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THE MOUSE AND THE GRUFFALO
Scene 1
Fox: Where are you going to, little brown mouse? Come and have lunch in my underground house.
Mouse: It’s terribly kind of you, Fox, but no----- I’m going to have lunch with a gruffalo.
Fox: A gruffalo? What’s a gruffalo?
Mouse: A gruffalo! Why didn’t you know?
He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws.
Fox: Where are you meeting him?
Mouse: Here by these rocks....
And his favorite food is roasted fox.
Fox: Roasted fox! Oh, my! Goodbye, little mouse.
Narrator: And away the fox sped.
Mouse: Silly old Fox! Doesn’t he know? There’s no such thing as a gruffalo!
Scene 2
Snake: Where are you going to, little brown mouse? Come for a feast in my log-pile house.
Mouse: It’s wonderfully good of you, Snake, but no----- I’m having a feast with a gruffalo.
Snake: A gruffalo? What’s a gruffalo?
Mouse: A gruffalo! Why didn’t you know?
He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws.
Snake: Where are you meeting him?
Mouse: Here by the lake...
And his favorite food is scrambled snake.
Narrator: A mouse took a walk through the deep dark wood.
A fox saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.
Narrator: On went the mouse through the deep dark wood.
A snake saw the mouse and the mouse looked good.
Snake: Scrambled snake? It’s time I hid!
Goodbye, little mouse.
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Narrator: And away the Snake slid.
Mouse: Silly old Snake! Doesn’t she know? There’s no such thing as a gruffalo!
Scene 3
Mouse: Oh help! Oh, no! IT’S A GRUFFALO!
Gruff: My favorite food!
You’ll taste good on a slice of bread!
Mouse: Good? Don’t call me good! I’m the scariest creature in this deep dark wood. Just walk behind me and soon you’ll see, everyone is afraid of me.
Gruff: Oh, sure! You’ll lead the way and I’ll follow after. Scene 4
Narrator: They walked and walked till the gruffalo said...
Gruff: I hear a hiss in the grass ahead.
Mouse: It’s a snake. Why, Snake, hello!
Narrator: Snake took one look at the gruffalo.
Snake: Oh dear! Goodbye, little mouse.
Narrator: And the snake slid right into his log- pile house. Mouse: You see? I told you so.
Gruff: Amazing!
Scene 5
Narrator: They walked some more till the gruffalo said...
Gruff: I hear some paws on the path ahead.
Mouse: It’s a fox. Why, hello, Fox?
Narrator: Fox took one look at gruffalo.
Fox: Oh help! Good-bye, little mouse.
Narrator: And the fox ran right into his underground house.
Mouse: Gruffalo, now you see, everyone is afraid of me!
But now my tummy is starting to rumble and my favourite food is ...Gruffalo crumble!
Gruff: Gruffalo crumble! Oh, no! Oh, my!
Narrator: But who is this creature with terrible claws and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws? He
has knobbly knees, and turned-out toes, and a poisonous wart at the end of his nose.
His eyes are orange, his tongue is black; he has purple prickles all over his back.
Narrator: And quick as the wind the gruffalo turned and fled.
All was quiet in the deep dark wood.
The mouse found a nut and the nut was good.
