Fractured Fairytales
By Jerle Shannara
Three Visually Challenged Mice VS. The Farmer's Wife
The scene is the courtroom. The Farmer's Wife is the accused, while the accusers are three blind---ahem---visually challenged---mice. Their lawyer stands nearby.
Judge: Present your case.
Mice (singing): Three blind mice, three blind mice---"
Farmer's Wife (standing up and bringing her carving knife down on the table): Your Honor, I object!
Judge: Overruled. (turns to the mice) please begin again.
Mice: Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run, see how they run---
Wife (enraged): Your Honor, I object!
Judge (annoyed): Overruled! Begin again!
Mice: Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run. See how they run---
Wife: Your Honor, I object!
Judge (furious): Overruled! Begin again!
Mice's Lawyer: Your Honor, how can they tell their tale if she keeps cutting it off?
Author's Note
Actually, there was a fourth Vignette in the original play. There was one before the first story, two after it, the second story and one last Vignette. The original first Vignette was Humpty Dumpty versus the king. He was suing for falling off the wall. Unfortunately, most of that Vignette was a song, and I've since forgotten the lyrics, as I forgot the lyrics to the songs used in the actual stories, so they're not listed here. Well, hope you enjoy! Maybe I'll come up with a few more at a later date.
By Jerle Shannara
Three Visually Challenged Mice VS. The Farmer's Wife
The scene is the courtroom. The Farmer's Wife is the accused, while the accusers are three blind---ahem---visually challenged---mice. Their lawyer stands nearby.
Judge: Present your case.
Mice (singing): Three blind mice, three blind mice---"
Farmer's Wife (standing up and bringing her carving knife down on the table): Your Honor, I object!
Judge: Overruled. (turns to the mice) please begin again.
Mice: Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run, see how they run---
Wife (enraged): Your Honor, I object!
Judge (annoyed): Overruled! Begin again!
Mice: Three blind mice, three blind mice. See how they run. See how they run---
Wife: Your Honor, I object!
Judge (furious): Overruled! Begin again!
Mice's Lawyer: Your Honor, how can they tell their tale if she keeps cutting it off?
Author's Note
Actually, there was a fourth Vignette in the original play. There was one before the first story, two after it, the second story and one last Vignette. The original first Vignette was Humpty Dumpty versus the king. He was suing for falling off the wall. Unfortunately, most of that Vignette was a song, and I've since forgotten the lyrics, as I forgot the lyrics to the songs used in the actual stories, so they're not listed here. Well, hope you enjoy! Maybe I'll come up with a few more at a later date.