Little Dramas for Primary Grades

<h2 class='c008'>WHO HOLDS UP THE SKY?</h2> <div class='figcenter id002'> <ANTIMG src='images/p110.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /></div> <div class='lg-container-b c002'> <div class='linegroup'> <div class='group'> <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Time</span>—<em>Spring</em></div> <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Place</span>—<em>A Wood</em></div> <div class='line'><span class='sc'>Characters</span>—<em>Daisy</em>, <em>Rose</em>, <em>Fir Tree</em>, <em>Elm</em>, <em>Bird</em>, <em>Mountain</em></div> </div></div> </div> <div class='dl_2'> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Daisy.</em></span> Oh dear, Miss Rose, do tell me please,<br/>Is it you holds up the sky?</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Rose.</em></span> Dear Daisy, no, no, indeed,<br/>I cannot reach so high.<br/><span class="pagenum" id='Page_111'>111</span>And <em>very</em> far above me<br/>Is the blue and lovely sky.</p> <p><span class='dl_2'>&nbsp;</span> But if you wish to know.<br/>To find out I will try.<br/>Perhaps that tall fir tree<br/>Is holding up the sky.</p> </div> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center'> <div>[<em>To the fir tree.</em>]</div> </div></div> <div class='dl_2'> <p><span class='dl_2'>&nbsp;</span> You lift your head so high,<br/>Do you hold up the sky?</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Fir Tree.</em></span> [<em>Shaking his head.</em>]<br/>Oh no, indeed, sweet Rose<br/>It surely is not I!<br/>It may be this lofty elm,<br/>Who stands to me so nigh.</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Elm.</em></span> No, no, it is not I.<br/>But a mountain very tall<br/><span class="pagenum" id='Page_112'>112</span>In the distance I can spy,<br/>And on his shoulders rests,<br/>I think, the wondrous sky.</p> </div> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center'> <div>[<em>Calling to the mountain.</em>]</div> </div></div> <div class='dl_2'> <p><span class='dl_2'>&nbsp;</span> You lift your head so high,<br/>Do you hold up the sky?</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Mountain.</em></span> And who is it who would<br/>For these secrets pry?<br/>I’ve stood here many an age,<br/>But I never touched the sky.</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Rose.</em></span> Sweet Daisy, dearest friend,<br/>I fear before we die<br/>We never shall find out<br/>Who is holding up the sky.</p> </div> <div class='nf-center-c1'> <div class='nf-center'> <div>[<em>A bird alights on the fir tree.</em>]</div> </div></div> <div class='dl_2'> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Daisy and Rose.</em><span class="pagenum" id='Page_113'>113</span></span> [<em>Together.</em>]<br/>O Bird, you fly up so high,<br/>Will you not please tell us<br/>Who is holding up the sky?</p> <p><span class='dl_2'><em>Bird.</em></span> ’Tis He who made the daisy<br/>And He who made the rose;<br/>’Tis He who made the fir tree,<br/>The elm, and all that grows.</p> <p><span class='dl_2'>&nbsp;</span> ’Tis He who made the mountain<br/>And made the bird to fly—<br/>The good and Heavenly Father,<br/>Who holdeth up the sky.</p> </div> <div class='lg-container-r'> <div class='linegroup'> <div class='group'> <div class='line'>—Adapted.</div> </div></div> </div> <div class='figcenter id002'> <span class="pagenum" id='Page_114'>114</span> <ANTIMG src='images/p114.jpg' alt='' class='ig001' /></div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />