Lent/Easter Musicals

42 SCENE 5 (The characters enter a darker stage.) NUGGET: Well, this must be it … The Forest of the Unknown. BUTTERCUP: (listening to Benedict's mumbling) Benedict wants to know what happens in the Forest of the Unknown. FAITH: I don't know. Nobody does! It's the unknown. We just have to keep walking through. But … I'm just not sure I can. NUGGET: What do you mean? You're the bravest one of us! We can't do it without you! FAITH: The unknown is one of the things I worry about the most. BOOKWORM: I read somewhere that "what you don't know, can't hurt you." BUTTERCUP: (after Benedict mumbles to him) Benedict says, he's only an egg, and even he knows that if you believe that, you're cracked! NUGGET: Wow, come out of your shell and tell us how you really feel, Benny! BOOKWORM: Like I told you, not everything I read is brilliant. I guess that one's another dud. I better stick to the Bible! SCRAMBLES: So Faith, what scares you about the unknown? You don't know that something bad will happen, do you? FAITH: (subdued) No, Scrambles, I just know that something bad might happen. Like my dad. He said that things are hard at work, and he might lose his job. If he did, I think we might have to move, and I'd lose all my friends, and who knows what else might happen? BOOKWORM: I think I know who knows … and so do you. FAITH: Oh, you mean that God knows what might happen? BOOKWORM: He knows what will happen. Nothing takes Him by surprise. FAITH: One thing I know for sure is that Jesus died on the cross to pay my penalty for sin, and that He rose from the dead so that I can have life that never ends. So no matter what happens, I'll be with Him forever. NUGGET: Well, that makes this forest look a bit less scary! FAITH: But I still worry about what might happen with my dad, and my friends, and … For Preview Only

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