1:

(Said in dazed wonder) Oh deary, deary, deary me! Oh deary, deary, deary me!  Oh deary, deary, deary, deary me! Oh...

2:

(Irritably) Oh, stop it!

1:

I can’t. Oh deary, deary (2 places hand over 1’s mouth, holds it a few seconds, then removes        hand) deary...(Each time hand is removed 1 says ‘deary’) deary...(1 frees her/himself) Anyway,        how come you’re so calm?

2:

I’m not calm!

1:

You are too!

2:

Am not!

1:

Are too!

2:

I’m just worn out with excitement.

1:

Well, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, or shout, or sing, or jump up and down, or...(Does actions as speaking)

2:

(Interrupting) Alright, we get the general idea!

1:

(To audience) Listen, I just have to tell someone else or I’ll burst!

2:

(To audience) It’s the most incredible story.

1:

The most incredible, fantastic, marvellous, amazing, magnificent, unbelievable...(2 places hand        over 1’s mouth, then removes it) awesome...(Puts hand back, then removes it) superdooper...       (Puts hand back)

2:

Story. (Removes hand and hurries on) It was really early this morning...

1:

Really, really, really, early!

2:

We were feeling really miserable...

1:

Really, really, really, miserable.

2:

(Glares at 1) Because Jesus was dead.

1:

They crucified him! (Starts to cry on 2’s shoulder, 2 hands 1 a handkerchief. 1 blows nose, very loud, long and exaggerated. Ending with shorter blows)

2:

It was...(1 blows nose) it was...(1 blows nose, 2 glares at him/her) Have you quite finished?

1:

(One more blow) It was so horrible. Our Lord and King was dead!

2:

(Sadly) Killed like a criminal.

1:

Then Mary came running in. (Mary enters and runs excitedly down aisle)

2:

Jesus alive? How could any of us believe that? It was too fantastic.

1:

(Recovering) I did!

2:

You did not!

1:

Well, I wanted to.

2:

We all wanted to believe, but how could we. We saw him crucified and dead.

1:

(Getting excited) Tell the story! Tell the story! Tell what happened to us! (1 keeps cutting in while 2 is telling the story, getting more and more excited)

2:

Later in the morning the two of us were walking to Emmaus...

1:

When this guy joins us.

2:

We get talking and he asks us why we look so sad and confused.

1:

How could he not know about Jesus? He was famous! Where had this guy been? In a coma?

2:

He starts explaining all the old writings. He said it was written long ago that the Saviour must suffer and die, and rise again from the dead on the third day.

1:

This guy was starting to make some sense of all the crazy things that had happened.

2:

But we still didn’t recognise him.

1:

It was tea time by the time we got to Emmaus.

2:

My feet were killing me.

1:

And we were starving. We asked the guy to stay with us...

2:

(Very excited) And as we sat down to eat...

1:

He took the bread, asked God to bless it, then broke it...

2:

And gave it to us!

1:

Suddenly we knew who he was...

2:

It was Jesus!!

1:

Jesus, alive! Then he vanished! He was gone!

2:

(Like a football cheer) Jesus is alive! Jesus is alive! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Jesus! Jesus!

1:

(Rolling eyes at 2’s antics) We ran all the way back to Jerusalem.

2:

And my feet were fine.

1:

While we were telling the others all about seeing Jesus...

2:

He appeared again!

1:

He said, ‘Peace be with you’!

2:

(Like a football cheer again) Jesus is alive! Jesus is alive! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Jesus! Jesus!

1:

Oh, what the heck! (Joins in with 2’s cheer and they both exit, still cheering)