Benny
and Penny in The Big No-No!
by
Geoffrey Hayes
Characters:
Narrator 1 Narrator 2
Benny Penny
Melina
Narrator 1: Benny and Penny are standing
near the fence in their backyard.
Narrator 2: Benny is looking through a
hole in the fence.
Penny: Hi, Benny.
Benny: Hush, Penny!
Penny: What are you looking at?
Benny: Mommy said there is a new
kid next door. But, I can’t see
anything!
Penny: Let me look!
Benny: But, there is nothing to see
Penny: I want to look!
Narrator 1: Penny peeks through the
hole.
Penny: Oh! I can see!
Benny: What??
Penny: A pretty flower!
Benny: Who cares about an old
flower?
Penny: I do! I hope the new kid is a little girl.
Benny: Why?
Penny: Girls are nicer.
Benny: No, they’re not!
Narrator 2: Benny is looking for
something. He looks under a barrel and in the bushes.
Benny: Girls are cry-babies. I hope it’s a boy! Okay.
Where is my pail?
Penny: I don’t know!
Benny: It was here yesterday!
Penny: Well, I didn’t take it!
Benny: Where is it?
Penny: I don’t know!!
Benny: Why do you have to cry all
the time? I was just asking!
Penny: WAAAAA!!! (Sniff!) Maybe the
new kid took it.
Benny: Do you think the new kid
climbed over the fence and came into our yard?
Penny: Maybe. (Sniff!)
Benny: You can’t just take stuff.
Penny: Yes. That’s a no-no!
Narrator 1: Benny and Penny climb up the
fence and peer over.
Benny: I still can’t see anything!
Penny: I can! Down there! Look,
footprints!
Narrator 2: Benny climbs onto a tree
branch.
Benny: They go all along the
fence! That’s the proof!
Narrator 1: Benny starts to fall off the
branch.
Benny: Ooops!
Narrator 2: Plop! He falls into the
bushes.
Penny: Benny!
Benny: I’m okay.
Narrator 1: Penny crawls down the tree
branch into the other yard with Benny.
Penny: But we don’t belong in this
yard. It’s a big no-no!
Benny: These footprints are big and
scary.
Penny: The new kid must be a
monster.
Benny: No…Mommy would have told us.
Penny: Maybe she doesn’t know. Let’s go back!
Benny: Not yet- I see my pail! Stay there, Penny!
Narrator 2: Splop! Benny steps into mud.
Benny: Mud! Pooie!
Penny: Benny, look! The monster is making mud pies!
Benny: Hush, Penny. It will hear you!
Penny: Oh. These mud pies have pretty flowers on
top.
Benny: So?
Narrator 1: Benny almost reaches his
pail.
Narrator 2: Flap! Flap!
Flap! Flap! The kids hear
something.
Penny: Someone is coming!
Benny: Hide!
Narrator 1: Flap! Flap!
Flap!
Narrator 2: They hide in the bushes.
Penny: Monster feet!
Benny: Hush, Penny!
Narrator 1: Two big eyes look into the
bushes near Benny and Penny.
Narrator 2: Benny holds his hand over
Penny’s mouth.
Narrator 1: Flap! Flap!
Flap!
Melina: I’ll go get my mud pies.
Narrator 2: Benny and Penny look at each
other.
Benny: It’s a little girl!
Melina: Uh oh! This one on the end is all broken!
Narrator 1: She looks at the birds.
Melina: Hey birds, get away from my
pies! Now I will have to make a new one.
Narrator 2: She flings the broken mud
pie into the bushes by Benny and Penny.
Benny and Penny: Yeow!
Melina: Who’s in there? Come on out!
Narrator 1: Mud flies out of the bushes
and hits the girl in the face.
Narrator 2: Splop!
Melina: Waaaaa!!!
Narrator 1: The girl runs away. Benny
and Penny come out of the bushes.
Penny: You made her cry!
Benny: I don’t care! She took my
pail! And it’s full of dirty old dirt!
Narrator 2: The girl comes back with a
ball of mud.
Benny: Run!!!
Narrator 1: She throws the mud at Benny
and Penny as they run away.
Narrator 2: Whoosh! Splop! The mud hits
Benny on the back.
Benny: Throw mud at me, will
you? You asked for it!
Narrator 1: Benny throws mud at the new
girl. Splop!
Penny: Benny, let’s just go!
Narrator 2: Splop! Mud hits Penny’s
face.
Penny: Waaaa!
Benny: Now, look what you did! Come on, Penny.
Narrator 1: Benny helps Penny over the fence.
Narrator 2: Splop! Mud almost hits Benny as he goes over
the fence.
Benny: Little monster!
Penny: That new kid is mean!
Benny: ….And she takes things! I’m telling Mommy!
Narrator 1: Penny stops. She sees something.
Penny: Benny, look! Your pail!
Narrator 2: Benny sees his pail is in
his sandbox.
Benny: Huh? What’s my pail doing
here?
Penny: You took her pail!
Benny: Oh no! And we messed up all her mud pies!
Penny: We have to give back her
pail!
Benny: But if we go back the little
girl will throw mud at us. I have an
idea! I’ll just toss the pail over the
fence.
Penny: No! You might hurt her!
Narrator 1: Penny climbs up the fence to
look at the girl.
Benny: What is she doing?
Penny: Crying.
Benny: Again?
Penny: Hello.
Benny: We have your pail.
Melina: Give it back!
Penny: We’re sorry.
Narrator 1: Benny and Penny climb back
over the fence into the new girl’s yard.
Benny: We took it by mistake!
Penny: He thought it was his pail.
Benny: Don’t throw mud! I’m putting your pail down right where it
was. See? Now I’m backing away.
Narrator 2: Benny walks into mud. He slips.
Benny: Oops!
Narrator 1: Splop! Benny falls into the
mud.
Narrator 2: Penny and Melina look
surprised.
Penny and Melina: Tee Hee!! Ah, ha! Ha!
Benny: It’s not funny! Dumb girls!
Narrator 1: Benny starts to run away.
Narrator 2: Whapp!! He runs into a piece
of wood and it hits him in the face.
Benny: Waaaaa!
Melina: Ha, ha! What a cry baby!
Penny: No, he’s not! He’s hurt!
Melina: Oh, I’m sorry. You can play with my pail.
Benny: I don’t want to!
Melina: And you can play in my yard.
Benny: But-
Penny: It’s not a no-no if she asks
us.
Benny: But, I’m a dirty mess!
Melina: I’ll fix it. Don’t move.
Narrator 1: The girl walks away and
comes back.
Benny: Yeow!
Narrator 2: She sprays Benny with a
hose.
Benny: What did you do that for?
Melina: To get all the mud off.
Benny: Hey! You’re right!
It’s gone!
Melina: Hi, I’m Melina.
Penny: I’m Penny.
Benny: And I’m Benny the little
piggy playing in the mud. Oink! Oink!
All: The end.
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