THE SPIRIT INSIDE THE BOTTLE

CHARACTERS:

FATHER

SON

SPIRIT

SCRIPT:

NARRATOR: A long time ago there was a woodcutter who had only one son. One day he said.

FATHER: I have decided to use all my savings to give you a good education so that you can have a decent and honest job that will help us survive when I can no longer work.

BOY: Thank you, Father. I will study hard and you will be proud of me.

FATHER: You will leave next week.

NARRATOR: The young boy went to the university where he spent there three years. One day the boy received a letter from his father.

BOY:  My father doesn`t have any money and I can`t stay here anymore. I have to go back.

NARRATOR: When he arrived home his father said.

FATHER: I don`t know what are we going to do. With the money I earned cutting wood, we can hardly survive.

BOY: Don`t worry Father, I will go with you to the forest and I will help you.

FATHER: It`s hard work, and you`re not used to it. Besides, we only have one ax and we don`t have money to buy another one.

 BOY: Why don`t you ask our neighbor to lend you his ax?

FATHER: That`s a good idea, and we will buy another one when we have enough money.

NARRATOR: Next day, their neighbor lent them an ax, and so they went to the forest to work. After lunch, the boy said.

BOY: I will take a short walk, Father. I`ll be back soon.

FATHER: Don`t take too long, we still have a lot of work to do.

BOY: I won`t.

NARRATOR: When he was in the deep woods, he saw an enormous oak tree. Then he heard a voice calling him.

SPIRIT: Help!  Help!  Let me out of here!  I want to go out!

NARRATOR: As the boy was walking, he saw a bottle on the ground with a little creature inside. Carefully, he picked up the bottle.

BOY: What a strange little bottle and the voice is coming from inside.

SPIRIT: Let me out! Let me out!

BOY: I will open it!

NARRATOR: As soon as the boy opened the bottle, the little creature started to grow, and grow, and grow, until it became a huge giant.

SPIRIT: Prepare yourself! I`m going to eat you!  I have been here for a long time, and I am very hungry!

BOY: Wait, wait, before you do, I have to be sure that it was you who was inside the bottle; then you can eat me.

SPIRIT: But it was me!  You saw me!

BOY: Prove it!

SPIRIT: How?

BOY: Get smaller again!

SPIRIT: Very well, then I will eat you!

NARRATOR: Then the giant got smaller and smaller, and smaller, and the boy closed the bottle again.

SPIRIT: Let me out! If you do, I will do whatever you want me to do. Let me out! I will make you rich! I`m telling you the truth! Let me out of here!

 BOY: You have to promise that you will not eat me!

SPIRIT: I promise.

NARRATOR: The boy opened the bottle, and the little creature started to grow until it became a huge giant once again.

SPIRIT: Thank you!

BOY: How can you help me?

SPIRIT: Take this handkerchief. When you suffer an injury, cover it with the handkerchief, and it will heal instantly. And when you cover a metal object with it, the metal will turn into silver.

BOY: Go now, you are free!

NARRATOR: As soon as the giant left, the boy returned to where his father was.

FATHER: Where have you been? It`s getting dark and we haven`t finished.

BOY: Don`t worry Father. I`ll do all the work.

NARRATOR: The boy took the ax and cleaned it with the handkerchief, and suddenly the ax turned into silver and broke.

FATHER: You broke the ax! Now we have to pay for it, and we don´t have any money!

NARRATOR: The boy took the broken ax and saw that it had turned into silver.

BOY: Don`t worry Father, I have something to tell you.

FATHER: What is it?

BOY: Look Father, this is not an ordinary ax.

FATHER: What do you mean? What`s this?

BOY: It`s silver.

NARRATOR: Then the boy told his father about the giant.

BOY: We have to sell it, father.

FATHER: Let`s go to town right away!

NARRATOR: They sold the ax almost immediately, and bought a new one for their neighbor.

FATHER: Let`s go give him this new ax.

BOY: And with all this money I can go back to the university, where I will become a doctor.

FATHER: What about the handkerchief?

BOY: With this handkerchief, I will heal all my patients.

FATHER: I am proud of you!

THE END

AUTHOR: GRIMM BROTHERS

ADAPTED BY: K I D S I N C O

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