The Spirit Inside The Bottle
Characters:
Father
Son
Spirit
SCRIPT:
Narrator: A long time ago there was a woodcutter who had only one son. One day he said.
Father: I have decided to use all my savings to give you a good education, so that you can have a decent and honest job which will help us survive when I can no longer work.
Boy: Thank you father. I will study hard and you will be proud of me.
Father: You will leave next week.
Narrator: The young boy went to the university where he spent there three years. One day the boy received a letter from his father.
Boy: (thinking) My father doesn`t have any money and I can`t stay here anymore. I have to go back.
Narrator: When he arrived home his father said.
Father: I don`t know what are we going to do. With the money I earned cutting wood, we can hardly survive.
Boy: Don`t worry father, I will go with you to the forest and I will help you.
Father: It`s hard work, and you`re not used to it. Besides, we only have one ax and we don`t have money to buy another one.
Boy: Why don`t you ask our neighbor to lend you his ax?
Father: That`s a good idea… and we will buy another one when we have enough money.
Narrator: Next day, their neighbor lent them an ax, and so they went to the forest to work. After lunch, the boy said.
Boy: I will take a short walk father. I`ll be back soon.
Father: Don`t take too long, we still have a lot of work to do.
Boy: I won`t.
Narrator: When he was in the deep woods, he saw an enormous oak tree. Then he heard a voice calling him.
Spirit: Help! Help! Let me out of here! I want to go out!
Narrator: As the boy was walking, he saw a bottle in the ground with a little creature inside. Carefully, he picked up the bottle.
Boy: What a strange little bottle… and the voice is coming from inside.
Spirit: Let me out! Let me out!
Boy: I will open it!
Narrator: As soon as the boy opened the bottle, the little creature started to grow, and grow, and grow, until it became a huge giant.
Spirit: Prepare yourself! I`m going to eat you! I have been here for a long time, and I am very hungry!
Boy: Wait, wait… before you do, I have to be sure that it was you who was inside the bottle…then you can eat me.
Spirit: But it was me! You saw me!
Boy: Prove it!
Spirit: How?
Boy: Get smaller again!
Spirit: Very well… then I will eat you!
Narrator: Then the giant got smaller, and smaller, and smaller, and the boy closed the bottle again.
Spirit: Let me out! If you do, I will do whatever you want me to do! Let me out! I will make you rich! I`m telling you the truth! Let me out of here!
Boy: You have to promise that you will not eat me!
Spirit: I promise.
Narrator: The boy opened the bottle, and the little creature started to grow, until it became a huge giant once again.
Spirit: Thank you!
Boy: How can you help me?
Spirit: Take this handkerchief. When you suffer an injury, cover it with the handkerchief, and it will heal instantly. And when you cover a metal object with it, the metal will turn into silver.
Boy: Go now… you are free!
Narrator: As soon as the giant left, the boy returned to where his father was.
Father: Where have you been? It`s getting dark and we haven`t finished.
Boy: Don`t worry father. I`ll do all the work.
Narrator: The boy took the ax and cleaned it with the handkerchief, and suddenly the ax turned into silver, and broke.
Father: You broke the ax! Now we have to pay for it, and we don´t have any money!
Narrator: The boy took the broken ax and saw that it had turned into silver.
Boy: Don`t worry father… I have something to tell you.
Father: What is it?
Boy: Look at it, father… this is not an ordinary ax.
Father: What do you mean? … What`s this?
Boy: It`s silver.
Narrator: Then the boy told his father about the giant.
Boy: We have to sell it, father.
Father: Let`s go to town right away!
Narrator: They sold the ax almost immediately, and bought a new one for their neighbor.
Father: Let`s go give him this new ax.
Boy: And with all this money I can go back to the university, where I will become a doctor.
Father: What about the handkerchief?
Boy: With this handherchief I will heal all my patients.
Father: I am proud of you!.
The End
By Grimm Brothers
Adapted by K I D S I N C O
Clip Art: Made by a Fourth Grader
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