German+Folk+Tale

German Folktale

Group Members: Kelly Fullerton, Alex Gaistman, Sara Flicht, Hayley Kirsh, Kim Korsunsky, Dejah Dixon-Green

Roles: Dejah Dixon-Green as "Two Eyes" Sara Flicht as "Three Eyes" Kelly Fullerton as "One Eye" Kim Korsunsky as "Goat" and "The Tree" Hayley Kirsh as "The Fairy Godmother" Alex Gaistman as "The Knight"

=﻿ACT ONE=

//Start scene on stage. Fairy Godmother is sitting on the stage balcony. Three eyes and one eye have their backs to the audience, standing beside each other upstage center on a set of stairs. Goat and two eyes are center stage. Goat is laying down trying to sleep, with Two Eyes lying beside him, resting her head on his legs, crying her eyes out.// //Scene starts as music playing in the background fades off.// //Loud sobs are coming from two eyes//


 * Goat:** Ah!! Hush up child! ... I guess your wondering how I got here? I'm a goat. A barn animal. I should be eating hay and sleeping all day long. But no. Instead, I'm playing the role of Dr. Phil in this family situation!! Baaa! Well, I guess it all started like this....


 * Three Eyes + One Eye:** *screaming* TWO EYES!!!!!
 * Three Eyes:** We have some simple chores for you to do today, shouldn't take you too long. (//Three Eyes and One Eye walk down the stairs and unroll a long scroll of paper filled with writing//)
 * One Eye:** Get A Move On It! We need you to scrub the floors, do the dishes, set the table, milk the cow, collect the eggs, pick the berries, make the beds...
 * Goat:** And wash the goat!
 * Three Eyes:** If you need us, we will be staring at our beautiful selves in the mirror. Our ONE and THREE beautiful eyes.

//Two Eyes runs around the stage doing her chores, while Three Eyes and One Eye sit and stare at themselves in the mirror at stage left.//


 * Goat:** There were three sisters who lived alone in a cottage in the woods. The eldest sister was named One Eye, and if you haven't guessed already she had just one ugly eye right in the middle of her huge forehead.
 * One Eye:** I don't know if I could be any more beautiful. My eye compliments my attractive face and just adds to my gorgeousness!
 * Goat:** The middle sister was named Three Eyes for the three disturbing eyeballs on her revolting face.
 * Three Eyes:** Oh please!!! Why have //one,// when you can have THREE?
 * Goat:** But the youngest sister was //different.// Her name was Two Eyes, and that’s just what she had. Because Two-Eyes was not like others, her older sisters were ashamed of her and picked on her all the time. But not only was Two Eyes different because of her appearance, she was different from her sisters because she was a kind and loving soul. Her sisters didn't care and took advantage of her. They dressed her in ragged hand-me-downs, only let her eat leftovers, and made her do all the work. Since she was so kind and hardworking, she would never neglect her sisters.
 * Two Eyes:** Awww you are soo kind, but you can't cheer me up. I'm just in too bad of a mood.
 * One Eye:** Two eyes, once you're done ALL of these chores you have to take the goat to the meadow,
 * One Eye+Three Eyes:** And don't forget!

//Two Eyes finishes her chores, and walks over to the goat.//


 * Two Eyes:** Let's go Goat, I have to take you to the meadow to get cleaned up.
 * Goat:** I need some respect around here. From now I declare myself as SIR Goat.
 * Two Eyes:** Now you! Who else is going to boss me around, "SIR Goat"! Ugh, what a a day its been. My sisters are so cruel, they make me do all the chores including cooking and preparing all the food that they eat for dinner. What am I suppose to eat? (Two Eyes starts to cry)
 * Goat:** And that's when the Fairy Godmother heard the loud sobs of Two Eyes from the castle and hurried right over.

