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 by Bernice Bronson 
 
 with the members of the Looking Glass Theatre 
 
 Providence, R, I. 
 
 An Audience Participation Play 
 Kindergarten through 3rd Grade 
 
 ( YELLOW 
 (SUN 
 
 (ORANGE 
 
 (BULL 
 
 ( CREATOR 
 
 (BOY FISHING 
 
 (RED 
 
 (MOON 
 
 ( ROOSTER 
 
 (BLUE 
 (SKY WOMAN 
 
 (GREEN 
 
 (CUCKABURRA BIRD 
 (BEAUTIFUL GIRL 
 
 (PURPLE 
 (TIGER CAT 
 (MOTHER OF GIRL 
 
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 Box 2181 Grand Central Sta. 
 New York, N.Y. 10017
 
 1. 
 
 We developed this production at a time when we had absolutely 
 no funds at all, and morale was at a low ebb. The show was to tour, 
 but there would be no monies for a truck, a stage manager, stage 
 hands, a lighting technician, nor, for that matter, any equipment 
 for them to do anything with. 
 
 We had only ourselves, six actors, to create the mood, excite- 
 ment, clarity and focus that set, costumes, and lights might have 
 given us at another time. 
 
 So our costumes and properties were homemade, out of donated 
 materials, and we borrowed a ladder to give us a level change. And 
 out of this we found some kind of new birth — a new way of working 
 and touring — as unencumbered as possible. We felt as if it had 
 set us free. 
 
 Since this play came into being through group improvisation, 
 for the entire first season of touring there was never a written 
 script. We preferred this arrangement because it allowed for the 
 most spontaneous interaction between the actors and vastly different 
 audiences with active roles in the production. 
 
 Therefore, in solidifying the play into a printed form, we 
 purposely avoided setting every word of dialogue. Instead, in 
 certain sections where the actors must work things out directly 
 with the audience, there is simply a description of the action. 
 
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 The performance area is a room large enough to accomodate 
 about 200 children sitting in a circle on the floor, A "territory 
 for each of six groups is indicated by a vividly colored ground 
 cloth: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue Purple. There is a ladder 
 ec-at either end of the room, 
 
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 Each actor is the leader of his own tribe, and wears a cos- 
 tume matching one of the ground cloths. Before the play begins, 
 the six actors go to six classrooms to call for the children and 
 orient them to what is about to happen. This preparation has turned 
 out to be marvelously effective. It builds a very close relationship 
 between the children and their actor, heightening the children's 
 participation in the performance and providing a natural way to 
 indicate when the participation should start and stop. It also 
 personalizes the entire experience. 
 
 If you are not performing at a school, you can easily have 
 the ushers take the children to different areas as they come in, 
 and have the actors meet them there, rather than in the classrooms. 
 
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 2. 
 
 Each actor will have his own way of talking with the 
 children. The following is only a hypothetical sample i 
 
 ORANGE 
 Hello, What color am I dressed in? 
 
 (THE CHILDREN WILL TELL HIM) 
 That means that we're all in the orange tribe, and I'm the leader 
 of the orange tribe. And this morning we're going to a celebration 
 of all the tribes on their tribal grounds. When we get there, 
 we're going to sit on our tribal territory. And guess what color 
 that will be. 
 
 (THEY TELL HIM ORANGE) 
 You guessed right. Orange, The celebration is going to be really 
 exciting. People will dance,,, and tell stories — myths. Does any- 
 body know what a myth is? 
 
 (CHANCES ARE THEY WILL NOT. IF THEY DO, TAKE IT FROM THERE. 
 
 IF NOT — ) 
 Myths are stories about how things in the world started, or where 
 they came from. Like when you were really little, where did you 
 think the sun C2une from. ..or what did you think the moon was made 
 out of,,, or why did you think we had rain? 
 
 (IF THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY IDEAS YET, ASK A FEW MORE QUESTIONS, 
 
 IF THEY HAVE IDEAS, LISTEN TO THEM) 
 You know, at the very beginning of the world, people didn't know 
 where anything ceune from, and so they Just made up stories. Who 
 can make up a story about thunder and lightning?,,, or about where 
 animals came from, ,,,or about why birds fly? 
 
 (LISTEN TO THE STORIES) 
 In the celebration today, we're going to have stories made up by 
 the Indians who lived right here. Have you heard of Indians? 
 
 (LISTEN TO THE ANSWERS) 
 And one of the stories will be from a faraway place called Kenya 
 in Africa, Have you heard of that place? 
 
 (LISTEN TO THE ANSWERS. DISCUSS A LITTLE) 
 And some from China, 
 
 (SAME PROCESS) 
 We're going to need your help in putting on the stories. For 
 instance, in one part of the play, everyone in the orange tribe 
 is going to have to be the wind blowing. How would we do that? 
 
 (TRY OUT A FEW SUGGESTIONS) 
 The orange tribe is going to be really great. And the tribe leaders 
 are going to need your help when they dance. They are going to need 
 you to clap the rhythro, like this: 
 
 (TRY SOME CLAPPING) 
 And another thing they need you to know is a special sign, thist 
 
 (SIGN FOR "STOP") 
 Can you guess what that means? Right I It means stop. And whenever 
 we see that sign, we have to stop whatever we are doing. If we are 
 moving around, we have to stand absolutely still. And if we are 
 talking, or making another noise, we have to stop, ,, still. Let's 
 try that. Talk I 
 
 (WHEN THEY HAVE STARTED, GIVE THE STOP SIGNAL) 
 That was very good. We could try out a few more things now, but I 
 think it's time to get going to the celebration. So everybody get 
 up and come with me, 
 
 (ACTOR LEADS THEM TO CELEBRATION ROOM AND THEIR GROUND CLOTH)
 
 3. 
 
 ORANGE ( CONT. ) 
 This is our orange tribe territory. Everyone get on it and sit dovm. 
 Now I have an important secret to tell you. We have to stay right 
 here on our territory most of the time. If we go too far away from 
 it, we might lose it forever. And we wouldn't want that to happen , 
 would we? 
 
 (CONVERSATION CAN CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THE TRIBES ARE SEATED. 
 THE ACTOR MIGHT TALK ABOUT WHAT ROLE HE WILL PLAY, AND ASK THE 
 CHILDREN IF THEY CAN GUESS WHO MIGHT PLAY SOME OTHER ROLES. 
 THE ACTOR MIGHT DISCUSS WHAT ANIMAL THE CHILDREN WOULD LIKE TO 
 BECOME IN THE PART OF THE PLAY WHEN THEY GET TO BE ANIMALS, 
 HOWEVER, WHEN ALL THE TRIBES ARE SEATED, AND SOME SIGNAL IS 
 GIVEN, THE CLAPPING STARTS) 
 Oh, that sounds li)ce the signal for us to begin clapping. 
 
