Norman the barking pig A kindergarten teacher was asked to have her class dramatize a fairy tale for a teacher’s conference. The children got to pick the story. After much discussion the children achieved consensus on the old favorite “Cinderella”. Cinderella was a good choice from the teacher’s standpoint because there was a lot of room for the discretionary padding of parts. Every child could be in the play. Of course all the little girls and probably a boy or two wanted to be Cinderella. Soon everyone was assigned a part, except for Norman. Norman was a quiet young man who didn’t talk much. Norman thought talking was a waste of time unless you had something to say. Concerned, the teacher asked, “Norman, what character would you like to be?” Norman didn’t hesitate. “I would like to be the pig” he declared. “PIG?” the teacher said bewildered, “Sweetie, there is no pig in Cinderella”. Norman smiled and said, “There is now!” And so it was. Norman designed his own costume. Pink long underwear, a paper cup for a nose and a pipe-cleaner tail. Norman the pig followed Cinderella everywhere she went and became a mirror of the action on stage. If Cinderella was happy, the pig was happy. If Cinderella was sad, the pig was sad. One look at Norman and you knew the emotion of the moment. At the end of the play when the handsome prince placed the glass slipper on Cinderella’s foot, Norman the pig went wild with joy, dancing on his hind legs and breaking his silence… by barking. In rehearsal the teacher tried to explain that even if there was a pig in Cinderella, pigs don’t bark. But as she expected, Norman explained that THIS pig barked. And the barking, she had to admit, was very well done. The presentation was a smash hit and guess who received a standing ovation? Of course. Norman the barking pig. Who, after all, the real Cinderella. Norman refused to believe that there is no place for him in this drama, he refused to believe that he does not fit or not good enough but he became the main hero. Believe, there is a place for you and you are more than good enough for someone and you are the main hero in His drama!
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:06:17 +0000
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