The Peddler And The Monkeys Acting Out Stories (1945)

[Music] [Laughter] [Music] soon there were no more house for The Peddler had come to the end of the town but then he saw another road which took him to the next town so he walked along this road for a long time finally the pedler came to a Tall Tree a I have sold most of my hats in my bag The Peddler said now I will take a nap because I am tired tired so the pedler put his bag of hats on the ground and then he lay down beneath the tree and went to sleep do you how do you suppose he sounds when he snores I think so too he slept for a long time and when he woke up he really fell fine now I will sell the rest of my hats in the bag he said but when he picked up his bag he saw that it was empty where are my hats The Peddler cried he looked all around the tree but the hats weren't there where are my hats the pedler cried again and then The Peddler heard a strange sound it went ch ch ch and it came from up above him so he looked up into the tree and what do you suppose he saw there monkeys monkeys yes monkeys and each monkey had on one of the pedders hats give me my hats back you monkeys The Peddler said and he shook his finger at them but the monkeys just went g g g and shook their fingers right back at him then The Peddler shouted those are my hats give them back to me you monkeys and he shook his fist at them but the monkeys just went and they shook their fists back at him well this made The Peddler so angry that he pulled off his own head and threw it on the ground as hard as he could and started to walk away then what do you suppose happened I don't know the monkeys went and pulled off their hats and threw them on the ground as hard as they could so you see The Peddler had learned a good lesson he learned that what must monkeys see monkeys do then The Peddler put his own hat back on his head and picked up the other hats and put them into his bag he turned and walked off down the road to the next town to sell his hats and that's the end of the story did you like this story read it again what' you say Tommy please read it [Music] again well do you you remember the story how would you like to act it out well we're going to act it out we must have a peddler who do you think would make a you say Tommy Tommy all right children Tommy can be our Peddler and all of you can be [Music] [Applause] monkeys well for the monkeys we'll have to have some hats we all know how to make hats out of paper don't we yeah let's go back to our seats and I'll hand out some paper while the paper is being passed out let's think let's think about the way real monkeys act remember when we saw the monkeys at the [Music] zoo sh [Applause] all right boys and girls do you think you know how to act like real monkeys all right let's finish making our hats that's right fine now let's put them on let's see hold them [Music] mine [Music] mine all right boys and girls this is the sack we're going to use for The Peddler Roger would you hold it [Music] please we will use the chairs as trees after you have put your hats in the sack climb up on the chairs and pretend you are monkeys are you ready Tommy yes I am ready I have a mustache just like the b in the St now are all you monkeys [Music] ready all right you monkeys all right Mr pedler and you monkeys be quiet the pedler mustn't know you're in the tree all right oh I'm tired I've been walking so far oh I'm I think I'll take a nap under that big tree do it that was a good nap I don't feel tired any anymore now I think I'll go throw my hats but no hats where are my hats I cannot see see them anywhere where are my hats where can they [Music] be you monkeys you you give me back [Music] my you monkeys those are my you give them back to me monke you monkey see monkey [Music] do we have fun acting out stories in our room don't we yeah and you'll have fun acting our stories you've read too as much fun as a a whole tree full of [Music] monkeys