SNEAK PREVIEW OF OUR READERS' THEATRE PRODUCTIONS (GR. 6) ON FRIDAY DURING OPEN HOUSE:

 

What He Deserves

A poor farmer gives a very large turnip as a gift to his well-loved king.  The thankful king decides to reward him with a bag of jewels.  As the poor farmer leaves with his bag of jewels, he is met by his rich brother.  The rich brother decides to give the king an even bigger present to see if he will be rewarded with an even bigger bag of jewels.  In the end, the rich brother gets something completely unexpected, but it is WHAT HE DESERVES....

Little Bird in the Tree

A princess needs to find a prince to marry, and her father needs a successor.  Together, they come up with a test to find out who is worthy to be the next king and have the princess’ hand in marriage.  Each contestant man must observe a LITTLE BIRD IN A TREE and tell what he sees.  The king and his daughter will weigh all the answers to see which is most intelligent.  In the end, a quick thinking young man saves the day, but will he also win the princess’ hand in marriage?

The Traveler’s Lantern

A poor widow works day and night in order to earn money to feed herself and her two children.  Despite the cruelty of the villagers, the widow continues to be kind and gracious to everyone, including a stranger who knocks on her door one dark and stormy night.  He asks her to keep his TRAVELER’S LANTERN burning for him.  He tells her that the lantern uses costly oil and that he will reimburse the costs to her afterwards.  She kindly agrees, but when he doesn’t return for a long time, is her promise more important than feeding her children?  

JL

P.S.  Spelling test results from this past Friday and Monday:  gr. 6:  89%; gr. 7:  84%.