Story Telling Script

Once upon a time there was a poor woodcutter. He was very poor but he was always
honest. One hot day, he took his axe and went inside the nearby forest in search of
wood. After searching for a long time, he found one good tree near a river inside the
forest.
Hemm.. this tree is good. I can get lots of firewood
So, the woodcutter started to work.
Swish, swoosh, swish swoosh..

Plop..
Oh no! As the woodcutter was cutting the woods, his axe slipped from his hands and
fell inside the river. The river was very deep. So he couldn't get into the water to take his
axe out. He started crying.
Oh..oh..what am I going to do?

I have lost my precious axe. Oh dear, oh dear..

Suddenly, a beautiful angel appeared from inside the river water.
Why are crying my dear woodcutter?
She asked.
Oh, I have lost my axenow I wont be able to cut woods anymore.
The woodcutter told her how his axe fell inside the water. The angel went inside the
water and after sometime came out with a golden axe in her hands. The woodcutter
refused to accept that golden axe. The angel again went inside the water. This time she
came out with a silver axe and gave it to the woodcutter. Again the woodcutter refused
saying that his was not a silver axe. The angel dived into the water. This time she came
out with the woodcutter's iron axe. The woodcutter happily accepted his axe and
thanked the angel. The angel was pleased with his honesty. The angel rewarded the
gold and the silver axes to that woodcutter.

MORAL: Honesy always gets rewarded.

The carrot, the egg, and the coffee bean

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so
hard for her.She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She
was tired of fighting andstruggling.
It seemed that, as one problem was solved, a new one arose. Her mother took her to
the kitchen. Shefilled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the
pots came to a boil. In the first, sheplaced carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and
in the last she placed ground coffee beans.
She let them sit and boil, without saying a word. In about twenty minutes, she turned off
the burners.She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs
out and placed them in abowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tellme, what do you see?"
"Carrots, eggs, and coffee," the young woman replied. The mother brought her closer
and asked her tofeel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. She then asked
her to take an egg and break it.After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled
egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. Thedaughter smiled as she tasted its rich
aroma. The daughter then asked, "What does it mean, mother?"
Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity - boiling
water - but eachreacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting.
However, after being subjected tothe boiling water, it softened and became weak.
The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after
sitting throughthe boiling water, its inside became hardened! The ground coffee beans
were unique, however. Afterthey were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
"Which are you?" the mother asked her daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door,
how do yourespond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?" Think of this: Which
am I? Am I the carrot thatseems strong but, with pain and adversity, do I wilt and
become soft and lose my strength? Am I the eggthat starts with a malleable heart, but
changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit but, after a death,a breakup, or a
financial hardship, does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and
toughwith a stiff spirit and a hardened heart? Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean
actually changes the hotwater, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the
water gets hot, it releases the fragranceand flavour.
If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the
situation aroundyou. When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest, do
you elevate to another level? Howdo you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or
a coffee bean?

A very good morning to the HONOURABLE JUDGES, LOYAL TIME-KEEPER, MR/MS

MC, TEACHERS and Friends.
Im Angeline and Im
going to tell you a story entitled THE BOYWHO CRIED 'WOLF'.
Once there was a shepherd boy who had to look after a flock ofsheep. One day, he felt
bored and decided to play a trick on the villagers. He
shouted, Help! Wolf! Wolf!
The villagers heard his cries and rushed out of the village to helpthe shepherd boy.
When they reached him, they asked,
Where is the wolf?
The shepherd
boy laughed loudly, Ha, Ha, Ha! I fooled all of you.

I was only playing a trick on you.

A few days later, the shepherd boy played this trick again.
Again he cried, Help! Help! Wolf! Wolf! Again, the villagers rushed up the hill
to help him and again they found that boy had tricked them. They were veryangry with
him for being so naughty. The villagers then return to their homes.Then, sometime later,
a wolf went into the field. The wolf attackedone sheep, and then another and another.
The shepherd boy ran towards the
village shouting, Help! Help! Wolf! Help!

Somebody!
The villagers heard his cries but they laughed because theythought it was another trick.
The boy
ran to the nearest villager and said, A
wolf is attacking the sheep. I lied before, but this time it is
true!
Finally, the villagers went to look. It was true. They could see thewolf running away and
many dead sheep lying on the grass.
My friends!

We may not believe someone who often tells lies, even when he tells the truth. That is
the moral value that we can learn from this story.