whale play
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Old Lady
Kid 1
Kid 2
Kid 3
OL (sitting doing her knitting)
Kids (all come in running, all out of breath and very excited!)
K2 Nanny nanny there is a whale on the beachthere is a whale on the beach
OL I am comingI am coming
K1 Nanny nanny the whale looks like its dead. I poked it. (making poking motions with hand)
K3 Nanny nanny it is the biggest whale in the whole wide world! (spreading arms really wide apart and jumping around)
K2 Nanny nanny it is all covered with crusty things and wheeeewwwwwwweeeee does it stink!(hold her nose!)
They then (as a group) all walk over to where the whale is and Nanny looks at the poor dead whale.
OL Oh that makes me so sad to think of this poor whale on the beachall alone and without its whanau. It reminds me of the story about the great whale of Motutapu Island. My nanny told me when I was a little girl like you lot, and my nanny's nanny told her and her nanny's nanny nanny told her and her nanny's nanny nanny nanny told her
K1 (interrupts OL by saying) How long is this going to takehow long will it take?..