The Dancing Princesses

The Dancing Princesses

Scene 1

Narrator: A queen, as the brothers Grimm have taught us had three very deceitful daughters whose shoes

                  were always battered, heels worn down and soles worn through. The queen was perplexed as she

                  could not detect how their shoes were wrecked.

Queen:    Servant Valerie! Come here!

Valerie:   Yes, Your Majesty , your humble , obedient , loyal , and polite servant has arrived !

Queen:    I have a very important task to entrust to you as the country’s financial wealth depends on it. Now

                 listen carefully! Here’s the mystery:

                 Every morning, my daughter’s shoes are battered without any reason. I want you to convey this

                message to the public that if any gentlemen is able to solve this mystery, he is to wed my lovely

                daughter.

Valerie:  I understand, Your Majesty. I shall proceed at once.

Narrator:  The queen enter his daughter’s room. The princesses stand around the queen.

Cha-cha:  Mommy dear, why are you so angry? I understand that mummy needs to repair our shoes but I’m  

                  sure  it won’t be a problem for you.

Bossanova:  Mommy, I want all these fine shoes to be replaced! All of them must be in the best of condition. I

                       want my shoes to be done with the finest workmanship and it must be encrusted with the most

                       rarest diamonds and precious stones that can be found in the world! I will not accept anything less

                       than that!

Queen:     Sweetheart, you know that I buy you shoes everyday of the season. However, your shoes always end

                   up wrecked the next day.

Bossanova:  But wrecking my own shoes is not a crime, mommy!

Jitterbug:  Oh mommy dear, you are so sweet. You know we need to look after our feet!

Queen:   Yes, but here’s the point. You just can’t fudge it. You do know that your feet cost me half of the

                national budget, don’t you?

Scene 2

Narrator:  Just as Valerie conveys this message, a young soldier named Hugh just arrived in town.

Hugh:  Though I am a crippled soldier with no arms (weopons), I am on a quest to search for fortune.

Narrator:  Just then, Hugh’s attention was brought to the notice attached on a pole. He reads the notice.

Hugh:   (Reading) Reward- for the man who can deduce the cause of the royal footwear abuse. If your quest

              meets with success, you shall wed a fair princess. But fail to find the reason why, the penalty is fixed:

              you die!

Narrator:   An old woman passes by.

Old woman:   Greetings, young man! Good day, good day. Why are you in such a hurry?

Hugh:   I’m going to town to solve the mystery of the royal footwear abuse.

Old woman:   My child, you are living in your own fantasy world. If things were so easy , everyone would have            

                          gotten a princess by now !

Hugh:   Oh darnn! That’s true. But nevertheless I could still win a princess if ive tried ...

Old woman:   You? Win a princess? You have a plan?

Hugh:   Not yet. But I’ll do it! I can, I can!

Old woman:   Oh no you can’t!

Hugh:   Oh yes I can!

Old woman:   One billion young men have tried .

Hugh:And?

Old woman: One billion young men have died !

Hugh:  This gives me more motivation to complete the quest !

 Old woman :And how will you avoid their fate?The men have tried everything  but they still end up dead. The  

                        princesses are way too smart to figure out , young man.

Hugh:   I’ve no idea. But I will. You wait.

Old woman:   You should give up. Won’t you think twice? Then hear an old woman’s wise advice. The Palace

                         has best vintage Malaysian beer. Tiger Beer, eighteen-seventy-nine. It’s quite the best- or so you

                         think. But don’t be tempted! Do not ever drink it!

Hugh:   But why?

Old woman:    They’ll offer you a dozens of can and in the expired beer, there is a sleeping drug. As every child

                           must know, you must not drink it. The rule is simple: Just say no! And when the clock should

                           strike thirteen.

Hugh:   Thirteen?

Old woman:   You need to follow and observe the princesses. And see it all, without being caught.

Hugh:   How do I achieve that?

Old woman:   You need this invisible underwear.

Hugh:   It’s not invisible! I can see it, and its  so colourful ! Ew!

Old woman:   Oh you silly man, it is colourful to camouflage in the woods. And don't you dare judge my

                          underwear colour you ungrateful child !

Hugh:   Oh well that’s fine. I’ll try it on. Fantastic! I’m invisible! I’ve gone !

Old woman:   Farewell, my friend. Good luck. Perhaps you’ll find where those Princesses dance !

Narrator:   Remembering all he had been taught. Our hero soon arrived at the kingdom.