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CHARACTERS:
FARMER
ALEXANDER
ERNEST
MAN 1
MAN 2
OLD LADY
PRINCESS
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SCRIPT:
NARRATOR: Once upon a time there was an old farmer who had two sons,
Alexander and Ernest.
FARMER: Alexander!. Where are you, lazy boy?.
ALEXANDER: Here I am, father. I am fixing the fence.
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NARRATOR: A few days later Ernest rode his horse to the enchanted castle. He
passed through an ant nest destroying the ants. Then he drank some water from a
lake where there were some little ducks. He called them, and then he treated them
badly. Finally he saw a bee hive, and using his sword he destroyed it. At last, he
arrived to the castle.
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NARRATOR: When the old lady returned, he proposed the second test. She threw
twelve golden rings to a deep lake.
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NARRATOR: But Alexander only took a piece of bread, and went on foot to the
enchanted castle. The journey was hard and long, and that night he decided to rest
under a tree. Next morning, when he woke up, he saw an ant nest, and many ants
were trying to rebuild it.
ALEXANDER: Oh, poor ants!. Who destroyed you nest?. Maybe it was my brother. I
will help them rebuild their nest.
NARRATOR: When he finished, he walked toward a lake to drink some water. There
he saw some little ducks swimming.
ALEXANDER: Oh, poor ducks!. You must be hungry. Take this piece of bread.
NARRATOR: The little ducks ate the piece of bread. Then he saw a bee hive on the
ground. He picked it up and put it over a tree. And he continued his journey to the
enchanted castle. When he arrived, he knocked at the door.
OLD LADY: What do you want, my dear?.
ALEXANDER: I am sorry to bother you, but I would like to rescue the princess.
OLD LADY: You can try, but if you fail, you know what will happen to you.
ALEXANDER: Yes I know, but in one of my dreams I saw a beautiful princess, and I
fell in love with her.
OLD LADY: Ha, ha, ha, ha.
NARRATOR: Then the old lady spread on the ground the sunflower seeds, and left.
ALEXANDER: Oh, I can`t gather all these seeds. They are too many!. But I will try.
NARRATOR: Forty-five minutes later, Alexander is about to give up. Then he heard a
strong noise.
The ants had come to help him.They were grateful because he helped them rebuild
their ant nest.
ALEXANDER: Thank you my good friends, the bag is full of seeds again!.
NARRATOR: Then the old lady came back.
OLD LADY: Now you have to go through the second test. Look, you have to catch
these twelve rings.
NARRATOR: The old lady threw the rings to the water.
ALEXANDER: Very good.
NARRATOR: Alexander went into the water. But it was too cold and too deep, and
he couldnt catch any. Then he saw something moving inside the water. They were
the ducks, who came to help him because he shared with them a little piece of
bread.
ALEXANDER: Thank you my good friends. Now I have all twelve rings!.
NARRATOR: When he got out of the water he went straight to see the old lady.
OLD LADY: Oh good, Alexander!. Now, follow me.
NARRATOR: The old lady explained Alexander about the third test. When he was
looking at the three silhouettes, he couldn`t figure out which one was the princess.
ALEXANDER: They all look the same.
OLD LADY: Think, Alexander, think!. Which one is the princess?.
ALEXANDER: I don`t know which one to choose.
NARRATOR: Suddenly hundreds of bees entered through the window, and flew
around the middle silhouette.
ALEXANDER: It`s the middle one!. And I hope I am right.
OLD LADY: Oh, the one in the middle, uncover yourself!.
NARRATOR: The white sheet fell to the ground, and the princess appeared.
PRINCESS: Thank you, Alexander, for rescuing me. I am glad it was you!.
NARRATOR: Then they heard the dragon escaping from the tower.
PRINCESS: Look, he is going to tell his master that I am free. Now you are the
master of this castle.
ALEXANDER: Your father must know that you are free, and we will get married.
PRINCESS: Yes, and we will live happy forever.
THE END