Puppet Play
Forgive Fast Puppet Play © Jenny Jenkins 2015 https://sites.google.com/site/valueslessons Each puppet play on this website uses the same 3 puppets.
Use 'Muppet' TM type puppets with mouths you can open from inside, 1 larger headed mother, and 2 boys, one good and one naughty. Rename them, perhaps for their colour.
Or make Sock Puppets See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-mfUBQE3_s or Paper-bag Puppets -See: https://youtu.be/R-NmTMum-6I
For a simple Puppet theatre drape a piece of fabric or a sheet over a tight piece of string between 2 chairs or in an open doorway, or duck down behind a long sofa or couch.
(Blue and Mum pop up.)
Blue I hate Yellow! I wish I didn’t have a brother! I’m gonna kill him!
Mum Blue! What a horrible thing to say! Yellow is a good brother.
Blue He used to be, but not any more.
Mum Why? What happened?
Blue While we were down at the mall getting things for my party, he stole my two best birthday presents.
Mum I don’t believe it!
Blue It’s true! He stole my watch from off the windowsill, and my new bike too.
Mum Yellow doesn’t steal.
Blue Yeah, right! He’s probably jealous cos he hasn’t got a bike.
Mum Stop jumping to conclusions, Blue. You shouldn’t blame people until you hear their side of the story.
Blue I hate him! I’m gonna kill him!
Mum You will do no such thing! Even if he has taken what belongs to you, Blue, hurting him is not going to make things any better.
Blue It’ll make me feel better.
Mum You need to talk to him and find out what’s going on.
Blue He can talk to my fist.
Mum Blue! If he's done wrong, you must forgive him.
Blue Why should I? I hate him.
Mum Have you ever done anything that made Yellow angry?
Blue Course not!
Mum Are you sure?
Blue Well, there was that time I tried to ride his skateboard along the railway track and a train came and ran it over.
Mum And did Yellow forgive you?
Blue Ummm.
Mum Did Yellow forgive you?
Blue I guess.
Mum And who gave you the watch for your birthday anyhow.
Blue Ummm, Yellow did.
Mum Then why would he want to steal it?
Blue Dunno. Maybe I better find out what happened first, and then kill him.
Mum You need to forgive him, Blue.
Blue I’ll do that last.
(Yellow pops up)
Yellow Hi everyone. Happy Birthday Blue. Here’s your present. I got it back for you.
Blue My watch! What do you mean got it back? You stole it off me! And where’s my bike, you rotten little thief!
Yellow No, Blue, a magpie stole your watch! I heard a noise in your bedroom. When I went in, I saw a magpie grab your watch off the windowsill and fly off with it in its beak.
Blue Yeah, right.
Yellow It’s true. I ran outside, jumped on your bike and followed it. It flew past the school and into a tall pine tree.
Mum Magpies do steal bright things. What happened next Yellow?
Yellow I climbed the pine tree, way up high, and crawled along a branch to it’s nest. It kept dive-bombing me.
Mum Oh, Yellow. How dangerous!
Blue Scary!
Yellow When I got to the nest, there was your watch. Here.
Blue Thanks. Umm...
Mum Yes, Blue?
Blue Sorry I thought you’d pinched it, and my bike too. You’re a cool brother.
Yellow That’s okay.
Blue And look what else I found in the nest!
Mum Car keys. They must be Mr Smith's, the teacher.
Blue He offered a fifty dollar reward for those. You’ll be able to buy a bike too!
Yellow I’ll take them over to Mr Smith now.
Blue Wanna borrow my bike?
Yellow Aren’t you scared I’ll pinch it?
Blue I’ll pinch you!
Yellow Ow! (All disappear)
Discussion Questions
1. What does it, 'jumping to conclusions' mean?
2. People who aren't honest themselves suspect everyone else of doing the same things. Do you think Blue might have ever taken others things without asking? (probably Yellow's skateboard)
3. What good values (or character qualities) did Yellow show? (initiative, kindness, bravery, self control under provocation)
4. How did Yellow 'reap what he sowed?'