Cast:
Narrator
Rich Man
1st Beggar (male)
2nd Beggar (female)
3rd Beggar (either, non-speaking part)
Voiceover

Length: 10 minutes

The NARRATOR is seated on the middle stool of five. While he is speaking, the RICH MAN wanders on stage and takes the stool next to the NARRATOR.

NARRATOR: (To the audience) Once upon a time there was a rich man.

RICH MAN: (Interrupting) Not rich, really. Just comfortable.

NARRATOR: (To the RICH MAN) Would you say "well-off"?

RICH MAN: Well ...

NARRATOR: (To audience) Once upon a time there was a man, comfortably well-off, who had an office downtown. Every day beggars would come round his door, hoping for a hand-out.

The three BEGGARS enter, carrying packs and blankets, and walk toward the RICH MAN, hands held out.

NARRATOR: These people had no jobs, no…