 (EVERYONE IN THE ROOM CLAPS A STEADY BEAT. THE ACTORS RISE 
 AND GO TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE ROOM. AS THE CHILDREN 
 CONTINUE THE CLAPPING, THE ACTORS BREAK INTO AN EXUBERANT CIR- 
 CULAR DANCE, HOOTING, CALLING, CRYING, SIGHING THEIR OWN 
 ACCOMPANIMENT. THEY END CLOSE TOGETHER, FACING EACH OTHER. ) 
 
 UNISON 
 In the beginning 
 Creator made the sun 
 
 the moon 
 
 and the stars 
 
 ORANGE TRIBE LEADER 
 (HAS AN IMPORTANT VOICE) 
 And then he made the earth 
 and everything upon the earth, 
 
 PURPLE TRIBE LEADER 
 (THE YOUNGEST ONE) 
 And then he made man, who wondered about all these things, 
 
 (ORANGE LEADER AND GREEN LEADER SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM 
 GROUP AND BEGIN A PANTOMIME) 
 
 GREEN 
 
 I think the sun and the moon used to walk together 
 
 (GREEN AND ORANGE ARE WALKING AROUND THE GROUP, "SINGING" 
 THEIR OWN ACCOMPANIMENT. THEY CONTINUE TO MIME THE STORY) 
 
 until one day they crossed a log over some mud 
 
 and the moon fell off. 
 
 Her face was covered with mud. 
 
 The sun wouldn't wait. He went on ahead. 
 
 The moon is still hoping to catch up with him. And she still 
 
 has a dirty face, 
 
 (THE TRIBE LEADERS TAKE ONE LAST LOOK AT THE DIRTY FACE, AND 
 THEN GO TO SIT WITH THEIR TRIBES. IT IS HELPFUL FOR THEM TO 
 BE THERE WHENEVER POSSIBLE. PURPLE, HOWEVER, REMAINS IN THE 
 CENTER. ) 
 
 PURPLE 
 (BEGINS HER PANTOMIME) 
 I think that the moon is a big white cat. 
 And she's chasing the little mice of the night, 
 
 (CONCLUDES MIME)
 
 4. 
 
 BLUE 
 Some people say this about the sunt 
 
 (A CIRCLE IS MADE, WITH SHIMMERING HANDS) 
 They say the sun is like a golden earring, worn by a beautiful girl, 
 
 (PURPLE BECOMES THE EARRING) 
 A great bird saw it one day, and stole it. 
 
 (YELLOW BECOMES THE WHITE BIRD) 
 But it caught on a cobweb 
 that stretches between the homes of men and homes of the gods, 
 
 (ALL OTHER AVAILABLE ACTORS FORM THE COBWEB) 
 
 ORANGE 
 Thunder 1 
 
 (ALL THE LEADERS ARE BLASTED BACK TO THEIR TRIBES) 
 When the gods are angry 
 They take a stone and roll it across the floors of the heavens, 
 
 (TRIBE LEAi:S^S AND TRIBES BEAT THE FLOOR WITH THEIR HANDS. 
 
 THEN SIGNAL TO STOP) 
 They roll the stone across the floors that go from north to south 
 across the skies, Booml 
 
 (MORE FLOOR BEATS. STOP) 
 They roll the stone across the floors that go from east to west 
 across the skies, Booml 
 
 (MORE FLOOR BEATS. STOP) 
 And we say it's thunder, 
 
 (ALL I BOOM. AND MORE BEATS. STOP) 
 
 RED 
 Winds 1 
 
 High in the air 
 Winds are made by the eagles 
 Flapping their wings, 
 
 (YELLOW, ORANGE, BLUE, GREEN HAVE BECOME THE BIRD FORMATION, 
 
 BEATING WINGS THAT BLOW RED AND PURPLE) 
 
 YELLOW 
 
 Thunder is a great dragon 
 
 (YELLOW BECOMES THE DRAGON) 
 
 who swims through the water 
 
 (TRIBES AND LEADERS MAKE BUBBLE SOUNDS) 
 
 and flies through the air 
 (ALL MAKE AIR SOUNDS) 
 
 The dragon holds two huge stones. And when he strikes them together, 
 
 the lightning flashes, 
 
 (ALL MAKE FLASH SOUNDS) 
 
 and the thunder roars I 
 
 (ALL ROAR AND BEAT THE FLOOR) 
 
 The dragon chases the spirits of evil, 
 
 (HE MAKES VOCAL SOUNDS IN PURSUIT. RED BECOMES THE SPIRIT OF EVIL) 
 
 And he slays them wherever he finds them. 
 
 The spirits of evil hide in the trees, 
 
 (PURPLE, ORANGE, BLUE AND GREEN BECOME THE TREES) 
 
 But the dragon slays them. 
 
 (VOCAL PUNCTUATION FROM DRAGON AND EVIL ACCOMPANIES THE 
 DESTRUCTION, DRAGON ASSUMES A TRIUMPHANT POSE AND THE "TREES" 
 APPLAUD. THE APPLAUSE BECOMES THE ORIGINAL BEAT, AND THE 
 LEADERS SIGNAL THEIR TRIBES TO START CLAPPING AGAIN. WHEN THE 
 CLAPPING HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THE ACTORS DO A DANCE OF TRIUMPH,
 
 5. 
 
 A VARIATION OF THEIR FIRST DANCE — LANDING AGAIN IN A CIRCXE 
 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM, FACING THE TRIBES. ) 
 
 UNISON 
 And Creator made animals and men. 
 
 (ORANGE SEPARATES HIMSELF FROM THE OTHER ACTORS, WHO FORM A 
 "MOUND OF EARTH, " 
 
 ORANGE, NOW CREATOR 
 Silence.. .Darkness. • .In the beginning there was nothing. Nothing 
 but a mound of earth, 
 
 (EARTH STARTS TO HUM) 
 And Creator walked up to the mound of earth and began to mold It, 
 
 (GRADUALLY HE MOLDS EVERYONE INTO ABSTRACT SHAPES. THE EARTH 
 
 IS STILL HUMMING) 
 And Creator began to shape animals and men from the clay, 
 
 (HE DOES, EARTH STILL HUMMING) 
 All four winds of the earth, I need your help. Help me bring my 
 creatures to life. Four big breaths will blow them to life, Blowl 
 
 (ALL THE CHILDREN BLOW) 
 Two I Three I Four i 
 
 (THE HUMMING STOPS. THE CREATURES OPEN THEIR EYES AND SLOWLY 
 
 BEGIN TO MOVE BY THEMSELVES. GRADUALLY THEY DISCOVER THEIR 
 
 OWN BODIES. THEN THEY SEE OTHER PEOPLE, AND BEGIN TO MOVE 
 
 TOWARDS THEM, OCCASIONALLY MAKING SOME SOUND, ) 
 Menl Stand talll And slngl 
 
 (THE CREATURES MAKE VOCAL SOUNDS, WHICH FINALLY BECOME SINGING) 
 And build your homes I 
 
 (THE SINGING BECOMES CONSONANT, AND THEY MAKE A "PEOPLE HOUSE," 
 
 A CIRCLE, WITH ARMS RAISED, AND FINGERS TOUCHING IN THE MIDDLE, 
 
 FORMING A ROOF. ) 
 Go out over all the world, and find more earth and clay, and shape 
 it into animals and men. 
 
