Scene - 1 - king, thief, minister,thief’s brother

Narrator - Good morning everyone Ruvanthika here. My teammates and I are here to perform a
skit on the story IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS- written by [Link].
So in our team we have -

1. Abhinivesh as bricklayer ,
2. Aryavardhan as guru ,
3. Krishanth as disciple -1
4. Nithin as king
5. Santosh as disciple -2
6. Rishvanth as thief
7. Daphne as thief’s brother
8. Darshini as dancing girl
9. Girija as rich merchant
10. Janani as soldier - 1
11. Mithra as soldier -2
12. Lavanya as Minister
13. Jenika as goldsmith
14. Padhmaja as PPL -1
15. Sswetha as PPL -2
16. Sathana as PPL -3
17. And myself as your narrator

Scene - 1 :- A guru and his disciple arrived in the city. It was a very beautiful place but
something was odd there It was broad daylight and no-one was to be seen around, So the guru
and his disciple stayed around to see what happens

[ Guru and disciple enter ]

Guru - It is such a beautiful city but don't you think it's quite strange to see no-one around in the
Daytime

Disciple - Yes Guru, It is rather odd but we will stroll around and see what we find

Narrator - They roamed the city till dusk and saw that the whole town woke up and went on its
nightly business. They were hungry and now the shops were open so they went to buy some
groceries

People 1,2,3 walk here and there

Guru - Now that the shops are open . We will go and get ourselves something to eat
Disciple - Yes I am hungry too
[ guru and disciple walk up to the shop (teachers table) ]
Disciple - Guru, look at this everything here costs only one Duddu. We can buy anything from an
amount of rice to a bunch of bananas. We can get it all for One duddu here. I like this place its
good and cheap

Narrator - The Guru and disciple were delighted they had never heard of anything like this could
buy all the food they wanted for a Rupee when they had cooked and eaten the Guru realize
that this was A kingdom of fools and It wouldn't be a good idea for them to stay there

Guru - This is no place for us. Let’s go. They are all [Link] won’t last very long,and you
can’t tell what they’ll do to you next.”

Narrator - The disciple disagrees with the guru and is not ready to leave the place

Guru -“Do what you want. I’m going,”

Narrator - he disciple stayed on, ate his fill everyday — bananas and ghee and rice and
wheat, and grew fat like a street-side sacred bull

Someone shows - Scene - 2

ONE BRIGHT DAY
Disciple 1 goes

Thief’s Brother - Your Highness, when my brother was pursuing his ancient trade, a wall fell
on him and killed [Link] merchant is to [Link] must punish the wrongdoer and
compensate the family for this injustice

King - Justice will be done, Don't worry . Minister, I want this merchant to meet me right now
Minister - Yes your highness

[ Minister brings the rich merchant ]

Minister - Your highness , The merchant is here

Narrator - The king now questions the Merchant
King - Were you at home when the dead man burgled your house?
Merchant - Yes, My Lord. He broke in and the wall was weak. It fell on him.”
King - Your wall killed this man’s brother. You have murdered a [Link] have to punish you.
Merchant - I didn’t put up the [Link]’s really the fault of the man who built the wall. He didn’t
build it right. You should punish him
King - Who is it
Merchant - I know the man . He built this wall during my father’s time
Narrator - The king sent out his soldiers to bring in the bricklayer who had built the wall.
They brought him, tied hand and foot

Bricklayer enters

King:- Why have you not built this wall properly

Bricklayer - It was not my fault. It was the fault of a dancing girl who was walking up and down
the street, so I was distracted
King - Minister Summon this dancing girl right away
Minister - Just as you wish, your highness

Dancing girl is brought in by soldiers

King - Why did you distract him while building he was building the wall years ago

Dancing girl - Not on purpose your highness, The goldsmith, he was a lazy scoundrel he did not
finish makin my jewelry so he gave me many excuses and made me walk up and down the
street many times

King - Oh ! Poor you, minister,Bring me the goldsmith

Goldsmith enters

King - why did you make this dancer walk up and down the street many times

Goldsmith - ’I'm a poor goldsmith. It’s true I made this dance come many times to my door. I
gave her excuses because I couldn’t finish making her jewelry before I finished the rich
merchant's orders. They had a wedding coming, and they wouldn’t wait. You know how
impatient rich men are

