Round Rock Woman's Club the Orange Bird

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THE ORANGE

BIRD

Narr.

Many tlmes

storles

stalt

out

by saylngl

"once

upon

a

tlne.,,

That

usually

means

that

the

story

happenecl

yesterd-ay,

or

1ast

I

tceekr

oT

last monthr

or

last

des

or many

years

ago,

But

our

I'

$tory

1s dlfferent,,ft's

,'once

upon

a.

now".

Our

story

ls

about

I

d Ufrar

un1lke

any

blrd.

you

have

ever seen

or heard.

about

before.

I

I

4e's

an

orange

blrd.,

and.

hls

song

tells

all

about

h1m.

-

(blrd.

I

I

I

{POears

before

curtaln

and.

moves

around.

whlle

song

ls

sung.

)

I

qONGr

(sung

by

all

puppeteers)

I

I

Narr.

lThe

orange bird.

llves 1n

a

beautlful

tree wlth

shlny green

I

leaves

and eweet,

smelIlng

blossoms,

but

he

has

no

$riends

and.

I

hets

very

lonesoi ,::,

Maybe one reason

ls

that he doesn't

make

I

I

apy sound.s.

No

slnglngr

no

cheep,

cheeo.

cheeping,

no talklng,

_t.

the

oratrge

blrd.

thlnks wonderful. thoueirt.s

in

hJs

hee.c.

Brrt

rlobdy

else hears

a thlng.

Once

1n

a

whlle,

when

he

concentrates

lil

o,L",

hard. on hls

thlnk3.ng

,,/o"un*"

thoughts

appear

1n

the

alr

Ir

ve

hls head..

?

'

&...111ce

amd orangey

arrd"

blilowxr

but

they

only

e,trer.

one

day,

slnee ire

was

so

lone1y, the

orange

blrd.

declded

I

tb

f Iy out ln

the courrtry.

Sooi:

he came

to

a

Ilttle

h11.1-

bedlse

I

wlrlch

was

a 1ltt1e

1111

(that's

short

for rlvert ),

Besld.e

the

I

tfttfe

stream whlch was

burgllng

and

gurgllng

merrlly, there was

a

I

lfttle park

for

plcnlcs.

The

orange

b1rd.

hrew thls

was so because

I

tfrere

vras

a LlttLe

slgn

whlch salri,

,,park

for

p1cn1cs,'.

As

he

I

clme

cl-oser

to the

park

he

heard.

some slnglng,

(ralse

Curtaln)

CBOW

AND ROOSTER

DUET


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OB

(C1ap)

rnat

vrant

so

muclr

wond.erful

song,

thelr

frlend.s.

was

a

to

be

slng

They

are

wonderful

blrds"

Perhaps

lf

I thlnk

very

hard.

OB

Crow

Rooster

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Narr.

;'11

be

able

to

wlth

them.

JThlnk

hard.

wlth

hand.s

over

eyes)

(Orange

not

wr

cawr.

caw,

and.

aIr.

that

came

out

was

a

snokey

old

orange

note

n

the

alr,

and

hers

h1d1ng

away

very

qulckly

Ahi

Ah,

AhJrve

never

seen

such

an

od.d.

barl

blrdr

jcawr

cslrc

cavt,

yee.h,

r,rho

erv-cr

sar;

suci-r

ail

or.arlgey

blro,

caw.

I

rt-

oa.F

.rL:' 'i'-:i::'--;r,g:

b;ai',-

but

oiairge.aii

over

is

going

too

far.

blrds

Leave

stage)

,ohy

does

everybodylaugh

at ne?

$lhy

canf

t r

nate

some

f:clends?

aybe

1f

r

go

away

on

a

10ng,

10ng

trlp

to

a sunny

place

ln

the

outhn

f

,11

flnd

sbme

frlend.s

there.

I need.

a vacatlon

anyway.

'm

golng

to

th1'k

very

hard.

about

a

vacatlon.

(hand.s

olei.

e,:es

)

:;:'HT:ll

::I"-,"g

song),"#"""

chanee,

ffi

Llke

most

travelers

1n

thls

""ffid.ld.n,t

S'i+

fefore

he

c'me

to

a

clty. rt

was

very

ercltlng

and.

he

had.

nany

dventures

and.

some

nanow

escapes,

too.

