I LEARNED MY LESSON

CHARACTERS:

NARRATOR

FARMER

WIFE

ROOSTER

HEN 1

HEN 2

HEN 3

HEN 4

MOUSE 1

MOUSE 2

MOUSE 3

 SCRIPT:

NARRATOR: Once upon a time on a farm all the animals were having fun, except for the farmer.

FARMER:  (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.

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 as to 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: 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!.

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!.

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 four 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!

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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.

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, 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 END

Author:  Popular Folktale

Adapted by:  K I D S I N C O

Moral Value:  Freedom.  Respect

 “ Never bend your head. Hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.” 

Helen Keller

– Respect is to treat others kindly without criticizing.

– Respect is to listen, attend, and treat others as we would like to be treated.

– Respect is necessary to live in peace and harmony with our friends, family, and neighbors.

– We respect ourselves when we take care of our body and our health.

– Feeling respect for ourselves helps us to do what is right even if other people tells us to go the wrong way.

– We should listen others without judging them.

– We have to learn thatwe have the same rights, even if we are different.

– It is important to learn to respect our friends and not laugh for how they look, what they like or for their culture.

– When a friend makes you feel bad or critizes you, it means that he or she doesn`t respect you.

– It is important not to get into people`s lives. Sometimes they need to be alone o have other activities where we can not go and we have to respect that.

– We have to respect our elders and our parents. They have experience and wisdom that can share with us.

– We shouldn`t make feel bad other members of our family even if what they like seems ridiculous to us.

– Respect your parents, your friends, and your teachers.

– Respect yourself. Don`t do what others tells you to do if you think that it is not right.

– Keep your promises so that other people respect you.

Respect should start with ourselves and then continue to others. 

“ I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.” 

Herbert Henry Lehman 

BEAUTY, THE BULL

CHARACTERS:

NARRATOR

IVAN

BEAUTY

OMAN

 SCRIPT:

NARRATOR: Many, many years ago in a faraway land, a sweet bull was born.  A very rich man called Ivan, named him Beauty.

IVAN: I have to feed Beauty and take good care of him.

NARRATOR: When Beauty grew up into a strong bull, he thought.

BEAUTY: My master gave me everything.  One day I would like to thank him.

NARRATOR: So one day Beauty said to his master.

BEAUTY: Master, go and look for a merchant proud of his animals, and tell him that I can pull a hundred wagons.

IVAN: Are you sure you can do it?.

BEAUTY: Yes, master.

NARRATOR: So Ivan went to visit a merchant called Oman.

OMAN: I have the strongest bull in town.

IVAN: Ha, ha, ha, you must be joking!.  I have the strongest bull in town, he can pull a hundred fully loaded wagons.

OMAN: I have to see that with my own eyes. I bet you a thousand gold coins.

IVAN: We will do the exhibition tomorrow.

NARRATOR: The merchant tied a hundred sand loaded wagons to make them heavier. When the exhibition started, Ivan got up into the first wagon, he took his whip and hit the bull.

IVAN: Come on lazy animal!.  Pull the wagons!.

BEAUTY: I´ve never done anything bad to my master, why is he insulting me?. I will not pull the wagons!.

MERCHANT: Ha, ha, ha, ha give me my gold coins!.

NARRATOR: When they went home, Beauty asked Ivan.

BEAUTY: Why are you sad?.

IVAN: I lost a lot of money because of you.

BEAUTY: You hit me with the whip, and you called me lazy.  Tell me, did I in my whole life break something?.  I have worked hard for you, haven’t I?

IVAN: Well, yes.

BEAUTY: I feel sorry for you.  Go and tell the mechant to bet again, but this time bet two thousand gold coins.  And, this time use only the words I deserve.

NARRATOR: The merchant agreed and thought he would win again.  Next day everything was ready.  When it was time for Beauty to pull the wagons, Ivan said.

NARRATOR: Beauty obeyed immediately and pulled the hundred wagons.

OMAN: What!.  I can´t believe he did it.  I will have to pay Ivan two thousand gold coins.

NARRATOR: And people who watched the bull pulling the wagons ran to him to feed him and give him presents.

IVAN:  I appreciate the lesson Beauty taught me.  I have to be humble and respect others.

NARRATOR: And it was a lesson Ivan remembered his whole life.

THE END

Author: Bhutan Legend

Adapted by: K I D S I N C O

Moral Value:  Respect

“ How delicious it is to respect others”.

