Lead roles:
	'Medicrane'
	'Loon'
	'Weenie'
	'Narrator'
Support roles:
	'Villager 1'
	'Villager 2'
	'Villager 3'
	'Villager 4'
	'Villagers'

STORY:

The main speaking role is the Narrator; the 'Weenie' speaks to the 'Villagers'; the 'Loon' may speak directly to the audience; All cast members speak the 'Moral' of the story.

N:	This is the story of an island village back in the days when Pirates roamed the seas.  Now, this village was a pretty happy place as these things go.  The villagers [ALL WAVE] spent their days fishing [ALL PRETEND TO CAST, HOOK FISH, LAND THEM, NET THEM, ETC], sailing [ALL PRETEND TO RAISE SAILS, ETC], and fight off the occasional pirate [ALL WAVE WEAPONS, SHOUT "ARRGH, ETC].

N:	Then one day, an ominous, black cloud appeared on the horizon.  This frightened the villagers [ALL COWER], for they did not know what it meant.  Then one (who was slightly less stupid than the others shouted:

W:	That cloud always appears right before the Evil Medicrane comes!  Quick, everyone hide!

N:	But at that moment, the Evil Medicrane appears.

	[Medicrane GRABS A VILLAGER AND RUNS OFF WITH HIM]

W:	I  GOT AN I-DEE-A; I GOT AN I-DEE-A!!  Let's dig a pit, so if the Evil Medicrane comes back, it'll fall in, and then we can THRASH him!

all:	YEAH! YEAH! We'll try the weenie's plan!

N:	So they dug their pit [ALL DIG], and went back to their daily lives; fishing [SAME MOTIONS AS BEFORE], sailing, [DITTO], and fighting off the occasional pirate attack [DITTO].  Then one year later, the same cloud appeared.

W:	The Evil Medicrane is coming! [ALL COWER]

 	[Medicrane LOOKS INTO PIT, THEN GRABS A VILLAGER AND RUNS OFF WITH HIM]

all:	[PRETEND TO BEAT UP WEENIE]

W:	WAIT! WAIT!  I GOT ANOTHER I-DEE-A; I GOT AN I-DEE-A!!  What does the Medicrane like better than anything?

all:	[SHRUG MUTTER]

W:	A LOON!  Let's put the loon in the pit, so if the Evil Medicrane comes back, it'll fall in, and then we can THRASH him!

all:	YEAH! YEAH! We'll try the weenie's plan!

	[ALL GRAB 'LOON', AND PUT HIM IN THE PIT]  [From this point on the 'loon' may talk to the audience e.g. "I'm a LOON, Yup Yup".  These comments must NOT overwhelm the Narrator]

N:	 So once again, they followed the weenie's suggestion, and once again went back to their daily lives; fishing [SAME MOTIONS AS BEFORE], sailing, [DITTO], and fighting off the occasional pirate attack [DITTO].  Then one year later, the same cloud appeared.

	[Medicrane LOOKS AT 'LOON' (longer than previous pause), THEN GRABS A VILLAGER AND RUNS OFF WITH HIM]

all:	[PRETEND TO BEAT UP WEENIE]

W:	WAIT! WAIT!  I GOT ANOTHER I-DEE-A; I GOT AN I-DEE-A!!  What does the Medicrane like even better than a LOON?

all:	[SHRUG MUTTER]

W:	SUGAR!  Let's stuff  the loon with sugar, so if the Evil Medicrane comes back, it'll fall in, and then we can THRASH him!

all:	YEAH! YEAH! We'll try the weenie's plan!

	[ALL PRETEND TO STUFF THE  'LOON' WITH SUGAR]  [The 'loon' may complain of a stomachache, etc]



N:	So yet again, the 'Weenie gets his way.  And yet again the villagers went back to their daily lives; fishing [SAME MOTIONS AS BEFORE], sailing, [DITTO], and fighting off the occasional pirate attack [DITTO].  Then one year later, the same cloud appeared. 

	[WHEN Medicrane APPEARS, A LONGER PAUSE, THEN HE GRABS THE LOON.  AT THIS, ALL THE VILLAGERS JUMP IN AND PRETEND TO BEAT UP THE Medicrane]

W:	Just proves the old saying:

	[ALL LINE UP CHORUS LINE STYLE: WHEN ALL ARE READY SING:

	A  LOONFUL  OF  SUGAR  MAKES  THE  Medicrane  GO  DOWN,  THE   Medicrane  GO  DOWWWN,  THE  Medicrane  GO  DOWN,  IN  A  MOST  DELIGHTFUL  WAY!!