//The Fairy Godmother. However, as soon as she stops she has one hand on her hip and carries a smug expression. She holds herself with confidence and shows sass.//


 * The Fairy Godmother:** My, my, my; now what //do// we have here?
 * Two Eyes:** Who said That? Who's speaking? Is It God? Is it you, God?
 * The Fairy Godmother:** You Wish! It's your fairy godmother, child. And I am here to help you.. //(Starts walking down the stairs *floating down from the sky*)// I heard your annoying whining, I mean, crying from far away in my castle. Why were you crying, my dear?
 * Two Eyes:** Well, my two sisters are so beautiful with their one and three eyes.... wait, you have two eyes!
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Yes smart child, I also have two feet.
 * Goat:** I got four... Baaa.
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Anyways, continue..
 * Two Eyes:** Well, because my sisters have one more and one less of an eye than I do, they treat me like their maid. They make me do all the chores and cook dinner for them. And when I do make food, I don't get any of it. They take all of it for themselves. The reason I'm crying is because I'm hungry and lonely.
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Well, good news! I have brought with me my book of chants.
 * Two Eyes:** Well, where is it?
 * The Fairy Godmother:** (//snaps)// (//snaps again) (A large dusty old book is thrown out on stage)// Why there it is! (//quickly flips through the large pages of the book, and stops at a page)// Here it is! This will give you all the food you will ever need. First, I need a barn animal.
 * Goat:** Of course you do...
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Now say the magic chant to your goat. Read It...
 * Two Eyes:** (reading) Bleat, goat, bleat. And bring me lots to eat!
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Then you’ll have plenty. When you don’t want any more, just say.. this.
 * Two Eyes:** (reading) Bleat, goat, bleat. I’ve had so much to eat!
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Yes! Exactly.. (listening) Oh! I hear some other child crying their eyes out, (then states sort of rudely) not as loudly as you I might add, but I will make my way now.
 * Two Eyes:** Please Come Back!
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Don't worry child, I'll come back
 * Two Eyes and Fairy Godmother:** soon!
 * The Fairy Godmother + Two Eyes:** Goodbye!
 * Goat:** Wow, she's something special (Goat and Two Eyes start to laugh)

//Fairy Godmother leaves and goes back up the stairs where she came from// //Two Eyes exits stage left with goat//

=ACT TWO= //Two Eyes, Three Eyes and One Eye are on stage posing in a tableau, Goat is downstage center.//
 * Goat:** After a delicious dinner prepared by your very own, Two eyes went home and when she arrived, she didn't eat any of the left-overs they left her. Her sisters didn't notice that she left it, without even having a taste of it, untill she got up and wandered off to bed... (Two Eyes leaves and One and Three Eyes realized the plate still containing food)
 * One Eye+Three Eye:** Look! Our sister didn't eat a thing!
 * One Eye:** That is odd...
 * One Eye+Three Eyes:** Very odd.
 * One Eye:** There must be an explination!
 * Three Eyes:** She must be gathering food from somewhere else!
 * One Eyes:** A Somewhere else that we do not know about...
 * Three Eyes:** Somewhere that she goes alone...
 * Three Eyes + One Eyes:** The Meadow!
 * Three Eyes:** She's getting food from the meadow!
 * One Eyes:** Not for long she will!. Tomorrow, I will follow her to the meadow and see what she is up to. (//one eyes laughs maliciously //)

//Lights fade out,// //Light fade in showing:////Two Eyes is getting the goat ready to go to the meadow while One Eye and Three Eyes are watching and whispering to one another.//

Goat: And so, the next day, One Eye planned to go to the meadow with Two Eyes and see what was going on.
 * Two Eyes:** Come on goat! Let`s get going!
 * Goat:** Baaaah!
 * One Eye:** Oh, wait for me you two! I am coming along to make sure that you tend to our favourite little goat properly (strokes Goat lovingly) (Then looks disgusted and wipes her hand on her outfit).
 * Goat:** Favourite? I'm the only one. Something is off...she never gave a baaah about me before.
 * Two Eyes:** (to One Eye) Well, alright, you can come along...
 * One Eye:** Of Course I Can! I wasn't asking.
 * Two Eyes:** Come along Sir Goat!

