NEXT THING YOU KNOW... The Priest is throwing the next page open, reading on in booming, furious disbelief.

PRIEST: "Moses went in unto Pharaoh, and did so as the Lord had commanded. And the Pharaoh absolutely hated snakes, had his whole life, so that 'didn'teth' work. The Pharaoh's heart hardened in apparent correlation to the snakes, but actually it had more to do with his fat intake?!

And the Lord said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, He refuseth to let the people go. For a guy who's allknowing, Think you could have warned me this snake 'shenanigan' wasn't going to work sooner? The Lord spake again unto Moses, A wise man once told me, It is the journey, Not the destination. Moses tooketh note: Where the biblical reference is this guy's voice coming from?"
Why I never...! "A FEW DAYS LATER...?

Thus saith the Lord, Go unto Pharaoh, And say unto him, Let my people go, That they may serve me. Any more forms of 'said' I should know about, 'commentedethed' Moses. The Lord striketh upon him a minor bolt of electrocution. And if thou refuse to let them go, Behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs, No, Rats, No, Frogs waseth better...

The Pharaoh said unto Moses, Let me talk to the Lord mineself for a second. Lord of Mine Slaves, Greetings, Just a few things. And so Moses stepeth outeth and giveth them their space...? And when Moses returned, a little 'arrangement' had been set into place. Thus 'saideth' the Pharaoh, The Lord hath decided to let up on the freedom ordeal if we build Him a monument on TOP of the Sphinx. What the Hell,
(gasp) 'utterized' Moses. And the Lord 'repleith', He made some points, I was the one who invented slavery?! Now go bestoweth the news upon your people that I have thus changethed my mind. They are going to hate me for this, said Moses.

And Moses concluded upon his 'guys', If you were to really think about it, Slavery 'ain't' so bad after all. And the Lord smiled down upon them, and his white skin glistened, blessing 'they' unpaid souls forever?!"

"A • MEN"?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

He seals the book with such force so that it may never be opened again. He drops it on the podium from a height designed to break its neck. The dusty reverberation of the drop calls attention to the dullness in the room; The congregation, bored to tears. It's doubtful that they even heard most of that.

CONGREGATION: Amen. LISA SHARP: Amen. WALNUT: Gazuntite.

Lisa hits Walnut.

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