CHARACTERS
Alice
Mouse
Lory
Duck
Eaglet
Dodo
Lines for script
Alice:I
am so wet and soon I will catch a cold.
Mouse”Sit down all of you and listen to me! I’ll soon make you
dry enough!”I will now read the whole constitusion.
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common
defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty
to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution
for the United States of America.
How are you getting on, my dear?
Alice:”it isn’t helping at all
Dodo:I have an ideaThe best thing to get us dry would be a caucus-race
Alice:”what is a Caucus-race”
Dodo:”The best way to explain it is to do it. One two three and away.
The race is over.”
Everyone:[panting]”but who one. And who is supposed to hand out the
prizes”
Dodo: why Alice of course
Everyone: prizes prizes!!!!
Alice: perfact there is just enough for everyone.I think[counts]
Mouse:she needs a prize herself you know
Dodo:Of course what else do you have in your pocket?
Alice:just a thimble[sadly]defgf
Dodo:Hand it over here.[croud around]
Everyone:we beg your acceptance of this thimble[cheer and laugh]
Alice:[bowsand takes the thimble ] the next thing is to eat the comfits.[noise]
Large birds:[complaining] I can’t taste mine
Small birds: choked [cough]
Everyone [sits in a ring] Please tell us more.
Mouse: Mine is a long and a sad tale.[turns to alice and sighs]
Alice: It is a long tail certaintly.[looking at his tail] but why do you call it sad? I thought a tale is something like this:”
"Fury
said to
a mouse, That
he met in the
house, `Let
us both go
to law: I
will prose-
cute you.
Come, I'll
take no de-
nial; We
must have
a trial:
For really
this morn-
ing I've
nothing
to do.'
Said the
mouse to
the cur,
`Such a
trial, dear
Sir, With
no jury
or judge,
would
be wast-
ing our
breath.'
`I'll be
judge,
I'll be
jury,'
Said
cun-
ning
old
try
the
whole
cause,
and
con-
demn
you to
death:"
Alice:I
beg your pardon you had got to the fifth bend I think.
Mouse: I had not.
Alice:A knot. Oh do let me help undo it.
Mouse: I shall do nothing of the sort.[walk away]You insult me by talking
such nonsence!
Alice:I did not mean it![pleading]your so easily affended you know.
Mouse:[growls]
Alice: please come back and finish your story[calling]
Everyone:yes please do.
Mouse:[shakes head and walks quicker]
Lori:what
a pity
Mouse is off stage
Lori: ah my dear! Let this be a lesson to you never to lose your temper!
Alice: I wish I had Dinah here, I know I do.
Lory:And who is Dinah
Alice: Dinahs our cat.And she is such a capital for catching mice.I wish
you could see her after the birds!why she’ll eat a little bird as
soon as she looks at it.[the birdas hurry off]
Canary:come away my dears!Its time you were all in bed[alice is by herself[
Alice: I wish I hadn’t mentioned Dinah[sadly].Oh poor
Dinah if I will
ever see you again.[cries].
