The Robbery

I wrote the following script for seven and eight year old children. The children enjoy playing the different characters. The setting is familiar to them.

The Robbery

Melissa Tan, a seven year old girl is playing with her toys. Look at her! She is beaming from ear to ear. She is certainly having a great time playing with her toys. She has Barbie dolls, Monopoly, Scrabble, Uno, Boggle, Cluedo and many others. In fact, she had a cupboard full of toys and game sets. She could play all day and all night if she is allowed to do so.

While Melissa is enjoying herself, her daddy and mummy have gone to the market to get her favourite food and that is fish balls. She loves them. Yummy! Yummy!

Just at this time, guess who showed up? The thief! He walks gingerly to the front door and peeps into the house. He notices that Melissa is alone at home and there is no adult around. He manages to enter the house and upon seeing the thief, Melissa screams her lungs out. She yelled: “Help! Help!” The thief warned her to be quiet or he would harm her. He uses a rope to tie her up and stuffs a handkerchief into her mouth. She screams but she could not be heard as the handkerchief is in her mouth.

The thief roams throughout Melissa’s house. He takes all the toys and game sets. As he is taking off, the door suddenly flew opened. Lo and behold, Melissa’s daddy and mummy are at the front door. Mr Tan is fuming. He shouts at the thief as Mrs Tan calls the police station. Meanwhile, the thief begs Mr and Mrs Tan for a second chance. He cries out: “Please let me go, I am sorry, I will never steal again”. Mr and Mrs Tan do not relent. The policemen arrive within a short ten minutes. Again, the thief begs the policemen for another chance but they refuse to listen to him. They handcuff him and send him off to the police station.

Mr and Mrs Tan untie the ropes and remove the handkerchief from Melissa’s mouth. Melissa cries as her parents hugged her tightly. She says: “Daddy and mummy, I am so glad that you are home.”


Script written by Tan Jee Fong on 20 February 2007