Haste Makes Waste拔苗助長(zhǎng)

吳佩詩(shī)

Ding is a farmer. He is an impatlentperson.0ne day，he gets an idea to plant someseedlings.He buys some seedlings from themarket and plants them in the field carefully.He looks forward to a happy ending from thenon.小秧苗們會(huì)結(jié)出累累碩果嗎？讓我們一起來欣賞江蘇省海門中南國(guó)際小學(xué)的同學(xué)們演繹的精彩童話劇吧！

Act1

（ Rooster is croaking. A new day begins.）

Ding： The sun is rising. Time to go to the field.

Ding ' s wife： Honeyl Honeyl

Ding： What ' s up？ It ' s time to go to the field.

Ding'swife： The seedlings are still at home.

What will you plant？

Ding： I' m sorry. I am too careless to forget the

seedlings.

Act2

（ Ding plants all the seedlings in the center of the field.）

Seedling A： It is warm here.

Seedling B： I agree with you. Fresh air and soft soil.

Seedling C： Better than before.

All seedlings： Yes.

Seedling D： Hey， guys. Do you know how long we will be here？

Seedling A： When fall is coming， we will say goodbye.

Seedling E： From spring to fall. People have to weed and fertilize us. Then we will keep healthy.

Seedling B： That is right.

Seedling C： I got it.

Seedling A： It ' s getting late. Time to go to bed.

All seedlings： Good night.

Act 3

（The night is coming. All seedlings have good dreams until the sun isrising. Roosteris croaking and all seedlings wake up.）

Ding Xiaobao： Dad， where are you going？

Fox： I' m going to check my seedlings. Will you come with me？Ding Xiaobao： No， thanks.

（Ding hurries to check if the seedlings have grown up or not.）

Ding： Why？ How can you grow up so slowly？ You all look the sameas yesterday. Tell me why.

（ Ding smokes and wants to have a check tomorrow.）

All seedlings： I hate smoke. Ding is too bad.

Seedling C： Ding smokes all day.

Seedling A： Yes. He looks so sad today.

Seedling D： Yes. Do you know why？

Seedling A： He thinks we grow too slowly.

Seedling D： He is too stupid. Whatever， it ' s time to go to bed.

Ding Xiaobao： Dad， you look so sad. What happened？

Ding： Nothing. I am okay. I have a good idea now.

Act4

（The sun is rising again. Ding wakes up early. After breakfast， hewalks to the field quickly. He is really happy for the idea. He goes tothe seedlings and pulls them up.）

Sec（lling C： Hey， guys. I can not take a loreath. What about you？

Seedling A： Me too. Helpl Helpl

Seedling D： I am thirsty.

Seedling B： I am dying. Who can help us？

eedlliW E： Ding is too stupid. He doesn ' t understand the nature.

Frogs： What happened？ You are so weak. Come onl Don ' t sleep.

Act5

Ding： It is a good day， isn' t it？ I had a sweet dream. Oh， nol It is not dream. I think they all grow up. I can have a rest today.

Ding Xiaobao： Dad， you look so happy.

Ding： Can you help me to check the seedlings？

Ding Xiaobao： No problem.

Ding Xiaobao： Dad， Dadl

Ding： What ' s up？

Ding Xiaobao： All seedlings are dead.

Ding： Are you joking？

Ding Xiaobao： No， it ' s real.

Ding： Oh nol That is not real.

Old man： Ding， you pulled up all the seedlings， right？ How can you：do this？ I told you remember the growth nature.

Ding： I am sorry. I won ' t do it againl（The End）