4B (Teacher: Jose Gonzalez)
The Hare and the Tortoise - A Play
 Scene 1
 Narrator 1: One day the hare is talking to his friends.
 Hare: I’m an excellent runner. I run very fast. I can run faster than all the animals in
 the forest.
 Rabbit: Really?
 Hare: Of course! In the forest there are rabbits, foxes, deer and monkeys.     They
 are all slower than me. I am the fastest animal in the forest!
 Tortoise: Don’t forget me.
 Hare: You! You can’t run! You’re the slowest animal in the forest! Slower than a
 snail!
 Tortoise: If you want, we can have a race..
 Hare: What! You and I have a running race.
 Tortoise: Yes, you and I.
 Hare: OK. We can have a race at 3 o’clock this afternoon!
 Narrator 2: All the animals are very excited.
 Rabbits to the monkeys: You must come to see the race..
 Foxes to the deers: You must come to see the race.
 Animals to all the forest: You must come to see
 Animals: Everyone must come to the race.
Musical intervention (Student’s intervention)
Scene 2
Narrator 1: It’s 3 o’clock. Time for the race!
Rabbit: Ready, steady … GO!
Narrator 2: The hare runs ahead very quickly. Soon, the other animals can’t see him.
He’s running in the forest.
Narrator 1: The tortoise is walking, slowly but surely.
Narrator 2: The hare can’t see the tortoise.
Hare: He’s so slow! I can stop and wait for him.
Narrator 1: The hare sits down under a big tree to wait for the tortoise. And … he
falls asleep!
Narrator 2: The tortoise is walking, slowly but surely. He passes the sleeping hare.
Narrator 1: The hare sleeps and sleeps.
Narrator 2: The tortoise walks and walks. Soon he can see the winning post!
All the animals: Look, here comes the tortoise!
Narrator 1: The hare wakes up, but it’s too late!
Narrator 2: The tortoise is the winner!
All the animals: Hurrah, hurrah! The tortoise is the winner!
Tortoise: Yes. Slowly but surely wins the race.