Wit & Wisdom
Roger Jenkins
storyteller
storyteller
© Roger Jenkins 2011 Made With Serif WebPlus.
© Roger Jenkins 2011 Made With Serif WebPlus.
TOMATO: Hullo, do you know what I am? I’m a tomato! I’m round and I’m red and I’m very good to eat! Yes! I’m juicy and I taste deee-licious! Some people like me just the way I am in salads and sandwiches. Others like to cook me because I’m great in stews.
CARROT: Hunh! Look at you! You’re so fat! Look at me! I’m tall and thin and elegant!
TOMATO: You’re skinny! What are you?
CARROT: I’m a carrot. You’re mostly water, but I’m hard and firm. People love me because I’m good for their eyesight. And I’m crunchy, so you can really sink your teeth into me!
TOMATO: Tomatoes are healthy too, you know! We’re full of vitamins!
CARROT: Me too! Me too! But you’re all squishy. I’m so firm you can eat me raw, or use me to pick up dips and sauces. Mmmm – lovely!
CAPSICUM: Hunh! It’s the sauce that is tasty, not you! And what makes the sauce tasty? Me! I’m a green pepper, and good cooks love to use me in their cooking because I give their food such taste.
CARROT: Don’t listen to him. He’s just full of air and seeds.
CAPSICUM: But people don’t eat those. It’s my skin they like. It’s also enriched with vitamins. And my green colour is so strong. Don’t you think we look good together? Green and orange is very nice. Better than red and orange.
BRINJAL: Hey, listen folks, I’m your pal
Do you like my purple? I’m a brinjal!
I’m great when cooked and put in a
stew
Adding fibre, vitamins & good taste too!
CARROT: You look as though you need to go on the Trim and Fit program.
BRINJAL
Just because you’re tall and thin
You’re not the only veg with goodness in
People want different foods to eat
And my purple colour is hard to beat!
CORN (coy): Hi! excuse me for interrupting.
CAPSICUM: Who are you?
CORN: I’m sweet c-c-c-c-
CAPSICUM: Come on, don’t be shy!
CORN: I’m sweet corn. I’m one of the sweetest vegetables. As you can see I’m full of the sun’s goodness. I’m not nice when I’m hard, but when I’m soft, I’m deee-licious! In fact, I’m so tasty, that I wear a thick outer coat which you must peel off before you can eat me.
ONION: (crying)
CARROT: Hey, what’s the matter with you, fatso?
ONION: (more tears) Nobody likes me. When they peel me, everyone bursts into tears!
CARROT: I’m not surprised! What are you?
ONION: I’m an onion.
CARROT: You’re so white – unlike me, I’m glowing with vitality. Are you sure you are healthy?
ONION: Oh yes, most definitely. Onions are used in so many different foods by so many different people. We give taste to everything, though because we’re so strong not many people like to eat us raw.
CARROT: I’m terrific raw! I’m great grated!
ONION: And some people don’t like to use me because I make them cry!
CARROT: Well, tough luck, onion, keep on crying, because you aren’t going to be used this time either!
COOK: Well, I’m the cook, and I like all of you. So – you’re all going into my super healthy vegetarian stew for dinner. In you go!
I owe the idea for this script to the Mechelen Stadspoppentheater (Puppet theatre of Mechelen in Belgium) who performed it in the Young People’s Theatre Festival back in the 1980’s. I use plastic veggies stuck on satay sticks as my puppets