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Thread: Scene 14: Flight to Egypt and Grand Finale
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Angel 6
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Originally posted by Angel 3:
...I suppose it's too late to direct the audience to the T-shirt concession in the foyer. There's always the movie rights....I wonder who'll be playing me?
The audience did seem in an awful tear to get out.
Do they have any Evil Twin t-shirts?
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Wise Guy
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I will also be available in the lobby to sign copies of Wiseguy: a life of wiseassery
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KELLY ALVES makes a flip remark and ends up in a play. Hi, Mom!
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Sheep 3
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[Sheep 3 feels a bit restless, and gets up to move around]
Baaaaaaaa
*sheep plop*
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Angel 6
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Originally posted by Wise Guy:
I will also be available in the lobby to sign copies of Wiseguy: a life of wiseassery
Shouldn't that be "wiseassishness"?
![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif) ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
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Rossweisse // The few, the proud, the angelic
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Wise Guy
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So where is it they usually have the post-play party where you stay up all night and wait for the first reviews to come in?
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KELLY ALVES makes a flip remark and ends up in a play. Hi, Mom!
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Sheep 3
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[Sheep 3 noses around for something to eat and discovers a bit more eggnog hidden behind the scenery.]
Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
*lap, lap, sluuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrp*
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Wise Guy
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Sheep 3, if you persist on getting drunk around me, you're gonna find yourself in trouble
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KELLY ALVES makes a flip remark and ends up in a play. Hi, Mom!
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Angel 6
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Originally posted by Wise Guy:
So where is it they usually have the post-play party where you stay up all night and wait for the first reviews to come in?
In a bar across the street, innit?
Fortunately or otherwise, the venue having shifted to North America, we can find a bar that's open until 4 a.m., instead of having to worry about British laws from World War I aimed at keeping the proles getting to bed early.
Just make sure they admit sheep.
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Rossweisse // The few, the proud, the angelic
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Angel 6
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Originally posted by Wise Guy:
Sheep 3, if you persist on getting drunk around me, you're gonna find yourself in trouble
Not while I'm around. This Flaming Sword is NOT a prop!
![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
Angel 6, defender of helpless sheep
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Rossweisse // The few, the proud, the angelic
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Sheep 3
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Fortunately or otherwise, the venue having shifted to North America, we can find a bar that's open until 4 a.m.,
[Sheep 3 ponders this and wonders which state she is in and how she got there from Egypt/Ibiza/wherever ]
Baaa?
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jlg the sheep
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Angel 6
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(Pours remaining eggnog into sheep dish for Sheep 3 to slurp up; waste not, want not.)
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Rossweisse // The few, the proud, the angelic
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Wise Guy
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Originally posted by Angel 6:
quote:
Originally posted by Wise Guy:
Sheep 3, if you persist on getting drunk around me, you're gonna find yourself in trouble
Not while I'm around. This Flaming Sword is NOT a prop!
Angel 6, defender of helpless sheep
![[Eek!]](eek.gif) ![[Embarrassed]](icon_redface.gif)
(..but she did wink at me...)
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KELLY ALVES makes a flip remark and ends up in a play. Hi, Mom!
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Angel 6
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Originally posted by Sheep 3:
[Sheep 3 ponders this and wonders which state she is in and how she got there from Egypt/Ibiza/wherever ]
Baaa?
Just offhand, I'd say you're in an inebriated state. But that's all right; you've worked hard.
(Pats Sheep 3 gently on head)
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Rossweisse // The few, the proud, the angelic
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Sheep 3
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[Sheep 3 also wonders if Jesus, Mary, and Joseph have also come to the land of 4am closings]
Baa?
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jlg the sheep
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Wise Guy
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Originally posted by Sheep 3:
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Fortunately or otherwise, the venue having shifted to North America, we can find a bar that's open until 4 a.m.,
[Sheep 3 ponders this and wonders which state she is in and how she got there from Egypt/Ibiza/wherever ]
Baaa?
It's like that animatronic stage at Disneyland. We stay on the stage, the world revolves around us...
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KELLY ALVES makes a flip remark and ends up in a play. Hi, Mom!
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Angel 6
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Originally posted by Wise Guy:
(..but she did wink at me...)
A likely story. That's what they all say!
(Notes that flood control is an even bigger pain than usual when one is trying to achieve a new world's record AND get to bed at a halfway-decent hour!)
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Rossweisse // The few, the proud, the angelic
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Wise Guy
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This toast is brought to you by..the number TEN!
Raises eggnog cup.
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KELLY ALVES makes a flip remark and ends up in a play. Hi, Mom!
