THE MOUSE ASSEMBLY

LA ASAMBLEA DE LOS RATONES

Main Characters: (12)

Titina & Fatty (brothers)

MrRamona & Mr Ramona (cousins)

Mr Ratón Pérez & MrRaton Perez ( brothers)

Mr Ratón Ramón & Mr Raton Ramon (cousins)

Miss Skinny Tail & Miss Long tail (sisters)

The Cats x 2

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Other Mice: ( 11) 4 families

Escenografía

El interior de una cueva de ratones o un telón liso.

Ideas para la Representación

Para representar esta divertida fábula de Iriarte, sólo sigan las instrucciones para construir ratones, Procuren hacerlos diferentes unos de otros: uno flaco, otro panzón (dentro de la funda le cosen una como almohada), uno bigotón, el otro con anteojos. Puede no tener escenografía pero sí deben hacer una mesita o conseguir una de juguete. Hay que tener una campanita que pueden atar a la pata del ratón con una liga.

Aparece doña Ramona y husmea por todas partes. Entra Titina.

CAT SONG & MOUSE SONG

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Enter Titino

TITINA & FATTY TOGETHER: : Good morning Mr R amona!

FATTY: : uurr....are you ok?.....Whats w rong?

TINTINA: : Yes, we've seen you grey. MRS RAMONA: :How can we NOT BE WORRIED Tintina!? MR RAMONA: : Its been a VERY long while that M ister Mouse Perez and Mrs Mou se- Perez have dissapeared!

(MRS RAMONA CRIES) TINTINA: (worried) : Oh how awful! I do hope he hasn't bumped into... TINTO & FATTY: : ...That horrible CAT! MRS RAMONA: : Oh No! Don't even say such a t hing! ( CRIES)

MR RAMONA: : Oh what a pity....

ENTER MR & MRS PEREZ RUNNNING (MR & MRS PEREZ run on stage panting & out of brea th. Mrs Ramona is suprised, and hugs and kisses them r epeatedly very excited and happy.) MR PEREZ: (suffocated) : FINALLY! WE MADE IT HOME! WOW! MRS PEREZ: I was sure he was going to eat me! MR PEREZ: That cat missed me by.... A MOUSE'S WHISKER!

He almost had my tail! MRS RAMONA : (quejumbrosa) How horrible! The pre vious cat was a softie! He was fat and lazy! MR RAMONA: And we lived in peace! But now there are 2 cats! TINTINA: LAST WEEK they ate our 2 cousins! they made them i nto... TINTINA & FATTY: MOUSE-BURGERS! MRS RAMONA: We have to stay at home! Never go o ut! Not even for food! NEVER! MR & MRS RAMONA: Never! Never! Never! , Never! N ever! MR PEREZ (interumpe) : OK! OK! STOP! ….Stop moanin g! MRS PEREZ : We must do something soon! MRS TINTINA : (enthusiastically) I KNOW! A mouse meeting! TINTINA: An assembly of all the rats in the str eet! FATTY: All our ideas together will be good! MR PEREZ: Thats it! Great idea! A mouse mee ting! MRS PEREZ …. A mouse assembly!

(Tintina finds a bell and rings it) TINTINA: (grita) : Here-yee! Here-yee! Come all mi ce! Come!

FATTY: It's an emergenc y! (se dirige al publico) “Please help to call the other mice!”

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MISS SKINNY TAIL & MISS LONG TAIL AND ALL OTHER 11 MICE (4 FAMILIES) ENTER

TALKING WITH EACH OTHER. MR TINTITA: (Rings the bell/ toca la campanilla) “SILENCE PLEASE !!!!!

(sigue tocando la campanilla)

MR Ramon sube la mesa con una sonrisa orgullosa y g rita: : Huh-huh-hum! “I declare myself president of this respectable as sembly. We are all here today, reunited as neighbours, f riends.... brown mice, white mice, black mice.... big mice and small mice. brothers and sisters, and mothers and fathers an d aunties and uncles MRS RAMON: and grandparents and grandchildren.. and..adolescent mice, an d children mice..

(Murmers & moaning of disaproval/ Murmullos y queju mbroses de desaprobacion)

MR PEREZ : (grita) “ ALRIGHT! Don't waffle! Presidents! MRS PEREZ: Get to the point! Get to the point! FATTY: (burlón) Get to the CATS you mean! (risitas) VARIOS RATONES: mouse 1 : Permission to speak?! mouse 2 : Me too ! mouse 3 : I want to speak! mouse 4: And ME ! mouse 5: Me! m e! oh please please!

