Readers' Theater Script
Written by: Lori Pratt (blpratt@voyager.net)
Edited by: Marcia/1st/GA ()
Book: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
by Linda Williams
The Little Old Lady Who Wasn't Afraid of Anything
Narrator 1: Once
upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything!
Narrator 2: One windy afternoon the little old lady left her
cottage and went for a walk in the forest to collect herbs and spices, nuts and seeds.
Narrator 3: She walked so long and so far that it started to
get dark. There was only a sliver of moon shining through the night. The little old lady
started to walk home.
Narrator 1: Suddenly she stopped!
Shoes: Right in the middle of the path were two big shoes.
And the shoes went CLOMP CLOMP.
Little Old Lady: Get out of my way, you two big shoes! I'm
not afraid of you.
Narrator 2: On she walked down the path. But behind her she
could hear
Shoes: Two shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP.
Narrator 3: A little farther on, the little old lady stumbled
into a pair of pants.
Pants: And the pants went WIGGLE, WIGGLE.
Little Old Lady: Get out of my way, you pair of pants. I'm
not afraid of you.
Narrator 1: On she walked, but behind her she could hear
Shoes: Two shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP
Pants: One pair of pants go WIGGLE, WIGGLE.
Narrator 2: Farther still, the little old lady bumped into a
shirt.
Shirt: And the shirt went SHAKE, SHAKE.
Little Old Lady: Get out of my way, you silly shirt! I'm not
afraid of you.
Narrator 3: On she walked, a little bit faster. But behind
her she could hear
Shoes: Two pair of shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP
Pants: One pair of pants go WIGGLE, WIGGLE.
Shirt: And one shirt went SHAKE, SHAKE.
Narrator 1: A little way on, the old lady came upon two white
gloves and a tall black hat.
Gloves: And the gloves went CLAP, CLAP.
Hat: And the hat went NOD, NOD.
Little Old Lady: Get out of my way, you two white gloves and
you tall black hat! I'm not afraid of you!
Narrator 2: On she walked, just a little bit faster. But
behind her she could hear:
Shoes: Two shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP
Pants: One pair of pants go WIGGLE, WIGGLE
Shirt: One shirt went SHAKE, SHAKE
Gloves: Two gloves go CLAP, CLAP
Hat: And one hat went NOD, NOD.
Narrator 3: By now the little old lady was walking at quite a
fast pace. She was very near her cottage when she was startled by a very huge, very
orange, very scary pumpkin head! And the head went
Pumpkin: BOO, BOO!
Narrator 1: This time the little old lady did not stop to
talk.
Narrator 2: She did not stop at all.
Narrator 3: She RAN!
All Narrators: But behind her she could hear
Shoes: Two shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP
Pants: One pair of pants go WIGGLE, WIGGLE
Shirt: One shirt went SHAKE, SHAKE
Gloves: Two gloves go CLAP, CLAP
Hat: And one hat went NOD, NOD.
Pumpkin: And one scary pumpkin head go BOO, BOO!
Narrator 1: The little old lady did not look back. She ran as
fast as she could and didn't catch her breath until she was safe inside her cottage with
the door locked.
Narrator 2: She sat in her chair by the fire and she rocked
and she rocked.
Narrator 3: It was so quiet in her cottage before the
All: KNOCK, KNOCK on the door.
Narrator 1: Should she answer it?
Narrator 2: Well, she was not afraid of anything.
Narrator 3: So she went to the door and opened it.
All: What do you think she saw?
Shoes: Two shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP
Pants: One pair of pants go WIGGLE, WIGGLE
Shirt: One shirt went SHAKE, SHAKE
Gloves: Two gloves go CLAP, CLAP
Hat: One hat went NOD, NOD.
Pumpkin: And one scary pumpkin head go BOO, BOO!
Little Old Lady: I'm not afraid of you. What do you want
anyway?
All: We've come to scare you.
Little Old Lady: You can't scare me!
Pumpkin: Then what's to become of us?
Narrator 1: The pumpkin head suddenly looked unhappy.
Little Old Lady: I have an idea.
Narrator 2: She whispered into the pumpkin's ear. The pumpkin
nodded and its face seemed to brighten.
Narrator 3: The little old lady said good night, closed the
door, and whistled on her way to bed.
Narrator 1: The next morning she woke up early. She went to
her window and looked out into her garden.
All: And what do you think she saw?
Shoes: Two shoes go CLOMP, CLOMP
Pants: One pair of pants go WIGGLE, WIGGLE
Shirt: One shirt go SHAKE, SHAKE
Gloves: Two gloves go CLAP, CLAP
Hat: One hat go NOD, NOD.
Pumpkin: And one very scary pumpkin head go BOO, BOO.
All Narrators: And he went out into the field to scare the
crows away!
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