PINOCCHIO
CHARACTERS:
1. GEPPETTO
2. BLUE FAIRY
3. PINNOCCHIO
4. MAN
5. CAT
6. FOX
7. BOY 1
8. BOY 2
9. NEIGHBOR
SCRIPT:
NARRATOR: Once upon a time there was a kind carpenter named
Geppetto.
GEPPETTO: I feel very lonely, and I have nobody to talk to. I
work all day making chairs and tables, but now, I will do
something different. Something I have never done.
NARRATOR: So he took a piece of pine wood and started making
a puppet. He worked all day carefully carving each detail.
GEPPETTO: How beautiful it is! How I wish that he were a real
boy. I have always wanted to have a son. Your name will be
Pinocchio.
NARRATOR: That night when Geppetto was sleeping, a Blue Fairy
came to his house. He stared at the puppet and said.
BLUE FAIRY: Pinnochio, it is true, you are beautiful, and with my
magic wand I will give you life.
NARRATOR: Then the puppet opened his eyes and started
moving slowly. And the fairy added.
BLUE FAIRY: Pinocchio, I want you to be a brave, honest and a
generous boy. So every time you tell a lie, your nose and your
ears will grow, and when you tell the truth, they will be normal
again.
NARRATOR: Then the fairy disappeared. Next morning, when
Geppetto woke up he heard somebody calling him.
PINOCCHIO: Father. Father
GEPPETTO: Who´s calling me?
PINOCCHIO: It’s me, Pinocchio. Don’t you recognize me?
GEPPETTO: It seems like I am dreaming. Finally I have a son!
NARRATOR: A few days later Geppetto started thinking about
Pinocchio´s education.
GEPPETTO: Pinocchio, you need to go to school.
PINOCCHIO: But, father, I want to be with you always.
GEPPETTO: So do I, Pinocchio, but you have to learn. I want you
to be an intelligent boy. I cannot teach you many things that you
can only learn in school.
PINOCCHIO: Then, I will go to school! I will study hard so that I
can have a good job and earn a lot of money.
GEPPETTO: We don’t need the money, Pinocchio. We are happy
the way we live.
PINOCCHIO: I know father, but I want to buy you a coat.
GEPPETTO: Very well, but now, go to school, it’s getting late.
PINOCCHIO: Good-bye father!
GEPPETTO: Good-bye, Pinocchio!
NARRATOR: When Pinocchio was on his way to school he heard a
man shouting.
MAN: Come in, ladies and gentlemen!. Come and see out puppet
show!
PINOCCHIO: A puppet show? Wow, puppets like me. I have to go
and see them.
NARRATOR: So Pinocchio instead of going to school, he went to
see the puppet show.
PINOCCHIO: Oh, I am so happy that I want to dance with them.
NARRATOR: And he climbed onto the stage and started dancing.
But soon he realized that they were not real puppets like him.
PINNOCHIO: I can dance and sing better than these puppets
and I don’t need strings like they do.
PUPPET MASTER: Get off my stage!
NARRATOR: Then when the audience saw that he didn’t have
strings they started shouting.
AUDIENCE: Hooray, hooray!
PUPPET MASTER: They liked him! Boy, do you want to be in our
show? You can earn a lot of money!
PINOCCHIO: No, because I have to go to school.
PUPPET MASTER: Then take these coins. You danced very well.
PINOCCHIO: Thank you, sir.
NARRATOR: And Pinocchio left the theater and started walking
to school. Then he heard someone calling him.
CAT: Well, well, well! Are you in a hurry, little boy?
PINOCCHIO: Yes, I am going to buy a coat for my father.
CAT: Oh, come on, that’s not enough money to buy a coat.
Wouldn’t you like to have more?
PINOCCHIO: Yes, but how?
CAT: That’s easy. If you plant your coins in the Field of
Miracles, a plant will grow and it will give you a lot of money.
PINOCCHIO: And where is that field?
FOX: We will take you there.
NARRATOR: So the cat and the fox, who in fact were two liars,
took Pinocchio to a faraway place.
PINOCCHIO: Is this the place?
FOX AND CAT: Yes it is. This the place where you will give us
your money!
PINOCCHIO: But you said…
CAT: I know what I said!.
FOX: Didn´t they tell you not to trust strangers?
NARRATOR: Then they took Pinocchio’s money, tied him to a
tree, and left him there all by himself.
PINOCCHIO: Help! Help! Somebody help me, please!
NARRATOR: But nobody heard him. Then the Blue Fairy
appeared but Pinochio could not tell her the truth.
BLUE FAIRY: And where did you lose the coins?
PINOCCHIO: When I was crossing the river.
NARRATOR: Then Pinocchio felt strange.
PINOCCHIO: What is happening to me? Why is my nose
growing?
NARRATOR: And he started crying.
BLUE FAIRY: I once told you that every time you tell a lie, your
nose will grow and when you tell the truth, it will shrink. Now, go
straight home and don’t stop for any reason.
PINOCCHIO: Thank you good fairy, I will never lie again. You
can be sure of that!
BLUE FAIRY: I hope so, Pinocchio.
NARRATOR: When Pinocchio was on his way home, he met two
boys that were laughing and playing.
PINOCCHIO: What is happening?
BOY 1: We are going to Fun Land.
PINOCCHIO: What kind of place is that? I never heard of that
place?
BOY 2: It’s a place where there’s a party every day! There are
no schools and no teachers.
BOY 1: Do you want to come with us?
NARRATOR: Then the Blue fairy appeared.
BLUE FAIRY: Didn’t you promise you would go to school?
PINOCCHIO: Yes, I have been there.
NARRATOR: And then his ears started changing. Now he had
donkey ears.
PINOCCHIO: Uh, uh, I am sorry. I lied again.
BLUE FAIRY: Go home, Pinnochio!
PINOCCHIO: Yes, Blue Fairy.
NARRATOR: He went home, but Geppetto wasn´t there. Then
he heard someone calling him.
NEIGHBOR: Pinocchio! Pinocchio!
PINOCCHIO: What´s wrong?
NEIGHBOR: Pinocchio, I was at the beach and I saw Geppetto
going into the water, when suddenly a big whale swallowed him!
PINOCCHIO: Let’s go, I have to save him!
NARRATOR: Both went to the beach.
PINOCCHIO: You stay here, I will go into the water and find
that whale.
NARRATOR: When the whale appeared again, it swallowed him
too. When he was inside the whale he saw Geppetto and both
hugged.
PINOCCHIO: We have to get out of here. We will burn a fire so
the whale opens its mouth.
NARRATOR: And they did. When they were out of the whale’s
mouth they swam towards the beach. Then the Blue Fairy
appeared.
BLUE FAIRY: Geppetto, your dream will come true!
NARRATOR: And the Blue Fairy touched Pinocchio with her
magic wand.
PINOCCHIO: Look at me father! I am a real boy!
THE END