Below is a sample page from the Play's and Readers Theatre
The Three Bears and Marva Jean
Props: 3 bowls and spoons, 3 chairs, pillows, 3 blankets for beds,
costumes (if wanted)
Setting: The three bears’ house: kitchen, parlor and bedroom
Characters: Narrator, Mother Bear, Marva Jean,
Little Bear, Father Bear
Narrator: Once upon a time there were three bears who lived in a house of
their own in the woods. They each had a bowl for their pudding.
They each had a chair to sit on. And they each had a bed to sleep
in. One morning the three bears made pudding for breakfast.
Mother Bear and Father Bear wanted chocolate pudding and
Baby Bear wanted vanilla pudding.
Mother Bear: Let’s go for a walk in the woods. The pudding is not ready to eat.
Little Bear: That would be fun. Do you want to go, father?
Father Bear: Yes! When we get back, we can eat our pudding.
Narrator: While they were walking, a little girl named Marva Jean came to their house.
Marva Jean: Wow! This is a big house. I wonder if anyone is home.
I think I will look in the window.
Narrator: Marva Jean did not see anyone in the window. She turned the
handle of the door. The door was not locked because the three
bears were trusting bears. They did no one any harm, and they
never thought anyone would harm them.
Marva Jean: That’s funny! The door isn’t locked. They must want me to come
in. I smell something very good. I wonder what it is?
Narrator: Marva Jean saw some bowls on a table. She walked over to see
what smelled so good.
Marva Jean: This is what smells so good! It looks like mud! But I’m really
hungry, so I think I will try a bite. Wait…this is good!
It must be pudding.
Narrator: First, Marva Jean tasted the pudding of Father Bear. (Stick finger
into pudding. Then try it with a spoon.) It was too much chocolate
for her. Then she tasted the pudding of Mother Bear. It was too
much chocolate also. Finally, she tasted the vanilla pudding
of Little Bear.
