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Thread: Scene 9: Fear Not! - Shepherds and Angels proclaiming
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Musical Director
Nativity Play
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We interrupt your shepherding to bring you an important announcement...
So it looks like the babies have been delivered successfully, and ickle Jesus sweetly sleeps. Meanwhile up on a hillside...
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ChrisT sez: *sigh* Let's take it once more from the top...
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Narrator
Nativity Play
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Young children and old,
Our story continues,
There's much more to be told.
Outside of the city,
On a cold windy hill,
Poor lowly shepherds
Are feeling the chill.
They huddle together
As a lookout they keep.
Their only company
A field full of sheep.
But their lonely vigil,
All through the night,
Is about to be broken
By a wonderful sight.
Come with us now
As that hillside we see,
And hear all the angels
Singing with glee.
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Chapelhead
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Sheep 3
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[Sheep 3 peers out of the stable, considers going up on the hillside to eat some grass. Decides it's too cold, returns to hidden corner of stable and settles in to nap for an hour or two.]
*jingle*
Baaaa.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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jlg the sheep
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Even Lowlier Shepherd
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[thorws another chunk of petrified sheep plop on the fire]
Looks like another long cold night. Nothing on the tube but Christmas specials. Hmm.. wonder if anything is going on down in Bethlehem tonight?
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the ferret normally known as Siegfried
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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The scene, a starlit hillside. One star shines very brightly indeed. We pan from a view of the wonderous stars to a view of the hill itself. There are scattered sheep. We zoom in on a scruffy, pot-bellied figure, sitting beside a campfire. He is wrapped in a towel, and is sitting at a washing tub, washing something resembling a stripy dressing gown.
Sings, to the tune of ‘Oh for a thousand tongues to sing’ (here
While shepherds wa-a-a-a-shed their socks by night
All seated round the tub
All seeeee-ated round the tub
The Fairy Go-o-o-dmother came down
And they began to scrub
And they began to scrub
And they-ey-ey began to SCRUB!
speaking, moodily
I wishes she would come ‘ere and scrub. I ‘as ‘er down as a right good scrubber!
My old Dad used to sing that song. ‘E said as ‘ow it were a prophesy of things to come. Old shepherd’s tales, eh?
I ‘opes one of the junior shepherds turns up soon. I ‘ad to wash me robe – it were a bit whiffy, after the roll in the cow pat and the little chunder I ‘ad. I ‘ope no-one important turns up while I’m in me undies…
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I be also known as Moth!
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Sheep 1
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Baaaaa
Munches stupidly but contentedly on the grassy hillside.
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Jack the Lass the Sheep (but you can call me Shaun)
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Stable Cat
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*stable cat wanders in, curls up next to a sheep to get warm*
puuuurrrrrrr.......
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nicolemrw says "meow!"
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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Oy, you, even lowlier Shepherd - scrub my smalls!
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I be also known as Moth!
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Musical Director
Nativity Play
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*a small burst of 'Hillside Avenue' by Simply Red?*
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ChrisT sez: *sigh* Let's take it once more from the top...
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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sings
There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall
Where shepherds sit to watch the sheep
And rinse out all their smalls!
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I be also known as Moth!
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Sheep
Nativity Play
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Walks out of the stable. Feeling much better this morning. Sees some other sheep wandering on the grassy hillside outside of town. Walks toward them.
Baaaaa!
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I may be just a purple sheep with a funny nose, but ThatsMrJuice 2U!
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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catches sight of Rudolph
Hi Rudolph me old mucker!
You bin down the Crown again?
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I be also known as Moth!
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Sheep
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Baaaaaa!
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I may be just a purple sheep with a funny nose, but ThatsMrJuice 2U!
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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It's bloomin' cold up 'ere in just me undies. Snuggle up, Rudolph me old Lamb!
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I be also known as Moth!
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Sheep 1
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Stops munching and looks up at mention of "The Crown"
Baaaaaa
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Jack the Lass the Sheep (but you can call me Shaun)
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Narrator
Nativity Play
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<Sotto voce>
There's something very odd about that shepherd.
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Chapelhead
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Sheep
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Snuggles next to Chief Comic Shepard, and goes to sleep.
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I may be just a purple sheep with a funny nose, but ThatsMrJuice 2U!
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Sheep 1
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Realises even Chief Comic Shepherd is too proud to hit "The Crown" in his grundies, and gets back to the business at hand.
Munch.
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Jack the Lass the Sheep (but you can call me Shaun)
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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Mothy 'ad a little sheep
And red-nose was 'is name!
It followed Mothy everywhere
It really was a shame!
There's nothing like a real sheepskin to keep you warm at night, I say!
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I be also known as Moth!
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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soto voce back to Narrator
At least I'm sayin something! Where are the others?
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I be also known as Moth!
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Deputy Chief Shepherd
Nativity Play
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Hey Chief, don't you go getting ideas about fleeces again.
You know what happened last time you tried it
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Yes, I'm a madferret. And that's my own teatowel.
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Angel 1
Nativity Play
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aside to director/shepherds/any one who might know,
is it time for me yet or are we still sticking with the shepherds?
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Jenny Ann smiles sweetly
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Fourth Angel
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That glowing star gets bigger and bigger, until it becomes obvious to even the silliest sheep that it's not a star at all, but a host of angels, doing their glowy thing.
Shepherds! Fear not!
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From the goddess Inanna to the fourth angel from the left.
