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Little Dramas for Primary Grades

Chapter 10: Scene—In the Meadow
By Ada M. Skinner
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A collection of brief, teacher-friendly scripts and dramatic readers intended for beginning primary grades that present simple scenes, animal fables, folk tales, and short adaptations. Each piece includes character lists, directions, and stage cues adaptable to classroom performance; selections aim to develop oral reading, imagination, and interpretive skills. Contents range from nursery dramas and moral fables to seasonal pieces and adaptations of well-known short stories and legends, offering varied roles for young children and practical material for classroom dramatization.

THE OWL AND GRASSHOPPER GREEN

Scene—In the Meadow

Grasshopper Green. Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k!

Owl. Won’t you keep quiet? I can’t sleep with your “creak, creak.”

Grasshopper Green. No, I will not keep quiet. Creak, creak, creak!

Owl. Then go away from here. Go into the grass field over there, if you must sing.

Grasshopper Green. I shall do nothing of the sort. I have as much right to sing as you have to sleep. Creak, creak! Besides, you have never done anything for me. Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k!

Owl. [To himself.] Such a saucy grasshopper green!

Grasshopper Green. Creak, c-r-e-a-k!

Owl. [Later.] Well, Grasshopper Green, you have a wonderful voice!

Grasshopper Green. I have indeed. Creak, creak, creak, c-r-e-a-k!

Owl. Now that I am awake, I love to hear you sing.

Grasshopper Green. C-r-e-a-k!

Owl. Let me give you some of the sweet honey I have here in my tree. Honey is good for the voice.

[The grasshopper goes to the owl.]

Owl. Snap!