 (THE ACTORS GO TO THEIR OWN TRIBES, AND SAY SOMETHING TO THIS 
 
 EFFECT X ) 
 
 TRIBE LEADERS 
 
 Plump down right where you are into a little ball of earth, I'm 
 
 going to mold you, 
 
 (THE CHILDREN DO THIS EASILY. THE LEADER GOES TO EACH CHILD 
 AND SHAPES HIM. IF THE ACTORS AND CHILDREN HAVE DISCUSSED THIS 
 IN ADVANCE, THE CHILDREN MAY REMIND THE ACTOR OF WHAT CREATURES 
 THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE. IF NOT, AND THE GROUP IS SMALL AND 
 THERE IS PLENTY OF TIME, THE ACTOR CAN ASK THE CHILD WHEN HE 
 GETS TO HIM. IN OTHER CASES, THE ACTOR MIGHT SAY "TALL" OR 
 "FLAT" AND LET THE CHILDREN DRAW THEIR OWN CONCLUSIONS, OR HE 
 MIGHT SPELL IT OUT MORE, "BEAR" OR "BIRD", ETC.) 
 
 ORANGE 
 Tribe leaders over all the earth, when you have finished molding 
 all your creatures, blow the breath of life into them. 
 
 (THEY DO. .WHEN THE CREATURES COME ALIVE, THE LEADER HELPS 
 
 THEM BEGIN TO FEEL AND MOVE. FOR INSTANCE:)
 
 6. 
 
 TRIBE LEADERS 
 Yellow creatures, come alive. Open your eyes,,, 
 oreathe, ,, breathe, , , breathe,,, 
 begin to move your back and head,.. 
 Can you feel your spine?,,. 
 Move your head from side to side, , . 
 And up and down, , , 
 Try out your smile muscles, ,,Smilel Unsmile,, , Smile,, , 
 
 Unsmile,,, 
 Look at the end of your arms: hands and fingers,,. 
 
 Open them and close them. 
 What's that at the bottom of your legs? Feet. Pick them 
 up in the air. Shake them, ,, wiggle them,,, 
 
 (THIS EXPLORATION CAN GO ON AS LONG AS NECESSARY. IT IS 
 IMPORTANT, THOUGH, NOT TO ALLOW THE CHILDREN TO STAND UP 
 BEFORE CREATOR IS READY FOR THEM BECAUSE, ONCE ON THEIR 
 FEET, THEY WILL TEND TO BECOME TOO MOBILE. ) 
 
 CREATOR 
 
 Creatures all over the earth, stand tall, and walk around your 
 
 territory, 
 
 (EACH CREATURE, ACCORDING TO HIS CHOSEN SPECIES, STANDS AND 
 WALKS AROUND THE GROUND CLOTH. SNAKES HAVE TROUBLE WITH THIS, 
 ALSO FISH. TELL THEM TO WALK ON THEIR TAILS) 
 
 Now you will need homes. Build your houses, 
 
 (TRIBE LEADERS TELL THEIR TRIBES TO FACE IN TOWARD THEIR 
 TERRITORY, AND RAISE THEIR ARMS, STRAIGHT, UNTIL THEIR 
 FINGERS TOUCH SCMEONE ELSE'S FINGERS. CREATOR NOW GETS UP 
 ON ONE OF THE LADDERS) 
 
 All of my creatures upon the earth, I have gifts for you: I have 
 
 the Sun I And the moonl to travel across the skies and light 
 
 your way, 
 
 (HE PRODUCES THE GIFTS) 
 
 GREEN 
 But Creator, the Sun and the Moon are too far away, 
 
 CREATOR 
 Then I must bring them nearer, somehow, I know what we must do: 
 Tribe leaders, each one of you go to your own tribe, and have them 
 get down on their territory, and dig earth, and give it to you, 
 
 (TRIBE LEADERS TO THEIR TRIBES, THE MESSAGE IS APPROXIMATELY) 
 
 TRIBE LEADERS 
 We need earth. Get way down on the ground, and dig lots of dirt 
 for me, and put it in this giant-sized bucket, 
 
 (THEY DO) 
 Marvelous, I think we have enough now. Oops, Don't spill it. 
 Now, who can help me carry this in to Creator? 
 
 (SOMETIMES SEVERAL VOLUNTEER, SOMETIMES THE ENTIRE TRIBE) 
 Thank you very much. Now go back and sit on our territory.
 
 7. 
 
 CREATOR 
 
 (ON LADDER) 
 All my creatures upon the earth, I have seeds which I am going to 
 plant in each one of these mounds of earth, 
 
 (HE DOES) 
 Now, to make the seeds grow, every creature in the world must help. 
 Help by making growing sounds. Help sing the mountains up, 
 
 (EVERYONE MAKES A HUGE RISING SOUND AS THEY WATCH THE MOUNTAINS 
 
 RISE) 
 
 TRIBE LEADERS 
 (TO TRIBES, APPROXIMATELY) 
 Oh. Look at the mountain. Way up there. The top goes right into 
 the sky. Sit right here, I'm going to climb the mountain. And 
 when I get to the top, I'm going to wave to you, 1*11 be very high 
 up, so watch for me, I'll wave, 
 
 (THE LEADERS CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN, CALLING AND WAVING TO THEIR 
 TRIBES WHEN THEY GET TO THE TOP, THEN THEY START A KIND OF 
 JUMPING/CLAPPING CELEBRATION, WHICH TURNS INTO A VARIATION 
 OF THE ORIGINAL DANCE. THEY COME TO A CIRCLE AGAIN IN THE 
 MIDDLE OF THE ROOM, AND THEY FACE OUT TOWARDS THE TRIBES. ) 
 
 UNISON 
 The sun, the moon, and the seasons, 
 
 BLUE 
 A long time ago, before you were born, before even grandmothers 
 and grandfathers were born, the Sun and the Moon used to shine 
 together. They were brothers, and they lived together in the 
 village with their mother, 
 
 (TWO ACTORS HAVE PUT ON THEIR HEADDRESSES AND BECOME THE 
 SUN AND THE MOON, THEY STAND ON LADDERS ON OPPOSITE SIDES 
 OF THE CIRCLE, HOLDING LARGE "LOLLIPOP" REPRESENTATIONS OF 
 THEMSELVES, WHICH THEY MOVE IN UNISON IN ARCS OF RISING 
 AND SETTING. NOW BLUE PUTS ON A HEADDRESS AND BECOMES SKY 
 WOMAN, THEIR MOTHER, (WHEN SHE NARRATES SHE WILL BE REFERRED 
 TO AS BLUE, OTHER TIMES SHE IS SKY WOMAN) SHE GOES INTO 
 AN AREA THAT WILL REPRESENT THEIR HUT, AND STARTS TO PREPARE 
 A MEAL) 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 Today, for my handsome sons, my elder son, the Moon, and my 
 younger boy, the Sun, I will make a delicious feast, I have in 
 my house a basket of red berries, I also have a basket of 
 delicious brown nuts. And, buried in the ground, I have saved 
 some meat, 
 
 Gone?l 
 
 Moon, come into the house, 
 
 MOON 
 Mother's calling, 
 
 (HE INTERRUPTS HIS ARC, GIVES THE MOON STICK TO A PREVIOUSLY 
 APPOINTED "MOON HOLDER," AND CEREMONIOUSLY GOES INTO HIS HUT,)
 
 8. 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 Moon, my elder son, I would speak to you and your younger 
 brother, the Sun, Go and call him, 
 
 MOON 
 (HE STICKS HIS HEAD OUT OF THE HOUSE) 
 Younger brother. Sun, our mother's calling for us. Hurry 1 
 
 (SUN GIVES HIS SUN TO AN OFFICIAL HOLDER AND HURRIES INTO 
 THE HUT. BOTH BOW FORMALLY TO THEIR MOTHER) 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 Handsome, shining, resplendent sons. Today I would make for you 
 a delicious feast. But there is no meat in the house. So you 
 must go into the forest and catch some. Moon, take your younger 
 brother, the Sun, with you, 
 
 MOON 
 Come, younger brother, 
 
 (THEY LEAVE THE HUT) 
 Younger brother, get our spears. 
 