(Tinto rings the bell angrily) MR RAMON (con voz engolada) : As I was saying! We are here today to talk about these horrible.... MOUSE 6: disgusting... MOUSE 7: bearded... MOUSE 8: great.... big.... MOUSE 9: beasty... (Ramon carraspea) MR RAMON: ....beast of cats! Who has a good idea??

(All the mice mumble / Murmullos por parte de toda la asamblea)

VARIOUS MICE AT MICE AT TIME: ME! M E! ME! PEREZ: ME! Permission to speak! Mouse 10: Speak up lad ! Speak up! Perez (nervioso) : Well.....this.. .. (pause) uuughh....well...erm. ... (pause) I think...that... (pause) well that I can... (pause) ..erm, WE can.... Varios ratones : mouse 11 “ Oh sit down!” mouse 01 “ Be quiet !” mouse 02 “ He does nt have anything to say!” mouse 03 “Go home !” MR RAMON: ORDER! ORDER! Tinita go on lad. TINTINA : I think it's a good idea to....T IE UP THE CAT! Varios ratones: mouse 4 “Oh thats no use!” mouse 5 “Oh thats too complicated!” mouse 6 “ Were too sm all to tie up a big cat!” mouse 7 “ The cats too strong!”

MRS RAMON : Please please! Don't all speak at the same time, we cant hear. MR RAMON: (to the audience) Oh dear lord! What undisciplined mice!

(Miss Skinny Tail & Miss Long tail se pone enfrente ) Miss Skinny Tail: (muy modoso) : May I?... Ramon: Yes you certainly may miss! MISS SKINNY TAIL: I think it's a good idea to p aint the cats paws black. Various mice: mouse 8. “ Thats a good idea!” mouse 9. “ Thats not a bad one” mouse 10 “ Won ME over!”

BELLS RING TO MAINTAIN ORDER Mouse 10: hm,.....I'm not sure guys...because, if the cat walks around with painted paws. Mouse 11: So? We can elect guards to te ll us when he ś comming,

(Ratones patean el suelo en señal de desaprobación y chiflan) Various Mice: Mouse 1 “ But The cat will eat the guards! Mouse 2 “ Let's keep thinking!

(Bell rings again. Miss LONG TAIL makes a gesture to say something. hace señal de pedir la palabra)

TINTINA: Miss Long Tail has permission to speak! Go on Miss. MISS LONG TAIL: If I may, I have another idea. Let's bell the cat! Tie the bell around his neck! Various Mice: Mice 2 : YEAH! Thats perfect! Mice 3: Thats a great idea! Mice 4: “ What a disco very” Mice 5: Long live Mis s skinny tail! Mice 5 : Hip hip! All: Hooray! X3 (Enthusiastic applauding from the assembly, and bel ls for order again.

Aplausos entusiasmados de la asamblea. Campanillazo s para restablecer el orden)

Mouse 4: All those in favour of Miss Skinny Tail 's idea, To put the bell on the cat raise your hand! (Pause) APPROVED!

(Applauding, murmmering and bells / aplausos, murmullos y campanillazos)

FATTY: (Carraspea) HU-HUM! .... Permission to sp eak! but I'm just wond ering...

WHO WILL ACTUALLY PUT THE BELL ON THE CAT????? ALL MICE ( Worried murmmering / murmullos de preocupacion) :“who will bell the cat?” Various Mice: Mice 6: “ah, now theres the big p roblem” Mice 7 “ an ENORMOUS pr oblem” Theres a short silence,,,,,se haze un corto silenc io.. Mouse 8: “Oh! I can't Im blind as a bat! Mouse 9: “ Oh I cant either, I so fat, I cant run, Mouse 10: I so thin, I'll fall, Mouse 11 ; I can see from far... Mouse: 01 : I cant see near Mouse 02 : I'm half deaf Mouse 03 : I wouldn't dare! Not in a million years! (All speak at once, bells ring: Todos hablan a la vez, campanillazos...)

(long silence/ pausa larga)

(all murmmer together....)

Various mice: 04: “ I said be quiet!” 05 “ You wanted to speak!” 06“ why dont you shut you r mouse trap!”

Los ratones corren de un lado para otro. Se atropie zan y se pegan. Various mice: 07: “ And what about you?” 08: “I have a bad heart” 09: “ ouch! Ouch! Don't hit me!” 10: “your a coward!”

Surge de abajo 2 actores con mascara de gato güero y todos los ratones corren de un lado a otro

2 CATS: MIAAAAAWWWWWW.....HELLO MOUSIES! MRS PEREZ : (grita) aaaahhhh!!!!! MR PEREZ: The cats!!! Save yourself if you c an! Todos van saliendo. El gato atrapa un raton sonrien do y sal del escena

con el.

ALL MICE:

WHO WILL ACTUALLY PUT THE BELL ON THE CAT?????