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The Beaver and the Lumberjack

publication date: Jul 26, 2010
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author/source: Carol Montgomery
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Beaver and the Lumberjack from Aesop's FablesThere are hundreds of Aesop's Fables;  this is a spunky adaptation of one with a character building twist!  Part of a character building series, "The Beaver and the Lumberjack" is a free Readers Theater script by Carol Montgomery. If you like simple fun for a small group it should be perfect!  Oh, did we tell you it's part of a collection based on Aesop's Fables? 
CAST: 3-4    TIME: about 3 minutes  TONE: contrasted heavy to light between the main characters; fun (Audio version, too.)
Here's a brief excerpt from the script:

The Beaver and the Lumberjack
By Carol Montgomery ©2010

From the early part of the script after the narrators and Lumberjack have been introduced...

Narrator 1:  Beaver lived around that river, heard the moans and appeared.

Beaver:  (happily)  Yo!  Hey there!  What's up?  Why all the commotion?

Lumberjack:  (moans)  I'm a poor, honest, hard-working man who makes a living cutting down trees and selling the wood.  But, I accidentally dropped my ax just now in the river.  I have no other way to make money.  (moans louder)

Beaver:  No problem, friend.  I can swim.  It happens.  I'll be right back.

Narrator 2:  So Beaver slid down the steep bank and dove into the river, retrieving an ax of solid gold.

Click on the PDF link below to see the full printable version of the free Readers Theater script "The Beaver and the Lumberjack."

Download the PDF "The Beaver and the Lumberjack, a free Readers Theater script adapted from Aesop's Fables.
Audio of The Beaver and the Lumberjack

Below is the audio version of "The Beaver and the Lumberjack, "  featuring guest student reader Antionette Michaels (pen name), age 11.  Just click on the arrow to play the 5 minute audio.




There are hundreds of Aesop's Fables;  this is a spunky adaptation of one with a character building twist!  "The Beaver and the Lumberjack" is a free Readers Theater script by Carol Montgomery.  If you like simple fun for a small group it should be perfect!  Oh, did we tell you it's part of a collection based on Aesop's Fables? 
CAST: 3-4    TIME: about 3 minutes  TONE: contrasted heavy to light between the main characters; fun

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