Brentwood Hills Church of Christ

Puppet Script for Children’s Worship Training

“Adam and Eve”

Characters needed:

Old Man	(old man is played by a woman trying to make the voice of an old man, or a man who sounds like a woman trying to make the voice of an old man, hee hee!)
Lion	(either man or woman, but some kind of original voice)
Adam	(woman talking like a man)
Eve	(man talking like a woman)
Serpent	(anyone who can hiss)
Animals	(any number of animals, played by people who like to sing)
Chicken	(anyone comedic)
Dog	(sits there the whole time but says “woof” at the end)

Dog:	(comes out on one corner of the stage but just sits there)
Old Man:	(pops up, whistling and very happy, holding an apple) “Well hello, little doggie!” (dog moves and looks at him but doesn’t say anything)
Lion:	(pops up sniffing) “Do I smell an apple?”
Old Man:	“Why yes, lion, I grew it myself on the farm. Pretty JUICY, don’t cha think?” (holding it under the lion’s nose, but not letting him eat it)
Lion:	(really wanting to eat the apple) “Oh yes, nice and juicy…How about a bite, old man?”
Animals:	(singing the words in a chord, they pop up and say) “Yummy nummy.” (pop down, audience laughs)
Old Man:	(snatching the apple away from the lion’s nose) “Nope, it’s my apple, and I’M gonna eat it. Say, did you just hear ANGELS?”
Lion:	(denied) “Oh, you’re so cruel…I can’t believe you did that. I feel just like Eve. And, no, I didn’t hear any ANGELS.”
Old Man:	(confused) “Eve? Who’s Eve?”
Lion:	“She’s the first woman God ever made. And Adam was the first man. God gave them a big garden but said that they couldn’t eat the fruit from this ONE tree called the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Just like I can’t eat that apple because you won’t give it to me (crying)…oh…oh…I think I’m gonna die…oh, oh!”
Old Man:	“Well, OK, I’ll make you a deal. You tell me all about Adam and Eve and then I’ll give you this nice, delicious, scrumptious, juicy apple. Sound good?”
Animals:	(again, pop up, singing words in a chord) “Yummy nummy!” (pop down)
Lion:	“Mmmmmm…that’ll be easy. It’s all in the Bible, my favorite book. I read it all the time, you know.”
Old Man:	“Are you SURE you didn’t hear any angels? I thought I heard some…(looking around) They’ve come to tell me something very IMPORTANT, I just know it! And you know, there’s one more thing.”
Lion:	“What.”
Old Man:	“Well, I lost my chicken again. Poor ol’ Clucky. He’s getting lost all the time. Can you help me find him, too?”
Lion:	“OK, if I see him, I’ll tell you. And maybe our friends can help us too. (asking audience) Hey, can you guys tell us if you see a chicken? Oh, great, I’m glad you’ll help. All you have to do is yell “CHICKEN!” if you see Clucky, OK?”
Old Man:	”Ok, so tell me about how God created Adam and Eve.”
Lion:	“Hmmm…looks like I won’t have to. Look…there they are!” (pointing to the other side of the stage, Adam and Eve are walking together)
Adam:	“Such a lovely day, isn’t it Eve?”
Eve:	“Yes, honey, every day is lovely when we walk with God.”
Adam:	“I’m gonna go pick some berries, I’ll see you later.” (exits)
Eve:	“Ok. La la la la…(singing, continues to walk across the stage)
Serpent:	(pops up beside Eve and says in a creepy, raspy voice) “Lovely day, is-s-s-s-n’t it?”
Eve:	(scared of the serpent who keeps getting closer to her and starts wrapping himself around her) “Yes…(trembling voice)…it’s a very lovely day.”
Serpent:	“Why don’t you have s-s-s-s-some fruit?” (offers her a fruit, not an apple, to distinguish the difference)
Eve:	(innocently) “Oh, God told us not to eat that one.”
Serpent:	“Why? It’s-s-s-s-s good.”
Animals:	(again, pop up, singing words in a chord) “Yummy nummy!” (pop down)
Eve:	“Yeah, but God told us if we ate it we would die. Did you hear some ANGELS or something?”
Serpent:	(wicked laugh…really get into it) Hah, hah, hah…you won’t DIE.”
Eve:	“But God said…”
Serpent”	“God? Where is God? He won’t even s-s-s-s-s-see you take a bite…you don’t have to tell him.”