 (SUN DOES. MOON STARTS OFF) 
 
 SUN 
 Moon I 
 
 MOON 
 What? 
 
 SUN 
 Shouldn't we take the twine to bind up the legs? 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, I've already told you to bring along the twine, 
 
 (THEY SET OUT THROUGH THE FOREST, MOON IN THE LEAD. MOON 
 BECOMES APPREHENSIVE. THE WAY AHEAD LOOKS DANGEROUS) 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, I've led the hunt so often, I don't need to 
 this time. You lead it. You need the experience, 
 
 SUN 
 I'll do my best. Moon, 
 
 (HE TAKES THE LEAD AND THEY CONTINUE) 
 Moon, we've hunted in this part of the forest for a long time, 
 and the game has become very scarce. Don't you think we should 
 hunt over here? 
 
 MOON 
 
 We shall hunt where we've always hunted. 
 
 SUN 
 Very well. Moon,
 
 9. 
 
 (THEY GO IN THE OLD DIRECTION, BUT MOON MAKES SOME SURREPTICIOUS 
 INSPECTIONS IN THE NEW AREA) 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, lookl Tracks leading over in that direction. 
 We'd better hunt over there today, 
 
 SUN 
 An excellent idea. Moon, 
 
 (THEY FOLLOW THE TRACKS) 
 Moon, I think I see an antelope, 
 
 MOON 
 You don't see any antelope. Your eyes are very bad, younger 
 brother, 
 
 SUN 
 I roust be mistaken, 
 
 (THEY CONTINUE AFTER THE TRACKS) 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, lookl These new tracks I followed lead right 
 to an antelope, 
 
 SUN 
 You have very keen eyes. Moon, As the older brother, you should 
 have the honor of the first kill, 
 
 (MOON GOES THROUGH ELABORATE PREPARATIONS, STARTS OFF, 
 
 LOSES HIS NERVE) 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, I've done this so often before, you should go first 
 this time. You need the experience, 
 
 SUN 
 Well, I'll try my best. Moon, 
 
 (SUN AIMS.., "Hah" ,,. A DIRECT HIT) 
 
 MOON 
 (AS SOON AS SUN HAS STRUCK THE PREY, HE THROWS HIS SPEAR) 
 Hah I I got him I 
 
 SUN 
 Nice shot. Moon, 
 
 MOON 
 Tie up the legs, 
 
 (THEY PULL THEIR SPEARS OUT OF THE ANIMAL. MOON HOLDS HIS, 
 
 WHILE SUN PUTS HIS IN THE GROUND, SUN THEN TIES UP THE LEGS, 
 
 AND SLIPS MOON'S SPEAR THROUGH) 
 Slip your spear through, 
 
 (SUN DOES) 
 Lift, Ugh. 
 
 (THEY LIFT TOGETHER)
 
 10. 
 
 MOON ( CX)NT. ) 
 Ugh, Ugh, The weight is cutting into my shoulder, little 
 brother. You'll have to carry your end a little lower.,, Ugh, 
 Lower still,,, a little lower, 
 
 (SUN IS NOW IN A DEEP CROUCH AT THE REAR END OF THE BURDEN, 
 
 THEY START OUT FOR HOME) 
 We're going in the wrong direction. Turn around, 
 
 (TURNING IS A BIG UNDERTAKING, WITH SUN CIRCLING AROUND 
 
 THE MOON, THE PIVOT, THEY START OFF AGAIN. ) 
 
 SUN 
 Moon, are you sure this is the right direction? 
 
 MOON 
 You pushed me in the wrong direction. Turn around, 
 
 (THEY RE" PIVOT, AND ARE FINALLY ON THEIR WAY HOME) 
 
 BLUE 
 
 It was a very successful hunt that day, and on their way home 
 
 through the woods they met a beautiful girl, 
 
 (AN ACTRESS STEPS FORWARD AS THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL. THE 
 HUNTERS ARE COMPLETELY TAKEN WITH HER, AND THE FEELING 
 IS SO MUTUAL THAT FOR A WHILE THEY ARE ALL TONGUE-TIED) 
 
 GIRL 
 Is that yours? 
 
 MOON 
 I killed it, 
 
 SUN 
 We killed it together, 
 
 MOON 
 Would you like to touch it? 
 
 (HE GALLANTLY LEADS HER TO THE ANIMAL) 
 
 GIRL 
 Oh, Oh, he's so bigl Huge I He's a monster. You must be 
 very strong. And brave, too. Where are you taking him? 
 
 SUN 
 We live in the village. We're taking him to our mother. 
 
 Then you have no wives? 
 
 Nol 
 
 GIRL 
 
 BOTH
 
 11. 
 
 SUN 
 Do you have a husband? 
 
 GIRL 
 Oh, I live in the forest,,, with my mother, 
 
 SUN MOON 
 
 Well then you can marry one Then you can marry me, 
 of us, 
 
 MOON 
 I zun the elder brother, I am very brave, and very strong, 
 and I come from a long line of hunters. 
 
 SUN 
 Well, I'm everything that my older brother is, and I'm very 
 loyal to my family, 
 
 GIRL 
 (TO MOON) 
 I like you.,. 
 
 MOON 
 Oooooooo, you'll marry me then. She's going to marry me, 
 
 GIRL 
 (TO SUN) 
 ...and I like you... 
 
 SUN 
 Oh. HaHAHl 
 
 GIRL 
 ...but Mother has always said that she would choose my husband 
 for me. Come back tomorrow. I precise you I'll take you both 
 to her. Goodbye I 
 
 BLUE 
 The girl disappeared back into the woods, and the boys returned 
 home, 
 
 (THEY TAKE THE BEAST TO SKY WOMAN'S HUT) 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 What a mjgnificent beast I Brave sonsl Today you shall skin the 
 beast, 
 
 (THEY DO) 
 Tomorrow you shall cut it into smaller pieces, 
 
 (THEY DO) 
 And on the following day, I shall cook you a delicious feast, 
 
 MOON 
 The Sun will have to finish my work for me, I have to go back 
 to the forest.
 
 12. 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 You have to, , , 7 
 
 M(X)N 
 Mother, we both have to go back to the forest, 
 
 MOON SUN 
 
 I met a beautiful girl in the We met a very lovely girl, and 
 
 forest today, and she said I tomorrow she's going to take us 
 
 was brave, and strong, and she both to meet her mother. And 
 
 liked me very much. And to- so we have to go back to the 
 
 morrow, when I go back to the forest, 
 forest she's going to marry me, 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 But you can't both marry her,,, 
 
 MOON 
 Well, she said that she would decide to marry me tomorrow, 
 
 SUN 
 No I Her mother's going to choose between us. 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 
 Oh, I see. 
 
