105三年級讀者劇場區賽

Rumpelstiltskin

Characters: Narrator(N), Father(F), Daughter (D), Queen, Rumpelstiltski( R ), Chorus

N: Once upon a time there was a poor working man who was very proud of his daughter.  She was sweet and nice, but her father thought she was the sweetest and nicest child in the world.

Father: She can swim like a fish.  She can sing like a bird. And, she can spin straw into gold!

Chorus: Wow! We must tell the Queen.  Straw into gold?  What a wonderful thing!

Queen: I heard you have a daughter who can spin straw into gold.

Father: Yes, indeed.

Queen: Then bring her here.

Father: The queen wants to hear you sing.

Chorus: It’s not true.

Daughter: What? Me? Sing?

Queen: So you are the girl who spins straw into gold?

Daughter: “Straw into Gold,” is that a new song?

Queen: I didn’t say sing, I said spin, spin.

Daughter: I can’t. Tell her, Father. I can’t spin straw into gold.

Father: Do the best you can.

N: So the Queen took the poor girl to a small dark room with straw and a spinning wheel.

Queen: Here is the straw, and there is the wheel.  You must spin the straw into gold.

Daughter:  But, I can’t.

Queen: You must try. If you can’t, you will die.

Daughter: What am I going to do? 

Chorus: What can she do?

N: The girl sat down on the floor and began to cry.  Suddenly, a tiny little girl showed up and spoke in a friendly voice.

R: Hi! Don’t cry.

Daughter: What? Who are you?

R: It doesn’t matter who I am.  But why are you

crying?

Daughter: I’m just a simple country girl, but I must spin straw into gold or tomorrow I will die.

R: I see. But what will you do for me, if I do this for you?

D: Here, take my necklace.

N: The tiny little girl took her necklace and began to spin. The next morning, the room was full of gold. 

Queen: Unbelievable! Do it again, and I’ll make you my daughter.

Daughter: (To the audience) But I don’t want to be a daughter of a greedy and brutal mother like her.

Chorus: She doesn’t want to be a princess.

N: In a moment the tiny girl was there bouncing around the room.

D: Please, dear girl. Can you do it again? And after that, put me to sleep like I was dead for three days.

R: So you want to pretend to be dead for three days? Then what will you do for me?

D: Anything!

R: Anything? Why don’t we play a game? You must guess my name in three days; otherwise, you will return to the old and dark room.

D: How will I ever guess your name? But… all right, I’ll try.

N: The next morning, the Queen came found the room was full of gold, but the daughter was put to sleep like she was dead.

N: At first, her father was very sad and regretted what he had done, but then he was very happy that his daughter was alive.

Chorus: You have three days to guess her name.  Three days, three days.

N: On the evening of the second day, the little girl came and listened to the daughter guess her name. Finally, she said

R: I will give you a clue.  It starts with R.

D: Rainbow?

R:No.

D: Ruby? Rebecca? Rachel?

R: No. No. No.

N: On the afternoon of the third day, her father said he heard a strange sound in the deep forest.

F: While I was working in the deep forest. I saw a strange tiny girl sing to herself, which started like this,

Chorus: “ Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll win the game. Nobody knows my name. I’m called Rumplestiltskin.” Father: It’s Rumplestiltskin. Rumplestiltskin.

D: That’s it.  It must be her.

R: Today’s the day! I will win the game.

N: The father and daughter wait for Rumpelstiltskin.

R: Your time is up.  Have you, ha ha ha ha, guessed my name?

D: There are so many names that start with R.

R: Of course, they are.

D: RUM-PEL-STILT-SKIN.  Rumpelstiltskin.

R: What? How?

Chorus: Rumpelstiltskin is your name.

R: Oh, no! I lost the game! Yes, Rumpelstilskin is my name.

N: The little girl got so angry.  In a flash she stomped her left foot in the ground and disappeared into it forever.