The school is having an English Month this month. Aidan decided to join the poetry reading and volunteered to direct the class play.
It's a good exercise for him. I saw the increase in his confident level when he told me "the cast were great but I told them to learn to act and speak normally rather than reading the script".. cute!
I supported him. We prepared the props with him contributing in giving information and ideas.
The play went well. Congratulation Mr Director.
The props:
Scene
1 – Farmer & Wife
Narrator: Once
upon a time on a farm all the animals were having fun, except for the farmer.
Farmer: (talking
to his wife). I
don’t like all the noise those chickens make in the henhouse. I wish I
could do something to stop that noise!
Wife: I know… especially because you like
to wake up late.
Farmer: I
was thinking about buying a rooster. Maybe he would put them in order.
Wife: It’s a good idea… and maybe he
would also get rid of the mice.
Farmer: Those
mice are another problem we have! Come… let’s go to town, we need
to get the rooster right away.
Scene
2 – Rooster,
Hens & Mice
Narrator: When
the rooster came to live to the farm, the chickens thought they would have more
fun, but soon, they were disappointed.
Rooster: The
fun is over! Everybody get to work! … and you little hens…
Hens 1, 2, 3, 4: Are
you talking to us?
Rooster: You’re
the only hens I see around here, so …yes…I’m talking to all of you!
Hen 1: What
can we do for you?
Rooster: To
begin with, you can’t go out to play anymore!
Hen 2: What!
Hen 3: Your
heard me… no more playing outside.
Hen 4: But,
what are we going to do?
Rooster: You
have a lot of thing to do inside the henhouse. You must keep everything
clean.
Hens 1, 2, 3, 4: But
everything is clean and in order! Please, don’t do that to us. We
can work and play at the same time!
Rooster: I
said no! And don’t you disobey me… or you will be punished. That’s
why I’m here for. Your goal from now on …is to obey my orders! Do
you understand?
Hen 1, 2, 3, 4: It’s
not fair!
Rooster: I
don’t care what you think. I’m not here to please you… but to make you
work and stop all the noise you make.
Narrator: Then
the rooster said to the mice.
Rooster: And
you ugly mice… get out of the farm!
Hens 1,2,3,4: No,
please… they are our friends!
Rooster: You’re
not here to make friends, you are in this farm to work… remember!
Hen 1: I
beg you rooster, let them stay with us.
Hen 2: They
don’t have a place to live.
Hen 3: They
depend on us.
Hen 4: Say
yes…please.
Rooster: No!
I am the one who gives orders around here!
Mouse 1: Lets
pack.
Mouse 2: Good-bye…
hens.
Mouse 3: Don’t
forget about us. Remember all the good times we had together.
Rooster: Stop
all this drama! Go to sleep now! Starting tomorrow morning, you
all will wake up earlier than ever.
Hen 1,2,3,4: You
must be crazy!
Scene
3 – Hens & Mice
Narrator: But
there was nothing the hens could do. And from that day, the farm became a
very sad place to live in. Visits were not allowed, there were no
conversations, and no games. Everyday, at 4 o’clock in the morning, the
rooster would climb up to a pole and start to sing.
Rooster: Cock-a-doodle-doo,
cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo.
Hen 1: He’s
a dictator!
Hen 2: I’m
really angry with him!
Hen 3: We
should talk to the mice and make a plan.
Hen 4: The
mice are gone.
Hen 1: Gone
forever.
Hen 3: That’s
what you think. I know where they are hiding.
Hen 4: Then
what are we waiting for. Let’s go and talk to them!
Narrator: So
the hens and the mice got together and made a plan to stop the rooster from
bothering them.
Hen 3: So,
what’s the plan.
Mouse 1: Tonight
I will put glue to the pole where he sings every morning.
Mouse 2: Just
be careful, don’t make a lot of noise.
Hen 1: Yeah,
we don’t want him to wake up and find out.
Mouse 1: Don’t
worry, I have everything under control.
Scene
4 – Rooster,
Hens & Mice
Narrator: That
night the mouse put glue to the pole, and the next day the rooster climbed to
the pole to sing.
Rooster: Cock-a-doodle-doo,
cock-a-doodle-doo, cock-a-doodle-doo…. What’s happening? I can’t move my
feet! My feet are stuck to the pole!
Narrator: And
the rooster saw that everybody on the farm were having fun.
Rooster: Hey…
hey… here I am… over here! Somebody help me!
Narrator: Then
the hens and the mice turned up to look at the rooster who was stuck to the
pole.
Hen 1, 2, 3, 4: Ha,
ha, ha, ha.
Mouse 1,2,3: You
look so funny!
Rooster: So,
you did this to me! … why?
Hen 1: So
that you know how unpleasant it is to have somebody tell you what to do.
Rooster: I’m
sorry.
Hen 1: Are
you really sorry?
Rooster: Yes,
I am. I learned my lesson.
Hen 2: We
forgive you.
Hen 3: We
will help you get down from the pole.
Narrator: An
now nobody gives orders in the henhouse. Everybody, including the
rooster, get together to work and have fun. And best of all, they are all
good friends.
THE PROPS
