“Sally Ann the Modest Princess”

Written by Julie Olsen

Parts:  
Narrator,				Fairy Modest Mother		Sally Ann 		
Stepsister 1				Stepsister 2 			6 Models			

(6 Models) 
•	“Bear” shoulders-cinnamon bears taped to shoulders like shoulder pads
•	“Bear” Midriff- a teddy bear tied around midriff
•	Tight Clothing-saran wrap wrapped around body tightly, like a mummy
•	Plunging Neckline- toilet plunger hung around neck
•	Spaghetti Straps- spaghetti taped to shirt on shoulders
•	Short skirts or shorts- saran wrap mini skirt over clothing with mini candy bars on the saran wrap

*Note-it’s fun to have the leaders be the models and the young women can laugh at the immodest fashions and how funny their leaders look.  We also had a crown for Sally Ann and a magic want for the Fairy Modest Mother.  After the play we gave each young woman a crown and told her to dress modestly like the princess she is, a daughter of a Heavenly King.

Narrator: The most handsome prince of all just asked Sally Ann, a modest and spiritual princess, to the grand ball.  She couldn’t believe it.  This would be her first ball and she was absolutely positively glowing about it.  What kind of dress would she buy, where and when would she go shopping?  In fact, Sally Ann was so excited about this new development that she spent her entire night dreaming about the grand ball. 

Fairy Modest Mother:  Oh dear!  Sally Ann, wake up, wake up!  The most horrible thing has happened. 

Sally Ann:  What?  Who are you?  Does your name tag say Fairy Modest Mother?  What it that?

Fairy Modest Mother:  Oh dear Sally Ann.  I’ve come to help you with your plans for the ball.  I’m to help you find a modest, affordable, and beautiful prom dress.  I already know your wicked stepsisters who work for a clothing company have a plan for your prom dress and well it’s not modest.  They have a plan to trick you that wearing immodest clothing is all right and acceptable.  They want your prince to be embarrassed and uncomfortable that he asked a princess like you to the ball.  Oh those wicked stepsisters!  However, we know there are standards the Lord has established for dressing and you cannot stand for your sisters’ trickery.

Sally Ann:  What?  Why would my stepsisters plot against me like that?  They know I take modesty seriously because it reflects how I feel about my Savior and my commitment to serve him.  By not wearing a modest dress to the ball I would be saying that following the commandments isn’t important and neither is my relationship with my Savior.

Fairy Modes Mother:  Well dear, now you know why I rushed over here to stop your evil stepsisters’ plans and to make sure you have a modest dress for the grand ball.  

Sally Ann:  Oh thank you Fairy Modest Mother!  I couldn’t imagine going to the ball in an immodest dress, especially because what I wear tells other people who I am.  And I am a daughter of my Heavenly Father who loves me, and I love Him. 

Fairy Modest Mother:  You are most certainly correct.  Oh Sally Ann, I had to warn you.  Your stepsisters are planning a dress for you that is not modest and would send a completely wrong message about you.  In fact, you are a princess, a child of a Heavenly King, and in order to understand your true identity it is so vital that you keep yourself modest and chaste so that one day you can return to your Heavenly King, pure and virtuous ready to receive the blessing of exaltation.  

Sally Ann:  I know the guidelines for modesty because I have “For the Strength of Youth.”  

Fairy Modest Mother:  Unfortunately dear sweet Sally Ann, your stepsisters are caught up with the world and want so desperately to pull you down with them.  They don’t want you to be able to one day enter the temple and partake of sacred covenants and to prepare yourself in all ways for a celestial marriage.  They’ve forgotten that when you dress immodestly you can no longer qualify for the Holy Ghost and you are defiling the body that Heavenly Father gave you.  Remember the scripture deary, “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you…The temple of god is holy, which temple ye are” (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)

Sally Ann:  Oh Fairy Modest Mother, thank you for coming to help me.  I can’t imagine what those wicked stepsister of mine have been up to, but I promise I will find and wear a modest ball dress, and in fact I will wear modest clothing always!  I want to have the Holy Ghost, remain pure and chaste, attend the temple, and eventually live with my Heavenly Father again.

