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When you hear the names Harry or Harper in this story, you clap
once. When you hear the word Monster or the word Moor, you clap
twice. Stamp both feet, one after the other when you hear the
words Moor Monster. Bark like a dog when you hear the name of
Harry's dog, Rover.
Also, the audience should follow your motions as you read the
story.
The scene is near a moor in England.
HARRY HARPER lived with his mother, father, and his dog ROVER
near a english MOOR. HARRY was a rock collector and needed a few
more rocks to complete his collection.
One afternoon after HARRY HARPER got home from school he said to
his mother, "Mother, I think ROVER and I will go out on the MOOR
and look for a few more rock specimens."
"All right," said his mother. "Be careful you don't fall and cut
yourself on the rocks of the MOOR and be sure you come home for
supper."
"Yes mother," said HARRY. "Come, ROVER, let's go look for some
rocks."
So HARRY headed off onto the MOOR with ROVER running beside him.
HARRY went toward a huge rock formation in the middle of the
MOOR. He had always wanted to climb to the top, and today he had
brought a rope with him. When he got near the top, he tied one
end of his rope around a small rock and tossed it around a big
projecting rock.
"You stay here, ROVER," said HARRY, and he climbed up the rock,
When he looked out he saw the stream nearby and a short distance
beyond was a cave HARRY had never seen before as it was hidden
behind a grove of trees and some bushes.
HARRY HARPER scrambled down and, followed by ROVER, headed for
the stream. He forded the stream and started in the direction of
the cave.
When he came close to the trees, he heard a loud growl.
HARRY HARPER and ROVER stood still, watching wide-eyed as a
MONSTER of the MOOR came through the trees. The boy and his dog
turned and ran. First was ROVER, followed closely by HARRY
HARPER, and at a distance came the MOOR MONSTER.
ROVER was across the stream in three leaps, HARRY didn't bother
walking across the rocks, he ran right through the water and
headed for home. The MOOR MONSTER stopped at the stream. "Darn,"
said the old Hermit, "I just wanted to ask him if the fishing was
any good in the stream."
So we bring down the curtain on the story of HARRY HARPER, his
dog ROVER, and the not-so-terrible MOOR MONSTER.
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