Equipment
A rope / Three scouters / Volunteers as skit goes on
Preparation
Ask two scouter to hold the rope in each end, as if they were talking on the phone
Action
By using the rope and making it an imaginary phone line. They should act as if they cannot understand each other over the line.
Scout one : Hang on I cannot understand you, I will call the line man to check on our lines, ok. hang on…
Scout two : Ok, hurry up!
Hangs up and trys to call the line man
Scout one : Sir, could you please come over (give an address) to check on our line?
Line man : Ok, be there in a second..
Line man jums in the scene
Scout one : That was fast! Anyway I tried talking with my friend on the other line but we cannot understand each other, What could be wrong?
Line man : I’ll check!
Goes to the middle of the rope and acts as if he is checking something, then pulls a volunteer an place him in the middle of the rope(holding the rope with one hand) — (goes back to scout one)
Line man : Kindly try.
Line man goes again to the middle of the rope and check…… pulls another volunteer then place him beside the other volunteer.
Line man : Try again!
Scout one : calls his friend again.
scout one and two acts as if they still cannot understand each other
Scout one : Still the same!
Line man goes again to the middle of the rope and check…… pulls another volunteer then place him beside the other volunteer.
Line man : Try again!
Scout one : calls his friend again.
scout one and two acts as if they still cannot understand each other, but this time it was a little clear with the line.
Scout two : I will check on the line myself, hang on ok!
Scout one : OK, hurry up!
Scout two acts as if he went out of his house and checked out the rope. With a surprised face, he runs back in his house and talkes to his friend.
Scout two : I KNOW THE PROBLEM WHY WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER !
Scout one : WHAT! WHAT IS THE PROBLEM!
Scout two : WE HAVE THREE MONKEYS PLAYING WITH THE TELEPHONE LINES!
THE END.. =)