Fairy Modest Mother:  Sally Ann, I can tell you’re on the right track already.  You make my job so much easier.  In fact, it looks like your evil stepsisters are planning and plotting right now for your ball dress.  Let’s take a look…

Narrator:  Meanwhile Sally Ann’s wicked stepsisters are secretly planning to thwart Sally Ann’s grand ball so that she wears an immodest ball gown.  Sally Ann’s wicked stepsisters work for a design company and think they can trick Sally Ann into wearing the hip fashions because well, they set the trends, don’t they?

Step Sister 1:  Oh, I know how we can ruin Sally Ann’s ball and get her prince to never want to date her again or have her attract the kind of young man who would never take her to the temple, the most grand castle in all the land.  Come out models, it’s time to take a look at our designs.  Ha!  Sally Ann will never know she is being immodest because all the girls these days are wearing our fashions!  Ha ha ha!  We can make sure her dress has bare shoulders.  

(Model comes out with cinnamon bears taped to shirt on shoulders…like shoulder pads)

Step Sister 2:  How about a bare midriff.  If she came with a dress in a bare tummy her date would run the other way.  He’s a good LDS prince with high standards.  He would never want to date her again.

(Model comes out with a teddy bear tied around her midriff)

Step Sister 1:  Wait, I’ve got it.  Let’s secretly make her dress too tight.  That way she’ll think it’s modest but when she puts it on, well that will be another story!

(Model comes out with saran wrap around her)

Step Sister 2: No, I’ve got it!  Everybody knows modesty is the foundation block for chastity and if we could get her to bend her standards for even a minute, well we could stop her from following the commandments and even lead her down the road to more serious sins.  How about a plunging neckline!  

(Model comes out with a toilet plunger hung around her neck)

Step Sister 1:  The ultimate trickery! I have it.  Spaghetti straps!  

(Model comes out with spaghetti taped to shirt on shoulders)

Step Sister 2:  What about a short skirt!  Let’s get her to forget that the prophet said that how you dress on the outside sends a message of what you are on the inside.  Let’s see that miniature skirt!

(Model comes out with a saran wrap mini skirt over clothing with mini candy bars over the saran wrap)

Narrator:  Now back to Sally Ann and the Fairy Modest Mother.

Fairy Modest Mother:  Now dear sweet Sally Ann, those fashions we’ve seen are not modest.  The Lord and our prophet have set standards in the “For the Strength of Youth.”  It says, “Never lower your dress standards for any occasion.  Doing so sends the message that you are using your body to get attention and approval and that modesty is important only when it is convenient.  Immodest clothing includes short shorts and skits, tight clothing, shirts that do not cover the stomach, and other revealing attire.  Young women should wear clothing that covers the shoulder and avoid clothing that is low-cut in the front or the back or revealing in any manner.”  Now, that we know the standards I will put together a gown that is modest and will keep you on the road of virtue.   

Narrator:  Suddenly the Fairy Modest Mother waves her magic wand and poof, a sparkling, stunning, gorgeous, modest prom dress appears.  

Sally Ann:  It’s beautiful!

Fairy Modest Mother:  It wasn’t easy to find a modest dress in all the land, but Sally Ann it is possible and you will look ravishing!

Sally Ann:  Oh Fairy Modest Mother, thank you for showing me how my wicked stepsisters are trying to deceive me and for this beautiful gown.  I know that being immodest is a trap that many young women fall into because they think it is in fashion.  If I dress immodestly it shows disrespect for the places I go and the people I’m with.  If I dress immodestly it doesn’t truly show who I am, a daughter of a King.  I know that I need to follow the counsel the prophet has set for me so that one day I can live in my castle with my prince in Heavenly Father’s kingdom for all eternity.  That is the only true path to happiness.

Fairy Modest Mother:  Sally Ann, I want to leave you with this last little bit of advice.  Sister Dalton, one of your young women general leaders who loves and cares for you said, “When we are modest, we show others that we understand our relationship with our Father in Heaven as His daughters.  We demonstrate that we love Him and that we will stand as a ‘witness of Him in all things.”  Also, my own words of advice, being modest shows your commitment to the Lord and will also ensure you have a fun time at the grand ball where you will feel comfortable, modest, and also beautiful!      

Sally Ann:  Fairy Modest Mother, thank you for helping me see the importance of modesty so I can be ready for my prince and always dress like the princess I am!