How to change "Carving a Boat and Seeking a Sword" into a short script or textbook play?
Time: a sunny day
Location: on a boat
Character: a scholar and fisherman from Chu State who is going to Beijing to take the exam
Act 1
Scene: The weather is fine, and a scholar is going to Beijing to take the exam.
Scholar: (Shaking his head and shaking his head) Isn’t it a pleasure to learn and practice from time to time? You have friends... Huh? Is there a river here? (The fisherman rows over) Huh? There is a boatman. (Shout loudly) Boatman Boatman!
Fisherman: (Hearing shouting) Hey, there is someone who wants to cross the river. He is worried about no business today! (Shouting loudly) Hey - here we come.
Scholar: Can you send me across the river? I'll give you the money.
Fisherman: (very cheerfully) OK, no problem, come on.
Scene: Halfway through the rowing of the boat, the scholar accidentally dropped the sword he was carrying with him into the river.
Scholar: Yeah, the sword fell in. It doesn’t matter. Just make a mark and look for it when you get to the shore. (Engraved mark on ship).
Fisherman: Is this okay? I advise you to go down and look for it now.
Scholar: No need to look for it. Only a very smart person like me can come up with such a good idea.
Scene: Arriving at the shore, the scholar went into the water to look for the sword, but he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked.
Scholar: Hey, why can’t I find the sword when I go into the water according to the marked place?
Fisherman: (laughing) You idiot, the boat has already sailed, so you obviously don’t know how to move. Isn’t it too confusing to look for a sword like this?
Scholar: (lowering his head in shame) I understand, I will never do this again, thank you.
End of the play