{"id":12499,"date":"2020-12-15T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T10:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=12499"},"modified":"2025-01-18T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T11:44:49","slug":"the-funny-little-woman-and-her-dumpling-a-short-play-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=12499","title":{"rendered":"The Funny Little Woman and Her Dumpling \u2022 A Short Play for Children"},"content":{"rendered":"

by George King<\/strong><\/a> and Gayanne Ramsden King<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Based on the Japanese Fairy Tale : The Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings<\/p>\n

When this Japanese fable begins there is a famine in the land. An old woman is making one last dumpling to eat when it suddenly rolls away from her. As she runs after it, she is captured by a terrible Oni monster. He takes her to his home to make dumplings for him and his friends and gives her a magic paddle that makes rice. One day the old woman finds her lost dumpling and decides to use the magic paddle to return back to her home. Although Onis are usually portrayed as villains, in this tale the Funny Little Woman ties them up and squirts them with a water gun ending the story with a happy twist on the old pie throwing gag. Rather than throw the pie, the Storyteller eats it.\u00a0 <\/span>The Funny Little Woman escapes from the Onis and saves her friends while she makes dumplings with the magic rice paddle. Children will love the slapstick routines and seeing how cleverly the Funny Little Woman can outwit the Oni monsters<\/p>\n

Also a part of THREE TIMELESS TALES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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