拔 苗 助 长音乐起（太阳当空照…）, 禾苗跳舞，退场。
大公鸡：喔喔喔，It’s time to get up. It’s time to get up.
王老急： What！——Who am I ？老汉我姓王名老其，可人人都叫我“王老急”！ why？
I don’t know. It’s a nice day. I am going to plant my rice shoots.
王老急: Breakfast, breakfast. Where is my breakfast?
王夫人：Breakfast is ready. Here you are . （王老急匆忙的吃饭。）
王老急：It’s too slow.
王夫人：Let me help you.(拿起碗帮他往嘴里倒)
王夫人: Have some more.
王老急：No(打嗝). I am full. 转向禾苗 Let’s go to work.
众禾苗：Ok. Let’s go.
音乐响起Go go go (边唱边跳)
王老急：Look！Your new home.
禾苗1：Our new home?
禾苗2：Wow, it’s big.
禾苗3：I like this it.
禾苗1和2：Me too. （王老急种禾苗）
王老急：Mmm ，that’s good .That’s good.（走上前，看天色，）哟！
It’s getting dark. I have to go home.！ 月亮升
(青蛙的叫声。两只小“青蛙”从舞台左侧跳上，在小禾苗们的身边跳来跳去。)
青蛙1: Look! What are they?
青蛙2: I don’t know . Let’s ask them.
众青蛙：Hello! We are frogs. Who are you?
众禾苗：Hello! We are rice shoots. We are new here.
众青蛙：Nice to meet you.
众禾苗：Nice to meet you, too.
众青蛙：Let’s play together.
众禾苗：Good idear. 《健康歌》边唱边跳
禾苗1：It’s too late. I want to go to bed.
禾苗2和3：OK！
青蛙1：They are sleeping.
青蛙2：Let’s be quiet. 太阳升
公鸡：喔喔喔 Wake up Wake up.
王老急：（快速从舞台右侧跑上。）
王小宝的声音：Dad！What are you going to do?
王老急：I am going to look at my rice shoots?
王老急：（春光无限好，老汉我插秧苗，今儿下田走一遭，把我的小苗儿瞧！)
唱歌：我左看，右看，上看，下看，原来我的禾苗一点也没长
No difference！（比划了一下，）No difference！（再比划一下）Not a little.哎——。
王老急：（看看天）My little shoots，I’ll see you tomorrow.
禾苗1： It’s smelly！I can not bear it.
禾苗2：哎，He is not happy！
禾苗3：Yes！but why？
禾苗2：I know！ We grew too slowly.！
禾苗3：He is too hurry. We need time to grow.
禾苗1：Stop！ Stop! It’ s time to have a good dream （众禾苗闭上眼睛，睡着了。 小青蛙仍然在禾苗们身边跳来跳去。
王老急：一手拿着旱烟袋，一手拖着一把竹椅从舞台左侧上，然后找了块地方坐下，抽起旱
烟来。）
王夫人：Dinner is ready. Come on ! Have dinner together. Xiaobao, where is your
father?
王小宝: Dad—Where are you ？Oh, you are here. Why don’t have dinner?
王老急：I have no appetite. What should I do？What should I do？ I have a good
idea. Let’s go to have dinner.
王老急：（肩搭一块毛巾，一边唱一边笑一边绕场走。）Little rice shoots.
I am here again！ You are so short. But it doesn’t matter.
Today I am coming to help you. Help you grow higher. 拔苗
王老急：That’s good！It’s higher in a second！
老人：Stop! You can not do that.
王老急：None of your business.
老人：You’ll kill them.
王老急：They are my rice shoots.
老人：You are too hurry. 王
老急：哼！
老人：Haste makes waste. Haste makes waste.(边说边转身走了)
音乐起，继续拔苗
王老急：All my rice shoots are higher.(擦汗，抽烟，满意) Today I can have a rest .
啷哩个啷，啷哩个啷，啷哩个啷哩•••（退出）
众禾苗跳《不想被拔高》
禾苗1：I can not drink，I can not eat.？
禾苗2 He wasn’t helping us. He was killing us.
禾苗3：What should we do？
禾苗1：I , I , I am dying ！（说完，倒在了田里。）
禾苗2：I ,I, I am dying，too.——（慢慢倒下。）
众禾苗：we，we，we are dying.
（小青蛙们跳过来，伤心的抚摸着小禾苗。
青蛙1：What’s wrong? What’s wrong?
青蛙2：Oh! My friends. Wake up. Wake up.
王夫人：Oh, it’s late. I have to cook breakfast.
王老急：（一手伸着懒腰，一手提着竹椅从舞台左侧上，）
Today I can have a rest.（坐下，拿出旱烟，一边抽一边哼着小曲。）
小宝：Why don’t you go to work today?
王老急：Yesterday our rice shoots grew much higher.
王夫人：You are joking.
王小宝：Impossible.
王老急：You can go and have a look .
王小宝：I am going now. （王老急继续翘着二郎腿，抽着旱烟，不时哼着小曲。） 王小宝： Dad ,dad, dad. Bad news , bad , bad ，bad news.
王老急：（站起身，着急的）What’s the matter？
王小宝：（喘气——）
王夫人：No hurry. Say it slowly.
王小宝：（喘一口气）our，our rice shoots，all all
王老急：（瞪大了眼睛，着急）What happened？
王小宝：——All！ died！！
王老急：What？All died？？？I don’t believe.
王小宝：You can you can go to see （话没有讲完，丁老其一闪，在舞台上绕场跑起来） 王夫人：Let’s run.
王小宝： Dad、Mom, wait for me.
王老急：哎呀——My god，How can that be！！！（顿时瘫倒在地）
王小宝：（在身后将丁老其扶住，）Dad——，dad—（一位白发苍苍的老人慢悠悠的从舞台右侧上，走到田边，左看看，右看看，笑了起来，走到丁家父子面前——）
老人：You pulled the rice shoots All of them died.
（王老急看着老人，傻傻的点了点头。）
老人：（笑，语重心长的）哎，You are too hurry. It makes things worse. Remember: No pains, no gains. No pains, no gains. No pains, no gains. （说着，起了身，一边向舞台左侧台下走，一边慢悠悠的说）一分耕耘，一分收获） 王老急：I know no pains no gains
齐：No pains , no gains.