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| Required: | 6 or more campers candle and match match striking surface and tape chair ping-pong ball |
| Preparation: | one camper is Narrator, one is Gandhi, rest are run-ons. one camper as Gandhi (smallest camper is best, bare-footed, dressed up if desired) stands center stage. Gandhi has match striking surface taped to the bottom of one foot. |
| Script: | Narrator: A mystical, peace-loving man from India spent much of his life promoting non-violence. We can learn a lot from this man. His name is Mahatma Gandhi. (Gandhi walks around stage.) Narrator: Gandhi led a simple life and usually walked barefoot. Over time, this made his feet very tough with thick calluses. (camper comes onstage with candle and match, looking for a place to light it.) Camper #1: Gandhi, I am unable to light my candle. Can you help me? Gandhi: Certainly. (he sits down on the chair and crosses his leg up so his soul with the match striking surface is available to the camper, but not seen from the audience. The camper strikes the match, lights the candle.) Camper #1: Oh, thank you, great Gandhi. Gandhi: Don't mention it. (camper walks to stage side to wait for end.) Narrator: Gandhi also fasted many times to make political statements. This lack of food made him quite frail and fragile. (campers come onstage bouncing a ping-pong ball back and forth. One misses it so it bounces over to Gandhi.) Camper #2: Gandhi, would you please return our ball to us? Gandhi: You bet. (gets up and goes to the ball. Tries to pick it up, but can not because he is so weak.) Gandhi: Sorry, boys. That ball is too heavy for fragile little me. (campers get their ball and walk to the stage side.) Narrator: Gandhi also ate a simple diet, but it was very spicy Indian food and he did not visit the dentist often. This gave him halitosis, which is just a scientific word for Bad Breath. (campers come onstage and walk up to Gandhi.) Campers: Hello, Gandhi! Gandhi: Hiiiiiii, people! (campers grab their noses and make a deal about how bad it smells, and run to the stage side.) Narrator: Now, you know about Gandhi. He was a Super Callused, Fragile, Mystic hexed by Halitosis. (all campers run to center stage, link arms with Gandhi, and they all sing the Mary Poppins song...) Super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis. Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough, you're sure to sound precocious. Super callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis! |
Gandhi Camping Skit 
