Skit – Morals

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Moral Skit
 

Story 1

Narrator: Good Morning to all present. Today we are going to present a skit which is dedicated on morals or ethics and their importance in our lives. Morals and ethics are one of the basic characteristics which distinguish us from other creatures. As said by Albert Camus, ‘A man without ethics is a wild beast loosened upon its world.’
Narrator 2: Moreover, it is not possible that a person’s life could be entirely governed by a single principle. There are various rules and ethics which everyone follows to live and strive with the society.
Narrator: Hence, through our skit, we are not only depicting one or two moral, but three morals which we considered as the most important. This is Gopal who is new to the country and has just been employed as the King’s minister.
Narrator 2: The King liked to puzzle his ministers with his questions everyday and that morning, he did the same.
King: Gopal, you are new, so I must tell you that all the ministers that you see around in my fort are the wisest men of my kingdoms and those to fail to answer any of my two questions are never seen in this city again.
Minister 1: I hope that I’ll be able to answer at least one.
King: What do you think? Is there anything which the Sun cannot see?
Minister 1: Sun, which spreads light throughout the world is sure to have never seen darkness.
King: What would be the distance between truth and false?
Minister 1: I think of four fingers. What we see is probably true and what we hear from others is probably false. And the distance between eyes and ears is of four fingers.
King: It seems that you really very witty. I think I can hand over the problem to you.
Minister 1: Which problem, you’re Majesty!
King: Soldier, call those people.
(Person 1 & 2 with Rich Person Come in)
Rich Person: I want justice my lord, I want justice.
King: Pray present your problem in front of my witty minister.
Rich Person: My diamond jewelry box has been stolen. It was there on the table last night, but when today I wake up it was gone, all gone.
Minister 1: Were the doors and windows locked?
Rich Person: Yes, all doors were locked and the windows had iron bars. That is the reason why I believe that someone who was already in house had stolen it.
Minister 1: Who do you suspect?
Rich Person: On that night, only these two were there in my house.
Person 1: I am the cook of the house and you must believe me that I’ve not stolen the diamonds. Since my Uncle was very ill that night, I went to his home after finishing my chores.
Person 2: And I haven’t stolen anything either. I am the gardener of the house and I didn’t even know that there was this jewelry box in the house.
Minister 1: You need not worry. It is fairly easy to catch the culprit. (Draws sticks) Both of you take sticks of equal length home. These are magical sticks. Whenever they are in the hands of a thief, they grow exactly by one inch. Tomorrow, when you will come back, I will measure those sticks and the holder of the longer stick is the wrongdoer.
Narrator 2: And so all the three went back home. The next day, both of them came with the sticks. The cook’s stick was an inch longer than that of the gardener and so according to Gopal’s words; the cook must be the culprit. But all of the three were taken aback when the minister said:
Minister 1: You’re Majesty! We have our culprit here. The gardener must be arrested.
King: Gopal, if I remember right, your magical sticks grew longer when taken by the culprit, so you must arrest the cook.
Minister 1: There sticks are no magical sticks, my lord. They are ordinary sticks. The gardener thought that the stick would grow in size and so he cut one inch from the stick. Our culprit stands in front of us.
Narrator 2: And so, Minister made his way to the Kings heart. Soon, he became the chief advisor of the king.
Narrator 1: From this incident of Gopal, one obvious principle comes out that truth prevails. Whatever might be the intentions of wrongdoer or how strong might be the falsehood, always the final outcome is that the truth and the right win. Moreover, it may be seen that the weapon of truth is wisdom and most of the time; it helps in the rise of the reality.

Story 2

Narrator 2: One day, the minister and the King were traveling through a mountainous region which was very sparsely inhabited.
King: Ministers, what do think? How many rocks, small or big would be there in this mountain?
Minister 2: There must be 1,000 rocks in there.
Minister 3: No, only 1,000 rocks would not make up a mountain so big, there must be more than that, up to 10,000.
King: They are merely estimates. Gopal, what do you say?
Minister 1: The number of rocks in this mountain is same as the number of hair on your head, you’re Majesty! If you have any doubts, you can count yourselves.
King: See, how witty is our minister. You all must learn from him.
Minister 3: You’re Majesty! We think that you unnecessarily favor Gopal. He didn’t even tell the correct number of rocks, he just compared the number to another number.
Minister 2: Yes, you’re Majesty! We can see no reason why he is your favorite minister.
King: You all will know this thing. I’ll give you a task and it requires not very much intelligence. (Breaks the pearl chain) Who will bring the most pearls of the chain will deserve a higher position in my heart.
Narrator 1: The other two ministers instantly start collecting and picking up the pearls and due to the slope of the mountain, some pearls went quite far and the ministers also ran before them, leaving the king alone.
Narrator 2: But Gopal instead of collecting the pearls, thought for a moment and then he walked away with the king.
Narrator 1: The next morning, the ministers came with handful of pearls.
Minister 2: Look my lord, I have collected 15 pearls. Some pearls even ran away to the stream there, but I risked my life to get them. I deserve the highest place in your heart.
Minister 3: You’re Majesty! It is nothing. I’ve collected 25 pearls from the woods that were beneath the mountain. Since your chain had 40 peals only, I am afraid that your minister Gopal has collected none.
King: Do you know what he was doing while you two ran after the pearls?
Minister 2 & 3: No.
King: Well, how can you deserve a higher position if you do not have any worries about your king’s safety? You all went in search of pearls, but he though and accompanied me during the long and lonely course on the mountains. Definitely, he is more loyal than you and so he deserves the highest position.
Narrator 2: As it is rightly said by Napoleon Hill that, ‘Lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in every walk of life’. This part of the story teaches us only by being loyal to others, we can win their appreciation. Moreover, loyalty only strives in others towards you when you are loyal to them.
Narrator 3: Loyalty is more important than any materialistic thing or fame. It, with confidence and discipline, is the key to all locks and pave the path through any hindrance. It is the quality which people value most in friends.

