Let’s Play Pretend!
Emily Hinkler
Once upon a time, a little girl named Emily liked to play pretend…
She played House. The cast of characters she was were: Mommie, Baby, Teenage Sister, Grandma, and Goldfish. Her sister Elizabeth played along as: Daddy, College Brother, Little Brother, Grandpa, and Cat.
“Okay, this time, let’s be at the beach!!! College brother will save Baby from the shark attack!”
BABY: College Brother! Save me! Goo goo gag a! Waaaa!
COLLEGE BROTHER: I’ll save you Baby!
“Ow! You just poked me in the eye!”
She played Swan Princess. The cast of characters she was were: Swan Princess.
“Let’s have Swan Princess fight the Crocodiles in the under water jail scene! AND she has to fight by herself because the Prince is having a party with out her.”
SWAN PRINCESS: I am stuck in this underwater jail cell filled with crocodiles! Oh what do I do? I wanna go to the party!
CROCODILES: Look! It’s Swan Princess! Let’s eat her!
SWAN PRINCESS: Oh no!
CROCODILES: We are coming!
“Hey! You just bit my hand!”
She played Puppy. The cast of characters she was were: Puppy.
“I got an idea! Let’s have puppy run away and have the Owner try to find her!”
PUPPY: (puppy noises)
OWNER: Oh no! I lost Puppy!
PUPPY: (puppy noises)
OWNER: Where are you, Puppy?
PUPPY: (puppy noises)
OWNER: Are you in Daddy’s closet?
PUPPY: Awooo!
OWNER: I found you, Puppy! Here’s your dog biscuit!
“Ow! You stepped on my paw!”
She played Mary Kate and Ashley. The cast of characters she was were: Ashley Olson.
“Let’s have Mary Kate and Ashley go to the mall!”
MARY KATE: I’m Mary Kate!
ASHLEY: I’m Ashley!
MARY KATE: And I’m STILL Mary Kate!
ASHLEY: And I’m Ashley!
(BOTH): We’re Mary Kate and Ashley!
MARY KATE: Let’s go to the mall now!
“Girls, it’s time for dinner!”
I have no clue how in the world to rap this up. Maybe say, some thing fairy tale-ish… like: “and she lived happily ever after as a theatre kid…” or something random like that… any ideas??
This is quite creative! I think that your person or people who talk this out are going to have so much fun with all of the different voices going on, but just make sure that it is very clear, like maybe say, "Baybe says..." or something like that so the listener doesn't get the voices confused! These all are extremely similar in structure, so maybe a good way to end it would be that"i don't play pretend anymore, except when I'm on stage... maybe that's why I'm in performing arts!" and then it would be funny maybe to end with getting hurt again possibly? That is tricky... I wonder why it ends with someone getting hurt each time, maybe say playing pretend was too rough for me so instead i take performing arts? I dunno, quite creative, though! Love you!
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