Be There Just to Make up the Numbers

季言霞

Mr Nanguo is a Yu player in the palace. He?is going to blow Yu for the Qi Xuan Wang. Is he a?clever man or not？ 南郭先生濫竽充數能得逞嗎？請看江蘇省響水縣實驗小學同學們的精彩表演吧！

Actors：

李天燁 李定一 楊浩然

殷浩然 蔡馨蒙 李純等

Sites：

江蘇省響水縣實驗小學

ACT 1

Long long ago， there was a king named Qi?Xuan Wang. He liked listening to Yu very much.

Minister A：Your Majesty， our country is so?strong. We should have a team to?play Yu.

Minister B：Good idea. I think we can form a band?of one hundred people to play for you.

Minister A：No. Two hundred at least.

Qi Xuan Wang：Three hundred！ To show how?powerful my country is.

All：Smart king！

ACT 2

Nanguo：They call me Nanguo. I am lazy and I?never work. I will blow Yu for the king.Thats really a good job. I cant play Yu?at all， but I know how to pretend.

Minister A：Why do you come？

Nanguo：To play Yu. Look！

Minister A：OK. You must be very good at it.

Nanguo：Sure！

ACT 3

Minister A：Your Majesty！ Three hundred?people are ready. Look！

Qi Xuan Wang：Great！ Let them play?right now.

Qi Xuan Wang：Who makes this noise？

Minister B：Its him！ He wants to hurt?your ears.

Qi Xuan Wang：How dare you do that？Kill him！

Nanguo：My... my... my king. I have?something to say.

Minister A：You cheat the king. You must die！

Qi Xuan Wang：Wait. Lets just listen to him.

Nanguo：Smart king！ Just now I saw a dragon over?your head. It means you are the greatest?king！ I was too excited. So I blew loudly！?Thats my best wish for you！

Qi Xuan Wang：Really？

Nanguo：My king. How dare I cheat you？

Qi Xuan Wang：Thats good.

ACT 4

Qi Xuan Wang：Mr Nanguo is honest. Give him gold！

All：Smart king！

Nanguo：Music！

Qi Xuan Wang：Great！Wonderful！

ACT 5

A few years later， Qi Xuan Wang?passed away. His son Qi Min Wang?becomes the new king.

Nanguo：My king！ You want more people to play?Yu？ Ill work on it at once.

Qi Xuan Wang：No， I dont like so many people?playing. I just like singly playing.

Nanguo：Emm... emm...Yes， singly playing is better.?I will ask someone to play...

Qi Xuan Wang：No， you can play for me！ You are?the best， arent you？

Nanguo：Me？ I ... I ... I cant.

Qi Xuan Wang：What？ You cant blow Yu？

Nanguo：I， I blow， blow ...

Qi Xuan Wang：Damn it！ Rubbish！ You cheated all?of us and my father. Kill him！

Nanguo：I am wrong. Let me go. Please， please ...

Qi Xuan Wang：Will you follow him？

All：No， no， no. Smart king！ Long-lived king！

（The End）