Add a Little Dramatic Play to Learning
Short Fables
Play Scripts in Two Versions
present tense for ESL and advanced vocabulary
THE FARMER AND THE STORK
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Hear the Story as you read
NARRATOR
One spring day, a farmer sets a trap in his field.
FARMER
The birds are eating my seeds.
I'll get those birds!
NARRATOR
Soon, he trapped some cranes.
CRANES
Oh! Alas! Help!
FARMER
You are finished!
NARRATOR
Among the cranes, there is a stork.
STORK
Sir! Let me go!
FARMER
You are eating seeds like the others!
STORK
I am not a crane, I am a stork of good reputation.
Look at my feathers!
NARRATOR
The farmer is not moved by the stork's speech.
FARMER
I trapped you with the other thieves. You are a thief also!
NARRATOR
Then the farmer kills not only the cranes,
but also the unlucky stork.
FARMER
Crane or stork, it is all the same when you are a thief.
NARRATOR
The moral of the story : If you are friends with thieves,
too bad for you.
THE FARMER AND THE STORK
by Wanda
NARRATOR
One spring day, a farmer who was annoyed by the birds who constantly stripped his fields of freshly sown seeds, set a trap to capture them.
FARMER
Those wretched birds are eating my seeds again.
I'll snare them in the middle of their feeding frenzy!
NARRATOR
Before long, he heard the door of the trap snap shut capturing
some of the nasty thieving cranes.
CRANES
Oh! Alas! Help! Let us out of here. We just wanted some food to keep us alive.
How could you deny us a little sustenance?
FARMER
You're finished! I've had enough of you lazy birds stripping my fields
and ruining my hard work!
NARRATOR
Among the cranes, the farmer found a stork.
STORK
Sir! I'm no thief. I'm innocent. I have a sore foot and can't walk very well.
Let me go!
FARMER
You are in my trap, obviously after the seeds, just like the others!
STORK
But I'm not a lowly crane. (puffing up) I'm a well- bred stork of good reputation.
Can't you tell by my plumage that I'm different?
NARRATOR
The farmer remained stone-faced and was not moved by the stork's
plea of innocence.
FARMER
I trapped you scrounging around my in my fields with the other thieves.
If you are running around with them, I can only conclude that you are a thief also!
NARRATOR
Without another thought, the farmer killed not only the cranes,
but also the hapless stork.
FARMER
Crane or stork it's all the same when you're a thief.
NARRATOR
The moral of the story : You are judged by the company you keep.
