Characters:

• Kasper

• Seppel (= hand puppet Hansel)

• Princess

• Raven Theo

Two small sacks or folded handkerchiefs, Biofino food items, e.g. birthday cake, vegetable basket, mixed vegetables, melon, mixed fruit, favorite waffles, spaghetti Bolognese, cake, sandwich, orange juice

Note: The story can be slightly adapted depending on which characters and which foods are available.

The play to act out

(Kasper comes on stage carrying a sack)

Kasper:

Tri-tra-trullala, tri-tra-trullala, Kasper is back again! Hello, children! Are you all here?

(the children answer)

Kasper:

You know what, children? Seppel and I are going to do something reeeeally great today! We're going on a picnic!

(Seppel comes on stage, he also has a sack)

Seppel:

We're doing what?

Kasper:

Well, you know, we're doing one of those ping-things. No, a nick..., like a pic...

Seppel:

Ah, you want to have a picnic! That's why I had to haul half of Grandma's pantry here in a sack. Children, have you ever been on a picnic?

(the children answer)

Seppel:

A picnic is a nice thing. We sit out in the sun and munch on lots of delicious stuff. I have waffles and a sandwich with me that I made especially this morning!

Kasper:

And I brought a Nelome and Gasphetti!

Seppel:

You mean melon and spaghetti. Man Kasper, I think you're a bit confused today!

Kasper:

Well, that's because I'm soooooo hungry that I jumble all the letters.

(the Princess comes by)

Princess:

Hello Kasper, hello Seppel. Tell me, why do you two have such big sacks with you?

Kasper:

Hello Princess, the Leppes and I, we're doing a pingding today! Do you want to join?

Seppel:

I'm Seppel, not Leppes. And we're not doing a pingding, but a picnic. Kasper is soooooo hungry that he's already jumbling all the letters.

Princess:

Oh dear! Poor Kasper. Then I'll run quickly to the palace. I think the court baker has a huge cake. I can bring a slice.

(the Princess leaves again)

Kasper:

Oh Seppel, I'm so hungry! Let's just have the pingding right here.

Seppel:

That's a good idea. I'll get the food out and you the bottle of juice, Kasper! I'm also already famished and incredibly thirsty!

Kasper:

But I don't have any juice with me. Do you perhaps have a bottle of juice, dear children?

(the children answer)

Seppel:

Oh dear! Kasper, I'm so thirsty already! Can you fetch a bottle of juice? I'm so weak from thirst that I can't walk anymore.

Kasper:

All right, but in the meantime just don't eat all the food!

(Kasper quickly exits)

Seppel:

Mmmh, what nice things do we have here? First the waffle! (Seppel reaches down, takes the waffle and holds it in his hand)

Raven Theo:

Caw, caw! A waffle, how delicious! (Flies in from one side and snatches the waffle from Seppel's hand and flies away)

Seppel:

Yeah, what was that? Children, did you see that? The cheeky Raven Theo stole the waffle from my hand. Good thing we still have more to eat! (Seppel reaches down, gets the plate of spaghetti and holds it in his hand)

Raven Theo:

Caw, caw! Spaghetti? This day just keeps getting better! (Comes flying in from the other side and snatches the spaghetti from the plate and flies away)

Seppel:

Hello? Again? Hey, you thieving bird, that's our food! (Seppel reaches down again, fetches the melon and holds it in his hand)

Raven Theo:

Caw, caw! I love melon! (Comes from the side and snatches the melon from Seppel's hand and flies away)

Seppel:

That's enough, Theo! Find your own food! This belongs to us! You won't get my sandwich! (Seppel pulls the sandwich up from below and holds it in his hand)

Kasper:

(shouts from offstage): Seppel, I'm coming! Keep the food ready! (Seppel turns around)

Raven Theo:

Caw, caw, hahaha! That's what you think! (Comes flying in from the other side and snatches the sandwich and flies away)

Seppel:

Stop, stop! Stay here! Come back, you thief! Our lovely food!

(Kasper comes on stage with a bottle of orange juice)

Kasper:

Seppel, come on, the food! I'm almost dead from hunger! Seppel? Seppel, where has all the food gone?

Seppel:

Kasper, you won't believe it, but the cheeky Raven Theo nicked it!

Kasper:

Raven Theo? You don't actually believe that yourself! You ate the food all by yourself! You nasty rascal!

Seppel:

Kasper, that's not true, I didn't eat anything!

(Princess comes on stage with a slice of cake)

Princess:

What's wrong with you two, why do you both look so angry?

Kasper:

Seppel is stupid! He ate the whole pingding all by himself while he sent me back to get orange juice.

Seppel:

Not true at all! Kasper is dumb because he doesn't believe me that the cheeky Raven Theo nicked all the food!

Raven Theo:

Caw, caw! What's that the Princess has there? That looks super delicious! (Flies in from the side and tries to snatch the slice of cake)

Princess:

Stop! What's that supposed to be? The slice of cake belongs to Kasper, Seppel and me! Let go of it immediately, you cheeky Raven Theo!

Raven Theo:

Caw, caw! But I'm so hungry too and I've never had a picnic before! (Sits very sadly next to the Princess)

Kasper:

Yes, but that doesn't mean you can just snatch our entire pingding! Because of you I almost quarreled with my best friend out of hunger. Please forgive me, Seppel, I shouldn't have been so mean to you. After all you're my friend, and friends would never gobble up each other's food.

Seppel:

It's already forgotten, Kasper. Speaking of forgetting, we can forget about our picnic now too; three of us won't get full from just one piece of cake.

Princess:

Kasper, Seppel, maybe I know a solution! (leans toward Raven Theo and whispers with him)

Raven Theo:

Caw, caw! A great idea! Thanks, dear Princess! (takes the slice of cake and flies away quickly)

Seppel:

What's that supposed to be? Now our slice of cake is gone too!

Princess:

No, nothing is gone. Raven Theo told me where he hid our delicious things and in return I promised him that he can also eat with us at the picnic.

Kasper:

Gosh, Princess, that's a great idea. You and I and Seppel and Raven Theo will just have our picnic together!

Princess:

You mean you and I, the Princess and Raven Theo should do the picnic together.

Seppel:

Oh Kasper, if you don't get something to eat quickly, no one will be able to understand you anymore!

(everyone exits)