 Tomorrow, then, I will do your work for you, but first, ,, come, 
 
 (SHE MAKES THEM KNEEL FOR A KIND OF BLESSING) 
 The forest can be a very dangerous place. Protect each other, 
 
 BLUE 
 Early the next morning, the boys set off on their way. But 
 unbeknownst to them, the mother of the beautiful girl had set up 
 terrible enchantments in the forest to test their bravery, 
 
 (THE MOTHER SETS HER ENCHANTMENTS THROUGH A MYSTERIOUS 
 
 DANCE. THEN:) 
 
 MOTHER 
 
 Yellow tribe I Ah-rohn-ah-seetzi-too-rooi 
 (OR ANY OTHER MAGIC WORD) 
 
 You are a grove of pointed swordsj Risel Come together l Grab 
 
 hands i And point your swords towards the hunters I 
 
 (IF THE TRIBES ARE SMALL, INCLUDE ALSO THE GREEN TRIBE AND 
 THE PURPLE TRIBE. AT ANY RATE, THIS TAKES A LITTLE SUPER- 
 VISION, AND IT IS BEST TO FREEZE ALL OTHER ACTION UNTIL THE 
 SWORDS ARE SET UP. THE MOTHER JOINS THE TRIBES. ) 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, look at all those sharp swords over there. That's 
 a whole grove of gleeiming swords. How are we going to get through?
 
 13. 
 
 SUN 
 We ' 11 Just have to battle our way through. Come on, 
 
 (THERE ENSUES A SPIRITED ENCOUNTER IN WHICH THE HUNTERS 
 CHARGE INTO THE SWORDS AND ARE THROWN BACK ON TO THE GROUND, 
 ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES) 
 
 MOTHER 
 (MAGIC WORDl ) 
 Swords, disappear back to your territory, 
 
 (WITH A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT, THEY DO) 
 
 MOON 
 Shi They've gone. They've disappeared, 
 
 SUN 
 I've captured two of them, lookl 
 (HE HAS TWO CHILDREN,) 
 
 (MOTHER CROSSES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FOREST TO ACTIVATE 
 HER NEXT TEST, WHILE THE BROTHERS RECOVER FROM THEIR FIRST 
 ADVENTURE. THE FOLLOWING SCENES TAKE PLACE SIMULTANEOUSLY) 
 
 MOTHER MOON 
 
 Orange tribe, Oh-wah-hah-ti Get me up, will you?,,, Now remember, 
 
 kahl-nahJ one of those swords is for me. But 
 
 (OR ANY SUCH WORD) I'll let you take care of them both. 
 You are a grove of densely 
 
 planted trees. Rise I Come SUN 
 
 very close together. Lift Where do you suppose they came from? 
 your branches I And don't 
 let the hunters through I MOON 
 
 (MOTHER JOINS THE Never saw them before. 
 
 FOREST. ) 
 
 SUN 
 Well, watch out for the points. They're 
 very sharp, 
 
 MOON 
 Oh, they're not that sharp. Look, 
 Owwwwwwwl Achl 
 
 SUN 
 Here, let me hold them. And be 
 careful! 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, look at that forest over there. Those trees 
 are so close together I I can't see any light between them, 
 
 SUN 
 We'll have to battle our way again.
 
 14. 
 
 MOON 
 Then we'd better start from way over here, 
 
 SUN 
 (TO SWORDS) 
 You wait for us here. We're going to battle our way through, 
 
 (MORE BATTLING AND GETTING THROWN BACK) 
 Waiti I have an idea, 
 
 MOON 
 Oh, your ideas are always terrible, 
 
 SUN 
 Nol Lookl We'll take these swords that we captured, and we'll 
 chop down all of the trees. Here, hold this one, 
 
 MOON 
 Now that's not going to work. The swords aren't even sharp, 
 remember? The only way is to battle our way through, 
 
 (MORE BATTLING. IT IS NOT WORKING. THE BROTHERS ARE 
 TIRED AND DISCOURAGED, AD LIBS TO THIS EFFECT) 
 
 Younger brother, I have a brilliant idea. These swords that I 
 captured can chop down anything. We can chop down the whole 
 forest, 
 
 SUN 
 As you say. Moon, 
 
 (TO HIS SWORD) 
 Ready, sword? Point forward, 
 
 (THE BROTHERS AIM THEIR SWORDS. BUZZ-SAW FASHION, THEY 
 CHOP DOWN ALL THE TREES. THE MOTHER HELPS THIS BY BEING 
 THE FIRST TO GO, THE BROTHERS AD LIB: 
 
 Look at it fall J 
 
 Another one downi 
 
 Chopl Chop over here. 
 
 Over there 1 ETC, ) 
 
 MOTHER 
 (RISING AND TAKING COMMAND) 
 Ah-rah-ah-tee-shee-bahl Swords, disappear I 
 
 (SHE GESTURES THEM BACK TO THEIR TERRITORY) 
 
 SUN 
 Nothing but dead trees now, 
 
 MOTHER 
 Trees disappearl 
 
 (SHE SIGNALS THEM OFF, TOO, AND THE HUNTERS MAY HELP IF 
 NEEDED. . THEN SHE TAKES OFF FOR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM 
 WHERE TWO OF THE ACTORS HAVE SET UP A "LAKE," A LONG 
 SLASHED FABRIC. )
 
 15. 
 
 MOON 
 Younger brother, I'm exhausted. Absolutely dead, I can't go 
 through another one of those things without a drink of water 
 or something, 
 
 SUN 
 Well, there's a lake over there. We can get a drink at the lake, 
 
 MOON 
 Wait a minute, I'm not sure I trust the lake. It might be 
 another one of those tricks, 
 
 SUN 
 It doesn't look like a trick. It looks like a leOce, 
 
 MOON 
 And it looks cool, 
 
 SUN 
 And water, 
 
 MOON 
 And I »m thirsty, 
 
 SUN 
 Come on. We'll drink some of it, 
 
 MOTHER 
 (ANOTHER MAGIC WORD) 
 (HUGE BONES RISE UP FROM THE WATER) 
 
 SUN 
 BONES 1 
 
 (THE BONES DISAPPEAR) 
 
 MOON 
 (SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH SUN'S SPEECH) 
 Ohl Ohl Ohi OhI Did you see those bones of dead people? Ohl 
 
 SUN 
 You're the older brother. You lead the way, 
 
 MOON 
 I,,, Well,,, I '11 lead the way,,, and I'll be right behind you. 
 Are they gone? 
 
 SUN 
 Yes, they're all gone, 
 
 MOON 
 You're surei 
 
 (MOTHER PRONOUNCES ANOTHER MAGIC WORD, AND HUGE TEETH RISE 
 ABOVE THE WATER)
 
 16. 
 
 SUN MOON 
 
 Ohi Teethl Teeeeethi Ohl Ohl Nol Teethl Those 
 
 teeth are going to bite my 
 head off. This is the end, 
 I 'm going home, 
 
 (HE RUNS OFF) 
 
 MOTHER 
 (ANOTHER MAGIC WORD AND THE WATERS OF THE LAKE RISE 
 ALMOST OVER SUN'S HEAD. HE SWIMS FRANTICALLY TO KEEP 
 ABOVE WATER, AND FINALLY THE LAKE RECEDES, 
 
 ANOTHER MAGIC WORD AND FIRE AND SMOKE RISE FROM THE LAKE 
 AND CHASE SUN, HE FIGHTS THEM OFF, ) 
 
 SUN 
 Fire,,, smoke. ,, No,,, No,,, You won't make me run away, 
 
 (FIRE AND SMOKE RECEDE. ANOTHER MAGIC WORD, THE LAKE 
 LOWERS AND THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL RISES THROUGH IT) 
 
 GIRL 
 Sun, Oh, Sun, I'm so proud of you. You stayed through all the 
 tests and you were so brave. Will you come with me now to meet 
 my mother? 
 
