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I Know An Old Teacher RT - L. Battle

The story is told in rhyme of an old teacher who swallows increasingly large animals, from a flea to a spider, fish, rat, snake, lizard, and finally is eyeing one of the children, much to the children's increasing disbelief and dismay at what she could swallow next. The teacher denies she would ever swallow a child, ending the story.

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I Know An Old Teacher RT - L. Battle

The story is told in rhyme of an old teacher who swallows increasingly large animals, from a flea to a spider, fish, rat, snake, lizard, and finally is eyeing one of the children, much to the children's increasing disbelief and dismay at what she could swallow next. The teacher denies she would ever swallow a child, ending the story.

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Lola Battle

I Know an Old Teacher


Adapted from a book by Anne Bowen
Illustrated by Stephen Gammell
Charact Student playing the character
er
Narrator
1
Narrator
2
Child 1
Child 2
Child 3
Teacher

Narrator 1: I know an old teacher who swallowed a flea.


Narrator 2: It fell from her hair and plopped into her tea.
Child #1: Did you see that?
Child #2: See What?
Child #3: Miss Bindley swallowed a flea.
Child #2: A nasty flea? How can that be?
Narrator 1: I know an old teacher who swallowed a spider. It crawled down the wall
and then sat down beside her.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the spider to gobble the flea that fell from her hair and
plopped into her tea.
Child #1: I can’t believe it.
Child #2: Believe what?
Child #1: Miss Bindley swallowed a spider!
Child #3: She swallowed a spider RIGHT AFTER the flea?
Child #2: How CAN that be?
Narrator 1: I know an old teacher who swallowed a fish.
Narrator 2: It swam down her throat with a swishty-swish.
Narrator 1: She swallowed the fish to gobble the spider.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the spider to gobble the flea that fell from her hair and
plopped into her tea.
Child #1: I know YOU saw that!
Child #2: Saw WHAT?
Child #1: She swallowed our fish!
Child #3: A fish, a spider, and a flea?
All Children: How CAN that be?
Narrator 1: I know an old teacher who swallowed a RAT. She gulped down that rat in
two seconds flat!
Narrator 2: She swallowed the rat to gobble the fish.
Narrator 1: She swallowed the fish to gobble the spider.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the spider to gobble the flea that fell from her hair and
plopped into her tea.
Child #1: I can’t look.
Child #2: Is it BAD?
Child #1: Miss Bindley swallowed our rat!
Child #3: A rat, a fish, a spider, a flea! How can that be?
Child #1: Uh-oh. She’s checking out Jake.
Child #2: You think she’ll do it?
Child #3: Swallow a snake?
Narrator 1: I know an old teacher who swallowed a snake.
Narrator 2: It slid down quite smoothly, like Mom’s chocolate shake.
Narrator 1: She swallowed the snake to gobble the rat.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the rat gobble the fish.
Narrator 1: She swallowed the fish to gobble the spider.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the spider to gobble the flea that fell from her hair and
plopped into her tea.
Child #1: Eeeeeeeeeeew!
Child #3: There he goes.
Child #2: She did It!
Child #1: She swallowed Jake.*
Child #3: A snake, a rat, and then a fish.
Child #2: A spider and a flea!
All Children: How can that be?
Narrator 1: I know an old teacher who swallowed a lizard. Got stuck in her gizzard, our
sweet Lizzie Lizard.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the Lizard to gobble the snake.
Narrator 1: She swallowed the snake to gobble the rat.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the rat to gobble the fish.
Narrator 1: She swallowed the fish to gobble the spider.
Narrator 2: She swallowed the spider to gobble the flea that fell from her hair and
plopped into her tea.
Child #1: She’s GOT our Lizzie!
Child #2: She can’t have our Lizzie!
Child #1: Well, she’s GOT her!
Child #3: Going, going…Gone.
Child #2: Poor Lizzie.
Child #3: A lizard, a snake, a rat, and a fish.
Child #2: A spider and a flea.
All Children: How can that be?
Child #3: HEY! She’s staring at YOU!
Child #1: Staring at ME? (gulp) How Can that be?
Narrator 1: I know an old teacher who swallowed a child.
Teacher: Swallow a child?
Narrator 2: The old teacher smiled…
Teacher: I would never do that!

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