Nursery Comedies. Bell Florence Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe

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СКАЧАТЬ Eveleen Eleanore Olliffe Bell

      Nursery Comedies / Twelve Tiny Plays for Children

      WHAT HAPPENED TO HENNY PENNY

      CHARACTERS

      HENNY PENNY.

      DUCKY DADDLES.

      COCKIE LOCKIE.

      GOOSEY POOSEY.

      TURKY LURKY.

      Mr. FOX.

      WHAT HAPPENED TO HENNY PENNY

      H. P. – Oh dear me! Oh dear me! What was it, I wonder? What could it have been? I must scream for help. Help! Help!

Enter Cockie Lockie

      C. L. – What's the matter? Henny Penny, what is happening?

      H. P. – Oh dear me! I don't know what it was, that is the worst of it.

      C. L. – You don't know what it was?

      H. P. – How should I, when I never saw it? It fell on to my head.

      C. L. —What fell on to your head? What a stupid hen you are!

      H. P. – I was under a beanstack pecking about, and suddenly something fell from the top of the stack on to my head. I thought at first it was a bean or a piece of stick, but now I think of it, I am sure it was something much heavier – a piece of the sky, or something of that sort.

      C. L. – A piece of the sky falling out! But, Henny, this is serious.

      H. P. – Of course! That's what I feel. That's why I screamed at once for help.

      C. L. – You see, if the sky is coming to bits, I think the Queen of England ought to know it.

      H. P. – I think she ought. Let's go and tell her!

      C. L. – Agreed! We'll start at once. I'll just crow first very loud that everybody may know something is happening.

      H. P. – Very well, and I'll cluck.

(They crow and cluck.)

      C. L. – Now, then, we can start.

(A voice outside is heard.)

      Voice. – Hullo there! Cockie Lockie! Henny Penny!

      C. L. – There's that stupid Ducky Daddles.

Enter Ducky Daddles

      C. L. – Well, Ducky Daddles, what do you want?

      D. D. – I just wanted to come and have a chat. I saw you and Henny Penny starting off for a pleasant walk together, and I thought I'd come too.

      C. L. – Ah! but this is no common walk.

      H. P. – Indeed it is not.

      D. D. – Why, where are you going to?

      C. L. – We're going to London to see the Queen.

      D. D. – The Queen! What for?

      H. P. – To tell her a most important piece of news.

      C. L. – A great piece of the sky fell out close to Henny Penny's head, and nearly killed her.

      D. D. – Dear me! That is important. The Queen ought to know it at once. I'll come with you.

      C. L. – You! Do you think you can walk so far?

      D. D. – Oh, dear, yes! Besides, I daresay, we shall find some place on the road where we can get slugs or snails, or something of that sort, in case I feel faint.

      C. L. – Very well, then, are you ready? Now we'll start.

      D. D. – Come on, then. I'll just quack first to let people know where I am.

      (Quacks. They prepare to start off arm in arm. A voice outside is heard.)

      Voice. – Hullo! Cockie Lockie! Henny Penny! Ducky Daddles!

      C. L. – Now, what is it? We shall never get off at this rate.

      D. D. – It is that silly Goosey Poosey.

Enter Goosey Poosey

      G. P. – There you are, Ducky Daddles! I've been looking for you everywhere!

      C. L. – What do you want?

      G. P. – I just wanted to see what you were doing, and have a chat. What a horrid day it is! the roads are so dry there is no walking in them.

      D. D. – Well, I am sorry I've not time to stay with you. I'm just off to London to see the Queen.

      G. P. – You, Ducky Daddles! Something very strange must have happened to make you go so far.

      D. D. – Indeed it has, and what do you think?

      C. L. – Guess what fell on to Henny Penny's head.

      G. P. – An acorn, or perhaps even a chestnut.

      D. D. – A chestnut! Oh, if that were all! No, my friend. It was a piece of the sky, a great, solid slab of blue sky, that fell clump on to the top of poor Henny Penny's head, and nearly killed her.

      G. P. – Oh, how terrible! Have you sent for the police?

      C. L. – No, we're going to London to tell the Queen. We think she ought to know.

      G. P. – Indeed she ought, and at once. I'll come with you to see what she says.

      C. L. – Very well! Only you must not keep waiting to splash about in all the puddles, then.

      G. P. – Of course not, when I'm out walking on business.

      C. L. – Very well, then, we'll start without losing any more time.

      G. P. – I'll just hiss first in case there's an enemy in the road. (Hisses.) Now, then, I'm ready.

      C. L. – Then let us start.

      (Cockie Lockie arm in arm with Henny Penny. Goosey Poosey arm in arm with Ducky Daddles. A voice outside is heard.)

      Voice. – Cockie Lockie! Henny Penny! Goosey Poosey! Ducky Daddles!

      C. L. – Dear me! We shall never get to London.

      G. P. – It's that gobbling Turky Lurky!

Enter Turky Lurky

      T. L. – Ha! ha! my friends. This is very nice. Oho! Aha! Where are you all off to so merrily?

      C. L. – Not merrily, indeed! Our business is most serious.

      T. L. – You make my feathers stand on end. What is the matter?

      G. P. – Haven't you heard? The most terrible thing has happened!

      H. P. – One half of the sky fell on me as I was sitting under a haystack, and we don't know what is going to happen next.

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