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SCENE 5 MORRIS:
CALEB: MORRIS: CALEB:
BULLIES: 11 / 29
It seems strange that a shepherd with such a big flock would worry about one lost sheep!
Morris, do you think this story is another one of those – para – para – what was the name you said?
PARABA – BA — wait a minute. Maybe I better whisper it to you. (stage whispers) It's a parable.
(can't quite hear correctly) Par-a-bull-eees?
(BULLIES enter. These are the same "BULLIES" we met in Scene 1, humorous and completely non-threatening.)
Did somebody say, Pair of Bullies? CUE "PAIR 'O BULLIES" S.E.
MORRIS: Oh no, not again! (MORRIS drops his compass and pulls cape over his head.) They look just like those big, mean bullies at my school!
CALEB: BULLY 1: BULLY 2: MORRIS:
Um, Morris? They don't look very big and mean to me. Hey! Kid!
Hello? Under the blanket? (from underneath cape) What? I didn't do it!
BULLY 2: Kid, you dropped something. MORRIS:
(peeks from under cape) Hey! Thanks!
BULLY 1: No problem. That's an interesting little contraption there. BULLY 2: What is it?
MORRIS: Well, it's a sun-powered compass. Which is kind of silly, because compasses work with magnetism.
BULLY 1:
(Picks up compass, examines it.) Huh. Maybe you're thinking about the wrong kind of sun.
MORRIS: What do you mean?
BULLY 2: Well, we're in Luke 15, right? Learning about the parables Jesus told?
BULLY 1: Maybe this compass is powered by the Son of God.
CUE COMPASS SE (S.E. TEAM). CUE LIGHTS. BACKDROP COMPASS NEEDLE MOVES OVER "U"— "SUN" NOW READS "SON."