Eve:	“No...I won’t do it…(big pause)…well…(looking at the fruit)…
Lion:	(calling from across the stage) “No Eve, don’t do it! God said not to eat it, so don’t do it!” (serpent exits when he hears lion)
Eve:	(comes over to Lion) “And who are you?”
Lion:	(embarrassed) “Um, no one, ma’am…I mean, you really shouldn’t eat that you know.”
Eve:	“Oh, I know. But maybe the serpent is right. He’s a little creepy and all, but I probably won’t die if I eat this fruit.”
Lion:	“Oh yes, Eve, you’ll die, just not right away. When you disobey God it’s called sin and sin leads to death.”
Eve:	(playing with her hair, not really listening) “OK…sin…sounds fun. Want a bite?” (bites into the fruit, everyone gasps)
Animals:	(again, pop up, singing words in a chord) “Yummy nummy!” (pop down)
Adam:	(enters, sees Eve eat the fruit) “Um, my sweet honey, what ARE you doing?”
Eve:	(continuing to eat) “I just got a little hungry and well…this fruit is GOOD!”
Animals:	(again, pop up, singing words in a chord) “Yummy for my tummy!” (pop down)
Adam:	“But we’re not supposed to eat that!”
Eve:	“Oh really? God told us we’d die, and look, I’m not dead, am I?”
Adam:	“Well, no, but…”
Eve:	“Oh go ahead, try some (hands him the fruit and he eats it too)
Lion:	(to old man as Adam and Eve continue to eat fruit hastily) “So, you see, old man, Adam and Eve were the first people made by God. Adam was made from dust, and Eve was made from a part of Adam’s bones. God created them out of nothing, and gave them everything. And then…they disobeyed.” (hangs head in shame)
Old Man:	(concerned) “Oh my…” (Adam and Eve exit, eating fruit until they are off stage)
Lion:	Yeah, when God made Adam, he even let him name all the animals. He named me LION. And he named my friend over here DOG and my other friend…
Chicken:	(Comes out on stage, going mad and clucking) “Brock-brock! Brock-a-brock-brock!”
Lion:	(continuing) “CHICKEN!” (let audience also call out CHICKEN!)
Old Man:	“Oh, clucky, you’ve come back to me again! How much I’ve missed you!”
Chicken:	“Brock-brock!” (gives old man a hug and stays by his side)
Lion:	“God gave Adam and Eve everything and they still disobeyed, so they had to leave the garden. Then they had 2 sons named Cain and Abel, and one of them was so mean that he killed the other one.”
Old Man:	“Wow, that is REALLY mean.”
Lion:	Yeah, but then they had another son named Seth, and he had a son and his son had a son, and so on…(pause)…all the way to when Jesus was born.
Old Man:	“Wow. So God let ADAM’S son Seth be connected to GOD’S son Jesus. Cool!”
Lion:	“Yeah, the Bible is pretty cool. God is pretty cool too, and he knows exactly what he’s doing.”
Old Man:	“Sounds like it!”
Lion:	“So…(pause)…how about a bite of that nice, juicy apple now?”
Old Man:	(nonchalantly) “Oh, here, you can have it, I’ve kinda…(pause)…lost my appetite.” (gives apple to lion)
Lion:	(looks at apple, throws it up and behind stage) “Yeah, me too.”
Animals:	(again, pop up, singing words in a chord) “Not so yummy nummy anymore!” (pop down)
Old Man:	Oh, but I just have to know…(turning to dog)…dog, what do you think about the story of Adam and Eve?”
Dog:	“Woof!” (shows apple, looks around, then eats apple)
Old Man:	“Wow, what words of wisdom! (pause) Well, I’m off to read my Bible. I want to know more about Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel and Seth and…I just want to know everything!”
Lion:	“Well, it’s all in your Bible, that’s for sure.”
Old Man:	“See you later Lion, and thanks for the great story. I’ll send you some apples!” (exits)
Lion:	(sarcastically) Great, thanks…(pause)…maybe I’ll send you a rack of lamb, hah hah, I really crack myself up…hee hee…hah hah, hardy har har… (laughing all the way off stage)
	CWT leaders talk about the importance of obedience and when we obey our parents we are obeying God because that is what God tells us to do. Sing the creation song again for reinforcement of previous week’s lesson.