The Princess´s Ring
Characters:
Narrator
Fedko
King
Uncle
Princess
Servant
SCRIPT:
Narrator: Once upon a time there were a king and queen who had a very beautiful daughter. When the time came for her to marry, the king proclaimed that she would marry the man who could take the ring off her finger. One day a craftsman named Fedko came to see the king.
(AT THE PALACE)
Fedko: Your Majesty, I think I can take the ring off the princess’s finger.
King: Do it, and the princess is yours!
Narrator: Fedko always worked together with his uncle, a craftsman like himself, so he told him.
(AT THE SHOP)
Fedko: I wish you could think of a way of taking the ring off the princess’s finger!. It is not easy, the king keeps her under lock and key.
Uncle: We must make a clock as big as a cupboard. You will climb into it and play your pipe, and when the princess hears you she will be sure to come to see what the time is.
Fedko: Very well Uncle. Let´s get to work.
Narrator: Fedko and his uncle set to work at once, and the clock was ready before the week was up.
Fedko: I will take my pipe and climb into the clock. Uncle! lock it and go to the fair to sell it.
(AT THE FAIR)
Princess: Oh, this clock is so beautiful.
Fedko: (thinking inside the clock) I´ll start playing mi pipe.
Princess: What a beautiful music! Buy me this clock, Father, please.
King: If you want it, I will buy it for you.
Narrator: The king paid for the clock, and his servants took it to the palace and placed it in a corner of the princess’s room.
(AT THE PRINCESS BEDROOM)
Princess: I love this clock so much, that I will just sit here in front of it for the rest of the day.
Fedko: The princess is listening, I will keep playing my pipe until she gets tired and goes to bed.
Narrator: After a while the princess got tired.
Princess: It´s late, I better go to bed.
Fedko: Now that the princess is sleeping it´s time for me to get out and get the ring.
Narrator: So Fedko climbed out, went to the princess´bed and slipped the ring off her finger and then climbed back into the clock again.
Fedko: I have it! Now I will marry her.
Narrator: On the next day Fedko again started playing his pipe.
Fedko: I am so hungry! I think I will not be able to play very long.
Narrator: And the clock stopped.
Princess: What´s wrong? The clock is not playing, I have to tell me father.
(AT THE KING´S BEDROOM)
Princess: Father, something is wrong with the clock, it doesn’t play any more!
King: I’ll have the man who made it sent for, he will repair it. Servant!
Servant: Yes, my King.
King: Go to the craftsman shop and bring him to me.
Servant: Yes, my King.
Narrator: The king’s servant went to Fedko’s uncle. He came and took the clock to his house.
(AT THE SHOP)
Uncle: Fedko, get out now.
Fedko: Oh, it was about time! I am so hungry. I couldn´t stand being inside the clock anymore.
Uncle: I have some food ready, go and eat. Meanwhile I will fix the clock so that it plays without anyone being inside.
Fedko: Good Uncle. But, do you know what? I have the ring!
Uncle: Good for you!
(AT THE PALACE)
Narrator: The king then noticed that the ring was gone from his daughter’s finger.
King: What have you done to the ring?
Princess: Nothing, Father, someone must have taken it.
King: It´s impossible! Nobody has come into the palace. Servant!
Servant: Yes, my King.
King: You must proclaim throughout the kingdom that the man who has taken the ring off the princess’s finger has to come to the palace and marry her.
Servant: Right away!
Narrator: The servant did as he was told. And soon Fedko came to the palace.
King: So, you are the man who has my daughter´s ring.
Fedko: Yes, but I will not say how I got it.
King: Show it to me. I must see it.
Fedko: Here it is.
King: Very well.. It is my daughter´s ring. As I said before, now that you have the ring, you can marry the princess. Take good care of her.
Fedko: I will make her very happy, my King.
(the princess and Fedko hug)
Narrator: Soon they got married and lived happily forever and ever.
The End
Adapted by K I D S I N C O based on an Ukrainian Folktale
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