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Monday, September 23, 2013

Fractured Fairy Tale: A Short Comedy Skit

Adapted from a Fractured Fairy Tale, A. J. Jacobs, 1997.

Narrator: In the days of yore, there was a gathering of yokels who lived over yonder. In other words, once upon a time, there were some people who lived far away. They lived in a kingdom called Nothingham -- mostly because nothing ever happened there. Butchers did nothing. Street sweepers did nothing. Road crews did nothing -- no surprise there. Even the king did nothing.

Princess: What are you doing, Dad?

King: Nothing. And you?

Princess: Nothing.

King: What's for dinner?

Princess: Nothing.

Narrator:Yes, it was nothing again, with nothing on the side and heaping bowls of frozen nothing for dessert. And that's the way it went on, day after day. One day, it so happened that a storyteller who had been travelling about from kingdom to kingdom collecting stories came to see the King of Nothingham. More...

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