After

h1s

flrst

day

f

explorlng

the

clty

he

was

so

tlred

he

ferl

asleep

1n

a

bor

n

an

alley.

IIe

slept

for

a

J-ong

tlme.

Then

he

woke

up.

.,//--

I

I

\Tarr

o

Rooster

1ng.

?row

e

dld

so

very

slowlyr

one eye

at

a t1ne.


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OB

Cat

OB

Cat

OB

Cat

Z

J

I

mdst have been sleeplng.

Maybe

XXHts

I'm

stlll-

sleeplng

and.

drearnlng.

Thls

ls

no

dream.

Thls ls

a

nlghtnare.

That blg,

huge smll-e

and

those

teeth,

-and.

those

whlskers,

theyrre

qulverlng

and. those

blg,

yeLlovi

eyes

and

those

very

polnty

earso

It's

a

catl

A

very

large,

overgroiln,

nenaclng,

terrlble

catt

eow,

helLo

breakfastl

ftm

ln trouble.

Bad.

Troublel

Meorv,

any

last word.s,

b1rd.1e?

f've

never

been

1n

such

terrlble

perll

before.

r

hope

you

taste

better

than

you

sound,

blrd., because

you

d.ontt

sound.

at all,

now

how.

Are

you

scared- speechless?

f've

got

to thlnk

of

sonethlngt

Meowr

thls

1s a catrs world.,

blrd., and

yourl'g

got

to conform

to

our

feIlne r{aysr

J'oll

seeo

CATS

I

SOIfG

Itlost

v1111ans

are

over

confldent

and

the

cat

was

no

exceptlon

and

wh11e

he was

bragglng

about

htnself,

the

orange b1rd.

had.

tlne

to d.o

some

lntensely

concentrated

thlnklng.

He had.

a

strnke

of

genlus,

He

thought

n

mouse.

A

t1ny,

llttle, orange ioouse.

(baloon

wlth

orange rnouse

on

1t

appears

and

squeaks)

Belng

alone

and

wlthout

frlend.s

1s

not

very much

fun, Hors

the

Vg

orange

blrd.

would" have

11ke

a

frlend.Ly

face,

It

certalnly

was

d.lscoqrag&ng

not

to

be able

to flnd

a

frlend.

Somebod.y to

thlnk

about.

He

could

only

thlnk

about

hlrnself'

and.

that

mad'e

h1m

feeL

sorry

for

hlnself

.

He

was

soooo Ionely.

He

al-most

turned.

blue,


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OB

Rooster

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Crow

but

not

qulte.

For

sud.denly,

he

reallzed

he

was

back

1n

fanl1la

urround.ln8.

Down

below

was

the

11tt1e

plcnlc

park

and

there

the rooster

and.

the

crow.havlng

a

plcnlc.

As

he

flew

d_or+n

to

hem,

he

heard.

slnglng.

(curtaln

up)

ROW

AND

ROOSTER

PICNIC

SONG

hey

look

l1ke

they

are

rr"vG

such

a

good.

tlne,

They

are

happy

and-

they

slng

wellr

too.

They laughed at

me

before

t""

I

ibut

naybe

they

are

havlng

such

a dun

tlme

1

they

wllr

forget

i

I

Ithat

f

cannot

make

a

sound.

and.

that

f

Look

a I1ttIe

pecullar

an6

I

Ffr"y

w111

1et ne

Joln

1n

on

thelr

plcnlcl

I

I

H"y,1ook,

therers

that

orange

b1rd.

aglan.

you

know,

he

Looks

pretty"

tame

and

he

rea11y

looks

klnd.

of__gU e-l

I

iYeahr

he

looks

tame

and

he

1s

klnd.a

cute,

but

I

wouldn't

mess

wlth

I

I

fstranSe

blrdsn

He

hasn't

1et

out

a eheep.

He

probably

has

I

ilarengltls

or

somethlng.

I

Rooster

iBlrd.s

don't

have

larengltlst

Here

blrdle,

herebtrdle,

eorte

heret

:l

OB

lrh"

"ooster

sald.

f

was

cute

And.

he's

ca1llng

nel

He

seem,s

to

1""

Ittke

ne

better

than

the

corw

d-oes.