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Angel 6
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aaaaaand.....WE DID IT!
Ten pages! Review THAT, Sir Stephen!
Good night, Merry/Happy Christmas, God bless!
Angel 6, all done in
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Rossweisse // The few, the proud, the angelic
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Sheep 3
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Originally posted by Wise Guy:
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Originally posted by Angel 6:
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Originally posted by Wise Guy:
Sheep 3, if you persist on getting drunk around me, you're gonna find yourself in trouble
Not while I'm around. This Flaming Sword is NOT a prop!
Angel 6, defender of helpless sheep
(..but she did wink at me...)
[Sheep 3 tries to remember if she really did wink at Wise Guy.... thinks that there were extenuating circumstances.]
Baaaaaaaa
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Wise Guy
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Happy-Merry--have a nice night, y'all
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KELLY ALVES makes a flip remark and ends up in a play. Hi, Mom!
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Sheep 3
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[Sheep 3, once again abandoned on the set, settles down to chew her cud.......]
Baaaa
*chew, chew*
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jlg the sheep
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Sheep
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Back on the flight to Egypt, Rudolph sleeps peacefully, after emptying the airplane's kitchen of all available Black Sheep ale and eggnog. Wonders what this new place, Egypt, will be like, hopes their bars stay open until 4:00 AM. Dreams of frolicking in green fields, playing with the Christ child as he grows up. Also dreams of having his own Christmas special next year, The Adventures of Rudolph the Purple Red-Nosed Sheep, saving Christmas from a certain Evil Twin.
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I may be just a purple sheep with a funny nose, but ThatsMrJuice 2U!
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Angel 3
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"Bloody barf"? Well I told Herod it would end badly. First the blood and then the worms...
Next year - I shall be taking control...Well no point in hanging around.
Merry Christmas everyone. Joy and peace to all!
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The artist usually known as Duo Seraphim
"Ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est."
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Donkey
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(enters stage right)
Hay, like to thank you all for coming. I've just got to say a "Wonderful Job" to BVM for her great performance night after night after night after, well, you get the idea.
I'm just looking out at the audience here, and would just like to say a moments silence here, for the empty chair in the front row.
(Donkey bows head, stands silent..............)
Hops off stage, goes over to chair and cords it off with gold rope.
This one is yours Molly.
(Donkey wanders off up the aisle, takes a last look at the stage, and leaves.)
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Little Beast of Burden....ha!
aka Lady A
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Sheep 3
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[While chewing her cud, Sheep 3 overhears some fellow called Giles Fraser talking. Seemed to make sense, even to a sheep brain.]
Baaaa
*chew*
[ 23. December 2002, 11:14: Message edited by: Musical Director ]
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jlg the sheep
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Sheep 3
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*chew.....chew................zzzzzzzzzzzzzz*
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jlg the sheep
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Sheep 3
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*jingle*
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jlg the sheep
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Herod
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<Ahem, it's not over 'til the fat lady sings (or something like that)>
<Herod shuffles on stage right. He is wearing a dressing gown, reading a scroll and coughing violenlty>
I feel quite ill - not too hot,
How inconvenient this is!
<Peruses scroll>
And now I read here in the plot,
I die of syphilis,
(Bloody scriptwriter - may he rot-
He really takes the...)
<Herod grabs his nether regions, a sudden look of fear and pain tear across his face. For a prolonged moment, he freezes, utters a barely audible moan, and keels over face down on the floor. A short burst of the Hallelujah Chorus is heard as the lights dim slowly.>
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#I'm Herod the Great, I am, I am.#
Stoo
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Director
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*Staggers onstage reeling under weight of numerous shopping bags and 10 lb turkey. She is followed by a hopeful looking black, motheaten cat.*
All sorted, at last!
I deserve a little something for all that. Where's Fairy Godmother?
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?
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What do you mean? I missed it?!
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Narrator
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Originally posted by chief stage manager:
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Bravo! BRAVO! Author, author!
I thought there wasn't one..... ![[Confused]](confused.gif) ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
Another critic. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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Director
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Originally posted by Narrator:
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Originally posted by chief stage manager:
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Bravo! BRAVO! Author, author!
I thought there wasn't one.....
Another critic.
Ignore her, Narrator. You are obviously destined for great things!
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Assorted Strings
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Meanwhile, in the orchestra pit, the much maligned band strike up the finale....
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Director
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Originally posted by Assorted Strings:
Meanwhile, in the orchestra pit, the much maligned band strike up the finale....
Ooh?!
