© TEAMWORK

CHARACTERS:

MAGGIE

ALICE

EMMA

LOUISE

MARY

CARRIE

BERRY

MARY’S FATHER

BERRY’S FATHER

CARRIE’S MOTHER

SCRIPT:

ACT 1 – IN CENTRAL PARK

(Three small red ants – Maggie, Alice, and Emma – sleep in an ant whole.Bell rings. LOUISE walks in)

LOUISE: (walking back and forth ringing the bell) Wake up everybody It’s time to work. It’s a beautiful day
for gathering food .

(Maggie, Alice, and Emma open their eyes and stand up)

MAGGIE: Good morning sisters .

ALICE: We have a lot of things to do, so let’s get to work .

EMMA: I’ll stay home to clean the house and cook for you.

LOUISE: Good idea . See you later.

(Louise, Maggie, and Alice wave good-bye to Emma and get out of the ant hole)

EMMA: Bye, don’t come too late or the soup will get cold .

LOUISE, MAGGIE, AND ALICE: We won’t. Bye sister.

(Louise, Maggie, and Alice start to walk away)

LOUISE: We all should help to gather food to survive this coming winter.

MAGGIE: There’s a rumour that the winter will be harsh, and our population keeps growing and growing.

ALICE: We need all the help we can get.

LOUISE: Fortunately, we are hardworkers

(They see Mary, Carrie, and Berry lying under a tree)

LOUISE: Mary, Carrie, Berry .

(Mary, Carrie and Berry stand)

MARY, CARRIE, AND BERRY: You scared us, Louise

LOUISE: What are you doing here taking a nap?. You’re supposed to be working

CARRIE: I don’t have to work. I’m the queen’s daughter.

BERRY: Me too . Besides, I’m not working under this hot sun. No way

LOUISE: We are all the queen’s daughters

MARY: Even if that’s true, don’t count on me, either. Every year it’s the same thing. You ring the bell, and we
get out to gather food. It’s so boring . Besides, my makeup gets all ruined.

CARRIE AND BERRY: And it’s so expensive .

MARY: So, Louise and company, please excuse us, we have to go.

LOUISE: Where do you think you’re going?

MARY, CARRIE, AND BERRY: We’re going to the mall to get our nails done . Oh, We’re so happy .

(Mary, Carrie, and Berry leave)

ALICE: They are so lazy .

MAGGIE and LOUIS: I agree.

LOUISE: I am not going to stand here and watch how they get their free share of food. They need to learn the
value of work.

ALICE: What are you going to do?.

LOUISE: I’ll talk to their parents. Come on, let’s get to work.

(Music plays: Kandhon se milte hai Kandhe Kadmon se kadam milte hai………..)

(They leave)

ACT II – IN THE ANT HOLE

(Louise is having a meeting with Mary’s, Carrie’s, and Berry’s parents. They are sitting around a table )

LOUISE: I’m sorry to bother you, but yesterday your daughters refused to work in the park gathering food and
leaves. As you know, winter is almost here.

BERRY’S FATHER: Please, don’t apologize. I already told Berry about the importance of working together but,
she doesn’t listen to me.

CARRIE’S MOTHER: I’m also having problems with Carrie. She doesn’t want to do anything around the house.
She just wants to go shopping.

MARY’S FATHER: Mary wanted to enter a student exchange program in another ant hole, but I didn’t agree.
So now, she’s angry at me.

BERRY’S FATHER: You have our support, Louise.

CARRIE’S MOTHER: How are we going to convince them about the importance of working together?.

LOUISE: In fact, they have no option. We are talking here about survival.

MARY’S FATHER: You’re right. They must work just like we all do. Tomorrow morning they will join you and
the rest of the ants. We give you our word .

LOUISE: (She stands up) I knew I could count on you.

(They leave)

ACT III – IN CENTRAL PARK

(Louise, Maggie, Alice and some ants are working gathering food and leaves. Mary, Carrie, and Berry enter
along with their parents)

LOUISE: I’m glad you’re here. We have been waiting for you. There’s a lot of work to do . (to Mary). Mary,
start gathering pieces of leaves, we will need many of them .

MARY: (to her father) Father, please, I really don’t want to. I wasn’t born to work . Is there something else I
can do, besides working?

MARY’S FATHER: Do what she’s telling you to do. Now !

MAGGIE: (to Mary) Mary, we really need your help.

ALICE: We cannot do this alone.

LOUISE: Girls, we all have to be responsible and the results will be incredible. Just imagine all the fun we will
have this coming winter .

CARRIE: She’s right, we’ll need shelter and food.

BERRY: We will have all kinds of goodies…mmmm!!!!!!!… good . Come on, let’s do our job and let’s do it well
BERRY’S FATHER: Just remember girls, we are all working for our community.

MARY FATHER: We know it’s not easy. It takes a lot of work, and compromise, too.

LOUISE: We are all in this together, and in the long run we will all be proud of ourselves .

MARY, CARRIE, BERRY: Where should we start?.

LOUISE: This place is just right. It’s full of tasty leaves .

MARY, CARRIE, AND BERRY: (yelling) What are we waiting for. Let the music play and let’s work hard .

(Music plays: Kandhon se milte hai Kandhe Kadmon se kadam milte hai………..)