//Two Eyes and goat walk to the meadow,////One Eye trails behind and keeps watch.// //(Goat laughing)//
 * Goat:** Now, One Eye wasn't the smartest sister of the three. Actually, she was the dumbest. She wasn't a convincing liar either(one eye roles her eyes). And even though One Eye tried her best to get Two Eyes to tell her her secret, Two Eyes was smarter than that.
 * Two Eyes:** Since One Eye is here I can't use the generous woman's rhyme (//Two Eyes says to goat and audience so that One Eye can not hear//)
 * Goat:** Poor you (//he says sarcastically//) (//One eye comes over and both the goat and Two Eyes stop talking)//
 * One Eye:** Well... (looking at Two Eyes) Aren't you going to be doing something.
 * Two Eyes:** Yep! Umm... Picking daisies! (she sits down and starts picking flowers)
 * One Eye:** (sits down besides Two Eyes, takes the daisy out of her hands and throws it behind her) No... Something else.
 * Two Eyes:** Oh.. Yeah. Brushing the Goat.
 * One Eye:** NO! Something Else... (//getting more frustrated)//
 * Two Eyes:** Oh! I get what your talking about.. The Goat DOES look thirsty. He needs a drink from the meadow.
 * One Eye:** Ugh!! This is Pointless! (//she gets up and storms off to the side frustrated)//
 * Two Eyes**: This is no joke. One Eye and Three Eyes probably realized I was being fed elsewhere! (Two Eyes starts to sob)
 * Goat:** If you keep crying like this, this meadow is gonna turn into a lake.
 * Two Eyes:** I just can't help it (Sniff) They'll probably keep coming to the meadow with us to make sure I won't...EAT (Wails loudly)
 * Goat:** Oh, quit your whining child. You're giving me a migraine!

//Goat and Two Eyes leave stage// //Three Eyes enters//
 * Three Eyes:** So. What happened?
 * One Eye:** Nothing!
 * Three Eyes:** Nothing?
 * One Eye:** Did I stutter?
 * Three Eyes:** Drop the attitude, so she didn't eat or anything?
 * One Eye:** No! She just tended to the goat!
 * Three Eyes and One Eye:** Hmmm....

//Lights down and Two Eyes enters stage by herself.// //Spotlight on Two Eyes.// //The Fairy Godmother is on the platform above stage. She is not seen, only her voice is heard.// //Two Eyes looks around the room, surprised to hear the Fairy Godmother's voice.// ‘Is your eye awake? Is your eye asleep? Is your eye awake? Is your eye asleep?’ Keep saying this, and your sister will be asleep in no time! //The lights go out.//
 * Two Eyes:** Just as soon as something good gets handed to me, my sisters have to ruin in!
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Quiet!
 * Two Eyes:** Fairy Godmother! Is that you?
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Of course it is! Now I see you've run into a problem...?
 * Two Eyes:** Yes! It’s my sisters, the goat can’t bring me food because One-Eye is always watching me.
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Don't worry about that! [//she laughs//] You can stop her if you simply just sing this song;
 * Two Eyes:** Oh thank you, thank you so much!

=ACT THREE=

//The lights fade in showing both One Eye and Two Eyes in the meadow.// //Two Eyes is tending to the goat and One Eye is keeping close watch on her.// Is your eye asleep? Is your eye awake? Is your eye asleep? //One Eye drops her head forward abruptly in the middle of her speaking and starts heavily snoring, leaving Two Eyes looking excitedly over at the Goat//
 * Goat:** The next day, One Eye followed Two Eyes to the meadow once again to try and find out where Two Eyes was getting food from. But, little did she know that Two Eyes was going to use the little rhyme that The Fairy Godmother taught her.
 * Two Eyes:** Oh dear sister of mine, may I sing a song to you?
 * One Eye:** Fine, but make it quick. And absolutely //no// funny business.
 * Two Eyes: **//[sings] ‘//Is your eye awake?
 * One Eye:** (sarcastically) Ha! Beautiful Song! (mocking) Is your eye awake? Is your eye asleep? Hahaha! No, my eyes aren't, but my ears are! Sweetheart, You think you can sing or something? Reality check for you: You have no talent and...
 * Two Eyes:** It worked!
 * Goat:** Oh joy...
 * Two Eyes:** Bleat, goat, bleat. And bring me lots to eat!

