The Toy shop
Sneha - The Dancing Doll
Ashish – Toy maker
Joanna – Sales Girl
Customers: Carolina, Jisha, Sharon, Anisha
(A Toy maker is repairing his masterpiece- a dancing doll. Children comes to the shop to buy toys- The sales girl attends them)
Joanna: Yes dear, please have a look. We have all latest toys here
Carolina & Anisha: Well... we just want to see them only
Joanna: This teddy bear is very cheap. Only twenty five Dirhams
Carolina: Do you have a white bear?
Joanna: Well.. we don’t have one at present, we can make one if you need.
Anisha: How much do you charge for that?
Joanna: Let me check with the toy maker.. hey man, how much will be a white bear of this size?
( The toymaker doesn’t bother to answer- continues to repair the dancing doll)
Joanna: Can’t you hear man, how much will we charge for a white bear?
Ashish: Can’t you see that I am repairing this precious doll? I have no time to make a white bear now.
Joanna: I am very sorry about that. Please give me your telephone number and we will get back to you.
Carolina: What is he doing with that big doll?
Joanna: O, it is a dancing doll. He is trying to make it sing
Anisha: A singing doll? Can I see it?
Joanna: Yes dear if you wait for some more time you can. He is repairing it.
Carolina: We will wait till he finishes
(Sharon & Jisha comes in)
Jisha: Do you sell Barbie dolls?
Joanna: Sorry dear, we don’t sell Barbies here. We sell only big dolls
Sharon: Big dolls, (pointing to the dancing doll)is that the one you are talking about?
Joanna: Yes, our toy maker is giving the final touch for that singing and dancing doll.
Jisha: O great. We want to see it dancing
Joanna: Sure you can, actually these people are also waiting to see its performance.
Carolina: Let’s hope it will work
Ashish: It is almost over. Now I only need to set the music (does some more work on the toy)
Anisha: Fast man, we need to go.
Joanna: Which song you are putting in Mr. Toy maker?
Ashish: You better listen to it now (stands and looks around the toy)
Well, its ready I am going to wind it..
(All anxiously look at the toy as the toy maker winds its key. The doll makes little sound and stops)
Carolina: Its not working properly. Come on let’s not waste our time
Joanna: Please wait for a few more minutes.
(Ashish checks around and kicks the toy stand – the doll starts dancing)
From the rising of the sun
To the going down of the same the Lord’s name
Is to be praised
Ashish: Thank God! At last it is working!
Praise ye the Lord,
Praise Him all ye servants of the Lord
Praise the name of the Lord,
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
From this time forth, And for evermore......
From the rising of the sun…
(suddenly the doll starts wrong actions)
Carolina: What happened to the doll? Its is not showing the correct actions.
Ashish: I don’t know. It has never done this before.
Jisha: It was singing and dancing for years but it doesn’t know what it means.
Joanna: Yes it doesn’t know who this Lord is and why to praise him.
Anisha: Jesus Christ is our lord and he is our creator and savior
Ashish:. Even though I have made this doll, it can only sing and dance.
Joanna: God created us so marvelously that we can do so much more than singing and dancing. We can think, write, paint, play, eat, smile and do so much more than a doll.
Sharon: I can even scratch my back!
Jisha: I can touch my toes
Anisha: I can curl my tongue
Joanna: I can blink and roll my eyes
Carolina: God has created us so wonderfully that we should praise him always.
Ashish: Yes it reminds me that we should praise him from our heart. Even when we sing we should understand the meaning of it. Other wise God will not accept our praises.
Joanna: Can we all sing that song together?
From the rising of the sun
To the going down of the same the Lord’s name
Is to be praised
Praise ye the Lord,
Praise Him all ye servants of the Lord
Praise the name of the Lord,
Blessed be the name of the Lord,
From this time forth, And for evermore......