THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA

CHARACTERS:
NARRATOR
KING
PRINCESS
QUEEN
PRINCE

SCRIPT:

NARRATOR: Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess;
but she would have to be a real princess. He travelled all over the world to find one, but
nowhere could he get what he wanted. There were princesses enough, but it was difficult
to find out whether they were real ones. One evening a terrible storm came on; A
knocking was heard at the city gate, and the old king went to open it.

KING: Who are you?. What are you doing out in this terrible weather!.

PRINCESS: Im a princess. Please help me. I am all wet. Look at my clothes and hair!.

NARRATOR: The king took the princess inside the palace, while she kept saying that
she was a real princess.

QUEEN: Well, well soon find that out.

NARRATOR: The queen said nothing, she went into the bedroom, took all the bedding
off the bedstead, and laid a pea on the bottom; then she took twenty mattresses and laid
them on the pea, and then twenty eider-down beds on top of the mattresses. On this the
princess had to lie all night. In the morning she asked the princess.

QUEEN: How did you sleep, my dear princess?.

PRINCESS: Oh, very badly!. I have scarcely closed my eyes all night. Heaven only
knows what was in the bed, but I was lying on something hard, so that I am black and
blue all over my body. Itshorrible!

NARRATOR: Now they knew that she was a real princess because she had felt the pea
right through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eider-down beds. Nobody but a real
princess could be as sensitive as that.

PRINCE: Now I know that you are the real princess that I was looking for. Do you want
to marry me?.

PRINCESS: Yes, I want to marry you, kind prince!.

NARRATOR: So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real
princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has
stolen it.

THE END

THE HARE AND THE TORTOISE

CHARACTERS:
NARRATOR
HARE
TORTOISE
FOX

SCRIPT:

NARRATOR: One day a hare was making fun at the tortoise.

HARE: Ha, ha, ha!. Your feet are so small and you walk so slow that you take too long
to get to a place.

TORTOISE: You may be as faster as the wind, but I will beat you in a race.

HARE: That is simply impossible. Ha, ha, ha!. But, I agree, let`s have a race.

TORTOISE: Very well then. The fox will choose the way and will wait for us at the
winning post.

FOX: Very good!. I will be waiting for both of you. Let`s see who wins!.

NARRATOR: On the day of the race the two started the race together.

FOX: 1, 2, 3, Go!.

TORTOISE: I will not stop walking. I will keep walking slow but at a steady pace
straight to the end of the finish line.

HARE: Oh well. That tortoise walks so slow that I have time to take a nap. zzzzzzzzzz

NARRATOR: When the hare woke up.

HARE: Oh I fell asleep. I have to run as fast as I can. I think I wasted some time.

NARRATOR: Then he saw the Tortoise had reached the winning post.

HARE: How did you do it?. This is impossible!.

TORTOISE: While you slept, I kept walking. I may seem slow, but I am constant and
patient, so I won the race.

HARE: You`re right Tortoise, being fast doesnt mean that you will win. I learned my
lesson!.

THE END

THE LION AND THE MOUSE

CHARACTERS:
NARRATOR
MOUSE
LION
HUNTER 1
HUNTER 2

SCRIPT:

NARRATOR: Once upon a time a Lion was taking a nap, when a little mouse began
running up and down upon him; this soon woke up the Lion, who placed his huge paw
upon him, and opened his big jaws to swallow him.

MOUSE: I am sorry!. Forgive me this time, and I will never forget it. I promise to do
something for you in return some of these days.

LION: Ha, ha, ha, yeah sure!. You can go.

NARRATOR: A few days later, some hunters caught the king of the jungle.

HUNTER 1: Hey, look what we got here!. This lion is so big and strong. Lets take him
to our king.

HUNTER 2: Yes, but let`s tie him first to that tree while we go to get a wagon to carry
him on.

NARRATOR: Just then the little mouse was passing by.

MOUSE: Da, da, da, Oh, what do we have here?. Its my friend, the lion!.

LION: It`s me, help me please before the hunters come back.

MOUSE: I will. I haven`t forgotten the promise I made to you one day.

NARRATOR: So the mouse started eating the ropes.

MOUSE: You are free now. A few days ago you laughed thinking that I couldn`t do
something for you in return for what you did for me. Now it is time that you know that
little mice are grateful and keep their promises.

LION: I am sorry, my friend. Thank you for what you did for me now. I will never
laugh at the promises made by the little ones, I know that when the time comes, they
will not forget them.

THE END