 (SHE LEADS HIM TO HER MOTHER) 
 
 GIRL 
 Mother, this is the Sun, 
 
 MOTHER 
 Daughter, you have chosen the truly brave hunter. He will make 
 a strong and loving husband. Be together, 
 
 (THE LAST SENTENCE IS THE ENTIRE WEDDING CEREMONY, AS 
 
 MOTHER PERFORMS A BLESSING WITH HER HANDS) 
 
 BLUE 
 And so the Sun took his new bride with him back to his village, 
 
 SUN 
 Mother 1 Mother I 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 Sun J You're safe I You're homel 
 (SHE EMBRACES HIM) 
 
 SUN 
 Mother, I 've brought my bride from the forest, 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 Daughter I 
 
 ( EMBRACE >
 
 17. 
 
 MOON 
 He's back. 
 
 SUN 
 It is fitting that the older brother should marry first, but my 
 older brother, the Moon, ran away. So I've taken her to be my 
 bride, 
 
 (A CEREMONIAL STAMPING AND SHOUTING IS NOW THE EQUIVALENT OF 
 A DECLARATION OF WAR. THEN FIGHTING ENSUES BETWEEN THE BROTHERS 
 WITH MUCH WRESTLING AND POUNDING. AT THE CRUCIAL MOMENT, 
 SKY WOMAN INTERCEDES) 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 Nol Stop the fighting I There will be no fighting! Sun has 
 won his wife fairly. She may live in the village with him. 
 
 There will be no more fighting. No longer will you shine together. 
 (THE BROTHERS SEPARATE, MOON GOING TO ONE LADDER, SUN 
 GOING TO HIS WIFE. ) 
 
 BLUE 
 And so it was that when the Sun was at home in the village with 
 his wife, the Moon rose in the sky. And when the Moon had set, 
 the Sun rose, 
 
 (SUN BIDS GOODBYE TO HIS WIFE AND GOES TO HIS LADDER) 
 
 The sun was very happy with his new wife, and wanted to shine 
 especially brightly for her. And one day he noticed, fishing at 
 the river nearby, a young boy, wearing a brightly colored 
 feather cloak, 
 
 SUN 
 If I had such a feather cloak, I'd be more splendid than the 
 Moon, 
 
 (HE PICKS UP A SKIN AND DESCENDS TO VISIT THE YOUNG 
 
 FISHERMAN ) 
 Good morning, 
 
 BOY 
 Oh, are you the Sun? What are you doing so close to the earth? 
 
 SUN 
 I have something to ask you, 
 
 BOY 
 What could you ask of me? 
 
 SUN 
 Give me your feather cloak, and I'll give you my goatskin 
 blanket for it.
 
 18. 
 
 BOY 
 My grandmother made this feather clcak for me. I cannot give it 
 to you. 
 
 SUN 
 But you can say that the Sun gave you this blanket. Does 
 anyone else have a blanket from the Sun? 
 
 BOY 
 My grandmother was a long time in making this feather cloak. 
 And she was a longer time in getting all the beautiful feathers 
 for it. 
 
 SUN 
 But your grandmother could look up into the sky every day and say, 
 •'I made a feather cloak for the Sun. " 
 
 BOY 
 Not even the chief of our village has a feather cloak like mine. 
 
 SUN 
 But does the Sun come to bargain with the chief of your village? 
 (THE SUN IS SHOWING HIS SKIN) 
 
 BOY 
 Oh, you only have a goatskin. 
 
 SUN 
 But this is a magic blanket. 
 
 BOY 
 It's a dull grey — not like my feather cloak, 
 
 SUN 
 This is a magic blanket, better than your fishing line. Now 
 watch. I dip it into the stream, and it catches two fish, 
 (HE DOES AND IT DOES) 
 
 BOY 
 It did. It caught two fish immediately! 
 
 SUN 
 Try it. 
 
 BOY 
 It caught two more fishl.,.and still two morel 
 
 (BY THIS TIME THE SUN HAS REMOVED THE BOY'S CLOAK)
 
 19. 
 
 BOY 
 I don't )cnow whether my grandmother will like this or not. 
 She made the feather cloak for me. 
 (AND HE CONTINUES FISHING) 
 
 SUN 
 (ASCENDING LADDER) 
 But your grandmother will be the first woman of the village. 
 She'll say, "I made a feather cloak for the sun." And she'll 
 be proud, 
 
 BOY 
 (HE HAS EIGHT FISH BY NOW) 
 I still don't know whether my grandmother will like it. But if 
 I catch two fish every time I dip this blanket into the water, 
 she won't punish me. 
 
 BLUE 
 Now the Sun was very proud, in his new cloak... so proud that 
 he didn't even think of how hot his rays were becoming. 
 
 (SUN ARCS HIS "SUN," HISSING) 
 Soon the earth grew hot, so very hot that all the birds and animals 
 of the world began to groan and complain. 
 
 (FOUR OF THE ACTORS ARE NEXT TO THEIR TRIBES, GROANING AND 
 COMPLAINING. THEY ARE CUCKABURRA BIRD, ROOSTER, TIGER CAT 
 AND BULL) 
 
 CUCKABURRA BIRD 
 Oh, it's SO hot, so hot. Oooooooooo. Tiger Cat, Tiger Cat, I'm 
 most horribly hot, I can't stand the Sun. 
 
 SUN 
 Hmpb Can't stand the Sun, 
 
 TIGER CAT 
 I can't stand him, either. The ggrrass is so hot, it's burrrrrning 
 my feet. Mrrrrrrr. Bull, Mrrrrrrr. Bull, is it hot where you 
 arrrrrrre? 
 
 SUN 
 Can't stand the Sun, either, 
 
 BULL 
 Mmmmmm, MMmmmmmmm. I'm mmmmmmmmelting. All my romrommmmmuscles 
 are gone. I hate the Sun. Rooooster, how are you? 
 
 SUN 
 Hates the sunl
 
 20. 
 
 ROOSTER 
 I'm so hot, I feel like a roast chicken. I'm roasting. I'm 
 broiling. The Sun ought to be eliminated, that's what I think. 
 
 SUN 
 
 Eliminatedl 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 Down with the Sun I Down with the Sunl 
 
 THE OTHER ANIMALS 
 (JOINING IN) 
 Down with the Sunl Down with the Sunl Down with the Sunl 
 Down with the Sunl 
 
 SUN 
 Ssssssssssssilencel I've heard your insssssults and sssss shouting, 
 and if I hear any more of that, I'm going to sssssset and never 
 rise again. 
 
 Down with the Sunl 
 Down with the Sunl 
 
 ANIMALS 
 Down with the Sunl 
 
 Down with the Sunl 
 
 SUN 
 SSSSsilencel You've been warned, 
 never rise again. 
 
