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Forgiven, But Not Forgiving
Overview/Theme:
Based
on the parable of the unforgiving servant found in Matthew 18. A person
is
forgiven much and yet refuses to forgive someone else for something
relatively
trivial. Cast—3 Boy
Puppets, 1 Girl Puppet
Susie: Hi
Joey. What’s wrong? You look like you
swallowed a bowl full of lemons!
Joey:
(Enters with a bandage on his nose)
Thanks for the compliment. I really need a friend like you right now.
Susie: Sorry
Joey. I didn’t mean to be rude—but
you sure don’t look happy.
Joey:
Right now I don’t have any reason to be
happy. I borrowed Sam’s bike this afternoon and thought I’d try a
wheelie in
front of Mr. Jones’ store.
Susie: So?
… You did a wheelie. What’s that got
to do with being unhappy?
Joey:
Well, I was concentrating so hard on
doing the wheelie that I didn’t see the hole in the sidewalk. I did a
wheelie
on the front of my face instead.
Susie: Hee,
hee. Boy, that’s too bad Joey, but
you could have gotten seriously hurt.
Joey:
Yea, but I still may end up with a broken
arm.
Susie: What
do you mean?
Joey:
The worst part wasn’t banging up my nose;
you should see the front of Sam’s bike.
Susie: Oh
no! That’s terrible! You haven’t told
Sam yet?
Joey:
No, I was… (Sam enters.)
Sam:
Hi guys.
Susie: I’m
not a guy.
Sam:
Oh. Sorry, I forgot.
Susie: Thanks.
Sam:
What happened to your nose Joey? Get it
stuck in a soda bottle? (Laughs.)
Joey:
I… I… I had a slight
accident.
Susie: I
think I’m going to leave before you tell
him about your slight
accident. See ya later. (Exits.)
Sam:
What’s she talking about?
Joey:
I tried a wheelie with your bike, but…
Sam:
(Interrupts.) Oh no! You tried a wheelie
with my
bike? What happened? What’d you do to it?
Joey:
It just scraped the fender a little. I’m
really sorry.
Sam:
(Trying to keep calm.) Okay—let’s go see
what you did to it.
(Both
leave and then come back up.)
Sam:
Well, I guess my bike’s not in too bad a
shape. It shouldn’t take a lot to fix it.
Joey:
Then you forgive me Sam? My dad said he’d
fix it right away.
Sam:
At least you didn’t get hurt badly. Sure
I forgive you. Anyway, I should get home. Let me know when it’s fixed,
okay?
(Exits.)
Joey:
Sure thing. Thanks Sam! (Exits while
humming.)
(Susie
enters.)
Susie: Wow—that
was nice of Sam to forgive Joey
like that. He’s a nice guy. (Exits.)
(Later,
Sam and Bill enter.)
Bill:
Oh Joey, I’m so sorry. I didn’t mean to
make you lose your dollar. I just accidently bumped your arm.
Joey:
Sure…Sure! I saved that dollar to buy my
favorite candy bar and you made me lose it. I can’t believe it. Some
friend you
are.
(Sam
enters at the tail end of the conversation.)
Sam:
Hey guys, what’s the problem?
Joey:
This guy’s the problem. He bumped my arm
and made me drop my dollar down the grate in the sidewalk. Now I can’t
buy my
candy bar.
Sam:
I’m sure he didn’t mean it Joey. After
all, y…
Joey:
Oh, there’s no excuse! My dollar is gone
for good and I’m still hungry.
Sam:
Well—if you feel that way about your
dollar, Sam, maybe I shouldn’t be so quick to forgive you for messing
up my
bike.
Bill:
(Looks at Sam.) You forgave Joey for
wrecking your bike? How much is that going to cost to fix?
Joey:
(Head lowered.) Yea, he did. Boy I guess
I’m the jerk, not you Bill. I owe you an apology. How could I get so
upset over
a dumb dollar?
Bill:
That’s all right Joey. Let’s just forget
it.
Joey:
Well, now that that’s settled, shall we
all go down to the beach? I hear the water’s great.
All:
That sounds great.
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