Sign Play
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HERE IS A SUGGESTION FOR A POSSIBLE PLAY IN THE INDIAN SIGN LANGUAGEBy William TomkinsThe scene is somewhere in the wilderness. A father and son have been camping together. Going out on a hunt they get lost and cannot find camp. They meet an Indian (You can costume the Indian with a blanket and one or two feathers in a head band.) The play opens as father and son walk out on the stage. Father: "Well, son, it looks as if we are lost in the wilderness." Son: "Yes, dad, we have been lost for three days now." Father: "Unless something happens we are sure to perish." Son: "Yes. I'm hungry and am afraid we'll starve." The Indian walks in. Father: "Hello, Mr. Indian, I'm glad you came.We are lost.How can we get out of here?" Indian: "No sabe." (This is said with fingers to his lips.) Father: "Isn't there anyone around here that speaks English?" Indian: "No sabe." Son: "Say, dad, maybe he knows Indian sign." Father: "Do you know it?" Son: "Yes, I learned it in Scouting." Father: "Well, go ahead; try it." Son: (Indian sign) "Do you understand Indian sign language?" Indian: (Indian sign) "Yes, I understand." Son: "It's all right, dad; he says he knows it.What shall I ask him now?" Father: "Why, tell him we're lost." Son: (Indian sign) "We're lost." Indian: (Indian sign) "No, you no lost, you here." Son: "Dad, he says we're not lost; we're here." Father: "Well, I guess he's right at that. Tell him we went out hunting and can't find our camp." Son: (Indian sign) "We go hunt. Cannot find camp." Indian: (Indian sign) "Where is your camp?" Son: "Dad, he wants to know where our camp is." Father: "That's just what I don't know. Tell him it's by a lake." Son: (Indian sign) "We make-rise tent beside lake." Indian: (Indian sign) "Me understand. Three lakes beside here." Son: "He says there are three lakes near here." Father: "Tell him it's a little lake near a big mountain." Son: (Indian sign) "Little lake beside big mountain." Indian: (Indian sign) "I understand. Go not now; night come fast. Stay (sit) with me. Future time one sleep I go with you." Son: "He says he knows where it is, Dad, but it's too late to go now. He says to stay with him and he'll go with us tomorrow." Father: "All right; we stay. I'm tired and hungry anyway." Son: (Indian sign) "Good, we stay with you." Indian: (Indian sign) "Perhaps you hungry. Come with me. I give you food." Son: "He says if we're hungry, Dad, to go with him and he'll give us food." Father: "All right, let's go." All Exit. See Also:Shorter "Playlet" |
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