Characters:

Storyteller —

Little Red Hen —

Neighbour — 

Big Bad Fox -

1 Chicken —

2 Chicken —

3 Chicken —

Pam the Cat —

Tug the Dog —

Chuck the Duck — 

Music: Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are.
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are.

Scene 1

Storyteller: Once upon a time there lived a little red Hen in a little house in the wood. She has pretty, and hard-working children who help their mother very much. Every morning Jen the Hen wakes up very early and cleans her house and the yard very thoroughly.

“ Chook, chook, chook, chook, chook,

Good morning Mrs. Hen!

How many chickens have you got?”

Hen: Madam, I’ve got three of them.

One of them is yellow.

One of them is brown.

And one of them is speckled red,

The nicest in the town”.

Hen: Oh, but it’s already seven o’clock. It’s time to get up.

(Goes to her children and sings)

Song: Are you sleeping?

Are you sleeping, children dear, children dear?

Morning bells are ringing,

Morning bells are ringing: ding, dong, dong!

Ding, ding, dong!

Chickens: Yes, Mummy, we are getting up!

SONG: This is the way we wash our hands, wash our hands, wash our hands,

This is the way we wash our hands, early in the morning.

This is the way we wash our faces, wash our faces, wash our faces,

This is the way we wash our faces early in the morning.

This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth,

This is the way we brush our teeth early in the morning.

This is the way we do the sports, do the sports, do the sports,

This is the way we do the sports early in the morning.

( They are doing morning exercises)

Scene 2

Storyteller: The Little Red Hen had many good neighbours and three good friends: Pam the Cat, Tug the Dog and Chuck the Duck. But they didn’t like to work and preferred to play, dance and sing all day long.

Neighbour: Good morning, Mrs. Hen.

Hen: Good morning, dear. How are you ?

Neighbour I’m fine, thank you, and you?

Hen: I’m fine, too.

Neighbour: You have got so nice children, Mrs. Hen.

Hen: Yes, they are very nice and I love them very much!

Pam the Cat: Good morning, Mrs. Hen.

Hen: Good morning, Pam the Cat!

Pam the Cat, Pam the Cat, where have you been?

Pam the Cat: I’ve been to London to look at the Queen.

Pam the cat, Pam the cat, what did you there?

Pam the Cat: I frightened a mouse under the chair.

Tug the Dog: Wow, wow, Good morning, Mrs. Hen.

Hen: Good morning, Tug the Dog.

SONG: There was a farmer, he had a dog

And BINGO was his name –o.

B-I-N-G-O

And BINGO was his name – o.

Chuck the Duck: Good morning, Mrs. Hen.

Hen: Good morning, Chuck the Duck. It’s a lovely day today, isn’t it?

Chuck the Duck: Yes, it is

Hen: We must clean the yard and then we will cook dinner. Chuck, Tug, Pam, will you help us to clean the yard?

Pam the Cat: Oh, no, I don’t want to! I want to play hide-and –seek with the Mouse.

Tug the Dog: Oh, no, I don’t want to! I want to run in the yard!

Chuck the Duck: Oh, no, I don’t want to! I want to swim in the pond!

Hen: My dear children , will you help me to clean the yard?

Chickens: Of course, we will! Let’s sing, dance and work together!

SONG and DANCE: The Chicken Dance
Boy: I’m a rooster on the farm
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Girl: I’m a happy little hen Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck cluck, cluck, cluck
Boy: There’s a comb on my head
Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Girl: I can lay you many eggs
Cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck cluck, cluck, cluck
(Both: Sing la, la, la…… when it comes to the middle part of the song )
Both: We live in a chicken coop
Boy: Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Both: On a big and happy farm
Boy: Cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Boy: I say cock-a-doodle-doodle-doo
Girl: I say cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck
Both: We can do the chicken dance
I know you’ll like it too

(Both: Sing la, la, la…… when it comes to the middle part of the song)

(They are cleaning the yard with broomsticks)

Scene 3

Storyteller: The three little chickens and their mother Hen are working very hard. Suddenly Mother Hen founds something on the ground. What is it?

Hen: Oh, Look! I’ve found a cone of wheat. I want to plant the seeds. We will have much corn and I can make a cake! Pam, Tug, Chuck! Come and help me to plant the seeds!

Pam the Cat: Mew, mew, mew. I don’t want to help you. I want to play with a Mouse.

You’re a mouse,

I’m a cat.

One-two-three,-

You catch me!

(She runs away)

Tug the Dog: Bow-wow-wow. I don’t want to help you. I want to play catch with the duck.

Chuck the Duck: Quack-quack-quack! I don’t want to help you. I want to swim in the pond!

(They are playing)

Pease porridge hot,

Pease porridge cold

Pease porridge in the pot

Nine days old.

Hen: What a pity! Children, can you help me to plant the seeds?

Chicks: Of course, Mummy! With great pleasure!

SONG: Digging, digging, this is how we dig the ground
In my garden, in my garden
Digging, digging, this is how we dig the ground
Early in the morning
Planting, planting, this is how we plant the seeds…
Hoeing, hoeing, this is how we hoe the weeds….
Picking, picking, this is how we pick the food…
Eating, eating, this is how we eat the food
From our garden…etc.