King - Who is this rich merchant who kept you from finishing this poor woman’s jewelry

Narrator - The goldsmith named the merchant, and he was none other than the original
owner of the house whose wall had fallen. Now justice has come full circle, thought the king

Rich merchant - it wasn't me but my father who ordered the jewelry! He’s dead! I’m innocent

King -“It’s true your father is the true murderer. He’s dead, but somebody must be punished
in his place. You’ve inherited everything from that criminal father of yours,his riches as well
as his sins. So you will be put to stake

Minister - King this merchant is too thin to be put to the stake

King - Yes it appeared to my concern too
Narrator - The servants were immediately sent all over the town looking for aman who
would fit the stake, and their eyes fell on the disciple who had flattened himself for months
on bananas and rice and wheat and ghee.

Disciple (2) - What have I done wrong? I’m innocent. I’m a sanyasi!
King - That may be true. But it’s the royal decree that we should find a man fat enough to fit
the stake

Narrator - The disciple remembered his wise guru’s words:“This is a city of fools. You don’t
know what they will do next.”While he was waiting for death, he prayed to his guru in his
heart,asking him to hear his cry wherever he was. The guru saw everything in a vision; he
had magic powers, he could see far and he could see the future as he could see the
present and the past. He arrived at once to save his disciple, who had got himself into such
a scrape through love of [Link] soon as he arrived, he scolded the disciple and told him
something in a whisper.

Guru - O wisest of kings, who is greater? The guru or the disciple?

King - Of course, the guru. No doubt about it. Why do you ask?

Guru - Then put me to the stake first. Put my disciple to death after me

Narrator - The guru and the disciple argued with the king on who should be put to stake
first. The king was surprised by this behavior of the guru and disciple.

King - Why do ou want to die? We chose him because we needed a fat man for the stake

Guru - You shouldn’t ask me such questions. Put me to death first

King - Why? There’s some mystery here. As a wise man you must make me understand

Guru - Do you know why we want to die right now, the two of us?That stake is the stake of
the god of justice. It’s new, it has never had a criminal on it. Whoever dies on it first will be
reborn as the king of this country. And whoever goes next will be the future minister of this
country. It would be nice to be king and minister for a while. Now keep your word, My Lord,
and put us to death. Me first, remember?

Narrator - The king was now thrown into deep thought. He didn’t want to lose the kingdom
to someone else in the next round of life. He needed time. So he ordered the execution
postponed to the next day and talked in secret with his minister
King - It’s not right for us to give over the kingdom to others in the next life. Let’s go on the
stake ourselves and we’ll be reborn as king and minister [Link] men do not tell lies

Minister - Yes your highness. I completely agree

King - “We’ll send the criminals tonight. When the first man comes to you, put him to death
first. Then do the same to the second man. Those are my orders. Don’t make any mistake

Soldiers - Yes your highness. We will do the execution just as you wish

Narrator - That night, the king and his minister went secretly to the prison, released the guru
and the disciple, disguised themselves as the two, and as arranged beforehand with loyal
servants, were taken to the stake and promptly [Link] the bodies were taken
[Link] saw before them the dead bodies of the king and the minister. The city was in
[Link] night they mourned and discussed the future of the kingdom.
Meanwhile the guru and the disciple were leaving
[ GURU AND DISCIPLE LEAVE SILENTLY ]

PPL - 1 - we need a new king and minister

PPL - 2 - yes , we need someone to lead our country
PPL - 3 - Look everyone the guru and his disciple are leaving
PPL -1 - Guru you must be our king, We need wise men to run our country
PPL - 2 - And your disciple can be our minister
PPL - 3 - Yes guru please

Guru - Okay fine I will ask my disciple and let you know, Disciple are you okay with this
Disciple - Yes guru, After All this country really needs a new king and minister

Guru - we will agree to rule your country on one condition

PPL - 1,2,3 - What is that, Guru
Guru - We will change your old laws made by your foolish king and silly minister
PPL - 1,2,3 - You can do as you wish

Narrator - From then on, night would again be night and day would again be day, and you
could get nothing for a duddu. It became like any other place

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