A skit on any moral value [ english project ]
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Answer:
THE UGLY DUCKLING
SCRIPT:
NARRATOR: Once upon a time on an old farm, there was a duck family, and Mother Duck had been sitting on a clutch of new eggs.
MOTHER DUCK: It was about time that my eggs hatch!. 1,2,3,4,5,6 ducklings I have!.
NARRATOR: But something was not right.
MOTHER DUCK: Mmmm, that egg didn`t hatch, and it is bigger than the rest. I don`t remember laying that seventh egg. I wonder how it got here?. Or did I count the eggs wrongly?.
NARRATOR: But before she had time to think about it, the last egg finally hatched. A strange looking duckling with gray feathers that should have been yellow gazed at a worried mother. The ducklings grew quickly, but Mother Duck had a secret worry.
MOTHER DUCK: I can’t understand how this ugly duckling can be one of mine!.
NARRATOR: The gray duckling certainly wasn’t pretty, and since he ate far more than his brothers, he was outgrowing them. As the days went by, the poor ugly duckling became more and more unhappy. His brothers didn’t want to play with him.
SIX BROTHERS: Stay away from us!. We don´t want to play with you. You are so ugly, you are not one of us!.
NARRATOR: And all the farmyard folks simply laughed at him.
PIG, COW, GOAT: Ha, ha, ha, you look so funny!. Where did you come from?. Did you get lost?. Stay away from us, you don´t belong here.
NARRATOR: He felt sad and lonely, while Mother Duck did her best to console him.
MOTHER DUCK: Poor little ugly duckling!. Why are you so different from the others?.
NARRATOR: And the ugly duckling felt worse than ever. He secretly wept at night. He felt nobody wanted him.
UGLY DUCKLING: Nobody loves me, they all tease me!. Why am I different from my brothers?. Why?.
NARRATOR: Then one day, at sunrise, he ran away from the farmyard. He stopped at a pond and began to question all the other birds.
UGLY DUCKLING: Do you know of any ducklings with gray feathers like mine?.
NARRATOR: But everyone shook their heads in scorn.
BIRDS: We don’t know anyone as ugly as you.
NARRATOR: The ugly duckling was not discouraged, and so he kept asking questions. He went to another pond, where a pair of large geese gave him the same answer.
UGLY DUCKLING: Do you know of any ducklings with gray feathers like mine?.
GEESE: We don’t know anyone as ugly as you. Don’t stay here!. Go away!. It’s dangerous. There are men with guns around here!.
NARRATOR: The duckling was sorry he had ever left the farmyard. Then one day, he reached an old countrywoman’s cottage. Thinking he was a stray goose, she caught him.
OLD WOMAN: I’ll put this in a hutch. I hope it’s a female and lays plenty of eggs!.
NARRATOR: Said the old woman, whose eyesight was poor. But the ugly duckling laid not a single egg. The hen kept frightening him.
HEN: Just wait!. If you don’t lay eggs, the old woman will pop you into the pot!.
NARRATOR: And the cat said.
CAT: Hee!. Hee!. I hope the woman cooks you, then I can gnaw at your bones!.
NARRATOR: The poor ugly duckling was so scared that he lost his appetite, though the old woman kept stuffing him with food and grumbling.
OLD WOMAN: If you won’t lay eggs, at least hurry up and get fat!.
UGLY DUCKLING: I hope someone would love me!.
NARRATOR: Then one night, finding the door open, he escaped. Once again he was all alone. He fled as far away as he could, and at dawn, he found himself in a thick bed of reeds.
UGLY DUCKLING: If nobody wants me, I’ll hid here forever.
NARRATOR: There was plenty of food, and the duckling began to feel a little happier, though he was lonely. One day at sunrise, he saw a flight of beautiful birds wing overhead. White, with long slender necks, yellow beaks and large wings, they were migrating south.
UGLY DUCKLING: If only I could look like them, just for a day!.
NARRATOR: Winter came and the water in the reed bed froze. The poor duckling left home to seek food in the snow. He dropped exhausted to the ground, but a farmer found him and put him in his big jacket pocket.
FARMER: I’ll take him home to my children. They’ll look after him. Poor thing, he’s frozen!.
NARRATOR: The duckling was showered with kindly care at the farmer’s house. In this way, the ugly duckling was able to survive the bitterly cold winter. However, by springtime, was all grown up.
FARMER: I’ll set him free by the pond!.
NARRATOR: That was when the duckling saw himself mirrored in the water.
UGLY DUCKLING: Goodness, how I’ve changed. I hardly recognize myself!.
NARRATOR: The flight of swans winged north again and glided on to the pond. When the duckling saw them, he realized he was one of their kind, and soon made friends.
SWANS: We’re swans like you!. Where have you been hiding?.
UGLY DUCKLING: It’s a long story.
NARRATOR: Now, he swam majestically with his fellow swans. One day, he heard children on the river bank exclaim…
CHILDREN: Look at that young swan!. He’s the finest of them all!.
NARRATOR: And he was very happy.
Explanation:
17 characters
Author: Hans Christian Andersen
Moral Value: Tolerance
Concept: A skit is a brief performance in which the actors impersonate various characters, events and literary genres in order to mock them.
Given: question regarding moral value
To find: skit on moral value
Solution:
Narrator : The King and the minister were once passing through a sparsely populated hilly area.
King: What do you think, ministers? How many little and large rocks would be present in this mountain?
Minister 1 : There must be 1,000 rocks there.
Minister 2: No, there needs be more than 1,000 rocks—possibly up to 10,000—to put up a mountain of such size.
King: They are only projections. What do you say, Gopal?
Minister 1: You are Majesty; there are as many rocks in this mountain as there are hairs on your head. You can rely on yourself if you have any lingering uncertainties.
King: See how clever our minister is. You must all take notes from him.
Minister 2: You are a monarch! We believe you unfairly favour Gopal. He simply compared the amount to another number without providing the accurate quantity of rocks.
Minister 1: You are, indeed, Majesty! We are unable to understand why he is your preferred minister.
King: Everyone will be aware of this. You'll have a task to complete that doesn't demand much intelligence. Whoever breaks the pearl chain first will earn a greater standing in my heart since they will have brought the most pearls.
Narrator: The other two ministers immediately begin gathering and picking up the pearls, and because of the mountain's slope, some of the pearls travelled quite a distance. The ministers also fled ahead of them, leaving the king alone.
But Gopal decided to leave with the king rather than taking the pearls after giving it some thought.
The ministers arrived the following morning with a bag of pearls.
Minister 1: Look, my Lord, I have 15 pearls. Some pearls even escaped into the nearby creek, but I put my life in danger to retrieve them. I'm deserving of the top spot in your heart.
Minister 2: You are a monarch! It has no value. From the woods that were beneath the mountain, I have gathered 25 pearls. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid your minister Gopal hasn't collected anything because your chain had just 40 peals.
King: What did he do while you two were pursuing the pearls?
Minister 2 and Minister 3: No.
King: Well, how do you think you deserve a higher position if you don't care about the safety of your king? You all went in search of pearls, but he stayed behind and walked with me on the arduous and lonesome mountain trek. Without a doubt, he is more loyal than you, and as a result, he merits the greatest position.
Narrator: As Napoleon Hill well observed, "Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every line of life." The moral of the story is that we can only acquire people's respect by being faithful to them. In addition, individuals will only want to be loyal to you if you also want to be loyal to them.
Loyalty is more significant than any material possession
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