A lesson about loving your enemies.
OZZIE – an excitable little monster
MR. MATT – the teacher who sets him straight
Props:
none
(MR. MATT starts on stage.)
OZZIE: (enters & makes sound like he is going to hock up a big one) Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…
MR. MATT: Ozzie?
OZZIE: Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…
MR. MATT: (sternly) Ozzie!
OZZIE: (louder) Kkkkkkkkk…
MR. MATT: What are you doing?
OZZIE: Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk…
MR. MATT: Cut it out!
OZZIE: (softly) Kkkk.
MR. MATT: Stop.
OZZIE: K
MR. MATT: Ah!
OZZIE: Fine! I'll stop.
MR. MATT: What were you doing?
OZZIE: Trying to spit.
MR. MATT: Why are you trying to spit?
OZZIE: Because I'm so mad.
MR. MATT: If you're mad enough to spit, you're not supposed to actually spit.
OZZIE: (looking behind the stage) Now you tell me. (looking back up) I have already spit so much that I've gone dry.
MR. MATT: Who made you so mad?
OZZIE: Alfonso Pasquale.
MR. MATT: The school bully.
OZZIE: Yep.
MR. MATT: Is he picking on you again?
OZZIE: Yep.
MR. MATT: What did he do that made you so mad?
OZZIE: He hit me with a pie.
MR. MATT: A pie?
OZZIE: A cream pie right in the puss.
MR. MATT: That's terrible.
OZZIE: Then he kicked me with his big old boot.
MR. MATT: His boot?
OZZIE: His boot right in my bootie.
MR. MATT: What did you do?
OZZIE: Nothing yet, but I plan on getting even. As soon as I can buy a pie and a big pair of boots, I'll get him back.
MR. MATT: I don't think that's a good choice.
OZZIE: You have heard that it was said, "A pie for a pie and a boot for a boot."
MR. MATT: I don't think that's quite right. Regardless, you need to be nice.
OZZIE: But I hate that despicable bully.
MR. MATT: Ozzie!
OZZIE: What?!?
MR. MATT: Is that what the Bible says you're supposed to do?
OZZIE: Yes. Well, probably. OK, maybe. No.
MR. MATT: Right. Jesus said, "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you."
OZZIE: But he's such a meanie.
MR. MATT: I understand. It's easy to love nice people, but Jesus calls us to do something harder: Love people who are mean to us.
OZZIE: But I really want to throw a pie in his face.
MR. MATT: Then you'd be no different that the bully. If someone who knows you're a Christian sees you do that, what are they going to think about Christians?
OZZIE: Yeah, but I have some really swell boots I want to buy. They're huge and would really…
MR. MATT: Ozzie!
OZZIE: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. I'll forget about getting even and start praying for Alfonso Pasquale.
MR. MATT: That's much better.
OZZIE: And I'll start by praying he gets hit by a pie and kicked with a boot. (exits quickly)
MR. MATT: Ozzie!
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