Synopsis
Rip Van Winkle, a lazy but good-natured man, lives with his wife Wilma and son in a village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. One day, while helping a strange little man carry a keg, Rip is led deeper into the forest, where he meets a group of small men who are the keepers of the forest. They are serious and hardworking, unlike Rip. Despite being warned not to, Rip tastes a strange juice, which causes him to sleep for 20 years. When he wakes up, everything has changed, and he must come to terms with his past laziness and make amends with his family. With the help of friends and former playmates, Rip repairs his farm and becomes a changed man, finally reunited with his family.
This is a story unbelievable and fantastical but it is true, perhaps as true for all of us as it is for Rip Van Winkle,a pleasant from accident America.
Scene 1( at Fram)
Henry:Hy,Rip!,can u give me a hand here ?
Rip:Sure! hang on!
Henry:Thanks Rip,you are a gem!
Scene 2( at his home)
Wilma(Rip's wife) to Rip,who is with henry: And thats what he does be a gem, lying all day in sun,giltering with sweat over diong absolutely nothing!
Henry:he is a good fella Wilma,your husband.
Wilma( to Rip):Rip,just as you get up to help Henry, why don't you help me with a thousands things that you need to be done around the fram!!???
For starters, repair the fence,fix the roof,weed out the garden,and give a scrub to the sheep well ya!
(Henry left the home )
Rip:Oh....all that today!!?
Wilma: all that today before lunch!
(His son came )
(His wife went inside the home)
His son: I'll help u dad!
Rip:No ,you go and play.look what I have made for you yesterday!
His son:ohhh .....A boomerang!!!!!!,thanks dad, I'll show it to my friends , they're all headed here....
(His friend came (3))
His one friend: no, this is how you do it.....
His other friend:Noo!!!!,run that way and throw it up like this.
His another friend: Nooo way!!! That's not how you do it .
(Rip van Winkle came to them )
Rip: what's the matter?, children.Trying to fly a kite?
One of his son's friend: your kites are not good,they don't fly!
Rip:ohh they will fly if you know how to make them ,come let me show you ...
Rip got busy teaching the children how to fly the kites,and had the time of his life.He even made them new kites and they flew beautifully.when the kids got tried of the kites ,they all began to play with boomerang!!!!!!!
One of this son's friend: you're the best friend we have ever had!
Rip: Really!!!Awwww....! All of u come here!
(Rip's wife came out)
Wilma: Rip?you did nothing again today?
His son's friend: He taught us how to fly kites!
Rip:Well, somebody had to teach them!They even called me their best friend it is good !!!?
Wilma: When will you do your own jobs Rip!?You are impossible!
Rip: I'll get to the garden right away.....
Sence 3
(At garden)
Rip set to work in the garden but he saw a little family of ants eating a piece of weed ,he was to remove.
Rip:oh! I can't possibly deny you your food! Finish your lunch and then i'll remove this patch.
Rip saw a caterpillar on another set of weeds.
Rip:Bon appetit mate!Eat well and grow into a strong, beautiful butterfly.
Sence 4
(Rip with his wolf,outside the house)
Wilma: Rip!why aren't you working?
Rip:well, let's get outta here!What say wolf,to the wood,shall we!??
So Rip took his dog wolf to his favourite hangout in the whole world,and that place was the wood on the catskill mountains.He picked his favourite spot by the lake and lay down in the cool shade of a tree, enjoying the breeze,the clear ue sky,the golden hue of the sun ,watching the birds and the bee
Sence 5
(At woods)
Rip:The world is so beautiful,Wolf!
The Master creator has done such a truly marvellous job putting all these colours and textures together!
Aah wish some day Wilma would be able to enjoy this!She works so hard...
A misterious voice:That's because she is only one working! You really ought to help around a lot more...
Rip stand
Rip: who said that?Did you hear that,Wolf?
Rip was taken aback by the something voice and it's sarcastic,king laughter. Intrigued,he followed the sound and the sound took him deeper and deeper into the forset,till he came to a place he hadn't known before.
Sence 6
(At deeper in the forset)
Rip:wolf?!where are we?What's that
Rip searched around and he saw a pretty small man carrying a huge barrel on his back.It was clear that the keg was too heavy for him.Good natured Rip went to help him at once.
Rip:Hy,sir!Let me help you with that!
Rip took his keg and carry the keg.
Small man : Thank you... Thank you... We need to go up there!
Rip laboriously climbed a very steep mountain coming to the very top.And when he reached the top,it was like he was in different world.
(Scene 7)
Rip:where am I!?
Small man:look!I am here with juice.
Another small man :ok , We'll have some when we break,you can have him put it up there.
It was strange the men were playing game of skittles and ball but was no excitement,no happiness in them at all!
Rip:creat short! Marvellous....You know you would enjoy the game a lot more if u cheered a bit!