I

llke

the rooster

better

too.

t-

I

Rooster;He

Looks

nlce

to me.

Come

here

b1rd.le.

I'd-

]1ke

to

touch

your

-=

l-..-

crow

lr

thlnk

he's

k1nd.

of

strange.

He

hasnlt

1et out a

peep

,

uuch

less

s1ng.

Yourd.

better

keep

away

from

that

oran8ei/' blrd..

r,ve

got

to

go

get

some

more

wood.

for our bondlre.

He1lr

Bt

least

the rooster

seens

to

l1ke

a

l1ttle.

to

let

them lrrow

I

llke them

too.

Maybe

the rooster

lf

I

thlnk

a

nlce

orange

thought.

THINK

THINK

(hand.s

L

O

V E

Y

O

U

(words

appear

over

head.)

I've

got

won't

laugh

THINK

over

eyes)

,',1

rn:

orarge

festhers.

I

thlnk

he's

;ute

and.

swe,e-Lt


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Rooster

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Crow

Rooster

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Crow

Rooster

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Crow

Rooster

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Crow

ots

Narr.

5

orange

b1rd.

ls

f,ayln8

he

loves

us.

He

wants

to

become

our frlend.

How

do

you

know he

wants

to

becone

our frlend?

He

mad,e

orange

rqord.s

that

satd,

"I

love

Pou"

I

don't

see

any

word.s.

Its

some

klnd

of a

trlck.

$one

rtw-

fangled.

trlck toy

blrd-.

Canrt

be

for real-.

Oh,

frlend

crow,

letfs

ask hlrr

to

Joln

our

plcnlc?

Are

you

out

of

your

ralnd.?

Here

we

are,

of

f

you

want

to

mess

up

the whole

afternoon

by

nlred.

up

orange

thlng-a-na-J1g

to

Joln

us,

I

d.on't

thlnk

he would

be

any bother.

on a

plcnle,

Now

lnvlt1ng that

crazy

Irm

puttlng

my

foot down.

Welre not

1nv1tlng hln

that.

Come

onr

I'm

not

1n

a

plcnlc

mood. anymorer

up

a.11

our

sturff

errd-

get

out

of

here,

and that's

Letrs

gather

I

d.o

riant to

go.

wlth

yorro

I

d.o **a4t

to be

your

fr1end.61

/

(curtaln

dorrn)

("":Yu,I**

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GA''7-a"'-'

)

/lta^'**a

So

onee

agaln

the

orange

blrd

was

aband.oned" The

crors

and

the

rooster

gathered.

up

all thelr

plcnlc

thlngs and

begr,rn

to

fly

away.

The orange blrd

couldnrt stand.

to

see

them

go,

After

al-Ir

the

rooster

had

seemeu-

to

I1ke

hlm

very

much

and

haC

wanted.

hin fcr

a frlend. So

he

splrlled-

up

lnto

the sky

and

fler.r

ln the

$ame

dlrectlon they

had

taken.

Faster

and.

faster

he

flew

untrl

he

was

way

ahead

of

the

6ther

two.

And.

then,

he

se,w

J-t..,.o,..o.

a

huge,

black

funnel

cloud....

r

r..,a'

tornado....tl,I1st1ng

and.

turnlng

and.

stoallorvlng

up every blrd., every tre.e,

everythlng

that

carne

wlthln 1t's

reach. Unless

he

could-

warn

the

rooster

and. the

crow, they

would.

fly

rlght

lnto

the

terrlbl-e

tornad'o

and

be

swallog,ed

up

by

the

vlcbous

wlnd'l

Up

to

now,

the

oran8e

blrd.


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OB

I

I

had.

only

thought

L1ttle

orange

thoughts,

I

[rad.

to be hls

blggest and

best

effort.

I

tJ

nust

save

them.

I

nust thlnk a

powerful

I

pan

d.o

1t@

I

|

11

thlnk

a

hugh

orarge

stop

I

j(crow

and rooster

enter

and

stop

qutck)

but

he

reallzed

thls

warnlng.

Hope

I

s1gn.

Bleht

nowl

Rooster

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Crow

Rooster

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Crow

Booster

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