Princess and the Pea Melody

# Melody, Melody

# Listen to the music Let your mind run free

# Melody, Melody

# From a castle or the jungle To the Arctic Sea... #

WHALE SINGS

# It could be as loud as a storm

# Quiet as a sigh

# As dainty as a dance step

# Or soaring high in the sky

# Melody, Melody

# Listen to the music Let your mind run free

# Melody, Melody

# The musical imaginings of Melody. #

'Mum has got something for us to make together.

'A whole theatre.'

A paper theatre and inside what we've got are all the special pieces

to put the theatre together.

And then here we've got all the lovely characters

who are going to be in your play.

This is a beautiful lady.

Got to cut really carefully, coming round.

We're getting to the top, so we're going to stop and give it a turn.

That's it.

Now we're going to just score down along these dotted lines.

Where the dotted lines are, just fold them in.

Then we'll fold the next one.

Make sure you've got lots of glue on the edges.

Brilliant.

'It's taken ages!'

Let's cut along here.

This next character's got teeny-tiny little legs.

'And it was very hard work.'

The last cut and now they're ready to pop out.

'But we've finished.'

Job well done.

Wow, it's finally finished.

Now I can play with it!

'I wonder what play we'll see first.'

Let's put Fudge here so he can see the plays we're going to put on.

What we're going to do...

'Mum explains how she's going to make the actors move on and off.

'Here's the paper princess.'

"Hello, how do you do?"

"How do you do?" "Very nice."

I wish it was a real princess.

How would you know she's a real princess?

Look at her dress, she looks like a real princess.

Ah, just because she looks like a princess doesn't mean she is one.

Once upon a time, there was...

'Mum tells me the story of a prince, a princess and a pea.

'She changes the scenes and moves the actors.'

She was uncomfortable and kept tossing and turning.

'It's really funny.'

"..couldn't sleep a wink!"

He said, "You must be a princess!"

And, then...

'They all lived happily ever after.'

The end.

-Yay!

-Bravo!

Mummy, do you have any princess music?

There is a piece which always reminds me

of the story of The Princess and The Pea, but see what you think.

This is Tahiti Trot by Shostakovich.

Ladies and gentlemen, may I present The Princess and The Pea!

MUSIC: Tahiti Trot by Shostakovich

Our story begins inside a castle on the night of the Royal Ball.

There's the prince.

He wants to find a princess to marry.

But the first princess won't stand still.

SNIFFING

The next princess doesn't have manners.

And the next princess isn't very nice at all.

MUSIC CONTINUES

Oh! Look, a girl.

She looks lost.

"Go inside the castle and keep warm."

MUSIC CONTINUES

They both love jam sandwiches.

They both love exploring the castle.

And they both love to dance.

"I wonder if the girl's a princess?"

MUSIC CONTINUES

PRINCE: "Let's put a pea under her bed and we'll see."

The girl tries to sleep.

But she can't sleep at all.

YAWNING

The girl can feel the pea.

That means she's a real princess.

MUSIC CONTINUES

The prince and the girl are getting married.

And the pea is going into the Royal Museum.

That music made me think of the story of The Princess and The Pea.

What did it make you think of?