrator: There was silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks. Then the Hatter said while looking at his watch.
Hatter: What day is today?
Alice: It´s the fourth.
Hatter: This watch is wrong for two days. I told you March Hare, that butter wouldn’t work.
March Hare: It was the best butter. Let me see your watch… I´ll dip it into the tea and I hope it works.
Alice: What a funny watch. It tells the day of the month, but not the time.
Hatter: Does your watch tells you what year it is?
Alice: Of course not,
Hatter: Then I see nothing strange with mine.The Dormouse is asleep again, I´ll pour a little hot tea in its nose. Now that I remember … do you have the answer to the riddle?
Alice: No, I give up, what’s the answer?
Hatter: We don´t have the slightest idea. Isn´t it right, March Hare?
March Hare: That´s right. We are getting bored. Tell us a story, young lady.
Alice: Right now, I can´t remember any.
March Hare: Then the Dormouse will.
Alice: But the Dormouse is sleeping.
Dormouse: I´m not asleep. I heard every word you said.
Hatter: Tell us something.
Alice: Yes, please!
Hatter: Don´t talk, young lady!
Narrator: Alice was angry at his rudeness, she stood up and walked off. Neither of the others tried to stop her, though she looked back once or twice, half hoping that they would call after her: the last time she saw them, they were trying to put the Dormouse into the teapot.
Alice: I don´t want to see you again! … Oh, in that tree! There´s a little door! I´ll go in… but what a beautiful garden! It´s the one I saw through the little door in that room! There are colorful flowers… and cool fountains!
Narrator: A large rose-tree stood near the entrance of the garden. The roses growing on it were white, but there were three poker cards, who were gardeners. busily painting them red. Alice heard their conversation.
Two: Look out, Five! You´re splashing paint all over me!
Five: It wasn´t me. It was Seven, he pushed me with his elbow.
Seven: You are always blaming me.
Five: Seven, be quiet. Yesterday, the Queen said you deserved to be beheaded!
Two: Why?
Seven: That’s none of your business, Two! … Look, a little girl!
Alice: Would you be so kind to tell me why you are painting those roses?
Two: You see, Miss, we made a mistake. We planted a white rose tree, instead of a red one, just as the Queen told us. So we are doing our best, before she comes.
Seven: Quiet! The Queen!
Narrator: The three gardeners instantly threw themselves to the floor, flat on their faces. There was a sound of many footsteps, and Alice looked around, eager to see the Queen. First came twenty soldiers carrying clubs; these were all shaped like the three gardeners, they were poker cards. Next the courtiers. After these came the royal children, they were ornamented with hearts, jumping merrily along hand in hand. Next came the guests, mostly Kings and Queens, and among them, the White Rabbit. Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King’s crown, and, last of all this grand procession, came the King and Queen of Hearts. When the procession came opposite to Alice, they all stopped and looked at her, and the Queen said.
Queen: Who is she? Nobody knows! … What’s your name, child?
Alice: My name is Alice, your Majesty.
Narrator: But she added, to herself.
Alice: I shouldn´t be afraid, they are only a pack of cards.
Queen: And who are these on the floor? … All my courtiers are the same on the opposite side! Answer me, Alice!
Alice: How should I know? It’s none of my business.
Queen: Off with her head!
Crowd: Yes! Off with her head!
King: One moment, I the King have the right to speak… don´t you see my dear Queen, that she is only a child. Maybe she knows how to play croquet.
Queen: If she knows how to play, I will forgive her… Alice, follow me, stand beside the Rabbit.
Alice: Hello, Mr. Rabbit, we finally meet again. Where´s the Duchess?
White Rabbit: Quiet! She will be executed.
Alice: Why?
White Rabbit: She was late, the Queen was angry, and the Duchess slapped her.
Alice: Ha, ha, it´s funny.
White Rabbit: The Queen will hear you! … we have arrived to the croquet-ground.
Narrator: The ground was strange. It was all ridges and furrows. The balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches. When the
Queen shouted, people began running in all directions, tumbling up against each
other. But when someone was about to beat the Queen, she shouted.
Queen: Off with his head!
Narrator: Alice played as best as she could, but when she beat the Queen, she said.
Queen: Off with her head!
Alice: You can´t leave me without my head. I have the right to be judged!
Queen: Very well, let´s go to my palace!
Narrator: That´s how Alice entered the palace, accused of beating the Queen in a croquet game. There was a jury. The Hatter and the March Hare were the Members of the Jury. Alice imagined herself without her head, so she took from her pocket a piece of cake, ate it, and said to herself.
Alice: If I grow to my full size, I will be safe. It´s my only chance….. Yes, I am growing, I´m getting bigger and bigger!
Queen: I will say the sentence first, then the verdict… off with her head!
Alice: I don´t think you can make it, Queen of Hearts! You´re nothing but a card!And I am big!
Queen: I order you to be quiet!
Alice: I will not be quiet! All of you are only a pack of cards! I am not afraid of you!
Narrator: Then all the cards stood up and angrily came flying down upon her. The little girl tried to beat them off, but she couldn´t. She tried to stood up, but then she found out she had her head in the lap of her sister, and that everything had been a wonderful dream.
Alice: Dear sister, I had such a curious dream!… Someday I will tell you about it.
Narrator: Suddenly, Alice saw a Rabbit.
Alice: Look! Look sister! A White Rabbit with a waistcoat and a watch! I´ll follow him! … Come! Come with me to wonderland!
The End
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