The Dancing Monkeys is a fable by Aesop. The moral of this fable is "not everything you see is what it appears to be". This script was created to be used in Readers' Theater. There are 8 parts: Prince, Assistant, Narrators 1 & 2, Monkeys 1-3, and TricksterA short glossary defining the following words is included on the last page: expensive, fable, finest, highness, impressed, perhaps, prepare, presentable, trickster, troop