 Now I'm going to set, and 
 
 (THE SUN SETS. FIRST THERE ARE EXTENSIVE CHEERS FROM ALL 
 OF THE ANIMALS, THEN SIGNS OF RELIEF, THEN THE ANIMALS 
 START CONVERSING WITH THEIR TRIBES, FOR EXAMPLE — 
 
 ANIMALS 
 Isn't it getting chilly? 
 I notice a draft. 
 Where is it coming from? 
 
 It's really very cold out. Don't you feel it? 
 Why has it gotten so cold? 
 
 (SOONER OR LATER ONE OF THE CHILDREN WILL TELL THE LEADER 
 ABOUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE INSULT TO THE SUN AND 
 THE PRESENT CHILL. PRETTY SOON EVERYONE IS SHIVERING 
 AND FREEZING) 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 
 (TO HER TRIBE) 
 Ooooooooow, Ooooooooooooow, What can we dooooooo? We'd better 
 call a council meeting. 
 
 (THEY BEAT OUT A VERY SIMPLE RHYTHM ON THE FLOOR, ONE 
 
 BY ONE THE TRIBE LEADERS PICK IT UP WITH THEIR TRIBES. 
 
 FOR EXAMPLE:) 
 
 Hear that? 
 
 TRIBE LEADERS 
 They're calling a council meeting. 
 
 Let's Join them.
 
 21. 
 
 (WHEN EVERYONE IS BEATING, THE LEADERS GO TO MEET IN 
 THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE) 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 It's cold, 
 
 TIGER 
 It's cold. 
 
 BULL 
 It's cold. 
 
 ROOSTER 
 It's freezing. 
 
 TIGER 
 What are we going to do? 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 What can we do? 
 
 BULL 
 We have to go to see Sky Woman. 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Sky Woman? How do we get there? 
 
 BULL 
 Follow me. I know the way. 
 
 (THEY ALL FOLLOW THE BULL. AD LIBS ON THE WAY) 
 
 ANIMALS 
 Oo, I'm just trembling. 
 I'm freezing to the ground. 
 My bones are cracking; are we there yet? 
 I feel like frozen chicken now. 
 
 BULL 
 We're here. 
 
 (TO AUDIENCE) 
 Help us call Sky Woman, 
 
 ANIMALS 
 Sky Woman 1 Sky Woman 1 Sky Woman 1 Sky Woman 1 
 
 ROOSTER 
 There she is. 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 What is it, creatures of the earth? What is it you want from me?
 
 22. 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 
 (TO BULL) 
 You tell her. 
 
 BULL 
 Sky Woman, we insulted the Sun. And he set. And now we're all 
 freezing. Oooooooo, 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 If you have insulted my son, you have learned what a very proud 
 man he is. You will have to go back to him, 
 
 (THEY ALL RUN AWAY FROM THIS IDEA, SCATTERING. AD LIBS:) 
 
 ANIMALS 
 No, I'll never go back. 
 We can't do that. ETC. 
 
 SKY WOMAN 
 You must find some way to reach him. And if the first way does 
 not work, keep trying until you find the right way. 
 
 (SHE LEAVES, MANY CONFUSED RESPONSES. AD LIBj) 
 
 ANIMALS 
 We can't go. 
 
 He'll never listen to us. 
 We started it, but he doesn't like us any more, 
 
 BULL 
 We'll all just freeze to death, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Wait a minute. Don't give up yet. Rooster will save you all, 
 
 BULL 
 You? Little screechy Rooster? 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Well, you know the Sun was a friend of mine. We had many visits, 
 I'll bet he'll come out if I ask him nicely, 
 
 (WITH A CROW HE IS OFF. THE OTHER ANIMALS BLOCK HIS WAY 
 AND CARRY HIM BACK) 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Aaaa, Aaaa, what are you doing to me? Oaaaaaal Ohl 
 
 BULL 
 Rooster, you can't go to see the Sun. You're little, and you're 
 noisy, and he won't listen to you. Now I am big, and I am 
 strong, and I am tough, I am the one who's going to see the Sun, 
 And when I get there, he will shine, 
 
 (TO OTHER ANIMALS) 
 Hold him.
 
 23. 
 
 BULL (CONT. ) 
 
 (HE GOES TO THE SUN) 
 Mr, Sun, Mr, Sun, Come on out, 1, the bull, am calling to you, 
 and I demand your presence, 
 
 (THE SUN SENDS OUT A SCORCHING HEAT RAY AND BURNS BULL. 
 
 BULL, IN AGONY, STAGGERS BACK TO THE ARMS OF HIS FRIENDS. ) 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Now that wouldn't have happened if you had let me go. But I'm 
 on my way now. Just watch me, 
 
 (TIGER AND CUCKABURRA PULL HIM BACK, SCREAMING) 
 
 TIGER 
 Rooster, you'd better not be in such a hurry. The Sun won't 
 listen to you because you're too silly looking. Just look at you, 
 with your feathers sticking out all over the place. But he will 
 listen to me, because I'm a beautiful animal, 
 
 (SHE ADVANCES) 
 And Suns listen to Tigers, Misterrrr Sun, Misterrrrrr Sun, this 
 is Tiger calling. Come on out and shine on my stripes, Mr, Sun, 
 
 SUN 
 (UNDER THE EARTH) 
 Stripes — huhl 
 
 (HE SENDS OUT ANOTHER BLISTERING SUN RAY. TIGER BARELY 
 MAKES IT BACK) 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Now you have to let me go, I'm telling you, I know how to get 
 him to come out, 
 (HE IS OFF) 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 
 (BLOCKS HIM) 
 No-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, No-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, You know nothing. 
 You're only one skinny rooster, with a skinny brain. But I can 
 get all the clever creatures of the green forest to go with me, 
 
 (SHE GOES TO HER TRIBE) 
 Come, creatures of the green forest. We'll get Mr, Sun, won't we? 
 Come with me, 
 
 (GREEN TRIBE GOES WITH HER) 
 Now call Mr, Sun in your very best animal voices, Mr, Sun.,, 
 Sing a little louder. Maybe he didn't hear you, Mr, Sun.,, 
 
 SUN 
 Huh? 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 Did you see that? Did you see it I He turned around and he 
 ignored us, after we called to him so sweetly. Well this time 
 we'll show him, 
 
 (SHE SCREECHES AND SO DO THEY) 
 Mr, Sunl Mr, Sun» Mr, Sunl Mr, Sunl
 
 24. 
 
 (TH£ SUN SENDS OUT ANOTHER TERRIBLE RAY, THE ANIMALS ARE 
 NEARLY DONE IN, AND COLLAPSE ON TO THEIR TRIBAL TERRITORY) 
 
 ROOSTER 
 You seel You seel You should have let me go in the first place, 
 I can do it, I know I can, 
 
 ALL THE ANI^iALS 
 No! 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 It's for your own good, 
 
 TIGER 
 You'll get burned, 
 
 BULL 
 If he didn't want us, he certainly won't want you, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Now I know. You don't want me to go. You're jealous of me. 
 Well, I'll ask my tribe if I should go. Red Tribe, should I 
 go to the Sun? 
 
 (IF THEY SAY YES) 
 
 See? They want me to go and I'm going, 
 
 (IF THEY SAY NO) 
 Well, it seems like nobody wants me to go, but I'm going anyhow, 
 
 (IF THEY ARE DIVIDED) 
 You see? A lot of them want me to go. 
 
