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ALL: (groan)
STORYTELLER 3: Sorry folks. They're not gonna get any better.
STORYTELLER 4: Noah and his family went right to work.
(NOAH, MRS. NOAH and FAMILY mime building a boat on stage left as the rest of the CAST
moves upstage and makes construction noises—sawing, hammering, drilling, etc.)
STORYTELLER 3: And pretty soon, their neighbors started to wonder what was going on.
(NEIGHBORS step down right and call to MR. and MRS. NOAH on stage left.)
NEIGHBOR 1: Hey Noah, what the heck are you doing?
NOAH: You like it? It's our new boat.
NEIGHBOR 2: You're building a boat...a hundred miles from the ocean?
MRS. NOAH: Well, it's a hundred miles now, but wait till it starts raining.
NEIGHBOR 3: Let me get this straight. You think it's gonna rain so hard, this...great big
homemade thing here is gonna float?
NOAH: That's what God said.
NEIGHBOR 4: Ohhh, your God told you to do it. Well, that's different then.
NEIGHBOR 1: Yeah. They're not stupid.
NEIGHBORS They're crazy!
1, 2, 3, and 4:
(NEIGHBORS all laugh.)
NEIGHBOR 1: (to NOAH'S family) I gotta ask—do you all agree with Momma and
Poppa Fruitcake here?
NOAH'S FAMILY: (ALL ad lib agreement)
NEIGHBOR 2: That's amazing—an entire family tree...that produces nuts.
(NEIGHBORS all laugh again.)
STORYTELLER 4: And with that, the neighbors really began to make fun of Noah.
(In the following song, the CHORUS may sing along with NOAH, his FAMILY, and the
NEIGHBORS.)
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