Here's the music to the song below.
(It's slower than the actual song because this was a rehearsal recording)
(It's slower than the actual song because this was a rehearsal recording)
FABLES
(a script for children to perform)
excerpt- the narrators opening
FABLES adapted and created by Marian Scadden
Aesop: Grasshopper and the Ants (You can’t play all the time)
Texas: Armadillos in the Road (Some things have to be done right quick)
India: The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit (Intelligence is more powerful than physical strength)
CHARACTERS:
Narrators:
Thanos (Greece) m
Mary Jo (Texas) f
Zahra (India) f
Grasshopper and the Ants:
Grasshopper
Sarge-Ant
Prive-Ant 1
Prive-Ant 2
Prive-Ant 3
Armadillos in the Road
Teacher f
Toby m
Johnny m
Katy f
The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit
Lion
Rabbit
Deer
Elephant
Peacock m
SETTING: For Grasshopper and the Ants, bare stage; for Armadillos in the Road, there are cardboard depictions of: bluebonnets, Mexican Hat Flowers, Mesquite tree; for The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit, bare stage.
AT RISE: All enter and sing.
ALL: (singing)
COME JOIN US AS WE GO,
‘ROUND THE WORLD—IT IS SO.
FABLES
STORIES
HEAR THE STORIES RETOLD
WATCH AND SEE THEM UNFOLD
AS WE
TELL THEM
STORYTELLING THAT ANCIENT ART
ANCIENT WISDOM WILL IMPART
CULTURES FROM EVERYWHERE
HAVE A LOAD OF TALES TO SHARE
JUST FOR YOU, WE PRESENT
VERY SPECIAL CONTENT
FABLES
STORIES
STORYTIME IS RIGHT NOW,
WE BEGIN WITH A BOW
THANK YOU
ENJOY
(exit)
THANOS, MARY JO, ZAHRA: Welcome! I am here to tell you a fable. (they look at each other)
MARY JO: Wait just a cotton-picking minute. Who are y’all?
ZAHRA: I’m Zahra, and I am here to tell an ancient fable from India. (to audience) The lion terrified the other animals of the forest--
THANOS: (interrupting) Slow the chariots. I’m Thanos and I’m supposed to tell a famous Greek fable by Aesop. (to audience) The busy ants gathered food--
MARY JO: (interrupting) Hold your horses, Buddy.
THANOS: Thanos.
ZAHRA, THANOS: And you are...?
MARY JO: I’m Mary Jo! (to audience) And I’m here to tell y'all about some armadillos on a field trip--
ZAHRA: (interrupting) Stop the elephants! (brings out a program) My name is right here. I am supposed to tell a story. (Thanos and Mary Jo also bring out programs and point to their names) Oh, I see. We are all here to tell a fable. Thanos, you go first.
MARY JO: Why?
ZAHRA: He’s listed first.
MARY JO: (pointing to program) Then I’m second.
ZAHRA: Correct. Begin, Thanos. (exits)
MARY JO: (as exiting; to Thanos) And don’t take too long. We all have our stories to tell, Buddy. (exits)
THANOS: (to Mary Jo) Thanos! (to audience) My story is an Aesop’s fable about busy ants and a grasshopper.
Aesop: Grasshopper and the Ants (You can’t play all the time)
Texas: Armadillos in the Road (Some things have to be done right quick)
India: The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit (Intelligence is more powerful than physical strength)
CHARACTERS:
Narrators:
Thanos (Greece) m
Mary Jo (Texas) f
Zahra (India) f
Grasshopper and the Ants:
Grasshopper
Sarge-Ant
Prive-Ant 1
Prive-Ant 2
Prive-Ant 3
Armadillos in the Road
Teacher f
Toby m
Johnny m
Katy f
The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit
Lion
Rabbit
Deer
Elephant
Peacock m
SETTING: For Grasshopper and the Ants, bare stage; for Armadillos in the Road, there are cardboard depictions of: bluebonnets, Mexican Hat Flowers, Mesquite tree; for The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit, bare stage.
AT RISE: All enter and sing.
ALL: (singing)
COME JOIN US AS WE GO,
‘ROUND THE WORLD—IT IS SO.
FABLES
STORIES
HEAR THE STORIES RETOLD
WATCH AND SEE THEM UNFOLD
AS WE
TELL THEM
STORYTELLING THAT ANCIENT ART
ANCIENT WISDOM WILL IMPART
CULTURES FROM EVERYWHERE
HAVE A LOAD OF TALES TO SHARE
JUST FOR YOU, WE PRESENT
VERY SPECIAL CONTENT
FABLES
STORIES
STORYTIME IS RIGHT NOW,
WE BEGIN WITH A BOW
THANK YOU
ENJOY
(exit)
THANOS, MARY JO, ZAHRA: Welcome! I am here to tell you a fable. (they look at each other)
MARY JO: Wait just a cotton-picking minute. Who are y’all?
ZAHRA: I’m Zahra, and I am here to tell an ancient fable from India. (to audience) The lion terrified the other animals of the forest--
THANOS: (interrupting) Slow the chariots. I’m Thanos and I’m supposed to tell a famous Greek fable by Aesop. (to audience) The busy ants gathered food--
MARY JO: (interrupting) Hold your horses, Buddy.
THANOS: Thanos.
ZAHRA, THANOS: And you are...?
MARY JO: I’m Mary Jo! (to audience) And I’m here to tell y'all about some armadillos on a field trip--
ZAHRA: (interrupting) Stop the elephants! (brings out a program) My name is right here. I am supposed to tell a story. (Thanos and Mary Jo also bring out programs and point to their names) Oh, I see. We are all here to tell a fable. Thanos, you go first.
MARY JO: Why?
ZAHRA: He’s listed first.
MARY JO: (pointing to program) Then I’m second.
ZAHRA: Correct. Begin, Thanos. (exits)
MARY JO: (as exiting; to Thanos) And don’t take too long. We all have our stories to tell, Buddy. (exits)
THANOS: (to Mary Jo) Thanos! (to audience) My story is an Aesop’s fable about busy ants and a grasshopper.