//The lights fade out.// //The lights fade back in to Three Eyes and One Eye.//
 * Three Eyes:** ..And So? What Happened?
 * One Eyes:** How should I know? I fell asleep!
 * Three Eyes:** Ugh! Your pathetic!
 * One Eyes:** If you think you can do better, then you go tomorrow.
 * Three Eyes:** I will!

//Three Eyes marches off, and One Eyes also does frustrated.// //Two Eyes walks in with the goat, heading to meadow.// //Three Eyes comes running on.//
 * Goat:** Both sisters weren't very bright, but of the two of them, Three Eyes was a bit smarter. Thinking she could find out the secret of where Two Eyes was getting food from, Three Eyes followed Two Eyes to the meadow.
 * Three Eyes:** Yoohoo! (waving and now talking to two eyes) Wait Up, silly. //I'll// be heading to the meadow with you today.
 * Two Eyes:** Great company, you will be (whispering loudly to Goat), if you don't fall asleep!
 * Goat:** And so, Two Eyes asked her sister the same thing...
 * Two Eyes:** Can I sing you a song?
 * Goat:** And she sang to her sister the same song...
 * Two Eyes:** Is your eye awake? Is your eye asleep? Is your eye awake? Is your eye asleep?
 * Goat:** And the sister had the same reaction...
 * Three Eyes:** Well that was a pathetic attempt at singing and possesing some sort of talent... (drops head forward, starts snoring)
 * Two Eyes:** Yes! (to Goat) Bleat, goat, bleat! And give me lots to eat!
 * Goat:** And Two Eyes ate away... but, what she didn't know is that Two Eyes was not asleep, only one of her three eyes were. While the others watched closely as she said the rhyme and ate away.

//Light fade out// //Lights fade in on Three Eyes standing on stage with the goat beside her, One Eye walks in//
 * One Eye:** So? What happened, smart one!
 * Three Eyes:** Our sister knows a charm to make the goat bring wonderful food! But I couldn't hear the words...
 * One Eye:** Why not just get rid of the goat?
 * Three Eyes:** Good Idea!
 * Goat :** And, so they did. With Two Eyes only finding out the next morning...

//Three Eyes and One Eye walk the goat off stage// //Light fades out// //Light fades in on Two Eyes asleep in a bed on center stage, One Eye sitting, watching over her on one side of the bed, and Three Eyes, on the other.// //Two Eyes wakes up, surprised.//
 * Two Eyes:** Why, what's going on?
 * Three Eyes:** We found out your little secret...
 * One Eye:** Yes we did! Silly Girl! You thought you could eat better than your sisters, did you? Well, the goat is gone, so that’s that.
 * Three Eyes:** Thought you were smarter, didn't you! But I was watching you! (does watching you sign with three fingers)
 * One Eye:** And I was watching you too! (does watching you sign with one finger)
 * Three Eyes:** (to One Eye) No, you weren't!
 * One Eye:** Yes I was!
 * Three Eyes:** You were until you fell asleep!
 * One Eyes:** Ugh! You always have to ruin my moment! (storms off stage)
 * Three Eyes:** Ugh! (madly walks off)
 * Two Eyes:** (sitting and crying in her bed)
 * The Fairy Godmother:** (comes on stage with her book) What's wrong, my dear?
 * Two Eyes:** It’s my sisters. The song didn’t work on Three-Eyes. She saw everything, and now they’ve chased away the goat.
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Silly girl! That charm was just for One-Eye. For Three-Eyes, you should have sung, ‘Are your eyes awake? Are your eyes asleep?’. EyeSS! Plural! See! (points to book) It says here in the fine print!
 * Two Eyes:** I'd need a magnifying glass to read that!
 * The Fairy Godmother:** Well, you should've have got one!
 * Two Eyes:** (continues crying)
 * The Fairy Godmother:** (talking to herself) I'm just gonna end all of this torture already! A Fairy Godmother has better things to do! (then turning back to Two Eyes) Oh! Don't worry chidl! Here, take this seed and plant it in front of your cottage. You’ll soon have a tall tree with leaves of silver and apples of gold. When you want an apple, just say, ‘Apple hanging on the tree, I am Two-Eyes. Come to me!’ It will fall right into your hand!
 * Two Eyes:** Oh! Thank You So Much Fairy Godmother! (hugs her)

