Brentwood Hills Church of Christ

Puppet Script for Children’s Worship Training

“Noah”

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)
Boy	(man talking like a boy, in a high-pitched voice)
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, then old man and boy, holding ball, pop up with the old man scolding the boy)
Old Man:	(pointing his finger at the boy) “I told you not to throw that ball in the house young man!” (boy cries and cries) “It broke your grandma’s favorite lamp and now she’s all upset…why weren’t you more careful? You KNOW you shouldn’t be throwing balls in the house!”
Boy:	(still crying and sniffling) “I know grandpa, but I was just having FUN. I didn’t mean to break grandma’s lamp. Oh, I’m so SORRY!” (cries and cries) “Oh…oh…oh!”
Lion:	(pops up and notices the situation) “What’d he do, gramps?”
Old Man:	“He was throwing this here ball in the house, and I’ve told him a million gazillion times not to do that. He just won’t listen to me and he forgets all the time. You know, (whispering to the lion) sometimes I think kids today are so…so…well, they’re so…BAD!”
Lion:	“Oh, now, c’mon gramps, you heard the boy…it was an accident. He’s not BAD, he’s just a kid. Didn’t YOU do anything like that when you were a kid?”
Old Man:	(embarrassed) “Um, well…um…maybe…”
Lion:	“And you weren’t BAD, were you?”
Old Man:	“No…no, of course not. I was a little angel!”
Animals:	(animals pop up but the old man can’t see them. They laugh…”hee, hee, hee, hee, hee” then pop back down)
Old Man:	“And speaking of angels…did you hear any? I thought I heard some happy angels.” (turns around trying to find them)
Lion:	“Well, if you want to know about some people who were really BAD, all you have to do is look at the people who were around during the days of Noah.”
Old Man:	“Noah? The guy with the big ark? I thought Noah was a GOOD man.”
Lion:	“Yes, Noah was good. But everyone else except Noah and his family were BAD. I mean really, really BAD. BADDER than BAD. They were worse than OUTLAWS. They were bad ALL THE TIME!”
Old Man:	“ALL the time? Really?”
Lion:	“Oh yes! They were so bad that God was sorry that he even made them.”
Old Man:	“That bad, eh?”
Lion:	“Yep. Soooooo…God mad a flood and it covered all the people.”
Old Man:	(gasping) “ALL of them?”
Lion:	“Well, everyone except Noah. And his wife. And his sons Shem, Ham, and Japeth. And their wives too. And a whole bunch of animals. My great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great…(said really fast) grandpa was on Noah’s ark, you know!”
Old Man:	(impressed) “Why…I’ll be!”
Lion:	“And his wife, my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great (said really fast) grandma was on there too. God allowed two lions on the ark and they were the ones! And guess what?”
Old Man:	“What?”
Lion:	“I happen to know, from VERY RELIABLE SOURCES, that the great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandpa of your dear clucky the chicken was on Noah’s ark, too!”
Old Man:	(breaks out in tears and wails) Oh, oh, my sweet clucky! You know, I can’t find him anywhere! He’s GONE!”
Lion:	“Well, maybe our friends will tell us if they see him around anywhere. Will you, friends? Will you tell us if you see the chicken? (indicates the audience) Oh good, good. Do you know that there were only two lions on the ark, but there were SEVEN chickens?”
Old Man:	“Seven? How come?”
Lion:	“Well, actually…hmmmm…I’m not sure why. God said so…that’s why. He made two of every animal come to the ark, but SEVEN of every bird.”
Old Man:	“Oh, well, God must have loved chickens as much as I do! (wailing again) Oh how I miss my clucky…come back to me, clucky!” (bangs his head on stage, he’s so depressed)
Lion:	“So, the ark was a REALLY BIG BOAT to hold all those animals. And then…”
Old Man:	(in anticipation) “Yes…”
