Act 1 - Scene 1
Mocking Birds
- "Act 1."
- "Yeah, scene 1!"
Narrator
- "Long ago, in a land oh so far away"
- "a strange magic filled the air,"
- "and a porcelain doll came to life."
Doll
- "Ahh."
- "I can move my hands? And my feet too!"
- "Is this what it's like to be alive?"
- "And what a big world to be alive in!"
- "There are so many things I've never done,"
- "so many things I've never seen..."
- "I must explore every last bit of it!"
Narrator
- "The thought of starting a life of her own"
- "filled the doll's heart with joy."
- "But not everyone shared the sentiment..."
Mocking Birds
- "You don't see talent like that everyday."
- "Thankfully."
- "At least the tree was good." (If there is a player in a tree suit)
- "HA HA HA HA HA!"
Act 1 - Scene 2
Mocking Birds
- "Act 1!"
- "Scene 2, right?"
Narrator
- "The little doll ran first to the Blacksmith,"
- "who had cared for her ever since"
- "the Blacksmith herself was small."
- "The Blacksmith was delighted to see"
- "that the doll had come to life,"
- "but her delight quickly gave way to fear."
Blacksmith
- "Little doll, you must be careful!"
- "The world is filled with dangers"
- "for one as fragile as you."
- "It's simply not the place for a girl made of porcelain!"
- "I know what must be done,"
- "I will build you a fine suit of armor."
- "Wear it, and you will have nothing to fear."
Narrator
- "And so, the Blacksmith went to her anvil,"
- "and fashioned a suit of heavy iron armor."
- "The little doll put it on,"
- "but found that she could barely move in it."
Doll
- "This armor is so heavy,"
- "I feel as though I might just..."
Narrator
- "The little doll waited until it was dark,"
- "and the Blacksmith went to sleep."
- "Then she shed the heavy armor,"
- "and slipped out into the night"
- "to begin her adventure."
File (If there is Winona nearby and she does not participate in the scene)
- "Sis... are you tryin' to tell me something?"
Mocking Birds
- "That blacksmith really cracks me up."
- "I dunno, the acting was pretty heavy-handed."
- "HA HA HA HA HA!"
- "But did you see that tree?" (If there is a player in a tree suit)
- "Right? Such presence!" (If there is a player in a tree suit)
Act 1 - Scene 3
Mocking Birds
- "Act 1.",
- "Scene 3!",
- "Yeah, scene 3."
Narrator
- "The little doll walked and walked,"
- "marveling as the countryside gave way"
- "to a bustling city."
- "One day, she happened upon a man in a golden crown,"
- "traveling down the road."
- "He twirled his finger in the air,"
- "and the trees and flowers bloomed at his command."
- "Crowds gathered to watch him pass."
Mocking Birds
- "Get a load of this guy."
- "What a show-off."
Doll
- "Excuse me, sir!"
- "How did you make the flowers bloom?"
King
- "Why, it's magic, my dear!"
- "And I am no simple 'sir',"
- "but the King of this land!"
Doll
- "Oh! I'm terribly sorry,"
- "I've never met a king before,"
- "I didn't know what they looked like."
King
- "Ho, ho!"
- "Truth be told,"
- "I've never met a porcelain doll"
- "quite so alive before."
- "Perhaps we could travel together?"
- "This road is long, and can get quite lonely."
Doll
- "How wonderful!"
- "Would you teach me your magic along the way?"
King
Mocking Birds
- "The plot thickens."
- "I think you mean sickens."
- "HA HA HA HA HA!"
Act 2 - Scene 1
Mocking Birds
- "Back from intermission."
- "Yes, on to Act 2!"
- "Scene 1."
Narrator
- "Time passed, and the King brought the little doll"
- "on many wonderful adventures."
- "The doll asked often about the King's magic,"
- "and if he would teach her,"
- "but the King always gave one excuse or another."
King
- "Not today little doll,"
- "I'm a bit under the weather."
- "I'm afraid I can't,"
- "there's a full moon out tonight!"
- "Dear me, I couldn't possibly!"
- "Don't you know it's bad luck to teach magic on Wednesdays?"
Narrator
- "The doll believed the King,"
- "so she waited. And waited..."
- "Until one day,"
- "she found a hidden chamber in the King's castle,"
- "and discovered his secret."
Mirror
- "Oh! Hello there, who are you?"
- "I have no name,"
- "I am known only as the magic mirror."
- "Your King has stolen my power"
- "and kept me hidden away."
- "How I hunger for freedom."
- "Just a taste of the outside world..."
Mocking Birds
- "I knew I didn't trust that King!"
- "Boo! Hiss!"
Doll
- "How terrible!"
- "Don't worry,"
- "I will help you leave this lonely place."
King
- "No! My secret has been discovered!"
Mirror
- "You didn't honor our agreement."
- "Now this courageous doll has come"
- "to release me from this prison."
King
- "Back, I say!"
