Tooth Trouble



Dooby Dooby Moo

Adapted from a book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin

* To aid in comprehension of the story, read the picture book prior to performing the readers theater.

|Character |Student playing the character |

|Narrator 1 | |

|Narrator 2 | |

|Duck | |

|Cow | |

|Sheep | |

|Farmer | |

|All | |

| | |

|Narrator 1 |Farmer Brown keeps a very close eye on his animals. Every night he listens outside the barn door. |

|All |Dooby, dooby moo…. Fa la, la, la baaaa…. Whacka, whacka Quack…. (snores) |

|Narrator 2 |Duck keeps a very close eye on Farmer Brown and every morning Duck borrows his newspaper. One day, an ad |

| |catches his eye: |

|Narrator 2 |As soon as Farmer Brown opened his paper, he knew the animals were up to something. |

|Narrator 1 |Farmer Brown watched them closely all day. He watched them from above, below, and even upside down. |

|Narrator 2 |Outside the barn, late at night, he heard, |

|All |Dooby, dooby moo… Fa la, la, la baaaa… Whacka, whacka Quack… |

|Narrator 1 |Inside the barn, the cows rehearsed “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” |

|Cows |Dooby, dooby, dooby moo. Dooby moo, moo, moo, moo. |

|Duck |Needs work. |

|Narrator 1 |The sheep rehearsed, “ Home on the Range.” |

|Sheep |Baaa, baaa, baaa, baaabaaa… Fa la baaa, fa la baaaa, baaaabaaabaaa! |

|Duck |Try it again with more feeling. |

|Narrator 1 |The pigs did an interpretive dance. |

|Duck |Whacka, whacka Quaaack….. |

|Narrator 2 |Day after day, Farmer Brown kept a very close eye on the animals. He watched them from the left, the right, |

| |and even watched in disguise. |

|Narrator 1 |Outside the barn, night after night, he heard: |

|All |Dooby, dooby, moo… Fa la, la, la baaaa… Whacka, whacka Quack…. |

|Narrator 1 |Inside the barn, night after night, the animals rehearsed. |

|Narrator 2 |Finally it was time for the county fair. Duck paced back and forth. The pigs were combing their hair; the |

| |cows were drinking tea with lemon. |

|Narrator 1 |Farmer Brown thought they were up to something and he was not going to leave them alone. He loaded all the |

| |animals into the back of his truck and drove to the fair. |

|Narrator 2 |When he got there he heard: |

|All |Dooby, dooby moo… Fa la, la, la baaaa… whacka, whacka Quack… |

|Narrator 1 |He parked his truck and headed off to the free barbecue. |

|Narrator 2 |When Farmer Brown was out of sight, the animals ran to the talent show desk and signed in.* |

|Narrator 1 |The cows sang, “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” |

|Cows |Dooby, dooby, dooby moo. Dooby moo, moo, moo, moo, moo. |

|Narrator 1 |Two of the judges were clearly impressed. |

|Narrator 2 |The sheep sang, “ Home on the Range.” |

|Sheep |Fa la, la, la baa. Fa la baaa, ba, ba, baaa, ba, baaaa. |

|Narrator 1 |Three of the judges were clearly impressed. It was time for the pigs’ interpretive dance. But they were sound|

| |asleep. |

|Pigs |Shloink oink, oink, oink, oink, oink. |

|Narrator 2 |All of the judges were clearly annoyed. |

|Narrator 1 |Duck really wanted that trampoline. He jumped on stage and sang, “ Born to Be Wild.”* |

|Duck |Quack, Quack, Quack, Quuuaaaaaackk! |

|Narrator 2 |The judges gave him a standing ovation. |

|Narrator 1 |When Farmer Brown got back to the truck, he heard: |

|All |Dooby, dooby moo… Fa la, la, la baaaa… Whacka, whacka Quack…. |

|Narrator 1 |The animals were exactly where he had left them. |

|Narrator 2 |That night Farmer Brown listened outside the barn door. |

|All |Dooby, dooby BOING! Fa la, la, la, la BOING! Whacka, whacka BOING! |

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