Cast: (15) 3 storytellers, 4 foxes, 4 cats, 4 dogs.
Storyteller 1: One day the foxes and the cats were playing in the woods.
Storyteller 2: The foxes were boasting about how clever they were.
Fox 1: We are very clever.
Fox 2: We are ready for any situation we find ourselves.
Fox 3: We have lots of plans to choose from
Fox 4: if our enemies try to catch us.
Storyteller 3: The cats looked worried.
Cat 1: Oh dear, the foxes are very clever.
Cat 2: We have only one plan.
Cat 3: We might have only one plan but it always works for us.
Cat 4: It is better to have one plan instead of lots of plans to choose from.
(The foxes and the cats are playing with each other on the stage and the dogs come in walking slowly and sniffing.)
Storyteller 1: The foxes and the cats played happily with each other in the woods.
Storyteller 2: The dogs were hunting not so far from where the foxes and the cats were playing.
Storyteller 3: They were sniffing very hard.
Dog 1: (sniffing) Do you dogs smell something?
Dog 2: Yes I smell some foxes.
Dog 3: And I smell some cats.
Dog 4: Quick let’s get them.
(They are in background sniffing hard and barking. The foxes and cats suddenly stop playing together.)
Foxes: Do you hear something?
Cats: Dogs.
Cat 1: Come on, cats climb this tree.
(All the cats climb the tree)
Cat 2: Foxes, this is our plan.
Cat 3: You better choose one of your plans
Cat 4: and be quick the dogs are getting nearer.
Fox 1: Stay calm, foxes. We have lots of plans to choose from.
Fox 2: Quick, let’s run behind this bush.
Fox 3: No, we should run down this hole.
Fox 4: The dogs are getting closer. We need to choose.
Fox 1: Jump down this hole.
(They all jump down the hole.)
Fox 2: It is too big the dogs will be able to get in.
Fox 3: Let’s jump into the smaller hole.
(Dogs arrive at the hole.)
Dogs: Caught you!
(The dogs drag the foxes off the stage and the cats come down slowly and continue playing.)
Storyteller 1: The lesson of this story is
Storyteller 2: that it is a better to have a good plan
Storyteller 3: then lots of plans you can’t choose from.
