Nick Takes a Journey

An original script by:
Molly Buchholz, Hannah Rambow, Eme Craig, Madison Pankratz, John Jones,
Matthew Vencill, and Bridger Gordon

SCENE 1: Looking for a Friend

Narrator: Once there was a monkey named Paydro and a great horned owl named Nick.  They were best friends in the zoo.  But the zookeeper had a better monkey and a better owl.  So they were released back into their habitats.  Nick went back to the forest and Paydro back to the jungle.  But Nick missed Paydro.

(Owl cries.)

Owl:     I wish I could find Paydro.  Humm . . . humm . . . hum . . .  hey.  Maybe I could go find him.  The address is 28185 Monkey Road, Amazon Jungle, Peru, South America 55832.  That’s not far.

Narrator:  He hooted.

Owl:  It’s half a mile!

Narrator:  And that’s when Nick started his great journey.  Little did he know he would make many new friends.

 

SCENE 2:  Meeting the Fireflies

Narrator:  After fluttering ten yards that night, Nick saw something glowing.

Owl:  HOO – HOO - Who is that?

Firefly M (to Firefly H):  It sounds like a great horned owl.

Owl:  HOO – HOO – Who is that?

Firefly H:  We are FIREFLIES!

Owl:  Oh, but why do you have your lights?

Firefly M:  We have our lights to communicate.

Firefly H:  Like to find a mate.

Owl:  Can you shut your lights off please?

Firefly M:  Sure.

Firefly H:  Okay—but why?

Owl:  My name is Nick and I don’t need your lights because I have good eyesight in the dark.  I am looking for my friend Paydro the Monkey.

Firefly M:  Can we come with?

Owl:  Sure, you can follow me.  Do you know where Paydro lives?

Firefly H:  No, but our friend Miss Doe might.

Owl:  Then let’s go!

Narrator:  And off they went.

 

SCENE 3:  Miss Doe Helps Out

Narrator:  When they got 100 feet further Miss Doe sniffed the air.

Doe:  Hi, fireflies!  Who is your friend?

Owl:  My scientific name is Bubo Virginianus but you can call me Nick.

Doe:  Nice to meet you Nick.  What are you guys doing wandering around the forest?

Firefly H:  We’re looking for Paydro the Monkey.

Firefly M:  So do you know anything about him or where he lives?

Owl:  Do you?

Doe:  Well, I, uh, heard Paydro is a dancing monkey and he sells banana cream oil.

Owl:  HOO – Who from?

Doe:  From Viper.

Owl:  Dooooo yoooou want toooo come with?

Doe:  Yes, please.  Viper is 100 feet from here.

Firefly H:  Let’s go!

Narrator:  And off they went.

 

 

SCENE 4:  A Snake Assistant?

Narrator:  Viper was a boa constrictor who thought he was a rattlesnake. He stuck out his tongue and smelled them when they were 50 feet away.

Viper:  Hisssssss! Over here!

Doe:  Hi!  We have a new friend named Nick.

(Nick snaps his bill.)

Viper and Owl (at each other):  HISSSSSSS!

Firefly M:  It’s okay, Nick.  He won’t hurt you.

Owl:  Do you know where Paydro is?

Viper:  Why, I’m his assistant.  I gather the ingredients for his secret recipe for banana cream oil.

Owl:  COOOOOL!

Viper:  Follow me!

Narrator:  As they continued the journey, they talked about how fun it was to make new friends and communicate.  They each shared a poem.

 

SCENE 5:  Communication Poems

Narrator:  Each animal has a different way to communicate.  Owls hoot and fluff.  Fireflies flicker.  Deer sniff and flip their tails.  Snakes hiss.  Every animal communicates some way and it always comes out different!

Owl:  Animals use communication, every animal in every nation.  I communicate too, so do you!

Firefly M:  We are fireflies, glowing bright.  Others see us with our night light.
Firefly H:  We might be very tiny.  But we are also shiny.

Doe: I’m a white-tailed doe; I wander to and fro
searching for and finding sweet clover.
As I nibble on the grasses, I have no need for glasses
for my hearing is quite extra-ordinary.

Viper: Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake, slithers in the dry grass
Be careful when you pass;
It makes a loud sound with the rattles on its tail,

It sort of sounds like pebbles falling in a pail.

 

SCENE 6: Paydro At Last

Monkey:  What’s all this commotion?

Doe:  We are looking for a monkey named Paydro.

Viper and Owl:  That IS Paydro!

Narrator:  Nick was so excited he fluffed his feathers.

(Owl fluffs his feathers.)

Monkey:  I’m so glad to see you—I’ve learned a special dance for you.

(Paydro does his dance.)

(All animals share their form of communication for applause.)

Narrator:  All the animals became friends and lived happily ever after selling banana cream oil!

Molly Buchholz, Hannah Rambow, Eme Craig, Madison Pankratz, John Jones,
Matthew Vencill, and Bridger Gordon