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chief stage manager
Nativity Play
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quote:
Originally posted by Chief Comic Shepherd:
soto voce back to Narrator
At least I'm sayin something! Where are the others?
(a recurring theme unfolds.....)
![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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The original bessie rosebride.
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Narrator
Nativity Play
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<Back to CCS>
It's OK, I think I can see an angel in the distance.
Not sure which direction it's heading, though.
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Chapelhead
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Angel 1
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I'll take that as it is time for us. . . . .
Fear Not!
for we come bearing glad tidings! (and no, it's not the weather report. . . although i do know that as well)
[ 17. December 2002, 20:57: Message edited by: Musical Director ]
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Jenny Ann smiles sweetly
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Chief Comic Shepherd
Nativity Play
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sings
Oh good Inn Crown at Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie!
Within the bar we find the ale
That makes us smile and sigh
Yet in thy dark rooms
Shiiiiiineth
The light of good warm cheer
I wish I was down there with you
And not stuck outside here!
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I be also known as Moth!
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Black Angel
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Finally, after days in makeup, the Goth Angel is ready to greet her public. She swoops in after Angel 4, her over-long torn black skirt dragging behind her. Drawing herself up to her full height of five feet nothing, she declaims...
FEAR!
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Peronel, Black Angel and Typo Slayer extraordinaire...
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Narrator
Nativity Play
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<Sotto voce>
Typical. You wait all evening for an angel to turn up, then two arrive at the same time. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Chapelhead
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Stable Cat
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*stable cat looks up in awe at star*
mrrrrrtttttt??????
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nicolemrw says "meow!"
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Angel 1
Nativity Play
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quote:
Originally posted by Black Angel:
FEAR!
No, fear NOT
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Jenny Ann smiles sweetly
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Stable Cat
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*stable cat looks at goth angel and hisses*
hissssssssss.........
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nicolemrw says "meow!"
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Fourth Angel
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glares in a very non-angelic manner at the Goth Angel, before turning to Angel 1 and muttering
OK, let's try this one again.
Be not afraid!
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From the goddess Inanna to the fourth angel from the left.
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Chief Comic Shepherd
Nativity Play
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Getting up in confusion
'Ere! Wot are them big birds with spotlights doin'?
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I be also known as Moth!
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Deputy Chief Shepherd
Nativity Play
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Chief Moth, have you been drinking again or can you see some brightly lit people hovering above us?? ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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Yes, I'm a madferret. And that's my own teatowel.
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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I am completely sober, more's the pity!
And I do see them!
What are they?
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I be also known as Moth!
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Sheep 1
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Gets distracted by spotlight, and stares stupidly at angels
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Jack the Lass the Sheep (but you can call me Shaun)
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Deputy Chief Shepherd
Nativity Play
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Not sure. Look a bit like Boney M - did you see them on TOTP2 earlier?
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Yes, I'm a madferret. And that's my own teatowel.
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Angel 1
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Drink? who's got drink?
catches glance from other Angel
Yes, fear not, we bring glad tidings of great joy.
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Jenny Ann smiles sweetly
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Black Angel
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Black Angel beams down angelically at the shepherds. It would be reasuring, if not for the hint of fangs lurking behind those perfectly made up lips.
Be Afraid. Be very afraid.
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Peronel, Black Angel and Typo Slayer extraordinaire...
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Chief Comic Shepherd
Nativity Play
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Hey!
I've an idea!
Maybe they're the Fairy Godmothers out of me old Dad's prophetic song?
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I be also known as Moth!
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Deputy Chief Shepherd
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Sighs
Not another song. Here, sheepy, let me have some spare wool to stuff in my ears
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Yes, I'm a madferret. And that's my own teatowel.
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Angel 1
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p.s. we are Angels. look, wings! (and not the kind that you get from red-bull.) I knew sheep were stupid, but I wasn't aware that shepherds were as well. Honestly .
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Jenny Ann smiles sweetly
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Fourth Angel
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*switches her glare to the Comic Shepherd*
I assure you that the Fairy Godmother is another entitity entirely, and she's probably passed out somewhere around the back of the theatre right now. You really don't want to run into her. Hmph.
*pointedly ignores the Goth Angel*
Like my colleague said. We bring you tidings of great joy.
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From the goddess Inanna to the fourth angel from the left.
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Angel 1
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quote:
Originally posted by Chief Comic Shepherd:
Hey!
I've an idea!
Maybe they're the Fairy Godmothers out of me old Dad's prophetic song?
We are NOT fairy godmothers. never. no. and DON'T mention that again in front of me ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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Jenny Ann smiles sweetly
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Deputy Chief Shepherd
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PARDON? Removes wool from ears
Sorry, pardon? Angels? What's an angel?
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Yes, I'm a madferret. And that's my own teatowel.
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Chief Comic Shepherd
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No, no, the first song I sang tonight!
About the washing!
Here, my good women, take this scrubbing brush!
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I be also known as Moth!
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Black Angel
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*pout*
I'm not a Godmother. And I think someone needs to think about his wardrobe. A drippy dressing gown! It's not what you'd call a fashion statement.
*mutters* bloody amateurs...
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Peronel, Black Angel and Typo Slayer extraordinaire...
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Sheep
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Awakened by the bright lights up in the sky, Rudolph gazes at the angels and the black angel. Something looks awfully familiar about that black angel.
Baaaaaaaa?
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I may be just a purple sheep with a funny nose, but ThatsMrJuice 2U!
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