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The Friend Machine
CAST: Malcom, Dusty
SFX: Hammering Noises, explosion
PROPS: Box, bag of candy hearts, bottle of glue, small box labeled
"Truth"
SCENE: Amid hammering noises, Dusty enters stage holding hands over
ears.
DUSTY: Oh, that awful racket! Malcom must be
building something again. (CALLING TO MALCOM, WHO IS OFFSTAGE) Malcom, will you cut
the racket out?
MALCOM: (ENTERS CARRYING BOX. SPEAKS EXCITEDLY.) Wow, man,
this is the best machine I've ever built!
D: (LOOKS AT MACHINE OFFSTAGE) What kind of machine is
that contraption?
M: It's a "Build It Yourself Friend
Machine". I just got it and put it together today. Now all I have to do
is add the ingredients.
D: Wait a minute! Friend machine?
Ingredients? What kind of machine is this?
M: It's a machine that builds the kind of friend you
want. All you have to do is add the ingredients you think it takes to make a perfect
friend, turn the machine on, and presto! Out comes your perfect friend! Neat
huh?
D: No! Wierd. This will never work. You can't
build a friend with a machine.
M: Oh, yes you can, and I am going to prove it!
I'm about to add the ingredients in this box.
D: (REACHING IN BOX AND TAKING OUT CANDY)
Hmmmmm... Looks like you have a bag of candy hearts.
M: Right! A friend should be full of love and
kindness, so I'm putting in plenty of that.
D: (PUTTING CANDY BACK IN BOX) That makes sense, (TAKES GLUE
OUT OF BOX) but what's this bottle of glue for?
M: Well, I think that a friednshould stick by you, so I'm
putting in lots of glue. Get it?
D: With all this glue, he'll stick by you for sure! In
fact, you may need to peel him off. I see one more thing in your box. (TAKES
OUT SMALL BOX) Looks like a box of truth.
M: Right. Last of all, a friend should keep his
promises, so I'm putting in a good supply of truth.
D: (PUTTING SMALL BOX BACK) These are all good ingrediants,
but this will never work.
M: Yes it will, and I'm going to prove it. Just watch!
(EXIT, BOX IN HAND)
D: (WATCHING ACTION OFFSTAGE) There he goes, he's
pouring all that stuff into his machine. Now he's turning it on, and it's on fire.
Well, he's going to...(ALARMED) On fire! (EXPLOSION OCCURS. BOX FLIES ACROSS
STAGE. MALCOM STAGGERS BACK ON STAGE)
M: (GROANING) Oh...now I have no perfect freind
machine...and no perfect friend either.
D: (TRYING TO CONSOLE MALCOM) Well, no machine can build a
friend, perfect or not. But there is someone whop wants to be our perfect friend.
M: Yeah? Who's that?
D: Jesus Christ, God's son! He's full of love and
kindness. He loved us enough to die for us, and he's kind enough to forgive us of
all our sins!
M: But will He stay with you?
D: Sure! He said in Matthew 28:20, I am with you
always.
M: But does he keep his promises?
D: Absolutely.
M: Wow! That sounds like the perfect friend for
sure! And speaking of friends, I better clean up what's left of my perfect friend
machine.
D: (AS THEY EXIT TOGETHER) I'll help! Wow, that
thing splattered glue everywhere.
M: Yeah. Cleaning this up is going to be a real
sticky problem! (BOTH LAUGH AND EXIT) |
