Larry and the Trees
Characters:
Larry – (little boy)
Mother
Grandmother
Aunt
Big Tree 1
Big Tree 2
Big Tree 3
Small Tree 1
Small Tree 2
Small Tree 3
Sun
Cloud
Moon
SCRIPT:
(Setting: In the kitchen in a hut in the forest. Mother is cooking. Grandmother is setting the table. Aunt is washing the dishes. Larry enters)
Larry: Mother, please tell me a story!
Mother: No, I’m busy… don’t you see that I’m cooking!
Larry: Grandma, please tell me a story!
Grandmother: No, I’m busy… don’t you see that I’m setting the table!
Larry: Auntie, please tell me a story!
Aunt: No, I’m busy… don’t you see that I’m washing the dishes?!
(Larry cries)
Larry: Oh, I’m sad… you don’t love me.
(Larry leaves. He goes to the forest. He sees three small trees with a few leaves)
Larry: Poor, little trees.
Small Trees 1, 2, 3: Who are you?
Larry: I’m Larry…why are you so dry?
Small Tree 1: Because our brothers won’t let us see the sunlight.
Larry: Your brothers? Where are they?
Small Tree 2: Over there… just behind us.
(Larry looks at the three big trees standing behind the tree small trees. The sun is behind the three big trees)
Larry: Are those big trees… your brothers?
Small Tree 3: Yes, they are.
Larry: Tell me your story… I want to hear it!
Small Tree 3: We are the youngest trees in the forest. We heard that the sun was beautiful, but our big brothers are so tall… that we can not see it.
Larry: You don’t know how the sun looks like?
Small Trees 1, 2, 3: No, we don’t. Do you?
Larry: Yes, of course.
Small Tree 1: Tell us about it.
Small Tree 2: Yes, please.
Small Tree 3: Do you see it every day?
Larry: Yes! The sun is bright and warm.
Small Tree 1, 2, 3: We want to see the sun!
Big Trees 1, 2, 3: Forget it…the sun is ours. We are bigger and prettier than you. You should be ashamed of yourselves… you should be hiding!
Small Tree 1: Let us see the sun!
Small Tree 2: We don’t have leaves!
Small Tree 3: We will not survive!
Larry: Is this a fairy tale, or a real story?
Big Trees 1, 2, 3: This is real, little boy!
(A few leaves from the small trees fall to the ground)
Larry: Please, don’t cry.
Small Tree 1: What can you do to help us?
(Larry thinks)
Larry: I have an idea! I know what to do!
(Larry kneels down, digs a hole, takes out each tree, and places them behind the three big trees)
Small Trees 1, 2, 3: Now what?
Sun: Oh, poor little trees… you’re so dry… but don’t worry, I will make you beautiful!
Small Tree 2: We are so thirsty… we also need some water.
Cloud: I will help you… my waterdrops will refresh you.
(The moon enters. He stands in the middle of the room)
Moon: It’s time to go to sleep.
Larry: Oh, I have to go home… it’s getting dark!
Small Trees 1, 2, 3: Thank you, Larry!
Larry: Good-bye, and thank you for telling me your story.
(Larry leaves )
The End
Author: Folktale from Switzerland
Adapted by K I D S I N C O
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