Dam(the small man,also called chief by small men, who's voice he followed):not all of life is fun and games Rip!
There is a time to have fun and relax,there is a time to be series and hard working!
Rip:It was your voice that I followed!How do u know who I am ??
Kom( small man, who's he helped):He's a jolly good fellow chief!
He rushed to my help!
Dam: that's his problem ,he helps only those he wishes to,Else ,he would have helped his wife around the house and farm too!
Rip:Auh! I know ,my wife can be a bot tough sometimes!But she is a good woman, really!!
The little Green men continued their game in silence and then,they appeared tried,ready for refreshment.
Old small man: Get those tumblers and pour out the juice,will you?
Rip:sure!
Dam:While you are pouring out the juice;be careful.
Don't mess with stranger things.
Rip starts to work ,he pour the juice in classes for everyone.while he was pouring he asked something.
Rip:Tell me about you,who are all of you?And why are you so serious ?
Dam:We are the keepers of the forest and the people around them.And we are never happy to see a life being wasted in laziness,and no purpose.
Rip:Aah! somebody's got to admire the sun and the sky and the flower and the bees and teach children how to fly kites!
Dam:you just don't understand,do u Rip Van Winkle?
If u had done your jobs well,weeds out your garden when the first weeds grew and repaired ,the fence when the first crack appeared.You would have had enough time to teach the kids to fly kites and get on with farming and all the million other things that have to done!Don't use goodness as an excuse for laziness!!!
Rip:some juice, chief ?
And Rip poured out the juice for the chief,for the first time he noticed that it was somnething very strange.Rip was filled with curiosity.He longed to taste the drink.
Dam:While you are pouring out the juice;be careful.
Don't mess with stranger things!
Rip thought that he had perhaps been advised not to taste the drink.....but the strange men were having gallons of it and seemed alright!
Rip(in his mind):what if I taste a drop.....a drop. Just to see what it taste like! Surely,that could do not harm!
He just had to taste the strange juice. He took a little in his palm. The chief saw him but said nothing.Rip gulped it down.The juice was soon delicious that Rip had more handfuls of it.then he filled a tumbler and gulped it down!Soon the sun set and the moon rose over ther sky.Rip began feeling very,very sleepy.
He slid onto the soft ,green grass and slept very,very,very soundly .when he wakes up 20 years pass.
Rip:Aah! What a day it has been!
The sun is high!
Did I sleep here all night?
Wilma will be furious!!!
Oh!Come on Wolf!Wolf!Wolf!Wolf!
Aah! That notorious chap must have gone on my home by himself to get his dinner!
Time for me to go too!
Rip walked back home but there was something strange about the mountain..... Something new .Rip had very weird feeling but he shock it off and entered his village...
Scene 8
(At his village)
Rip: who are all these people? And why do they dress like this!why is there no face that I recognise? Is that Henry?He looks old!
Henry came towards him
Rip:Hey!Henry!is that you?
Henry:Yes!!???,who are you ? Rip!!! Is that you?
Rip:How old you are grown within a night ,Henry!!??? And why is everything so different????!!!
Henry:one night?,Rip you've been gone for a while twenty years!!!
Rip: Twenty years?!What ,How is that possible?
Rip remembered,what the dam said.
Rip: I slept for twenty years!oh!! Wilma!!!
Rip van Winkle rushed to his home and saw that it was the only home in the entire village which was old, dilapidated and almost falling to pieces.His wife was nowhere to be seen
Rip:Henry?where is Wilma???and my son!!!
Henry:when you didn't return and none of us could find you,wilma left that with your son and went to say with her father..
Rip: what about my son ?
Henry:oh! I hear,he is quite a handsome young man! Just like you were!
Rip: I hope he hasn't turned out like me...lazy, always casual....
Henry:you are a good fellow Rip
Rip:Good only when I liked to .Had I really been good, i would have made the extra effort to help my poor wife and looked after the farm!it is selfish to only do what one likes all the time!Will they still care about me?
Henry: Your family loves you Rip;they would love to have u back!
Rip:not so soon!
Rip made up his mind that he would now meet his family only when he could show them he was a changed man so,he started repairing his old farm. The friends he had helped and all the children now grown who had thought of him as their best friend helped him and finally when he invited Wilma and his son back , they were delighted .He meet with them
Rip:I am so sorry Wilma! Son ,My laziness cost us twenty years of togetherness! I am so sorry!
Well ,Rip finally had a happy family.Ic u Visit Rip Van Winkle on a clear moonlight night ,you will see him surrounded by children who never tire of hearing the story of what happened on that strange night in the strange woods,Catskill mountain.
Rip's story would always end with this,
Rip(to children): don't be like me kids, do your duties wether you enjoy them or not.Remmber ,there is no excuse for laziness!