Yes, yes! It's a FREE PUPPET SCRIPT for you. It is taken from our collection of scripts called Short Orders. Not taken as in "removed." Taken as in... uh,... "Borrowed" is more like it. Kind of. It's still there in Short Orders, but it's here, too! How is that possible, you may ask? Through the magic of television! And I don't want to talk about it any more. The point is, here it is and you can use it. This one and 45 others are available in one book - Short Orders, Vol. 1. By the way, we have 12 books with 46 puppet scripts in each one and just scads of other pre-recorded puppet plays, musicals, and shows. Find them here. Don't rip us off and start selling it somewhere. That would be wrong. But you can make copies for rehearsal and performance although we really recommend memorizing the thing. By the way, the script calls for a "human" (meaning a human puppet), but you can use a real person if you want. Just make sure he/she knows his/her lines. We do not suggest substituting a real dog for the puppet version.

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A Dog and His Boy
© Puppet Productions

By Gwen Hageman

CAST: Dog, Human
SCENE: The dog is onstage alone, humming, as the human enters.

HUMAN: Hi, there.
DOG: Oh, hi. (LOOKS AROUND THE AUDIENCE, HUMS) Dum te dum doo doo…
HUMAN: Pardon me for asking, but what are you doing?
DOG: Just shopping.
HUMAN: Oh, I see. (PAUSE) What are you shopping for?
DOG: A boy. Or maybe a girl.  Maybe even one of each.  It depends on how much they cost.
HUMAN: I see. Well, I hate to break the news to you but none of these kids are for sale.
DOG: Oh, I get it.  You’re trying to get a higher price for them.  I’m willing to bargain – how much do you want?
HUMAN: No, really.  They’re not for sale.
DOG: Sure, sure.  How about five dollars for that little one in the front row?  He surely can’t cost more than that.

HUMAN: Listen, what makes you think you can buy a person anyway?

DOG: It’s the American Dream – a dog and his boy.  I need someone to sleep by my feet at night, to fetch sticks – you know!
HUMAN: But, you can’t buy these people!  They’re already paid for.
DOG: All of ‘em?  Who has that kind of money?
HUMAN: Jesus paid for them – but not with money.

DOG: Not with money?  With what?

HUMAN: With His own life.  He died for their sins
DOG: Wow!  That’s love, isn’t it!

HUMAN: It sure is. All they have to do is accept His gift of love, ask forgiveness, and believe He died for them.
DOG: I can’t match that price.  I still would like a boy, though.
HUMAN: Don’t you know that people usually buy dogs?
DOG: (GASP) No!
HUMAN: Yep.
DOG: Oh, no!  Why hasn’t anyone ever told me?
HUMAN: Have you ever thought about buying a cat?
DOG: A cat!? Have you every thought about buying a rattlesnake?
HUMAN: Not really.
DOG: Cats – yuck!  I’d better keep on looking.  If you hear of any good deals on boys, let me know, okay?
HUMAN: Okay.  Goodbye.
DOG: See ya! (BOTH EXIT)