Story and Characters

  • The teachers read extracts of the story to the children in English or in their native language and present the list of characters.

    Each character is studied in class. For example, Heart is one of the characters. The children learn a few information about this organ, they draw and color the organ and a Valentine heart, they watch a children's documentary about the organ and they decide what Heart, the character would look like and what it does in the play. The same process is followed for the rest of the characters.

    As soon as all the characters are covered, the children decide which character they would like to play.  

    (worksheets are available in the "Materials" section)

    A video with the basic points of the fairy tale told by the author is available here

    Characters

    Character

    Study Material 1

    Study Material 2

    Costume & Props

    supported by book page 

    Heart-Drummer

                             

    dressed in red, holding a drum

    King Mind

     

    with a crown on his head, sitting on a chair-throne, holding a replica of brain

     

     

     

     

    Stomach

    (Stomach's helpers: Gall, Pancreas, Intestine)

    wearing a chef's hat, holding a platter with fruit (real or plastic)

    Gall dressed in green, holding a rolling pin

    Pancreas dressed in brown wearing rubber kitchen gloves

    Intestine dressed in pink

    Fairy-Breath          

    wearing wings,

    holding a wand

    White Riders        dressed in white, in armour, riding broomsticks, horse heads made out of paper
    Smoke      dressed in black, holding black balloons
    Nicotine     wearing a yellow T-shirt/blouse
    Sensible, King Mind's daughter     dressed as a normal little girl
    Silly, King Mind's daughter     with ribbons and fashion bobby pins
    Germs Paint the Germ   dressed in colorful clothes, wearing masks