STAGE, STORY AND ENACTMENT

Appu - mamma, mamma

Neena -Appu! Appu wake up! You are having a nightmare!
Appu - It was a bad dream! there were tree eating monsters....and a tree fell on.
Meena - It’s okay now Appu? See? No tree eating monsters. Come on..get up. I have something to
show you!My school project!
Monkey- You are collecting mud?
Appu - No! You are learning about plant growth!
Neena - Yes! I have to note down the time it takes for a seed to burst into a seedling.
Monkey- Who cares about the seed?
We throw them away after eating the fruit.
Lion - wherever you through it, the seed grows into a new plant.
Appu - some plants grow into trees!
Monkey’s wife Queen Lee - trees come from seeds! I thought trees were just… there?
Neena - No Queenie! All plants and trees come from seeds!
Appu - but for that a seed must have good soil, water…
Dog - and plenty of sunshine!
Neena - Oh look...seedlings! They have probably grown from seeds that king and queen and
squirrels have thrown after eating.
My teacher says trees give us clean air to breathe!
Monkey- Most importantly...trees give the king and queen fruits!
Appu’s mother- don’t be sad Appu. The seedlings are telling you how you can bring the lost forest
back!
Appu - You are right Mamma!I will use the seedlings and bring back the forest to how it was. That’s
my mission!
Neena - Appu......What are you thinking? I saw you looking at the lost forest with tree stumps.
Monkey- perhaps he wants to sit down for a rest.
Monkey’s wife - Well... he can join us here on the branch. Ohh! I forgot elephants can’t climb
trees. (giggles)
Appu - The tree monsters destroyed a part of this forest. Let’s plant these seedlings over there!
But first, let’s get the stumps out to make more room in the soil for the new seedlings to grow.
Now let’s plough the ground to make it even.
Neena - I know,who can do that! help required ‘bone digger’!
Dog - but...I just sat down....
Ravi - there might be a bone buried there!
The dog and Appu dog the whole ground.
Appu - Great job partner! Now let’s move the seedlings.
All together - Yayyyyyy...
Monkey’s wife (queen lee)- Let’s wait for the trees to grow King Lee.
Monkey- With you on this queen. Waiting right here.
Lion - (laughing) that will need a lot of waiting your Majesty! ha ha....
Appu - it will take years for these seedlings to grow into trees! but when they are grown, the forest
would look like this.
Neena - Appu, are you showing us the future!
Appu - The future forest.
That was beautiful!
Monkey- Oh, the future is too far! Come Queen Lee.
Dog - Can we go home now? I never found a bone in the ground.
Neena - (giggles)Well, you will surely get one at home!
Appu, lion, giraffe- Good bye Neena, good bye bone digger.
Appu - No one will harm these seedlings. I promise that mamma.