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CAPTAIN: Yes! Yes! I'm the Captain! We got hit by a storm and ran
aground on this island!
PILOT: A lot of people back on the Yuletide are going to be very
relieved!
CREWMAN: Everyone was worried sick! They were praying all of you
would return! Even the mime!
(Pilot begins to count heads.)
CHLOE: Thank you for rescuing us!
BILLY: We tried everything we could think of and just couldn't rescue
ourselves!
PILOT: We're glad we found you! (to Crewman) Hey! Aren't there
supposed to be eleven people here?
CREWMAN: Yeah.
PILOT: I count twelve!
JOHNNY: Oh, that extra one is me. I got lost a long time ago ... well, I got
lost before you were born, I suspect! Johnny Coconut. Nice to
meet you.
(The "cast" of the play, still in Biblical costume, run up to the
crewmen.)
CREWMAN: No way! How long have you been here?
MASON: Ah, these are just Biblical costumes. We've been helping with
rehearsal!
PILOT: Well, why don't you all pack your things? We'll fly you back to
the Yuletide. I'm sure there's going to be an even bigger
Christmas Eve party tonight!
(Several being to pack up.)
EMMA: (to the Pilot) So what made you search way over here? The
Captain said we were too far away!
PILOT: You were! We weren't searching over here.
BILLY: What?
