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The boy, bright and cheerful, longs for a drum he can play with, but she returns from the market with simple items. On the way home, she finds a piece of wood and brings it for him. Through Body Theatre-style staging, the story turns desire into imagination and shows how the boy’s song transforms wood into a drum-like dream.","The Boy and the Drum  \nAuthor: Umesh P N  \nIllustrator: Rajiv Eipe  \nEnglish Story Book  \nThe Boy and the Drum  \nAuthor: Umesh P N Illustrator: Rajiv Eipe Reformatted for Bloom By: Cara Ediger  \nEnglish  \nThe Boy and the Drum Author: Umesh P N  \nIllustrator: Rajiv Eipe  \nCopyright © 2015, Pratham Books  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc.  \nThis play is based on a modern form of theatre called Body Theatre. The beauty of this form is that it can be done impromptu, at any place, with as many or as few actors as convenient, with or without props. You will find suggestions on how to perform this play at the end of the book.  \nAnd now the play!  \nThe Boy and the Drum  \nNarrator/s (stepping out to one corner of the stage): A poor woman had a son. She worked hard as a gardener in wealthy houses in their town. They gave her some grain in return.  \nOne child mimes the mother, while other children form groups of the well-to-do families. The mother goes to each group and mimes gardening for these groups. Having created this 30-second scene, all the groups, including the mother freeze in their positions.  \nNarrator: But she felt bad because she could never afford to buy nice clothes or lovely toys for her son. A young boy comes running through the chorus, singing a song and playing mime cricket. He freezes with a pose at the centre of the stage.  \nNarrator: The little lad was bright and cheerful. Not having any toys or nice clothes did not bother him. After a hard day's work, the mother was going to the market to sell the grain she had received.  \nThe mother steps towards the boy and the rest of the frozen actors go back to the chorus.  \nNarrator: She asked her son:  \nMother: What can I get for you from the market, little one?  \nNarrator: Now the boy was fascinated with the sound of a drum. So he said:  \nBoy: A drum, mother, I would love to have a drum to play with.  \nDuring the following narration, the boy continues to be frozen in his position while the mother circles the stage.  \nShe meets one actor who steps out of the chorus as the merchant to whom she sells the grain, another from whom she buys flour, and on the way she picks up apiece of wood, and goes back to the boy.  \nNarrator: The mother knew she would never have enough money to buy a drum for her son. She went to the market, sold her grain and bought some gram flour and some salt. While returning home, she felt sad that she would have to face him empty-handed. So when she saw a nice piece of wood on the road, she picked it up and brought it home.  \nThe son did not know what to do with the piece of wood. Yet he happily carried it with him when he went out to play. A happy song sprang to his lips and he went along singing it:  \nBoy moves around the stage while chorus watches him.  \nTum-ti-tee Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-teeTum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-tee Tot  \nTum-ti-tee Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-teeTum-titee  \nTum-ti-tee Tot!  \nI asked for a drum and look what I got, A lovely piece of wood!  \nI asked for a drum and look what I got, I think my luck is good!  \nTum-ti-tee Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-teeTum-titee  \nTum-ti-tee Tot  \nTum-ti-tee Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-tee-Tum-ti-teeTum-titee  \nTum-ti-tee Tot!","cbCaigBhCXX19yZ2","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigBhCXX19yZ2","pdf",78100440,41,"English","en",105,"# The Boy and the Drum\n## Characters and setup\n## The boy’s request and the market\n## Returning home with wood\n## The song and performance","[{\"question\":\"Who are the main characters in The Boy and the Drum?\",\"answer\":\"The story centers on a poor woman and her bright young son, with a chorus representing well-to-do families and other roles such as a merchant.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the boy ask for, and does he get it?\",\"answer\":\"The boy asks his mother for a drum. 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