Granny's Coat of Arms
by Tina Allen-Puit

CHARACTERS PLAYED BY:
QUEEN GRANNY—GRANNY
PEASANT STIG—STIG
PEASANT EMMA—EMMA
DASHER THE DRAGON—DASHER THE DOG
THE WEAVER—CHIP

ACT I

Stage Set: A sunny day in a medieval village square lined with small shops and cobblestone paths.

(Stig and Emma are walking along a path in front of the village shops discussing how kind Queen Granny is to everyone. She’s always helping someone do something, and they want to return the favor by getting her a special gift.)
EMMA: We should get Queen Granny something that symbolizes her.
STIG: (He looks up to see the weaver’s shop.) How about a tapestry, or wall hanging with a coat of arms designed into it. The weaver can make it.
EMMA: What’s a coat of arms?
STIG: A coat of arms is a group of pictures or symbols placed in a shield design that represent a person or family.
EMMA: Perfect idea, Stig. We should have symbols for her kindness, strength, patience, and courage.
STIG: Yes. Let’s add a heart for kindness, a bear for strength, a camel for patience, and a dragon for courage.
EMMA: Maybe the weaver can use her pet dragon, Dasher, for that symbol!
STIG: Let’s go talk to the weaver.
ACT II

Stage Set: The weaver’s shop. The walls are decorated with various tapestries, or wall hangings with pictures woven into them, but none are a coat of arms. There is a rack in one corner with woven coats hanging on it. The Weaver is busy weaving at his loom.

(Stig and Emma walk into the shop to talk to the weaver about making Queen Granny a special tapestry.)
EMMA: We would like you to weave a coat of arms for the queen. On it we want a heart, bear, camel, and dragon—preferably a picture of her pet dragon, Dasher.
THE WEAVER: (He interrupts Emma.) Oh, yes, yes, of course. Explain no further. I’ve made plenty of arms with coats, um, coats with arms, um, well, you know what I mean. This one shall be extraordinary since it is for the queen. I can’t wait to get started.
EMMA: Can you deliver it to the castle in one week for the small celebration we are giving her?
THE WEAVER: It shall be done.
EMMA AND STIG: Thank you, Weaver. (They both exit the shop.)
THE WEAVER: (Confused, he scratches his head.) Oh my. Did they say four symbols or four arms? Or maybe they meant four symbols on four arms. They did say something about the queen’s pet dragon.
ACT III

Stage Set: A sunny day outside in the garden patio at the castle. A three-tiered cake with white frosting is in the middle of a small table.

Which event is different in Act I than in Act II?

1.In Act I, Stig and Emma decide to order a tapestry for Granny, but in Act II, they decide to order a coat for Dasher.

2.In Act I, Stig and Emma are talking with each other about the gift, but in Act II, they are discussing it with the weaver.

3.In Act I, Stig and Emma are unsure of which symbols to add to the tapestry, but in Act II, they have decided.

4.In Act I, Stig and Emma decide to use a picture of Dasher as a symbol, but in Act II, they decide to use another dragon.

Question

Granny's Coat of Arms
by Tina Allen-Puit

CHARACTERS PLAYED BY:
QUEEN GRANNY—GRANNY
PEASANT STIG—STIG
PEASANT EMMA—EMMA
DASHER THE DRAGON—DASHER THE DOG
THE WEAVER—CHIP

ACT I

Stage Set: A sunny day in a medieval village square lined with small shops and cobblestone paths.

(Stig and Emma are walking along a path in front of the village shops discussing how kind Queen Granny is to everyone. She’s always helping someone do something, and they want to return the favor by getting her a special gift.)
EMMA: We should get Queen Granny something that symbolizes her.
STIG: (He looks up to see the weaver’s shop.) How about a tapestry, or wall hanging with a coat of arms designed into it. The weaver can make it.
EMMA: What’s a coat of arms?
STIG: A coat of arms is a group of pictures or symbols placed in a shield design that represent a person or family.
EMMA: Perfect idea, Stig. We should have symbols for her kindness, strength, patience, and courage.
STIG: Yes. Let’s add a heart for kindness, a bear for strength, a camel for patience, and a dragon for courage.
EMMA: Maybe the weaver can use her pet dragon, Dasher, for that symbol!
STIG: Let’s go talk to the weaver.
ACT II

Stage Set: The weaver’s shop. The walls are decorated with various tapestries, or wall hangings with pictures woven into them, but none are a coat of arms. There is a rack in one corner with woven coats hanging on it. The Weaver is busy weaving at his loom.

(Stig and Emma walk into the shop to talk to the weaver about making Queen Granny a special tapestry.)
EMMA: We would like you to weave a coat of arms for the queen. On it we want a heart, bear, camel, and dragon—preferably a picture of her pet dragon, Dasher.
THE WEAVER: (He interrupts Emma.) Oh, yes, yes, of course. Explain no further. I’ve made plenty of arms with coats, um, coats with arms, um, well, you know what I mean. This one shall be extraordinary since it is for the queen. I can’t wait to get started.
EMMA: Can you deliver it to the castle in one week for the small celebration we are giving her?
THE WEAVER: It shall be done.
EMMA AND STIG: Thank you, Weaver. (They both exit the shop.)
THE WEAVER: (Confused, he scratches his head.) Oh my. Did they say four symbols or four arms? Or maybe they meant four symbols on four arms. They did say something about the queen’s pet dragon.
ACT III

Stage Set: A sunny day outside in the garden patio at the castle. A three-tiered cake with white frosting is in the middle of a small table.

Which event is different in Act I than in Act II?

1.In Act I, Stig and Emma decide to order a tapestry for Granny, but in Act II, they decide to order a coat for Dasher.

2.In Act I, Stig and Emma are talking with each other about the gift, but in Act II, they are discussing it with the weaver.

3.In Act I, Stig and Emma are unsure of which symbols to add to the tapestry, but in Act II, they have decided.

4.In Act I, Stig and Emma decide to use a picture of Dasher as a symbol, but in Act II, they decide to use another dragon.

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