PROPS:

Urn with number 6 and some rocket-like attachments, microphone on stand by puppet stage.

PUPPET 1:

(Enters singing badly to tune 'Oh, you can't get to heaven')

PERSON:

(Entering) Hi there!

PUPPET 1:

Hi.

PERSON:

You sound like you're having fun. I remember when I was little I used to have a great time doing just what you're doing. I'd imagine I was a space explorer blasting off into outer space.

PUPPET 1:

That's nice, but I'm not imagining. It's five minutes before I lift off in my super duper Urn 6 rocket.

PERSON:

Er... shouldn't that be Saturn 6?

PUPPET 1:

No, Urn 6. You see, I built the rocket from the urn in the kitchen.

PERSON:

Hey! How are we going to make coffee for morning tea?

PUPPET 1:

Never mind about that, this is the greatest space mission ever undertaken. When I lift off it will be the greatest moment in space exploration since Louis Armstrong first set foot on the moon.

PERSON:

I think that was Neil Armstrong, actually.

PUPPET 1:

Yes, that's right. He and Biff Aldrin.

PUPPET 2:

(Enters, speaks into mike) Mission Control to Major______ (Puppet's name). Come in, Major_______ .

PUPPET 1:

Reading you loud and clear, Mission Control. Over.

PUPPET 2:

Last call for all astronauts travelling on Urn 6 rocket. Your space vehicle is now being raised into position for boarding on Launch Pad One. Lift off minus five minutes and counting. (Urn 6 rocket rises into view)

PERSON:

(To puppet 2) Are you involved in this too?

PUPPET 1:

Yep. She's/he's Mission Control Director. Well, I'd better get on board. Stand back! When all those fireworks go off there's sure to be a bit of smoke.

PERSON:

(Can't believe it) I hope you're joking! You haven't really filled the urn with fireworks, have you?

PUPPET 1:

No, of course not. That would be silly. No, the fireworks are all underneath the Urn 6 rocket ready to launch us into orbit.

PERSON:

That sounds terribly dangerous!

PUPPET 1:

Ha. I laugh in the face of danger. (Laughs loudly) Ha, ha, ha. Besides, I've already told you that this is very, very important. I mean, when I get to heaven...

PERSON:

Heaven! Is that what this is about? You're trying to get to heaven in a rocket made from the urn in the kitchen and a few fireworks left over from cracker night.

PUPPET 1:

No! We've got lots of fireworks.

PERSON:

I think we'd better talk about this...

PUPPET 2:

(In David Bowie style) Ground Control to Major_____. Ground Control to Major_____. Take your helmet now and put it on your head.

PUPPET 1:

Sorry, that's my cue. I'd better get on board.

PUPPET 2:

One minute to lift-off. Commencing ignition sequence.

PERSON:

Hey, wait! (To audience) There must be some way to stop this before we all get blown up. (Runs to power point and switches off the urn)

PUPPET 2:

Condition Red. Condition Red. Sudden loss of power to Urn 6 rocket.        Abort mission. Abort mission.

PERSON:

Alright, you two. (Beckons to puppet 2 and leans over puppet stage to call to puppet 1) Come here.

PUPPET 1:

Why did you do that?

PERSON:

Because what you were doing was very, very dangerous. You could have blown yourself up.

PUPPET 1:

But we were trying to get to heaven.

PERSON:

That's what I wanted to talk to you about. You can't get to heaven in a rocket.

PUPPET 2:

You can't?

PERSON:

Of course not.

PUPPET 1:

OK, if you're so smart how can we get there?

PUPPET 2:

If a rocket ship won't do the trick, what about something else? What about an airforce jet?

PERSON:

You can't get to heaven on an airforce jet either! There's no other way to heaven except by trusting in Jesus to save you. There's no way you can ever do it by yourself in a rocket ship, or airforce jet or anything! You        have to trust in Jesus to help you get there. (Optional: Puppets and        person could lead  the singing of 'Oh, you can't get to heaven', see words below)