Free Voice Over Scripts

The Unicorn
from the book “Where the Sidewalk Ends” (1974)
By Shel Silverstien

This is not the song. It is the poem written by Shel Silverstien that inspired the song. So read it as a you would to a child. If your ambitious let’s see how good your Irish holds up under a long read.

A long time ago, when the earth was green
and there was more kinds of animals than you’ve ever seen,
and they run around free while the world was bein’ born,
and the lovliest of all was the Unicorn.

There was green alligators and long-neck geese.
There was humpy bumpy camels and chimpanzees.
There was catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you’re born
the lovliest of all was the Unicorn.

But the Lord seen some sinnin’, and it caused him pain.
He says, “Stand back, I’m gonna make it rain.”
He says, “Hey Brother Noah, I’ll tell ya whatcha do.
Go and build me a floatin’ zoo.

And you take two alligators and a couple of geese,
two humpy bumpy camels and two chimpanzees.
Take two catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you’re born,
Noah, don’t you forget my Unicorn.”

Now Noah was there, he answered the callin’
and he finished up the ark just as the rain was fallin’.
He marched in the animals two by two,
and he called out as they went through,

“Hey Lord, I got your two alligators and your couple of geese,
your humpy bumpy camels and your chimpanzees.
Got your catsandratsandelephants – but Lord, I’m so forlorn
’cause I just don’t see no Unicorn.”

Ol’ Noah looked out through the drivin’ rain
but the Unicorns were hidin’, playin’ silly games.
They were kickin’ and splashin’ in the misty morn,
oh them silly Unicorn.

The goat started goatin’, and the snake started snakin’,
the elephant started elephantin’, and the boat started shaking’.
The mouse started squeakin’, and the lion started roarin’,
and everyone’s aboard but the Unicorn.

I mean the green alligators and the long-neck geese,
the humpy bumpy camels and the chimpanzees.
Noah cried, “Close the door ’cause the rain is pourin’ –
and we just can’t wait for them Unicorn.”

Then the ark started movin’, and it drifted with the tide,
and the Unicorns looked up from the rock and cried.
And the water come up and sort of floated them away –
that’s why you’ve never seen a Unicorn to this day.

You’ll see a lot of alligators and a whole mess of geese.
You’ll see humpy bumpy camels and lots of chimpanzees.
You’ll see catsandratsandelephants, but sure as you’re born
you’re never gonna see no Unicorn

The Story of Rindercella.
Once apon a time, in a coreign fountry,
there lived a very geautiful birl;
her name was Rindercella.
Now, Rindercella lived with her mugly other and her two sad bisters.
And in this same coreign fountry,
there was a very prandsom hince.
And this prandsom hince was going to have a bancy fall.
And he’d invited people from riles amound, especially the pich reople.
Rindercella’s mugly other and her two sad blisters
went out to buy some drancy fesses to wear to this bancy fall,
but Rindercella could not go because all she had to wear were some old rirty dags.
Finally, the night of the bancy fall arrived and Rindercella couldn’t go.
So she just cat down and scried.
She was a kitten there a scrien,
when all at once there appeard before her,
her gairy fodmother.
And she touched her with her wagic mand …
and there appeared before her,
a cig boach and hix white sorces to take her to the bancy fall.
But now she said to Rindercella,
“Rindercella, you must be home before nidmight,
or I’ll purn you into a tumpkin!”
When Rindercella arrived at the bancy fall,
the prandsom hince met her at the door
because he had been watchin’ behind a woden hindow.
And Rindercella and the prandsom hince nanced all dight until nidmight…and they lell in fove.
And finally, the mid clock strucknight.
And Rindercella staced down the rairs,
and just as she beached the rottom, she slopped her dripper!
The next day,
the prandsom hince went all over the coreign fountry
looking for the geautiful birl
who had slopped her dripper.
Finally he came to Rindercella’s house.
He tried it on Rendercella’s mugly other … and it fidn’t dit.
Then he tried it on her two sigly usters … and it fidn’t dit.
Then he tried it on Rindercella … and it fid dit.
It was exactly the sight rize!
So they were married and lived heverly ever hapwards.
Now, the storal of the mory is this:
If you ever go to a bancy fall and want to have a pransom hince loll in fove with you,
don’t forget to slop your dripper!

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Little Boy: They should be. How can anyone NOT hear your annoying voice?
Little Girl: Hey I happen to have a beautiful voice thank you very much.
Older Girl: Alright guys that’s enough from both of you.
Little Girl: But he said…
Older Girl: I know what he said. Now if you want to be found by someone we all have to keep quiet otherwise we’ll lose all of our energy.
Little Boy: Well we wouldn’t be in this mess if it wasn’t for her. Why don’t you ever listen to what anyone says?
Little Girl: How was I supposed to know that we were going to fall into this giant ditch?
Older Girl: Did you guys NOT just hear me?
Little Boy: Oh I don’t know probably by NOT following random strangers.
Older Girl: HELLO… AM I TALKING TO MYSELF?
Little Boy: Sorry I’m just really angry that we’re stuck down here for this stupid dummy. We shouldn’t have even gone after her.
Little girl: Hey!
Little Boy: Well it’s true, you’re always making more trouble for us.
Little Girl: No it’s not.
Older Girl: Enough you two. I don’t wanna hear another word out of you. Got it?
Little Boy: yeah
Little Girl: mmhmm
Little Boy: So…
Older girl: I said… not… another… word.

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