//Lights fade out// =ACT FOUR= //Lights fade in on Two Eyes standing beside the big apple tree// //Three Eyes and One Eye come walking on// //They put an apple basket over her, they fix up their hair quickly// //The knight comes in with a visor over his face// //One Eye and Three Eyes look at each other and start pushing each other out of the way. It becomes a catfight to get towards the tree.// //Two Eyes and Three Eyes begin fighting again, The Knight lifts the picnic basket, revealing Two Eyes underneath// //The Knight gives Two Eyes a hand up.// //The Knight takes off his visor and shows that he has Two Eyes as well.// //The Knight gives her his hand and they walk toghether off stage//
 * Tree:** The very next morning, a tall tree stood before the cottage with leaves of silver and apples of gold.
 * Two Eyes:** Oh wow! What a beautiful apple tree! I didn't know it would grow. I only planted it yesterday morning!
 * Three Eyes:** Oh wow, what a beautiful apple tree you have planted, sister!
 * One Eye:** Too bad we won't be letting you eat any of the apples!
 * Three Eyes:** Hahaha! (starts taking one of the apples, she struggles to rip it off, it won't come off)
 * One Eye:** (looking into the distance) Oh! Oh! Look! A man!
 * Three Eyes:** Oh My! Quick! Hide her! (pointing to Two Eyes)
 * Knight:** Good morning ladies! Beautiful tree you have got there! I would dearly love to have one of those apples. In fact, I would grant anything in my power to the lady who first gave me one!
 * Knight:** Oh! Feisty sisters you are! (he sits down on the picnic basket to watch)
 * Two Eyes:** (from under basket) Ow!
 * Knight:** (realizing someone is under the basket) That's odd.... Does anyone happen to be in there.
 * One Eye + Three Eyes:** (stop fighting and look at the prince)
 * Three Eyes:** Why, no one, sir.
 * One Eye:** Yeah, no one, sir.
 * Knight:** Strange... I could have swore I heard some one from under the basket.
 * Three Eyes:** Well, I mean, it's just our sister, sir.
 * One Eye:** Yeah, it's just our sister, sir.
 * Knight:** I would love to meet her.
 * Three Eyes:** But she's.. different, sir.
 * One Eyes:** Yeah, different.
 * Three Eyes:** (speaking to One Eye) Would you like to stop copying me?
 * One Eye:** I'm not copying you!
 * One Eyes + Three Eyes:** (they notice he's seen Two Eyes and stop fighting)
 * Three Eyes:** Oh, she's hideous, we know! Please don't stare at her and make her feel as ugly as she already is! (they cover her face with their hands)
 * Knight:** Why, no. She is beautiful. She’s the loveliest young lady I’ve ever seen.
 * Three Eyes + One Eye:** What!?!
 * Tree:** But no one would have thought that the polite knight also only had Two Eyes.
 * Knight:** Dear lady, can //you// give me an apple from that tree?
 * Two Eyes:** Why, of course! (she walks over to the tree) Apple hanging on the tree, I am Two-Eyes. Come to me! ( an apple drops into her hand)
 * Knight:** My thanks! And now I will grant anything in my power.
 * Two Eyes:** (she takes out a long scroll with a list of what she wants done) Well, to start with, you can take me away from these horrid, hateful sisters!
 * Tree:** So the knight took Two-Eyes back to his castle. And since they had so much in common—after all, they both had two eyes—you can be sure they lived happily ever after. As for One-Eye and Three-Eyes, day after day they stood under that tree and repeated their sister’s words.
 * Two Eyes + Three Eyes:** Apple hanging on the tree, I am Two-Eyes. Come to me! (repeatedly, fast, not together, trying to say it louder than one another)
 * Tree:** But the apples never fell for them, and they never did figure out why.