MAGELLAN: Very well, come down from hyper-activity. SFX 11: "Hyper-Short"
(Another short hyper-activity moment.)
MAGELLAN: Viewport on! INFO:
OTTO:
Captain! We're back in Bethlehem! There are sheep, cows, donkeys, it's like a zoo!
Shepherds, sheep, a manger, that must be His mother Mary, and that would be Joseph, and there's the infant Child! We're back! But, how did this happen?!
MAGELLAN: I'm not sure, but I'm not going to miss this again! Mr. Otto, prepare a shore party!
OTTO: Aye, aye, Captain!
MAGELLAN: Zoom Beam Officer Zip; you stay on the bridge! Everyone else come with me to the surface! Hurry!
(Everyone crowds into the Zoom Beam Transporter and Zip meets them with shepherd costumes.)
ZIP:
You may need these, to blend in. They're shepherds' clothing.
(music begins to "Seek Him) MAGELLAN: Great idea! Zip, zero in on the zoo zone and zap the zoom!
(The crewmen begin to don the clothes as the door to the transporter closes. Lights out on the bridge set.)
(Lights up on the Bethlehem set, and an active nativity scene is in progress. Seconds later, the transported crew walks onto the stage from a concealed location.)
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