The Ghostly King’s Scare Tactics
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NARRATOR. In a kingdom called quiquirisquiaga, there was a king who liked to
make jokes about the people in their town to laugh at them. At night they
dressed as a ghost with a white sheet that covered him from head to toe.
head and making strange noises scared the people who ran to
hiding in the deepest part of their homes.
KING. !uuuuu! Oooooooh! I am the ghost of of
quiquirisquiaga!....¡uuuuuuu!.
PEOPLE. The ghost!.... Help!. The ghost is eating us
NARRATOR: After the ghost's appearance, people were commenting.
PEOPLE: who could that bad ghost be that scares us so much.
NARRATOR: In the kingdom, there was a boy who helped the king wash his
clothes and their sheets which were not for making the bed but to scare
the people.
CHILD: this does not interest me, it doesn't scare me
I'd better leave!!
PEOPLE: have you seen that boy? He must know something; he is not scared (everyone claims)
and their point of view and blame the child
NARRATOR: In the mornings, two guards of the king would arrive early to
palace to tell him what was happening and how people were asking for some solution
to be able to know who the ghost was and to punish him as he deserved
to do.
The next morning, the dead king called them to him, laughing.
KING: come talk guards and tell me what you have learned.
GUARD 1: Your Majesty, tonight the ghost was carrying a torch in the
hand and was breathing fire from the mouth.
and people suspect a child who is always seen with white sheets
REY: Do you really not exaggerate?
GUARD 2. Nooo..... Verayo I was about to catch him. I had him already
held, but then he took out his magic staff and from it came a huge frog and
a big snake.
REY: Toads and snakes. (In a low voice and addressing the audience).
Wow, I hadn't thought of that, but it's a great idea.
Hey... you’re not making it up, are you?
GUARD 1. Nooo I had a fire sword and used Merlin's magic.
(Mysterious)
GUARD 2. I went to chase him but suddenly he flew away.
chimney of a house and....
KING. Enough!.......
Get out of here, you are very cowardly!
I will push the cowards out of here...
Now get out of here!.. I will keep watch over the streets myself.
But with a brave king like me, he will not dare to interfere.
Bring me my noble steed quickly (the horse arrives soon).
GUARD 1: please Your Majesty, don't tell the ghost where I live. if he comes to
my house at night and it wakes me up I am so scared.
REY: good people, I have things to do.
NARRATOR: The king happily went out into the street to see how the people were not
dared to walk down the street. Then he saw an elderly man sitting.
interposed in his path.
OLD MAN, let me pass. I don't know you, who are you?
OLD MAN: It is not convenient for you to know this for now. But I do know you.
since I was little.
REY: Was I little? I don't remember. Well, what are you doing here?
OLD MAN: I have come in search of a ghost that is in the city. Don't you know it?
Do you know?
REY: Well, well no, but why do you want to see him?
ELDER: well you will see I will apply my magic. when I see him I will turn him into a
I'll go to his bed at night, I'll wrap the sheet around him like a frog or a snake.
I will charge it with him and throw it down a mountain, but do you know where he lives?
REY: (shaking) eh no. I have no idea...
OLD MAN: What a shame, it seems you are the same height...
REY: No, come on, it's much smaller than an inch. No way...
OLD MAN: And I think he has a voice similar to yours.
REY: not at all. I have a hoarse voice and he has a high-pitched one.
OLD MAN: Well, if you see him, warn him that I've come for him and that he won't get away.
It's about me. Tonight I will go looking for him.
REY. Well, I have forgotten something at the palace and I must go running.
Narrator: scared to death, the king went into the palace and called the guards.
so that they gathered the people, and when everyone was there, he said to them:
REY: you can sleep peacefully now, my friends. Last night, everyone me
you saw him leave, well, I was going to talk to the ghost and we made a deal.
change of never coming back I gave him a bag full of candies and sweets and
It disappeared! It was like by magic. It will never come back, I promise you!
NARRATOR: that same night the ghost appeared again because the king
he continued with his jokes and this time the boy was present and everyone
they were immediately dismissed and this time it really scared the child.
PEOPLE: ohhh the ghost has returned it was a lie what the king said.
NARRATOR: the old man realized and told the king that he would inform on him.
the town would scare the people again.
ANCIANO: I will accuse you to the people and they will rebel against you if not.
stop scaring them.
REY: Okay, you are.
NARRATOR: A few days later, the king addressed his people and said to them.
REY: I have defeated the ghost; it will no longer scare.
NARRATOR. The entire village celebrated the bravery of their king and never again
They became afraid again, and the elder who was wise and knew the king's jokes.
also disappeared forever and thus ended the story of the ghost.
ELDER. Ha, ha,...I hope you all learned the lesson...if you laugh at
The others can give you a good scare!. Ah... and if you run into him
ghost, come on, don't be afraid and pull the blanket...
THE END