Lucy Ben bow with small hand puppets beside repaired striped woodland stage.

The Woodland Show

Phase 10 · Book 2
Focus -ful, -less, -ness and -ment

Lucy Ben Gran and two child friends prepare a woodland puppet show.

Lucy and Ben plan a woodland puppet show. They hang a colourful cloth between two low posts. Gran puts a blanket on the grass. Everyone waits with excitement.

Lucy Ben and Gran look at colourful striped stage cloth fallen on grass between two short posts in woodland clearing.

A knot slips. The cloth falls down. Ben looks at their broken stage. “Our show is hopeless now,” he says. Lucy feels sadness too.

Lucy points to a low horizontal tree branch and Ben carries fallen striped cloth towards it with Gran.

“We can make an improvement,” says Gran. Lucy has a helpful idea. “Let’s use that low branch,” she says. Ben carries the cloth to it.

Gran ties striped cloth ends to low branch at comfortable shoulder height while Lucy checks knot and Ben holds cloth still.

Gran makes a careful knot at each end. Lucy checks the cloth. Ben holds it still. This time, the stage stays up. Their disappointment begins to fade.

Lucy and Ben perform with two small plain hand puppets in front of striped cloth.

Ben’s puppet asks for a giant sandwich. Lucy’s puppet offers a tiny leaf. “That is a very small lunch!” says Ben’s puppet. Their friends laugh at its grumpiness.

They finish the show with a puppet bow. The woodland feels peaceful again. Gran thanks them for their kindness in sharing the show. “A leaf lunch was better than a hopeless show!” says Ben.

The Woodland Show

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