Once upon a time , on a field , a dog notices a beautiful magpie sitting on a big , strong buffalo being carried by him here and there. That big buffalo does not seem to be bothered by this , contrary, he seems really excited about her presence. The dog was thinking at the situation and he jumped on the buffalo's back , without asking , to take advance of the big animal's kindness. "What are you doing?" said the buffalo. The dog answered " I want to sit on your back , like this magpie" The buffalo does not except this and he banished from his back and than he said : You want to profit me. This magpie banish every bug from me , and you? You are too lazy to walk on your legs. You will humiliate me in the eyes of my fellows." The dog left the buffalo and the magpie with shame.
In life , you can not get anything without working for it ( without giving something else in return)
Narrator: Once upon a time a village was devastated by a strong earthquake. Damaged houses and roads could be seen everywhere. The village was a total ruin. The villagers had abandoned their houses and had settled in a nearby village [presenting the ruins]. Finding the place totally devoid of residents, the mice began to live in the ruined houses [presenting the mice]. Soon their number grew into thousands and millions. There was also a big lake situated near the ruined village [presenting the lake]. While on their way, the elephants trampled hundreds of mice daily under their heavy feet [presenting the climax, the elephants killing some of the mice]. The mice held a meeting to find a solution to this problem [presenting the king of the mice and the king of the elephants]
The king of the mice: Your Majesty, we live in the ruins of the village, but every time your herd crosses the village, thousands of my subjects get trampled under the massive feet of your herd. Kindly change your route. If you do so, we promise to help you in the hour of your need.
The king of the elephants: [laughing] You rats are so tiny to be of any help to giants like us. But in any case, we would do a favour to all of you by changing our route to reach the lake and to make you more safe.
The king of the mice: Thank you! Have a nice day! [the end of the meeting, both of the kings are leaving]
Narrator: After some time, the king of a nearby kingdom thought of increasing the number of elephants in his army. He ordered his soldiers to catch more elephants for this purpose. The king's soldiers saw this herd and put a strong net around the elephants. The elephants got trapped [presenting the elephants struggling to free themselves]
The king of elephants: [sobbing] Ooh! I remembered that the king of the mice said he would help me in the hour of my need. I hope they will help me and my herd to escape. [trumpets loudly] [presenting the king of the mice] [the king of the mice hears the trumpets]
The king of the mice: What is this noise? Me and my herd should go and find out from where does it come. [the king of mice and it's herd meet the elephants]
The king of elephants: Please help us! We are trapped in a thick net!
The king of the mice: We will! [The king bit the net with its teeth] [the mice rescued the elephants]
The king of elephants: Thank you so much! We will be always here to help you all!
The king of the mice: Your Majesty, we live in the ruins of the village, but every time your herd crosses the village, thousands of my subjects get trampled under the massive feet of your herd. Kindly change your route. If you do so, we promise to help you in the hour of your need.
The king of the elephants: [laughing] You rats are so tiny to be of any help to giants like us. But in any case, we would do a favour to all of you by changing our route to reach the lake and to make you more safe.
The king of the mice: Thank you! Have a nice day! [the end of the meeting, both of the kings are leaving]
Narrator: After some time, the king of a nearby kingdom thought of increasing the number of elephants in his army. He ordered his soldiers to catch more elephants for this purpose. The king's soldiers saw this herd and put a strong net around the elephants. The elephants got trapped [presenting the elephants struggling to free themselves]
The king of elephants: [sobbing] Ooh! I remembered that the king of the mice said he would help me in the hour of my need. I hope they will help me and my herd to escape. [trumpets loudly] [presenting the king of the mice] [the king of the mice hears the trumpets]
The king of the mice: What is this noise? Me and my herd should go and find out from where does it come. [the king of mice and it's herd meet the elephants]
The king of elephants: Please help us! We are trapped in a thick net!
The king of the mice: We will! [The king bit the net with its teeth] [the mice rescued the elephants]
The king of elephants: Thank you so much! We will be always here to help you all!
Eumind theatre – in a project with an Indian school
We are team number 2 – Mutual Kindness. We are studying at George Moroianu High School. I guess we are pretty good at English, that's why we have been chosen to participate in this project. After introducing ourselves in a, let’s say, artistic manner, we had to pick a fable from the Romanian litarature that should illustrate the topic of our group. Then, we made sure our Indian friends got into the topic of one of George Toparceanu’s most popular fables, "The Buffalo And The Magpie", while the other team from India introduced us to the topic of an Indian fable, "The Little Mice And Big Elephants (Panchatantra)".
In a few words, the Romanian fable spoke about a dog that notices a magpie sitting on a big , strong buffalo being carried by him here and there. That big buffalo does not seem to be bothered by this.The dog jumped on the buffalo's back , without asking , to take advance of the big animal's kindness. The buffalo does not except this and he banished from his back. The dog left the buffalo and the magpie with shame.
The Indian fable could be summarised as follows: once upon a time, there was a ruined village. In these ruins, thousands of mice live. On the other side of the ruined village, the elephants live. The elephants have to trample on the mice everyday on their way to the lake. The king of the mice meets with the king of the elephants and solves the problem by promising that they will help the elephants anytime they might need it. One day, the elephants get trapped and they call the mice for help. The mice help them and then, they all go on, living happily in the same area. The moral is that everytime you help someone, you will get this help back exactly when you need it the most.
Our team’s assignment was to turn the Indian fable into a drama and then to act it and film it. We did so and, in the end, we not only found ourselves knowing more about what the Romanian and Indian literatures have in common, but also, and, probably more important, we discovered the beautiful things we can do if we are given the chance. The quality of time spent together while working is a wondeful reward for the hours and effort that we put into this amazing experience which will bring all of us happy memories about this project.
We are team number 2 – Mutual Kindness. We are studying at George Moroianu High School. I guess we are pretty good at English, that's why we have been chosen to participate in this project. After introducing ourselves in a, let’s say, artistic manner, we had to pick a fable from the Romanian litarature that should illustrate the topic of our group. Then, we made sure our Indian friends got into the topic of one of George Toparceanu’s most popular fables, "The Buffalo And The Magpie", while the other team from India introduced us to the topic of an Indian fable, "The Little Mice And Big Elephants (Panchatantra)".
In a few words, the Romanian fable spoke about a dog that notices a magpie sitting on a big , strong buffalo being carried by him here and there. That big buffalo does not seem to be bothered by this.The dog jumped on the buffalo's back , without asking , to take advance of the big animal's kindness. The buffalo does not except this and he banished from his back. The dog left the buffalo and the magpie with shame.
The Indian fable could be summarised as follows: once upon a time, there was a ruined village. In these ruins, thousands of mice live. On the other side of the ruined village, the elephants live. The elephants have to trample on the mice everyday on their way to the lake. The king of the mice meets with the king of the elephants and solves the problem by promising that they will help the elephants anytime they might need it. One day, the elephants get trapped and they call the mice for help. The mice help them and then, they all go on, living happily in the same area. The moral is that everytime you help someone, you will get this help back exactly when you need it the most.
Our team’s assignment was to turn the Indian fable into a drama and then to act it and film it. We did so and, in the end, we not only found ourselves knowing more about what the Romanian and Indian literatures have in common, but also, and, probably more important, we discovered the beautiful things we can do if we are given the chance. The quality of time spent together while working is a wondeful reward for the hours and effort that we put into this amazing experience which will bring all of us happy memories about this project.