The Parable of the Lost Hat

A terrible thing has happened! A puppet has lost his . . . hat! And when he finds it he will have a parade, celebration, invite the whole town to share his joy . . . . Hmmmm, sounds a liitle like a lost sheep story to me! This puppet script brings a story of love and caring, much like the protection a shepherd gives his sheep. A delightful comedy, may be a puppet or standard skit.

Cast: 2 (puppets or actors)

• 2 puppets or actors, may have more as crowd scene

Bible Reference: Luke 16:4-7

Set:

• there is a long stick or rod attached to front corner of the puppet stage (or regular set) with a garish purple hat affixed to the top
• a table, wall, or whatever to display all  the "hundred" hats

Lighting: standard

Sound: wireless mics if available

Song: none

SFX: 

• pre-recorded crowd noises

Costumes:  standard

Props:

• many "hundred" hats of all kinds and colors, one being a very garish purple.

Special Instructions:

• Puppets, (or actors), perform as though as though there is a large parade passing by just in front of downstage

 Time:  8

Sample of script:

Puppet 2 is on stage, Puppet 1 comes on stage through a pile of hats, hats fly all over

1: Hey, woohoo, ooopss! Sorry about that! Knocked your hats over! Hey, listen, I have a question . . . what’s happening here, all these hats all over the place, and all that noise, who are all the people out there? And why do you have that ugly hat up there on the end of the stick?

2: Technically that’s, let’s see . . one . . . two . . .three . . a bunch of questions I think.

1: You are good at math, how about answering my question?

2: Which one?

1: Try all.

2: Let’s see. . . what’s happening is that we are having a parade, all these hats all over the place is my awesome hat collection, the noise is all the wonderful people who are watching the parade, and THAT IS NOT AN UGLY HAT, THAT IS A GORGEOUS HAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH! THAT IS MY SPECIAL BOW-RANGER HAT!

1: Bow-ranger hat huh?

2: The only one of it’s kind in these parts I shall have you know!

1: Nice. I guess. Very purple, isn’t it?

2: The color is “Emperor Rainbow” I shall have you know!

1: Emperor Rainbow huh? Was almost sure it was purple.

2: To the untrained eye perhaps. Those of us who are more hat conscious, we know better.

1: Oooooookkkkkkaayyyyyyy . . . . . Anyhow, what is the reason for the parade?

2: My Emperor Rainbow hat.

1: Uhhhhhhhhh, okay, let me get this straight. The parade is happening because of a purple . . .

2: . . . Emperor Rainbow . . . .

1: . . . right, an Emperor Rainbow hat? Since when do you organize a parade because of a hat?

2: Not just any old hat. This is my hat. And it was lost. Was like to be going crazy with worry cause I had no idea where it was. And now I found it so it’s just natural that we would have a parade to celebrate.

1: I don’t quite get this . . .you lose one hat, not a big deal, seems like. You must have a gazillion hats here, and you worry about this one hat?

2: Have a hundred hats exactly, that is, when my Emperor Rainbow hat is here.

1: I get it, the Emperor Rainbow hat is special, better than all the rest of your hats?

2: Well, duh, of course the Emperor Rainbow hat is special, but every one of my hats is just as special as any other!

1: So what did you do when you found that your hat was missing?

2: What could I do? I dropped everything and went looking for my hat that was lost.

1: So you took the other 99 hats along with you and went looking my hat that was lost.

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