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A FABLE
CHARACTERS:
NARRATOR
ARTIST
CAT
FOX
SQUIRREL
BEAR
COW
DONKEY
ELEPHANT
TIGER
LION
LEOPARD
CAMEL
SCRIPT:
NARRATOR: Once upon a time an artist who had painted a small and very beautiful picture, placed it in front of the mirror so that he could see it every day.
ARTIST: The reflection in the mirror softens the image, and it makes it look twice as lovely as it was before.
NARRATOR: The artist had a cat who was very clever.
CAT: Oh, I must tell my friends what I heard .
NARRATOR: The animals, who admired the cat because he was clever and well educated, were very excited, so they asked him what a picture was.
CAT: It is a flat thing, wonderfully flat, marvelously flat, enchantingly flat and elegant. And, oh, it’s so beautiful!.
FOX AND SQUIRREL: We want to see it!.
BEAR: What is it that makes it so beautiful?.
CAT: It´s how it looks.
FOX, SQUIRREL, BEAR: Oh!.
COW: What is a mirror?.
CAT: It is a hole in the wall. You look in it, and there you see the picture, and it is so dainty and charming and ethereal and inspiring in its unimaginable beauty that your head turns round and round, and you almost faint with ecstasy.
DONKEY: Mmmm, I have my doubts. There has never been anything as beautiful as this before. It’s seems unbelievable.
FOX: Maybe you`re right.
SQUIRREL: Yeah.
CAT: I am leaving. If you don`t believe me, it`s fine. See you!.
NARRATOR: The animals forgot about it for a couple of days, but then they became curious.
BEAR: Maybe the Donkey wasn`t right after all.
FOX: What if the cat was telling the truth?. We don`t have evidence that it isn’t beautiful.
DONKEY: There`s one way to find out who is right, me or the cat. I will go and look into that hole, and then I will come back and tell you what I found.
COW: Fine, do it!.
SQUIRREL: Go right now!.
DONKEY: Good-bye my friends.
NARRATOR: But he did not know where he should stand, so he stood between the picture and the mirror. Unfortunately, the picture wasn’t reflected in the mirror, and when he returned home, he said.
DONKEY: The cat lied to us. There was nothing in that hole but a donkey. There wasn’t a sign of a flat thing visible. It was a good-looking donkey, and nothing more.
ELEPHANT: Did you see it good and clear?. Were you close to it?.
DONKEY: Yes, I saw it very clearly. I was so close to it, that I even touched it.
ELEPHANT: This is very strange. It’s your turn bear, go and look into the hole, and come and tell us what you saw.
NARRATOR: So the bear left, and when he came back, he said.
BEAR: Both the cat and the donkey have lied. There was nothing in the hole but a bear.
NARRATOR: The animals were astonished. Each of them was now anxious to find out the truth.
COW: I found nothing in the hole, but a cow.
TIGER: I found nothing in it, but a tiger.
LION: I found nothing in it, but a lion.
LEOPARD: I found nothing in it, but a leopard.
CAMEL: I found a camel, and nothing more.
ELEPHANT: Now it’s my turn. I have to know the truth!.
NARRATOR: When he came back he was really angry with all the animals, and especially with the cat.
ELEPHANT: All of you are a bunch of liars!. How can that cat be so blind?. There was nothing in the hole but an elephant!.
THE END
Author: Mark Twain
Adapted by: K I D S I N C O
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