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The Garden of Eden
(I found this on the Internet, but I completely changed it around according to the voices of angels that whispered it in my ear)
Garden of Eden
This play sets the scene for a curse-breaking act of love. God has set man up with total freedom, including freedom to choose whatever he wants. God even goes to lengths to ensure that this creation of his can and is free to choose against his God, but must accept the consequences.
The scene, a sumptuous garden set in a world of peace and harmony. Trees of every description, size, and fruit. Animals living in peace. Nothing marring the landscape and nothing to destroy the total beauty of the place. We're in Eden, the garden planted by God for the pinnacle of his creation, Man.
God: Wake up, Adam.
Adam: What a brilliant place this is, the flowers, trees and a Lion.
God: We took ages thinking up everything. The Lion, for example, quite a creature. He's a vegetarian and so eats grass. Yes, were happy with it all. It's all good, and as for you, well you top it all. Welcome to earth.
Adam: How did it all come about? I mean, tell me about you.
God: How long have you got?
Adam: Eternity. [Pause] How long will it take?
God: Eternity. [Pause] How big do you think I am?
Adam: Infinity.
God: So we've got eternity to discover infinity, but then I'm not even as small as infinity, so I need a lot more of you to work for eternity discovering me.
Adam: But how exactly are you going to multiply me?
God: While you were sleeping. [Pause] I thought you'd like some company so I took the liberty of making a genetic copy. [Laughing] I took one of your ribs and...
Narrator: [Enter Eve]
Adam: Cool, wow...man.
God: Your name-making is improving; we'll miss off the -cool- bit just go for Woman.
Adam: A copy of me but so different and so lovely. What a friend. Thanks.
God: What have I given you?
Adam: Everything.
God: Everything? [Questioning] Well nearly Everything, Everything except that tree [pointing at the Knowledge Tree]. Death awaits you if you eat that fruit.
Adam: What's death?
God: Well, you can't die, you're made from me.
Adam: So what's death?
God: Do you really want to know? I've given you everything to enjoy and eternity to enjoy it in, but you can choose. Choose to disobey me, and you die.
Adam: Why die? It's only one tree.
God: Well, how do I know you love me unless I test you? So it's there. Enjoy it and you die, enjoy me and you live.
Narrator: Some time later...
Adam [speaking to Eve]: I'm off to see some other things. So much to see, I wonder just how God managed to make it all. I'll get some mango for dinner. See if you can find some pineapple. But, remember, don't get THAT fruit [pointing to the tree].
[Adam starts walking off calling his friend]. Lion [quite loudly second time] Lion, here kitty kitty; Adam now walks off stage (with a lion if one can be found).
Narrator: What they don't know is that the Serpent has been listening in and is awaiting the moment that Adam goes off so he can have a little discussion with Eve.
Eve: [Musing to herself, talking softly] I wonder just why God put THAT tree here. It looks too delicious, but it's not for us.
Eve: What was that!
Serpent: It's so delicious. It's a BANANA TREE...
Eve: Yes but God, I love him. I don't want to do what he doesn't want. I'll die. He said...
Serpent: Nice to have knowledge.
Eve: Get away, who are you anyway?
Serpent: Your friend. Looks good that fruit, succulent, full of interesting tastes, why not HAVE it?
Eve: I will Die, Die if I eat it, the fruit [Nervous]
Serpent: NO, NO, NO [Laughing] It'll give you wisdom.
Eve: I must say it does look good, and it'll give me wisdom, what a quick way to get wisdom.
Narrator: Shaking a little, Eve reaches up and takes the fruit. Tingling with excitement she open her mouth and bites into the Fruit.
Eve: Wow, what a lovely fruit, and now I'll be wise, wise. I can't wait to see Adam.
Narrator: [Adam enters the scene riding on the back of his favorite Lion.]
Eve: Adam...
Adam: Indeed Paradise is beautiful...
Eve: [Nervous] Adam. I got something to tell you. This fruit is great, so wise.
Adam: Where did you get it from?
Eve: That tree.
Adam: THAT tree? No, no, no. Not THAT tree. What have you done?
Eve: Well nothing really.
Adam: THAT tree is spiked with death.
Eve: So I'm alive, and I know what's what now.
Adam: Why didn't God tell us the truth?
Eve: Here try some. Makes you wise.
Adam: Yippee, some taste that. Now I know.
Eve: Level with God.
Narrator: [At this point God returns. Adam and Eve look around for a place to hide.]
Adam: Oh NO, it's God. What have we done? I've never felt like this before. I'm cut off, excluded.
Eve: Here quick, put these over you, you're...
Adam: I'm not wearing anything, how do I know that?
Eve: He was right, it's all in the fruit
Adam: Oh why didn't you listen?
Eve: Oh why did YOU listen? [First argument between husband and wife.]
God: [Calling] Adam, where are you?
Adam: Er, here God.
God: Why were you hiding?
Adam: I can't look at you, you're so good.
God: Have you been listening to other advice?
Adam: It's Eve, Eve the helper you gave to me. She's so wise.
Eve: I heard the voices. They said I was going to be wise.
God: I said, DON'T. You can no longer share this place with me. I've set a curse on you, and your offspring, you will surly die. As I live, you will die. You chose to rely on your judgement, now you'll have to rely on your own efforts.
I'll break the curse, but after the suffering of all humanity. [The Lion starts eating meat.] Now, out of here, both of you. You shall tame the lion when he eats banana, and you shall live in Paradise...
[Two Angels take a curtain and pull it between God and Adam and Eve.]
HOMEPAGE
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