1. I. Half an Apple
People in the Play
Tom, a small boy
Jim, a small boy
An old woman
TOM: Look, Jim! I have got an apple!
JIM: Oh, please give me half* of it. I will give you half of my pencil. *1/2
TOM: Yes. Give me half of your pencil.
JIM: Here it is. (He gives Tom half of his pencil.)
TOM: Now, I will give you half of my apple.
(He gives Jim half of the apple.)
JIM: Oh, Tom, your half is bigger.
TOM: No, the two bits are the same.
JIM: Let me see your half.
TOM: I will not let you see it!
JIM: You are a bad boy. You say that they are the same. If they are the same, take my
half and give me your half.
TOM: No, I will not.
JIM: You must. If you do not, I will hit you.
(An old woman comes in.)
OLD WOMAN: Boys! Why are you quarreling, you two boys?
JIM: I gave Tom half of my pencil. He gave me half of his apple. But his half is much
bigger than my half. He is a bad boy.
TOM: My half is not bigger. Look at it. (He gives his half to the Old Woman.)
OLD WOMAN: Now, boy, let me see your half. (Jim gives his half to the Old Woman.) I think the
two bits are the same.
JIM: No, this bit is bigger.
TOM: Jim, you are a bad boy. The Old Woman says that they are the same. (He speaks to
the Old Woman.) Give me my half.

2. OLD WOMAN: Tom, you say that your half is the same as Jim´s half. I will give his half to you and
you shall give your half to him.
TOM: No, no! Give me my half.
JIM: Yes, yes! Give me Tom´s half.
OLD WOMAN: Yes, I think Tom´s half is bigger. I will bite a bit from Tom´s half. Then they will be
the same.
JIM: Yes, then they will be the same. (The Old Woman bites a bit from Tom´s half.)
TOM: Oh, look. Jim´s half is bigger now. I want Jim´s half.
JIM: No. They are the same now. Give me my half.
OLD WOMAN: No, Jim´s half is bigger. I will bite a bit from Jim´s apple. (She bites a bit from Jim´s
apple.) Now they are the same.
JIM: Look! Tom´s half is bigger now. I want Tom´s half.
TOM: No, they are the same. Give me my half.
OLD WOMAN: I think that Tom´s half is a little bigger. I will bite Tom´s half. (She bites Tom´s half.)
TOM: Now Jim´s half is bigger.
OLD WOMAN: If Jim´s half is bigger, I will bite a bit from it. (She bites Jim´s apple and eats all of it).
JIM: Oh! Oh! now Tom´s half is bigger. Give it to me.
OLD WOMAN: If Tom´s half is bigger I must bite it too. (She bites Tom´s half and eats it all.) Do not
quarrel, my boys. Those who quarrel never get any good from it.