THE ENCHANTED PRINCESS
CHARACTERS:
FARMER
ALEXANDER
ERNEST
MAN 1
MAN 2
OLD LADY
PRINCESS
SCRIPT:
NARRATOR: Once upon a time there was an old farmer who had two sons, Alexander and Ernest.
FARMER: Alexander!. Where are you, lazy boy?.
ALEXANDER: Here I am, father. I am fixing the fence.
FARMER: You should answer as soon as I talk to you!. Where is Ernest?.
ALEXANDER: I don`t know father.
FARMER: Ernest!. Where are you?. I need you!.
ERNEST: Don`t bother me, old man!. I am talking to my friends.
FARMER: I am sorry. Ernest cares for me, while you don`t. Alexander, Keep working on that fence, while I go to town.
ALEXANDER: Yes, father, I`ll keep working.
NARRATOR: While the man was going to town he thought.
FARMER: My business is not going very well, I have to do something before we go broke. Meanwhile I`ll eat in that hostel.
NARRATOR: He entered the hostel and sat down.Two people were sitting beside him, so he heard their conversation.
MAN 1: A witch took away the King`s daughter and she`s locked up in a castle. The guards are a dragon and an old lady.
MAN 2: An old lady?.
MAN 1: Yes, an old lady. The man who wishes to rescue the princess has to overcome three tests.
MAN 2: People say they are very hard.
MAN 1: And those who don`t pass the tests, are eaten by the dragon.
MAN 2: And what happens if someone passes those three tests?.
MAN 1: That man will marry the princess, will own the castle and its treasure, and the witch will die.
NARRATOR: Then the farmer thought.
FARMER: Oh, Ernest will do it!. He will pass those three tests, he will marry the princess, and he will be the king!. I am leaving, I have to buy him a sword and a horse.
NARRATOR: A few days later Ernest rode his horse to the enchanted castle. He passed through an ant nest destroying the ants. Then he drank some water from a lake where there were some little ducks. He called them, and then he treated them badly. Finally he saw a bee hive, and using his sword he destroyed it. At last, he arrived to the castle.
ERNEST: I`m finally here!.
NARRATOR: Then he knocked at the door, and started shouting.
ERNEST: Open the door!. Open this door immediately!. How do you dare do this to me?. Don`t make me wait!. It`s me Ernest, open the door or I`ll break it!.
NARRATOR: Finally, an old lady with a sweet voice opened the door.
OLD LADY: Who`s knocking?.
ERNEST: Who`s knocking?. I have been here for almost an hour!. Are you deaf old lady?.
OLD LADY: Oh no, I am not deaf.
ERNEST: I have to rescue the princess. I have to be King.
OLD LADY: Wait, wait, tomorrow morning, ha, ha, ha, you will need to go through three tests.
NARRATOR: Ernest had to sleep under a tree. Next morning the old lady came to him.
ERNEST: Now tell me!. Which are those tests?. I am not afraid of anything.
OLD LADY: Are you sure?.
ERNEST: How do you dare talk to me like that?. What do I have to do?. Who do I have to destroy?.
OLD LADY: You don`t have to destroy anybody, ha, ha, ha, I am throwing to the ground some sunflower seeds, they will be blown by the wind, and you will have to pick them up and put them inside this bag, in only an hour.
ERNEST: I have to pick up all those little seeds and put them in that bag?. Do you think I am crazy?. What kind of test is this?.
OLD LADY: I will be back in an hour, ha, ha, ha, ha.
NARRATOR: And the old lady left.
ERNEST: It`s impossible. I can`t pick up all those seeds.This is not a test!. So, I will take a nap.
NARRATOR: When the old lady returned, he proposed the second test. She threw twelve golden rings to a deep lake.
OLD LADY: You have to pick them up in an hour.
ERNEST: I am not crazy!. The water is deep and cold. I could catch a cold!.
OLD LADY: Ha, ha, ha, ha. You are not doing it very well, my dear, but, let`s do the third test. Follow me to the castle.
ERNEST: I am getting bored, but let`s go!.
NARRATOR: When they arrived to the castle, they went into a dark room. Then the old lady said.
OLD LADY: In that corner, there are three silhouettes covered with a white sheet. You will have one hour to tell me where the princess is, ha, ha, ha, ha, If your guess is right, then she will be free, but if not…
ERNEST: I don`t want to waste any time. I choose the one on the right.
OLD LADY: The one on the right, uncover yourself!.
ERNEST: Oh no!. A dragon!, No, no, no, no!. Help, help!.
OLD LADY: Ha, ha, ha, ha.
NARRATOR: A dragon chased Ernest all through the castle, until his screams couldn`t be heard anymore. A few days later Ernest´s father was talking to Alexander.
FARMER: Where is Ernest?. Why he hasn`t come back?. I know everything went right because he is strong and intelligent.
ALEXANDER: Father, let me go to the castle, maybe my brother was not very fortunate.