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DOG

What?

LITTLE RED HEN

Wheat. Some grains of wheat.

CAT (toDOG)

What? What did she find?

DOG

Wheat.

DUCK

What?

DOG

Wheat. Some grains of wheat.

CAT

Where?

DOG

There, there on the ground.

 

She found some grains of wheat.

DUCK

Who cares what

 

she found on the ground.

CAT

Not me.

CHORUS (ALL)

Who cares what

 

she found on the ground.

 

Scratch, scratch.

 

Pick it up.

 

Scratch, scratch.

 

Pick it up.

 

Who cares what

 

she found on the ground!

DOG

What'll you do with the wheat?

CAT

What'll you do?

DUCK

What'll you do?

LITTLE RED HEN

Plant it, of course.

 

Will you help?


LITTLE RED HEN

Now who will

 

help me eat this bread?

DOG

I will.

CAT

Me too.

DUCK

So will I.

LITTLE RED HEN

Oh, no.

 

No, you won't.

 

Not you.

 

Not you.

 

Not you.

 

None of you will eat this bread.

 

I'm going to eat it myself.

NARRATOR

And she did. And that was the story

 

of the Little Red Hen who worked

 

very hard from nine to ten. No one

 

helped the Little Red Hen. She did

 

it all by herself.

 

NARRATOR

 

FATHER

 

DAUGHTER

 

KING

 

RUMPELSTILTSKIN

 

MESSENGER

 

QUEEN

 

CHORUS

NARRATOR

Once upon a time there was a poor

 

working man who was very proud of

 

his daughter.She was a pretty child,

 

but her father thought she was the

 

most beautiful child in the world.

 

She was smart, but her father

 

thought she was the smartest child

 

in the world. She was sweet and nice

 

and kind and good, but her father

 

thought she was the sweetest,

 

nicest, kindest, and best child in the

 

whole wide world. The man loved to

 

talk about all the wonderful things

 

his daughter could do.

FATHER

She can swim like a fish.

 

She can sing like a bird.

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She can do anything.

 

Yes, she can.

 

She can bake a cake.

 

She can speak Chinese.

 

She can do anything.

 

Yes, she can.

 

And, she can spin straw into gold!

CHORUS

What? What did you say?

FATHER

She can spin straw into gold!

CHORUS

Wow!

 

Did you hear that?

 

We must tell the King.

 

Straw into gold!

 

What a wonderful thing.

 

Straw into gold!

 

We must tell the King.

 

We must tell the King.

 

What a wonderful thing.

NARRATOR

When the King heard that there was

 

a girl who could spin straw into gold,

 

he sent for her father immediately.

KING

I heard you have a daughter.

FATHER

Yes, I do. A wonderful girl.

KING

I have heard many things about her.

FATHER

Yes, my daughter is a wonderful girl.

KING

I have heard that she

 

can do many things.

 

Many unusual things.

FATHER

Yes, she can, she can.

 

She can swim like a fish.

 

She can speak Chinese . . .

KING

(ina whisper)

Yes, yes, so I've heard.

But she can do other things, unusual things.

I hear she spins straw into gold.

FATHER

Umm . . .

KING

Well?

FATHER

Umm . . .

KING

Does she or doesn't she?

FATHER

Umm . . . Umm . . .

KING

Is it really true?

 

Can she do such a thing?

 

Can she really spin straw into gold?

FATHER

Well, yes, of course,

 

of course she can.

KING

Then bring her here.

 

I must see for myself

 

if she can spin straw into gold.

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DAUGHTER

But, I can't.

 

I can't spin straw into gold.

KING

You must try

 

If you can't,

 

you will die.

CHORUS

If you can't,

 

you will die.

 

If you can't,

 

you will die.

 

You must try.

 

You must try.

 

If you can't,

 

you will die.

DAUGHTER

What am I going to do?

 

I can't spin straw into gold.

 

Oh, someone, somewhere,

 

help me please!

 

I can't spin straw into gold.

CHORUS

Someone, somewhere,

 

help her please!

 

She can't spin straw into gold.

NARRATOR

The girl sat down on the floor and

 

began to cry. Suddenly, the door

 

opened, and in danced a tiny little

 

man. He was dressed all in silver

 

from head to toe. His silver

 

stockings and silver shoes

 

sparkled when he moved. He spoke

 

to the girl in a friendly voice.

RUMPELSTILTSKIN Hi! Don't cry.

DAUGHTER

What? Who are you?