Playscript for 10 Nasreddin Stories. Nasreddin and the coat Cast: Narrator 1 Narrator 2 Nasreddin s wife Nasreddin the Class (for noises)

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1 Playscript for 10 Stories. and the coat s wife the Class (for noises) : It s 8 o clock in the morning. s wife is in the kitchen. is upstairs. s wife:! Your breakfast s ready! Coming! THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! s wife: Oh my goodness! What was that loud noise? s wife drops the plates... CRASH!... runs into the hall. is on the floor at the bottom of the stairs. s wife: What was that loud noise? Are you alright,? Yes, I m fine, my dear. It was my coat. It fell down the stairs. s wife: But coats don t make a noise! I heard a loud THUMP! THUMP! THUMP! Well, you see, my dear, I was inside it at the time. and the meat Narrator 4 Narrator 5

2 Narrator 6 Narrator 7 the Butcher s wife Leila Hanife the Class (noises) : It s eight o clock in the morning. is in the butcher s shop. Butcher: Good morning, Good morning, butcher. Can I have three kilos of meat, please? Butcher: Here you are,. Thank you, butcher. goes home and gives the meat to his wife. Here are three kilos of meat from the butcher s, my dear. s wife: Thank you,. : goes to the door. I m going to work. Goodbye. s wife: Goodbye! Narrator 4: s wife goes outside. She sees her friends, Leila and Hanife. She calls them. s wife: Leila! Hanife! Come and have lunch with me today! I have some good meat. Leila and Hanife: Thank you. See you later. Narrator 5: comes home from work in the evening. He s hungry. Hello, my dear. Is my dinner ready? I m hungry. s wife: Yes,. Here it is. Narrator 6: s wife puts a plate of bread and onions on the table.

3 What s this? Bread and onions! Where s the meat that I gave you this morning? s wife: The cat ate it. Narrator 7 : picks up the cat and puts him on the scales. Miaow! Miaow! Mm. This is very strange! s wife: What is strange,? Well, if the cat weighs exactly three kilos, where s the meat? And if this is the meat, where s the cat? and the beggar Narrator 4 the Beggar the Class (noises) : Beggar: Beggar: Beggar: : Beggar: One day sees some water on his bedroom floor. PLOP! PLOP! PLOP! Oh dear! There s a hole in the roof. I must repair it. takes his ladder and climbs up it. He starts work. Then a beggar arrives. He calls to. Hey!! What do you want? Come down here and I ll tell you! I m busy. Come down. It s important. isn t very happy but he climbs down the ladder. Well? What do you want? I m a poor man. Can you give me some money?

4 Narrator 4: Come with me! and the beggar climb up the ladder. They sit on the roof. turns to the beggar. No! and the professor Narrator 4 the Professor the Class (noises) : A professor makes an appointment with. He wants to talk about a difficult problem. Professor: I ll come to your house at 12 o clock tomorrow. Very well, Professor. See you tomorrow. The next day the Professor arrives at s house. He knocks on the door... KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!... but nobody answers. Professor: That s strange. There s nobody at home. I ll knock again. KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Nobody answers. The Professor looks through the windows but he can t see anybody. The Professor is angry. Professor: He s not there. I ll write a message on his door. : The Professor takes a piece of chalk and writes the word... IDIOT! Narrator3:... on the door. arrives home later and sees the word on his door. Oh dear! My appointment with the professor!

5 Narrator: 4: Professor: runs to the Professor s house and knocks on the door. KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! Oh! Hello,. I m very sorry, Professor. I completely forgot our appointment. Please forgive me. I remembered it only when I saw your name on my door! and the lost key the Neighbour the Class (group 1) the Class (group 2) the Class (group 3) : Class (group 1): Class (group 2): Class (group 3): One evening s neighbour sees on his hands and knees among the cabbages. What are you doing,? I m looking for my key. I ll help you. He starts looking for the key too. There is a full moon so they can see very well. They look among... The cabbages!... and among The onions!... and among The carrots!... but they don t find the key. Where exactly did you lose your key,? In my house.

6 Then why are we looking for it out here in the garden? Because there is more light out here than in my house. and the bear hunt the Sultan the Neighbour the Class : Sultan: Sultan: : One day the Sultan invites to go on a bear hunt with him., Come with me tomorrow. I m going on a bear hunt. is afraid of bears but he can t say no to the Sultan. Thank you, Sultan. I ll be at the palace early tomorrow morning. Good! Come at 6 o clock. is away for five days. When he returns to his village, he meets his neighbour. So, what was the bear hunt like? It was fantastic! How many bears did you see? ONE? TWO? THREE? FOUR? FIVE? TWENTY? None! Then, why did you say the bear hunt was fantastic? Because when the sultan invites you to go on a bear hunt and you re afraid of bears, NOT seeing any bears IS fantastic!

7 and the crow Narrator 4 Narrator 5 Narrator 6 s wife the Class : One day brings home a piece of soap. He gives it to his wife. Here s some soap, my dear. Can you wash my shirt, please? s wife: Certainly,. I ll wash it now. s wife goes into the garden. She starts washing the shirt. Suddenly, a big black crow flies down. CAW! CAW! CAW! : It takes the soap and flies away. Narrator 4: s wife looks up and sees the bird in a tree. She s angry. s wife and class: BAD CROW! BAD CROW! BRING BACK THE SOAP! BRING BACK THE SOAP! Narrator 5: hears the noise in the garden. He runs out of the house. Are you alright, my dear? Why are you shouting? s wife: That crow took my soap! Narrator 6: looks at the crow in the tree. He smiles. Look at the colour of my shirt, and look at the colour of that bird!

8 He obviously needs the soap more than I do! and the museum guide the Museum Guide Tourist 1 Tourist 2 the Class : Museum Guide: Tourist 1: : Museum Guide: Museum Guide: Tourist 2: Museum Guide: One day is in a museum with some tourists. The museum guide shows them a pot. This pot is five thousand years old. Excuse me, but I think it s five thousand and four years old. WOW! is very intelligent. He knows more about old pots than our guide. The guide is angry. GRRRR! The guide takes them to another room. He shows them some gold coins. These coins are three thousand years old. Three thousand and four years old. WOW! is very intelligent. He knows more about old coins than our guide. The guide is angry. GRRRR! How can you know the exact date? It s very easy. You said the coins were three thousand years old when I was here four years ago! HA! HA! HA! and the woodcutter

9 the Woodcutter the Class : : One day goes to the forest. He sees his friend the woodcutter there. Hello,. What are you doing here in the forest? I want to be a woodcutter. But,, woodcutters must be young and strong. Try me! Alright. Look! There are five hundred trees in that field over there. Go and cut them down. goes away and starts cutting down the trees. CHOP! CHOP! CHOP! He comes back three days later. Hello! How many trees did you cut down? A HUNDRED? TWO HUNDRED? THREE HUNDRED? FOUR HUNDRED? All of them. It s true. There aren t any trees in the field. The woodcutter is surprised. Where did you learn to cut down trees so fast,? In the Sahara desert. But there aren t any trees in the Sahara desert. There aren t any now! and the rock

10 First Friend Second Friend the Class : : First friend: Second friend: has a lot of friends. Some of them are old and some of them are young. and his friends are in a field. They are talking. Old men are more intelligent than young men. That s true. But young men are stronger than old men. I don t agree. I am still as strong as when I was a young man. How is that possible? Explain that, please,! Well, can you see that big rock over there? Yes. When I was a young man, I tried to move it but I couldn t. I am an old man now and when I try to move it, I still can t!

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