and the Pig
Voices: Narrator 1,
Narrator 2, Farmer,
Piglet, Queen, King
Objective: ... present dramatic interpretations of experiences, stories
A Readers’ Theater Introduction
Narrator 1: Once upon a time, a poor farmer pulled his cartload
of straw home from the market.
Narrator 2: On the hay on the back of the cart, a tiny pink piglet
sat quietly.
Farmer:
I wish I had been able to sell my little piglet.
Piglet:
Nobody wanted to buy me. Sniff.
Farmer:
It’s okay, little piglet. I’ll take care of you as long as I
can.
Piglet:
You are a good farmer.
Farmer:
I’ll name you Pigmella. That sounds like a good
name for a pig.
Piglet:
Where are we?
Farmer:
That is the castle of the king and queen.
Narrator 1: It just so happened that the queen, herself, was on
the balcony of the castle.
Narrator 2: In her arms, the queen held her newborn baby
daughter. She spoke to her baby:
Queen:
You will be well taken care of. You have seven
nannies. Sniff. Sniff. What is that smell? Yuck! I
must find a nanny to change your diaper!
Narrator 1: Being in such a hurry, the queen dropped her baby
over the edge of the balcony!
Narrator 2:
The baby fell down, down, and landed on a loose
board in the farmer’s cart.
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A Readers’ Theater Introduction, p. 2
Narrator 1: The piglet sat at the other end of the board.
Piglet:
When the baby landed, I was shot high up into the air.
I landed in the princess’s cradle on the balcony!
Queen:
When I saw that my baby had turned into a pig, I
screamed. EEEEEEEEKKK!
Narrator 2: The king was sure he knew what had happened and
declared:
King:
Queen:
A bad fairy had been here. She was not invited to our
baby’s christening, so she got revenge. She turned
our baby into a piglet! Things like this happen all the
time in stories.
Sniff. Like Sleeping Beauty? Sniff.
King:
Exactly.
Narrator 1: Meanwhile, the farmer had arrived home and was
surprised when his wife found a baby girl lying in the
hay where the piglet should have been.
Farmer:
A good fairy has turned the tiny piglet into a baby girl.
Narrator 2: The two rejoiced to have the child they had always
wanted.
Farmer:
This kind of thing happens all the time in stories. Her
name shall be Pigmella.
Narrator 1: The piglet became the royal princess, Priscilla.
Narrator 2: The lives of both Pigmella and Priscilla became very
different.
Narrators: Read The Princess and the Pig by Jonathan Emmett to
see what hysterical things happen!
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