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AReader’sTheaterScript

OriginalstorybyStephenCosgrove

WordCount:1,274

Characters:

Narrator

Hattie

Sybil

Sarah

Mermaid

Anoteonstaging:Youmaywishtodividetheperformanceareaintoa

“narrator”sideandan“action”side;onthe“narrator”side,Hattieandthe

narratorspeaktoeachotherinthepresenttime.Onthe“action”side,Hattie

speakswithSarahandSybilatthetimeofthediaryentry.Youmayalso

wishtoconsidersplittingtheroleofHattiweentwostudents.

Hattie:

Hi,mynameisHattieMacGruder,andIfoundareal

mermaid!

Narrator:

Butwaitaminute,mermaidsaren’treal.

Hattie:

ButIfoundone—areal,livemermaid,andsheisonly

threeincheslong.

Narrator:

Idon’tknowifmanypeoplewillbelievethatstory.

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Hattie:

Iamtellingtheabsolutetruth.Butthereareotherswhoare

nottellingthetruth.SarahandSybilareliarsandfibbersand

tellersofuntruth.Theysaidthatthemermaidwasnothing

morethanasillytoythatwasn’teveralive.Theysaidthat

Imadethewholethingup.That’swhytheyareliarsand

fibbersandtellersofuntruth.

Narrator:

Well,whyshouldwebelieveyouandnotbelievethem?

Hattie:

IhaveproofthatIfoundarealmermaid.Theproofisinmy

diary,andIamgoingtoletyoureaditexactlyasIwroteit

threeweeksagowhenIfoundthetinymermaid.

Narrator:

Okay,thatsoundslikeagoodidea.We’llstartreadingatthe

beginning—

Hattie:

Wait—youcanonlyreadthepartsofthediarythatareabout

themermaid.Iwon’tletyoureadthatSarahreallydidn’tgo

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