- "Your magic is mine, mirror."
- "I will never let you go free!"
- "Mmmagic blast!"
Doll
King
- "Eeep! Time to disappear!"
- "Mmmagic ske-daddle!"
Maxwell (If there is Maxwell nearby and he does not participate in the scene)
- "Is that really how she remembers it?"
Mocking Birds
- "I really felt for the tree." (If there is a player in a tree suit)
- "Very emotional."(If there is a player in a tree suit)
Act 2 - Scene 2
Mocking Birds
- "Oh good, the tree is here." (If there is a player in a tree suit)
- "I was worried for a second." (If there is a player in a tree suit)
- "Hurry! Act 2!"
- "Scene 2!"
Mirror
- "Your time is not over yet, little doll."
- "Awaken!"
Doll
- "I'm... alive!"
- "But I feel... different..."
Mocking Birds
- "Good as new!"
- "Better than ever!"
Mirror
- "I've given you what power I can spare,"
- "but without the magic the King stole from me,"
- "I cannot make you fully whole."
- "You must seek him out, but be wary."
- "You have seen his treacherous ways for yourself."
Doll
- "I will speak to him."
- "And I promise you this, mirror;"
- "I will see both of us whole again."
Act 2 - Scene 3
Mocking Birds
Narrator
- "The doll searched the castle for the King,"
- "and found him cowering behind his throne."
King
- "Leave me be, monster!"
- "I-I'm just a poor, frail old man!"
- "Um... and my mother is sick,"
- "and I'm all she has to care for her!"
- "And... oh I know! I was just now planning"
- "the construction of a home for peg-legged orphans!"
- "And... er... um..."
- "You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?"
Doll
- "Are you so afraid to see your old friend?"
King
- "Little doll? It can't be! I... that is, you..."
Doll
- "The mirror brought me back to life."
- "I can feel what it feels..."
- "We are going to help each other become whole again."
- "But for that, I will need your power."
King
- "My power? Never!"
- "Mmmmagic away!"
Doll
Narrator
- "And with that, the King used his magic"
- "to hide himself and his throne far away,"
- "where he thought the little doll would never find him."
Act 3 - Scene 1
Mocking Birds
- "It's the Final Act!"
- "Scene 1!"
- "So exciting!"
- "Almost done!"
Narrator
- "The doll searched high and low,"
- "but as time went on,"
- "it seemed that the King had won."
- "Until one day..."
Fool
- "Cheer-a-lee, cheer-a-lone,"
- "the King's so glum upon his throne!"
- "Cheer-a-loo, cheer-a-lay,"
- "he's sent for fools, to watch us play!"
- "From far and wide he's called us there,"
- "we'll perform for the one who sits on the chair!"
Doll
- "The King has grown bored, has he?"
- "Perhaps he's grown careless as well."
- "If I follow these fools,"
- "they might lead me straight to him..."
Fool
- "How strange, I suddenly feel like I'm being shadowed."
- "It's probably nothing!"
Act 3 - Scene 2
Mocking Birds
Narrator
- "Though the journey was long,"
- "it was just as the doll had predicted."
- "The doll followed the fool"
- "all the way to the King's throne room,"
- "careful to keep out of sight."
King
- "Fool!"
- "It took you long enough!"
- "I'd grown weary of waiting."
Fool
- "My King!"
- "Allow me to entertain you with my merry foolery!"
- "Whoops-!"
King
Narrator
- "In their excitement,"
- "the clumsy fool knocked the King from his throne."
- "It seemed that the years"
- "had not been kind to the King,"
- "for when he hit the floor,"
- "his frail body turned to dust."
Fool
- "Oh... I suppose I'm the King now!"
Doll
- "There's been a fool on the throne long enough."
- "perhaps what this kingdom needs..."
- "is a Queen."
Mocking Birds
- "The special effects are getting better."
- "Wish I could say the same for the actors."
- "HA HA HA HA HA!"
- "Another flawless performance from the tree." (If there is a player in a tree suit)
- "How do they do it?!" (If there is a player in a tree suit)
Act 3 - Scene 3
Mocking Birds
- "The final scene!"
- "Of the final act!"
- "Finally!"
Queen
- "It is as you said, mirror."
- "I've become so much more than I ever dreamed..."
- "but why do you remain broken?"
Mirror
- "Alas,"
- "I was shattered long before I met your King."
- "Even with his power,"
- "I cannot yet be restored."
Queen
- "I made you a promise, mirror,"
- "and I will see it through."
- "I will find the power to fix you,"
- "and repay you for all you've given me."
Narrator
- "And so,"
- "with the treacherous King gone and forgotten,"
- "the little doll became a just and formidable Queen."
- "The people rejoiced across the land,"
- "and the magic mirror knew"
- "they had finally found the one who would set Them free."
Mocking Birds
- "I love a happy ending."
- "I'm just happy it ended."
- "HA HA HA HA HA!"
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