Lion:	“Then (pause)…it started to rain. And it rained FOREVER! (big pause as old man and boy look at each other in amazement) Well, OK, not FOREVER, but for 40 whole days!”
Boy:	“Wow! I’d like to play in that pool, sounds fun! Did they have a water slide?”
Lion:	“Oh, my sweet boy, it wasn’t just a pool…the water was everywhere and covered everything, even the houses!”
Boy:	“Cool!”
Lion:	“Well it wasn’t so cool if you had been very, very bad! Because the very, very bad people didn’t have an ark like Noah’s family.”
Boy:	“Oh, NOT cool.”
Lion:	“After 40 days, Noah and his family must have been sick of the rain! I’m sure they all just wanted it to go away.”
Animals:	(pop up and sing) “Rain, rain, go away…come again another day.” (then pop back down)
Old Man:	(looks around trying to find the “angels” while boy and lion laugh at him because they saw the animals and know that they are not angels.)
Chicken:	(pops up) “ Brock, brock, brock-a-brock-ah!!! (goes crazy) Brock-a-brock-brock!! (in very nasal, fast voice) Rain, rain, go away!” (hopefully everyone yells CHICKEN!)
Old Man:	Chicken? Where? (let audience answer “right over there!”) Oh, there he is…my sweet clucky! Come give me a hug, I missed you so much!” (They hug and rub up against each other)
Lion:	Oh, that ol’ clucky! (sarcastically) If you ask me, HE’S the one that’s bad…always running away and all…
Old Man:	“Don’t you talk that way about my little clucky! He’s not BAD, he’s just…well, he just forgets sometimes.”
Lion:	“Yeah, kinda like your BOY?”
Old Man:	(pause as he thinks about how upset he got at his boy) “Yeah, kinda like my boy.” (he gives boy a big hug) “He’s not so bad either.”
Lion:	“Well, it’s all thanks to Noah you know. You humans all have some good in you…even the pretty rough ones. And it’s all because God got rid of the really bad people and you all came from one good family…Noah’s family.”
Old Man:	(comtemplates, thinks) “Yeah, Noah’s family. We’re all a part of Noah’s family!”
Lion:	“And that’s why God put a rainbow in the sky.”
Boy:	“Oh I love rainbows!”
Chicken:	“Brock, brock!”
Lion:	“It’s God’s promise that he won’t ever destroy the earth by water again, and it reminds us that we are God’s people, and that we come from Noah’s family…a very, very GOOD family.”
Boy:	(fascinated) “Wow! Now THAT’S something totally cool! See, grandpa? I’m not BAD…”
Old Man:	“No, you’re not bad, that’s right. But let me take this ball for a while, OK?”
Boy:	“OK, I guess that’s fair.” (hands old man the ball, old man puts ball behind stage)
Lion:	“You know, I think DOGGIE’S great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great (said very fast) grandpa was on the ark too. (faces dog) Did you know that doggie?”
Dog:	“Woof!”
Old Man:	“Ahhhhh, ya gotta love him!”
Lion:	“Yes…he’s a quiet fellow, but…(pause)…when doggie talks, people listen.”
Boy:	(loudly) “Look! Over there! I see a rainbow!” (points to the side of the stage and everyone looks where boy points)
Old Man:	“Well, I’ll be! Looks like we won’t be havin’ a flood today, ‘cause that’s God’s promise.”
Lion:	“And, we won’t be havin’ a flood of tears either, because this boy is GOOD.”
Old Man:	“Yes, yes, very good.”
Boy:	(loudly) “I’m good. And I’m gonna go find something else to play with. Bye-bye everyone! (crowd says bye and boy exits)
Old Man:	“Yes, I think I’ll go get my umbrella, you know, just in case it rains or something. C’mon clucky. You stay with me and don’t get lost again, you hear? Bye-bye everyone!” (crowd says bye and old man and chicken exit)
Lion:	(facing audience) “You know folks, it just goes to show you…if you follow God like Noah, you’ll be (in a cool, gruff, gritty voice) Alllllll…rightttttt!” Bye-bye!” (lion exits)
Animals:	(pop up and sing) “Rain, rain, go away, Noah’s good and so are they!” (pause) “Bye-bye! Bye-bye!” (pop down)