 (EN ROUTE) 
 I'll do it. He's a good friend of mine. He'll listen to me. 
 This is far enough. 
 
 Good morning, Mr, Sun, 
 
 He didn't answer me, 
 
 Mr, Sun, how are you feeling today? How's your health? I can 
 see you peeking over the edge,,, Oh, you're pale. You should come 
 out for some fresh air, 
 
 SUN 
 No, Mr, Rooster, You're trying to trick me, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 What?
 
 25. 
 
 SUN 
 You're trying to make me rise again. Well I'm never going to 
 rise again, I've been insulted by every one, and you'll never 
 see me again, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Oh, hir. Sun, you just hurt my feelings so badly. Why, do you 
 know what I had to go through just to get here to say "good 
 morning" to you? 
 I had to swim across rivers. 
 And I climbed mountains. 
 
 And then I had to go down through a valley. 
 And then through a dark cave. 
 And then a swamp, ugh. 
 
 All because I thought you were my best friend, and you would 
 appreciate it. And now you say I'm trying to trick you. Well, 
 you hurt my feelings. So I'm going to go home and cry myself 
 to sleep, 
 
 (STARTS TO LEAVE) 
 
 SUN 
 Hm, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Sky Woman said, "Keep trying everything until something works," 
 ,,, something that works,,, 
 
 Woooo, Woooo,,,Mr, Sun, would you do me one little favor after 
 all I did for you? Just one little favor? Please? 
 
 SUN 
 What is it, Mr, Rooster, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 I didn't mind that long trip here to see you. Not one bit, I 
 even loved it. But there was one thing that I was scared of. 
 And now I'm frightened to death. 
 
 SUN 
 
 What is it? 
 
 ROOSTER 
 The jungle leopard, I know he saw me on my long journey here, 
 He couldn't help it. And now he's lying in wait for me. He 
 could be any place. Oh, please protect me. Please, Please, 
 After all I did for you, 
 
 SUN 
 How can I protect you from a jungle leopard? 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Scare him away if he tries to kill me. Oh please?
 
 26. 
 
 SUN 
 How will I know if he's trying to kill you? 
 
 ROOSTER 
 I'll give you my "coc-a-doodle-doo, " Oh please. After all 
 I did for you, 
 
 SUN 
 All right, I'll protect you. But I'm never rising again, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Oh no. You shouldn't, I know just how you feel. But I want 
 you to know you're the best friend anyone ever had. Goodbye, 
 
 (ROOSTER GOES AN APPROPRIATE DISTANCE, AND THEN SOUNDS A 
 TREMENDOUS CROW. THE SUN COMES UP IMMEDIATELY, BUT SEES 
 NO LEOPARD, ) 
 
 SUN 
 Where's the jungle leopard? 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Ah ooo O O ah. Oh, he just ran over the hills to get away. 
 Oh, you saved my life, Mr, Sun, Thank you. Thank you, 
 
 SUN 
 He had time to run away? I zoomed up here just as fast as I 
 could, ,,,,,,., ,Oh, ,,,,,,,, ,Oh. .....,,, ,Oh, •,,,..,., ,Mmmmmm, 
 
 Mmmmm, ,,,,,,,,,, mmmmmmmmm. It's wonderful being out here in 
 
 the air again, 
 
 Mr, Rooster, I want to thank you for making me rise again,,, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 It was my pleasure, 
 
 SUN 
 And I»m going to give you a present, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 A present I 
 
 SUN 
 I want you always to wear this comb on your head. Come here, 
 
 (HE ATTACHES THE COMB TO THE ROOSTER) 
 There, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Oh, oh. Thank you. Thank you, 
 
 ANIMALS 
 (CHEERING AND APPLAUDING FOR ROOSTER, AD LIB) 
 Rooster, rooster. He saved us all I 
 Yeaay, Rooster* 
 Yeeay, Rooster, the bravest of all, ETC
 
 27. 
 
 BLUE 
 That night, all of the animals went home as the sun set. And 
 every morning after, the sun rose again. But, just to make sure, 
 early every morning Mr, Rooster.,, 
 
 (HE COMES OUT AND CROWS) 
 
 SUN 
 (RISES) 
 Good morning, Mr, Rooster, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Good morning, Mr, Sun. 
 
 SUN 
 How do you like your new comb? 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Oh, it's beautiful, but all the other animals are jealous, 
 
 SUN 
 Jealous? 
 
 ROOSTER 
 You gave me a gift, but the only thing they got was burned, 
 
 SUN 
 Call them together, and bring them here, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Cuckaburra, Bull, Tiger Cat, the Sun wants to see us, 
 
 (THE ANIMALS GATHER BEFORE THE SUN) 
 
 SUN 
 Animals, the reason I've called you together is because 1 know 
 you've been burned many times by the rays of the Sun. I want 
 to give each of you something to protect you from those rays, 
 Cuckaburra bird, I'm giving you a bag of clouds to shade the 
 earth in the summer, 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 Thank you, Mr, Sun, 
 
 SUN 
 Mr. Bull, I'm giving you a bag of wind to cool the earth in the 
 autumn, 
 
 BULL 
 Mmrommmm. Thank you, Mr. Sun, 
 
 SUN 
 Tiger Cat, I'm giving you a bag of snow to make the earth 
 beautiful in the winter.
 
 28. 
 
 TIGER 
 Grrrrr. 
 
 (SHE CANNOT TALK WITH THE BAG IN HER MOUTH) 
 
 SUN 
 Mr, Rooster, for you, a bag of rain to enrich the earth in 
 the spring, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 Oh, thank you, Mr. Sun, Thank you, 
 
 SUN 
 All of you go back to your tribes, and open up your bags when 
 you get there, 
 (THEY GO) 
 
 SUN 
 Cuckaburra Bird was the first one to open her bag. Great big soft 
 clouds floated out, and sailed all around the world. 
 
 CUCKABURRA 
 (TO HER TRIBE) 
 We're all the clouds. Come, sail with me once around the world, 
 
 (THEY FLOAT ONCE AROUND THE CIRCLE. 
 
 BLUE 
 Next, Bull opened his bag. Out blew a great wind, 
 
 BULL 
 Wind, Orange tribe, follow me a blow once around the earth, 
 (THEY DO) 
 
 BLUE 
 And when the earth was cooled by the great winds. Tiger Cat 
 opened her bag. And when she did, lovely white snow fluttered 
 down through the skies, 
 
 TIGER 
 Follow me all over the world. Snow, 
 (THEY DO) 
 
 BLUE 
 And when the earth was covered by a big blanket of snow, then 
 Rooster opened his bag, and a big rain danced out to enrich the 
 whole earth, 
 
 ROOSTER 
 
 Red tribe, let's do a rain dance right where we are, and open up 
 
 the clouds, and Jximp in the puddles. 
 
 (THEY DO, AT THE END OF THE RAIN DANCE, A SIGNAL IS GIVEN AND 
 EVERYONE CLAPS THE STEADY BEAT OF THE FIRST CIRCLE DANCE. THE 
 TRIBE LEADERS DANCE THIS FINAL VARIATION, AND LAND IN FRONT 
 OF THEIR OWN TRIBES, KNEELING) 
 
 UNISON 
 (RISING AS THEY TALK) 
 And everything on earth grew, and grew- and grew, and went off to 
 make the world beautiful.
 
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