Hen: Now, children, look! We’ve got many seeds now, and we can make a nice and tasty cake. Who will help me?

Pam the Cat: Not I. I’m tired, and I want to have a little rest!

Tug the Dog: Not I. I’m tired, and I want to have a little rest!

Chuck the Duck: Not I. I’m tired, and I want to have a little rest!

DO YOUR EARS HANG LOW?

Do your ears hang low?
Do they wobble to and fro?
Can you tie them in a knot?
Can you tie them in a bow?
Can you throw them over your shoulder
Like a Continental Soldier?
Do your ears hang low?

Chickens: We want to help you, Mummy! This is the way we make a cake: SONG: HOKEY, POKEY 

You put your right foot in, You put your right foot out; You put your right foot in And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about!You put your left foot in, You put your left foot out; You put your left foot in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about! You put your right hand in, You put your right hand out; You put your right hand in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about

You put your left hand in, You put your left hand out; You put your left hand in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about!You put your right side in, You put your right side out; You put your right side in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about! You put your left side in, You put your left side out; You put your left side in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about!

You put your nose in, You put your nose out; You put your nose in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about!You put your tail in, You put your tail out; You put your tail in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about! You put your head in, You put your head out; You put your head in, And you shake it all about. You do the Hokey-Pokey, And you turn yourself around. That’s what it’s all about!

Hen: And now we’ve got the cake!Chickens: How nice it is! Wow! How tasty is the cake! I’m hungry, Mum! And I! And I!

We want to eat the cake very much!

Hen: O.K. Children. Let’s have dinner!

SONG: Help your mother lay the table

Put a fork a knife and spoon

Help your mother lay the table

Every morning , day and noon.

Pam the Cat: I’m very hungry.

Tug the Dog: I’m very-very hungry!

Chuck the Duck: And I’m very-very-very hungry!

Hen: Oh, no, my friends. You know the proverb: who doesn’t work, he mustn’t eat.

SONG:

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon,
The little dog laughed to see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Hen: Now you may go out, run and jump, swim and play. And next time you will be wiser, and remember the gold rule: Work while you work, play, while you play – this is the way to be happy and gay. All that you do, do with your might, things done by halves are never done right.

(The Cat, Dog, And the Duck are crying and going away)

(The chickens are eating at the table)

Chickens: Oh, Mummy, how tasty the cake is! Yummy-yummy!

Hen: Now, eat, my dears and go to bed. Tomorrow is a new day.

SONG: SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP

Sleep, baby, sleep, Thy papa guards the sheep; Thy mama shakes the dreamland tree And from it fall sweet dreams for thee, Sleep, baby, sleep.

Sleep, baby, sleep, Our cottage vale is deep; The little lamb is on the green, With woolly fleece so soft and clean, Sleep, baby, sleep,

Sleep, baby, sleep, Down where the woodbines creep; Be always like the lamb so mild, A kind and sweet and gentle child, Sleep, baby, sleep.

Scene 4Storyteller: At this time Big Bad Fox was hunting in the forest. He was very hungry and his little children were waiting for him to come home with some food. He comes near the house and puts his head in the window.

(Suddenly the old Fox puts his head in the window)

Fox: It smells a tasty cake and a delicious chicken! (licks his lips) Yummy-Yummy!

(The hen hides away, trembling)

Fox: Who is at home? (Sees a cake) Oh, here it is! What a nice cake I see!

(Starts eating) The hen jumps onto him and starts pecking him on his head)

Fox: Ha-ha-ha! And I also have a delicious chicken for my little foxes at home.

( The Fox catches the hen, puts her into his sack, and goes away)(The chickens come out and cry)

Chickens: The Big Bad Fox caught our Mummy and took her to his house. What are we to do?

(The Cat, Dog, Duck came in)

The Cat, the Dog And the Duck: What’s up? What’s the matter? Why are you crying?

Chickens: The Big Bad Fox caught our Mummy and took her to his house. Help us, please!

(The Cat, Dog, and Duck ran away and shout behind the screen)

TheCat, the Dog And the Duck: Let the Little Red Hen go! Run away, Big Bad Fox! Or you will get no tail!

Fox: Help! Help! Help! (He lets the Hen go)(They all return home, chicks come out too)

Hen: Treat yourselves, My dear friends to the cake! Thank you very much – you’ve saved me from the Big Bad Fox.

Pam the Cat: The cake is very tasty!

Tug the Dog: The cake is very-very tasty.

Chuck the Duck: The cake is very tasty. Now we want to help you all the time!

SONG: IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT 

If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands. (2) If you’re happy and you know it, Then your face will surely show it. If you’re happy and you know it, Clap your hands.

If you’re happy and you know it, Stomp your feet. (2) If you’re happy and you know it, Then your face will surely show it. If you’re happy and you know it, Stomp your feet.

If you’re happy and you know it, Shout «Hurray!» (2) If you’re happy and you know it, Then your face will surely show it If you’re happy and you know it, Shout «Hurray!»