THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
            A play By Oinkers the Pig
                     October 2003



SCENE I (Outside, it is a dark halloween night.  Icabod Crane is walking
	home with Nell)


Nell: Wasn't that a great Haloween party Icabod?

Icabod: Yes, it was.  I can't wait till next halloween!
	
(a noise of horses hooves)
Nell: What is that?

Icabod: It sounds like a horse!  Someone is comming down the road

(enter Headless Horseman on horse)
Headless Horseman:  Oooooooh!  Have you seen my head?

Nell and Icabod: Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!

(exit Nell and Icabod running away in panick)

Headless Horseman: I wonder what is wrong with them.

SCENE II(Inside the church.  Icabod and Nell are hiding from the
Headless Horseman.  The priest and two congregation members are also
there)


Icabod: "It was aweful!"

Priest: It sounds very scary indeed!  It was smart of you 
	to run in here.

Nell: I'm so cold

Congregation Member #1: Here is a blanket, and some cocoa
(wraps blanket around nell and gives them both cups)

Nell: (taking a drink) this is much better. 
	
Congregation Member #2: Have you heard the story of the 
	Headless Horseman?

Nell and Icabod: No

Priest: It is a sad story.  He used to a normal pig who
	lived in this village.  Then one Halloween someone took
	his head and used it as a pumpkin.

Nell: How aweful!

Congregation member #1: Now he rides around every Halloween
	looking for his head.

Icabod: That is a scary story!

(There is a loud knock on the door)

Priest: Who is it

Headless Horseman: Oooooooh!  Have you seen my head?

All: Ahhhhhhhh!

(exit all running in fear)

SCENE III (Nell's house.  Icabod and Nell sit in chairs talking)

Nell: I bet if someone found his head then the Headless Horseman would
	go away and quit scaring people.

Icabod: Do you think so?

Nell: Yes I do.  We should go look for it.
	
Icabod: But where would we look?
	
Nell: How about the graveyard?  There are lots of pumpkins there.

Icabod: All right.

(exit nell and Icabod)

SCENE IV(Graveyard.  There are lots of pumpkins.  Icabod and Nell
are examining them.)


Icabod: Is this one it?

Nell: I don't think so.  How about this one?
	
Icabod: That looks like it!

(enter Headless Horseman)
Headless Horseman: Oooooh!  Have you seen my head?

Nell: (holding up pumpkin) Yes, here it is.

(Headless Horseman takes pumpkin and puts on head where it turns into
his own head)
	
Headless Horseman: Thank you very much!  I am so happy
	to have my head back!

Nell and Icabod: You're welcome.

Headless Horseman: I have had a hard time finding it!  
	Everyone just runs away from me!
	
Nell: Poor headless Horseman, you've been misunderstood.

Headless Horseman: Yeas I have, but thanks to you two I finally
	have my head back!

(exit Headless Horseman)

Icabod: I guess he wasn't scary after all.

Nell: See, I told you, he was really a nice piggy.

Icabod: I guess you were right!  What an exng Halloween!