*Logs on again, I mean looks up from her shopping at mention of finale.*
Anyone for a sing-song?
All together now, 1-2-3.....
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Passer-by 3
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Enters stage right, exits stage left.
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Assorted Strings
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The story seems to have had the required happy ending, so....
Always look on the bright side of life... de dum, de dum, de dum, de dum...
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Baby Jesus
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Sadly puts the nice bell with its cerulean bow back on the props table in the wings. Many apologies to the chief stage manager for not giving it back in between scenes, but it was fun to play with...
*last jingle*
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Few people know that Beethoven's daughter is really the Son of God!
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Angel 1
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comes back, realises that her evil mentor (Herod) is dead of something nasty (she's glad she didn't get too close). She decides that maybe she changed sides too easily.
I'm gonna be good again!
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Jenny Ann smiles sweetly
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Assorted Strings
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Do you think we can get the dance going as well?
..de dum, de dum, de dum, de dum..
Maybe we could have all the cast on stage singing/whistling/mooing/baaing/neighing/purring/other animal noises as our curtain call? (Angel 5 could play her recorder)
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Musical Director
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I'm not sure if we'll get anyone at this late hour, Assorted Strings. Everyone is either drunk, dead, or otherwise absent.
Got any requests?
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ChrisT sez: *sigh* Let's take it once more from the top...
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Passer-by 3
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[Enters stage left, exits stage right]
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Musical Director
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Hey! Passer-by 3! Want to join the orchestra?
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ChrisT sez: *sigh* Let's take it once more from the top...
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Assorted Strings
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quote:
posted by musical director;
Everyone is either drunk, dead, or otherwise absent.
It's worth a try! I'm just trying to get a few more gratuitous posts in, as I've missed most of the action so far!
Anyhow, don't be shy, Passer-by 3, I've got a triangle here you can play. Or a drum (I nicked it off one of the shepherds).
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Passer-by 3
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[Enters stage right, walks to centre of stage, dings triangle (Do triangles 'ding'?). Exits stage left.]
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Passer-by 3
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[Enters stage left, walks to centre of stage. Starts to do a little dance. Remembers she can't dance. Exits stage right.]
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Assorted Strings
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Hooray! Hooray!
Ah well, nearly time for the final curtain. Wonder if I'll get to take a bow. Or maybe, in true orchestra tradition, I'll just head for the nearest pub. Anyone coming for a drink?
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Passer-by 3
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[Enters stage right, bows.
Waits for audience applause.
Continues to wait.
[Silence]
Exits stage left, still waiting]
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Equity Deputy
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Dashing on stage before curtain down - just wanted to say I'd been here. Thanks to a great cast and crew!
cheers from Boston
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Joan [Equity Deputy Dog] Rasch
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{___} Oh, no, not again!
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Musical Director
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Well I may not have stopped drinking for the last two weeks, but the pub sounds good. Now I've just got to negotiate my way out of the orchestra pit around all these empty bottles...
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ChrisT sez: *sigh* Let's take it once more from the top...
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Narrator
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We’ve heard how Mary was given a message
(Gabriel sent a text).
How she would bear the Son of God
And Mary was most perplexed.
She went to see her cousin Liz
Who was also expecting a boy.
Hearing Mary’s most strange news
They, both of them, leapt for joy.
Joseph was rather put out by this
But to him an angel did come.
The angel told him to take care
Of Mary and her son.
Wise men from the utmost East
A wondrous star did see.
They set off without a clue
How to find Galilee.
At Caesar’s decree Joseph and Mary
Went up to Bethlehem town
There she gave birth, and in a rude bed
The Christ child and twin she laid down.
The wise men came to Herod the Great
And told him what they had seen.
Herod thought up a wicked plan
For he was evil and mean.
Shepherds upon the hills nearby
Saw an Angelic throng.
They came to where the Child lay
And worshipped him in song.
The Kings arrived, all led by a sheep
And the Christ child they beheld,
As he peacefully slept in a stable, rough
While his sister screamed and yelled.
Then others came to see Mary’s son
And worship the new-born King
For never in all the history books
Had they heard of such a thing.
The Magi set off home again
They went a different way
Herod tried to capture them
And they only just got away.
Herod was still exclaiming oaths
Of how the child must die.
But with the help of Brain and Pilate
The family to Egypt did fly.
And now that our story has all been told
We hope that you’ve not been offended
But if you have, just think of this
- At least it is finally ended.
Now to all you girls and boys at home
Our story comes to a close
We hope that you’ve enjoyed the tale
And for a sequel? Well, who knows?
Thank you, and good night
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