 Story 3

Narrator 2: Moving ahead in the story, we proceed towards our last and the most important moral of our story. This time, Gopal was walking in the king’s garden with the Army Minister.
Army M.: I have heard a lot about your wits from the king. It is really admirable that you gained so much respect in such a short period of time. How did you do that?
Minister 1: I just answered all the king’s questions.
Army M.: Let me test you. If you answer it correctly, we will go to the forest to hunt. Can you make this sword shorter without cutting or bending it?
Minister 1: Yes, I can. (Draws out Army M. sword) You see, your sword is longer and so, my sword has become shorter.
Army M.: Very well. You have impressed me also. So, what is your philosophical view of life?
Minister 1: I believe that everything happens for the best.
Army M.: Don’t let your intelligent head say that again. I do not believe it and it is the most absurd thing I’ve ever heard. (Injured while keeping sword in)
Army M.: Oh! My hand. Soldier, go bring a bandage fast.
Minister 1: Don’t panic, General. Remember, everything happens for the best.
Army M.: Minister! You want to say that I have been injured for the best. Take your words back or you will spend your rest of the life in prison.
Minister 1: Pardon, General. But what I say is right and I refrain from taking it back.
Army M.: Soldier, arrest this loose tongued man for trying to dishonor and disgrace a person so higher on post than him.
Narrator 3: So, Gopal got arrested by the Army minister. The king was out from the country and so probably Gopal could not seek help from the King. Meanwhile, after bandaging his injured finger, the Army General went alone in the forest for hunting when he met the forest people.
Army M.: I thought I came from this way only, but now it seems that I am entering the forest more deep.
Clan 1: Look, we have found a person. I think we can take him. (Takes hold of Army M.)
 Clan 2: Yes, hurry. We can’t delay any more. Our religious family ceremony is about to start.
Army M.: I think that you are inviting me for the ceremony, but I am very tired and I have no time. So please tell me the way out of this forest.
Clan 1: No, we don’t call invite any outsides in our ceremonies. You have been chosen for even great work.
 Clan 2: Yes, you are to be sacrificed in the name of our religious deity.
Army M.: What!
Clan 1: Don’t waste time, take him.
Narrator 3: As we can see, those people took the army minister to be sacrificed to the priest as a part of their religious ceremony, obviously not knowing that he was the army general of the country.
Priest: You have been so late. The auspicious time to start the ceremony would had passed had you taken half-an-hour more.
Clan 2: It is difficult to find people in the forest. But we found one.
Priest: Let me check… (Pause, then holding the bandaged finger in hand) What have you done! Wasted time on him. Look, he is not a perfect specimen. Our deity would have gotten angry if we would have sacrificed him. Go and leave him back.
Narrator 3: And so, the Army Minister thanked God for getting his finger cut and ran away till finally in the next morning he made his way out of the jungle. Panting, he went straight to the jail were Gopal was imprisoned.
Army M.: Gopal, I understood what your wise words meant. Had this finger not been cut by the sword that day, I would have never seen this world again. The people there had caught me and were going to sacrifice me. But I still doubt it. What was the best that you spent the night in prison with no fault of yours?
Minister 1: Last night, I’ve been thinking of the same. As I had answered your question correctly, you would have asked me to come along you in the forest for hunting. Must probably, I would also not refused and I would also get lost in the forest with you. And then, when the people had rejected you as the perfect specimen, they would have sacrificed me in place of you.
Narrator 3: So, this was the story of Gopal, a wise and witty minister.
(Everyone else exits and the required three assemble in a line parallel to blackboard in sequence)
Narrator 3: Everything happens for the best, this was the last moral portrayed by us and probably the most important one. We must try to be an optimist and see the best for us in every situation rather than being a pessimist and complaining about every little difficulty. After all, positive results are only obtained by a positive attitude rather than a negative mind. I think that today we have learnt some important morals to follow throughout our life, which were:
P1: Truth prevails, and can never be hidden
P2: Loyalty and trust towards others is more important than any materialistic thing.
P3: Everything happens for the best and so, try to look the positive side of everything.
P4: And so, thanking all those who helped us, especially _______________________, we end our skit here
P1, P2, P3, P4: THANK YOU

- Utsav Munendra