Anton Chejov

“ I’m not concerned with your liking or disliking me… All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.”  –

Jackie Robinson

“ Treat others as you want them to treat you because what goes around comes around” 

Author Unknown

“You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together”. 

Buddha

“ I must respect the opinions of others even if I disagree with them.” 

Herbert Henry Lehman 

“ How delicious it is to respect others”.

Anton Chejov

"To generous souls every task is noble."

Euripides

– Generosity is the ability to share what we have and what we are.

– Generosity gives us happiness because we feel good by helping others.

– Generosity is giving without expecting to receive something in return.

– We are generous when we share our toys, our food, and our time with our relatives.

– When we are generous, we share our feelings.

– We are generous when we show our kindness, our happiness, and the love we can give to others.

– We are generous when we help others.

– We are generous when we teach someone to do something we know how to do.

– It is good to be generous with our family, our friends, and with other people that needs us.

– Our teachers are generous because they share their knowledge. And our family because they take care of us and help us.

– We should always be thankful when we receive a present, an advice, or a favor.

Generosity is a Value that can become a quality. It´s sharing what we have and what we are.

“Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.”

Gibran Khalil 

“ Generosity is not giving me that which I need more than you do, but it is giving me that which you need more than I do”.

Gibran , Khalil

Playscripts:  

The Generous Customer

THE GENEROUS CUSTOMER

CHARACTERS:

BOY

WAITRESS

MANAGER

CUSTOMERS (NO DIALOGUES)

MAN (NO DIALOGUES)

SCRIPT:

ACT I – AT A SODA FOUNTAIN

(Some customers are in the soda counter sitting on stools.  A young boy approaches and sits on a stool)

WAITRESS: Good afternoon.  What would you like to eat?.

BOY: Hi.  Mmm, I don’t know. May I please have the menu?.

WAITRESS: Sure!. (She gives him the menu) Take your time. I’ll come back in a few minutes.

BOY: Yeah, thanks. (The Waitress turns around. He looks at the menu, then he takes out some money from his pocket and counts the coins.  He puts the money back in his pocket) Excuse me, miss (pointing at the menu) is this the price of a hamburger with fries?.

WAITRESS: Let me see (looking at the menu).  Yes, it is. It’s two dollars and fifty cents.

(The Boy takes out the money from his pocket and counts it again. He puts the coins back in his pocket.  The Waitress turns around and  fills in glasses of water and gives them to the other customers)

BOY: Oh. (He keeps looking at the menu) And how much would it be if I only order a hamburger with no fries?.

WAITRESS: Two dollars.

(The Boy takes out the money from his pocket and counts it again. He puts the coins back in his pocket)

BOY: Very well.   May I have a hamburger, please?.

WAITRESS: And what would you like to drink?.

BOY: Just a glass of water.

WAITRESS: Fine.  I’ll bring your order in a few minutes. (The Boy gives her the two dollars. She leaves and comes back with the hamburger and the glass of water) Here it is.  Enjoy it!.

BOY: Thanks.  It looks delicious!.

(The Waitress talks to another customer.  The Boy eats the hamburger, then he takes out the rest of the money from his pocket and leaves the coins on the counter.  He stands up and starts to leave)

WAITRESS: Good-bye.  Have a nice day and come back!.

BOY: Thanks, you too, and I will.  Bye!.

(The Boy leaves.  The Waitress picks up the boy’s dish, and she sees fifty cents on the counter.  She takes the coins and smiles)

WAITRESS: Oh, now I understand.

(The Manager enters)

MANAGER: Is there something wrong?.

WAITRESS: No.   Did you see that little boy?.

MANAGER: (looking at the door) Yes, I did.   Why?.  Was there a problem?.

WAITRESS: Oh no, not at all!.   It’s just that he had enough money to eat his hamburger with fries.

MANAGER: So?.

WAITRESS: But he didn’t have enough money for the tip, so he just order a hamburger and gave me the rest of his money.

MANAGER: You provided a good service.

WAITRESS: It’s not that.   He was generous!.

(A Man enters and sits on a stool)

MANAGER: (speaking in a low voice) Get back to work.

WAITRESS: Yes.  (The Manager leaves.  She takes the menu and gives it to the man)  Good afternoon, sir.  Would you like to try the specialty of the house?.

THE END

Author:  Unknown

Adapted by: K I D S I N C O

Moral Value:  Generosity