THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
Cast List
Narrator 1 Narrator 2 Narrator 3 Ant 1 Ant 2 Ant 3 Grasshopper 1 Grasshopper 2 Grasshopper 3 Tree 1 Sun Wind
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The Ant and the Grasshopper
Scene 1: Meet the Ants and the Grasshoppers Setting: A field in the summer Narrator 1:
Once upon a time there was a family of ants.
Narrator 2:
All they ever did was work, work, work.
Ant 1, 2 and 3:
Work, work, work!
Narrator 3:
And there was a family of grasshoppers.
Narrator 1: Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3: Narrator 1: Narrator 2: Narrator 3:
All they ever did was play, play, play. Play, play, play! It was summer. All the sun did was Shine, shine, shine.
Sun:
Shine, shine, shine!
Narrator 1:
But all the ants ever did was work, work, work!
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3: Narrator 2:
Work, work, work. Meanwhile, the grasshoppers were sitting under a tree 1
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Narrator 3:
Because it gives shade, shade, shade
Tree:
Shade, shade, shade!
Grasshopper 1:
It is so nice and cool.
Grasshopper 2:
Let’s play ball!
Grasshopper 3:
Maybe the ants willl play with us.
Grasshopper 1:
Hey, ants! Join us!
Ant 1:
No way. We’ve got to work.
Ant 2:
You should be working, too.
Grasshopper 2:
Why?
Grasshopper 3:
It’s summer.
Grasshopper 1:
Time for fun in the sun.
Grasshopper 2:
Can’t you just feel the sun’s rays?
Grasshopper 3:
Warming everything
Grasshopper 1:
And making so much food!
Sun:
Shine, shine, shine!
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
We love you, sun.
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Ant 1:
The sun is great!
Sun:
Thanks!
Ant 2:
But the sun won’t always shine brightly.
Sun:
I won’t?
Ant 3:
No, you won’t.
Ant 1:
Seasons will change.
Ant 2:
Winter will come.
Ant 3:
Winds will blow.
Wind:
Here I am! Blow, blow, blow!
Grasshopper 1:
Yikes! It’s getting colder!
Grasshopper 2:
Let’s get out of here!
Grasshopper 3:
Let’s go inside!
Grasshopper 1:
Inside where?
Ant 1:
Don’t you have a house?
Ant 2:
A house where you can be safe and warm?
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
No
Grasshopper 2:
We forgot to build one. 3
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Grasshopper 3:
We were too busy having fun in the sun.
Ant 1:
Well, while you were having fun...
Ant 2:
we were working.
Ant 3:
So now
Ant 1, 2 and 3:
we have a house.
Grasshopper 2:
It is so nice!
Grasshopper 3:
And so big!
Grasshopper 1:
Can we stay with you?
Ant 1:
Nope.
Ant 2:
Sorry, Charlie.
Ant 3:
You have to learn your lesson.
Grasshopper 2:
What lesson?
Ant 1:
If you have to ask, you haven’t learned it.
Ant 2:
Uh-huh!
Ant 3:
Come on, ants! Let’s go back to our cozy home.
Grasshopper 3:
Those ants sure are mean!
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Grasshopper 1:
And I sure am hungry!
Grasshopper 2:
And that wind sure is cold!
Wind:
Blow, blow, blow!
Grasshopper 3:
Wind, stop it!
Wind:
I can’t stop! It’s my job. Blow, blow, blow!
Narrator 1:
Meanwhile the sun started to disappear (The sun goes away)
Grasshopper 1:
Sun, where are you going?
Grasshopper 2:
Yeah, Sun! Come back here!
Sun:
Sorry, Charlie! It’s the season when I shine on the other side of the planet!
Grasshopper 3:
What!?
Sun:
Don’t worry. I’ll come closer in about 8 months.
Grasshopper 3:
Eight months?!
Grasshopper 1:
What are we going to eat in all that time?
Grasshopper 2:
There was plenty of food in the summer.
Grasshopper 3:
But now the cold wind has blown it all away. 5
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Wind:
Blow, blow, blow!
Grasshopper 1:
Let’s go to the Ant House!
Grasshopper 2:
I bet they have some food!
Grasshopper 3:
Maybe they’ll give us some!
Narrator 2:
So the grasshoppers hopped over to the Ant House.
Narrator 3:
They knocked on the door.
Ant 1, 2 and 3:
Who is it?
Grasshoppers 1, 2 and 3:
Who do you think it is? It’s us! The grasshoppers!
Ant 1:
What can we do for you?
Grasshopper 1:
You can feed us.
Grasshopper 2:
We’re starving!
Grasshopper 3:
You put away a lot of food during the summer, didn’t you?
Ant 2:
Yes, we did.
Grasshopper 1:
Well, we didn’t.
Grasshopper 2:
And now we’re hungry.
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Ant 3:
Why didn’t you put some food away for the winter?
Ant 1:
That’s what we did.
Grasshopper 3:
We were too busy having fun.
Ant 2:
You should have done some work.
Grasshopper 1:
We know that now.
Grasshopper 2:
Will you give us some of your food?
Ant 3:
No, because you have to learn your lesson.
Grasshoppers 1, 2 and 3:
What lesson?
Ant 1:
If you have to ask, you haven’t learned it.
Ant 2:
Sorry, Charlie.
Narrator 1:
All winter long, the grasshoppers went hungry.
Grasshopper 3:
We won’t ever let this happen again.
Grasshopper 1:
We will put some food away next summer.
Grasshopper 2:
We won’t just play the summer away.
Narrator 2:
Little did they know,
Narrator 3:
the ants were listening. 7
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Ant 1, 2 and 3
They’ve learned their lesson!
Ant 3:
Let’s help them!
Ant 1:
Let’s do it!
Narrator 1:
So the ants ran over
Narrator 2:
to the grasshoppers.
Ant 1, 2 and 3:
Come inside our house.
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
Really?
Ant 2:
You can be safe and sound
Ant 3:
And we’ll give you some good food.
Narrator 3:
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So the ants and the grasshopper shared a lovely meal.
Ant 1:
You know...we’ve been thinking.
Grasshopper 1:
About what?
Ant 2:
Well, all last summer, we worked really hard
Ant 3:
And you played all summer long.
Grasshopper 2:
What’s your point?
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Ant 1:
You should not play all the time and never work.
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
We know, we know!
Ant 2:
But we were wrong, too.
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
You were?
Ant 3:
We should not work all the time
Ant 1:
and never play.
Ant 2:
Maybe we can learn from each other.
Ant 3:
What if we taught you how to work hard
Grasshopper 3:
and we taught you how to play hard?
Grasshopper 2:
Then we’d all be working hard
Ant 1, 2 and 3:
and playing hard together!
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
Great idea!
ALL:
Let’s do it!
Narrator1:
So that is just what they did.
Narrator 2:
The next summer, 9
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Narrator 3:
the ants still worked hard
Ant 1, 2 and 3:
but we also had a lot of fun.
Narrator 1:
And the grasshoppers still played
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
but we worked hard, too.
Sun:
And when the sun went away (The Sun goes away)
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Wind:
and the cold winds started to blow.
Ant 1, 2 and 3:
both the ants
Grasshopper 1, 2 and 3:
and the grasshoppers
Narrator 2:
got through the winter
ALL:
just fine!
Narrator 1, 2 and 3:
The End!