WHO PUSHED HUMPTY?

Written for Reader’s Theater by:

H.O.O. Dunnit
(Alias: Diane Bates and Mary Small)
Adapted for Reader’s Theater by:
Kris Bender, Doreen Fischer, Sabrina Rowan & Joy Wiersma

Narrator 1, Narrator 2, Narrator 3, Narrator 4, Humpty, Tom

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Narrator 1: There is a rhyme we all recall, that tells of Humpty and his fall.

Narrator 2: From the wall he fell headlong, But how did it happen? What went wrong?

Narrator 3: Was Humpty pushed? Was it a crime? We’ll look at the suspects, one at a time.

Narrator 4: First the old woman, who lived in a shoe; she had lots of children - all hungry, too!

Narrator 1: Did she see Humpty, high on the wall, and plan an omelette to feed them all?
All Did she push Humpty?

Narrator 2: Up the hill went Jill with Jack, up to the well at the top of the track.

Narrator 3: Jack fell down and broke his crown, did Jill push Jack and Humpty down?
All Did she push Humpty?

Narrator 4: The Duke of York marched all his men, to the top of the hill and down again.

Narrator 1: And what did that army think of most? Was it Humpty, served on toast?
All Did they push Humpty?

Narrator 2: There was a little girl, who had a little curl, who could be good, or horrid.

Narrator 3: In a bad temper, late one night, did she push Humpty, out of spite? All Did she push
Humpty?

Narrator 4: In the dark, Tom ran by, with a squealing pig from a farmer’s sty.
Humpty “Stop thief!” he cried from the wall. Tom “Be quiet.” he hissed, “or you might fall.”
All Did he push Humpty?

Narrator 1: Or maybe, while alone one night, Humpty saw the strangest sight

Narrator 2: A cow was jumping over the moon, a dish was running away with a spoon!
Narrator 3: Did Humpty laugh and wobble around? Could this be how he fell to the ground?
All Maybe no one pushed Humpty!

Narrator 4: But someone else we shouldn’t neglect, is little Jack Horner, a prime suspect.

Narrator 1: After pie...all sugar and spice... a simple egg might be quite nice. All Did he push Humpty?

Narrator 2: And Little Bo Peep, when she lost her sheep, might have grown tired of looking.

Narrator 3: Did she see Humpty on the wall, and begin to think of cooking? All Did she push Humpty?

Narrator 4: The suspects now have all been named.

Narrator 1: Look at them closely. Who’s to blame?

Narrator 2: You’ll have to guess, ‘cause we won’t tell, how it was that Humpty fell.

Narrator 3: But probably you have a hunch and while you’re thinking... All ...we’ll have lunch!

THE END