You Can Learn a Lot -
  Wisdom from the Smallest of the Small
           
​             Children's Musical for K-5
 2 Aesop Fables retold by Betsy Lee Bailey

    Featuring: "The Ants and the Grasshopper"   
   and  "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse"

            FLEXIBLE CAST: 8+ males 15+ females
           RUNNING TIME: approx. 45 min.

          These two little shows work very well together.  They are both little fables from Aesop, and offer a dose of wisdom learned from the smallest of the small.  
Hence, putting them together into one performance makes perfect sense.  Use the Opener "You Can Learn a Lot" with the entire cast to introduce the idea that the smallest creatures that we often overlook can be the means of teaching great lessons for our own lives.  Then, present the two shows one after the other.  At the end of "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse," bring the "Ants and the Grasshopper" cast back onto the stage for the Bows together and a singing of the Reprise of "You Can Learn a Lot" for the Finale.

           
​                "The Ants and the Grasshopper":
      Mini-MusicalScript             Piano/Vocal Score     

        "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse":
        Director's Script           Piano/Vocal Score 
                               Production Kit
 
               Song MP3 Accompaniment Tracks:
              01.You Can Learn a Lot OPENER   
          02.You Can Learn a Lot BOWS/FINALE

                "The Ants and the Grasshopper"  
    01.Ants Working Song    02.Summer Loafing'     03.Winter's on the Wind      04.Strummin' 'til Spring    
        05.Pay Now and Play Later and Exit Music  

         "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse" 01.&11.Overture and Exit Music    02.What Is It Like?     03.I Love the City Life    04.Enter the Hawk Incidental      
                 05.08.10.Travel Music and Bows     
    06.As the French Say      07.Cat 'n Mouse Chase          
​                         09.A Country Mouse    
          
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