This is the transcript for Little Things Matter.
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A Letter From a Kid[]
(While everyone is preparing for the show, Larry bursts through the door.)
Larry: Wallabies, Bob, wallabies!
Bob: Walla-what?
Larry: I just watched a nature special about wallabies! They're mini kangaroos, and they live in Australia, and they have pouches and they kick really hard!
Pa Grape: Are you talkin' about my Aunt Agnes?
Bob: Larry's talking about wallabies. Wait, your Aunt Agnes has a pouch?
Pa Grape: It's more of a saccule, but boy can she kick!
Bob: Larry, the show needs to teach something. What's the lesson?
Larry: Umm...don't kick people?
Bob: That's awfully specific.
Mr. Lunt: Specifically for Aunt Agnes.
Bob: I don't think a show about wallabies is what we need right now.
Larry: Well then what do we need, Bob?
Bob: Give it a second. I'm sure something'll pop up.
(They suddenly hear a loud scream off-screen.)
Bob: See?
Mr. Lunt: It sounded like Madame Blueberry.
Larry: Wallaby attack!!
Bob: I don't think it was a wallaby. Madame Blueberry, is everything alright?
(Madame Blueberry bursts through the door angrily.)
Madame Blueberry: My pelargonium!!
Bob: Your what?
Madame Blueberry: My prized pelargonium!!
(Madame Blueberry holds up a dead plant.)
Bob: Oh, it's a plant.
(Junior and Petunia enter.)
Petunia: Hi, everyone! Sorry we're late. What did we miss?
Madame Blueberry: (to Junior) There's the culprit!!!
Junior: Uh-oh.
Bob: Junior? What happened here?
Madame Blueberry: I was away for a few days, and asked Junior to take care of my prized pelargonium, and now look at it!!
Petunia: Junior, did you say you'd take care her pelar..pelar...
Madame Blueberry: Pelargonium!!!
Petunia: ..her plant?
Junior: I did, but carrying the water up the stairs was hard! If it was a big responsibility, I definitely would have done it, but it was just a little plant, so I figured it was no big deal.
Madame Blueberry: But it was a big deal to me!!
Petunia: Oo, wow! I think we might need to learn a lesson about faithfulness, and I have a letter that just might help. (pulls out letter) "Dear Bob and Larry, my teacher gave me the job of putting away books after reading time, but I wanted a big job like taking care of Snowball, our rabbit. She says I need to be faithful in little things first.."
(Madame Blueberry glares at Junior when Petunia says this.)
Petunia: "...but I don't even know what that means! Can you help me? Your friend, Ronda".
Bob: Hm. What does it mean to be faithful in little things?
Petunia: And why is it important?
Bob: Okay, let's brainstorm before Mr. Nezzer comes out and says-
Mr. Nezzer: 10 seconds to curtain, everybody! You got something great for me, Bob?
- Bob: (gulps) Cue the theme song.
The VeggieTales Show Theme Song[]
(Cut to Bruce Onion, the conductor, starting the theme song. As it begins to play, the theater's curtains are drawn to show the cast.
Larry: Get your sister,
Bob: Get your brother,
Jimmy: Call your uncle
Pa Grape: And your mother
All: If you're missing any other of the people that you know.
We’re going to start the show!
It’s the VeggieTales Show!
Bob and Larry: Live on stage!
All: It’s the VeggieTales Show!
Junior: For ev’ry age!
All: It’s the VeggieTales Show!
Mr. Lunt: I’m in a cage!
All: It’s the Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, Veggie, VeggieTales...!
(The show’s logo is lowered from the rafters and breaks from its ropes, crashing onto the stage Bob and Larry look at each other nervously.)
All: It’s the VeggieTales Show!
(The backstage of the theater is then cut to.)
Bob: Okay guys, faithfulness. Who knows what it is?
(Archibald pulls out a dictionary.)
Archibald: "Faithfulness - being reliable and trustworthy; doing what you've said you will do even if it is hard".
Madame Blueberry: Like taking care of a plant when you've said you would!!
Junior: But it was just a little plant. Why do we need to be faithful in little things?
Bob: Well, anyone?
Pa Grape: I got ya, Bob. I need Junior and Laura Carrot. And Jimmy?
(Jimmy hops in eating a doughnut.)
Jimmy: Yeah?
Pa Grape: Spike your hair and grab some sunglasses!
Jimmy: My hair?
A Plant for the Record[]
(We cut the the stage as the curtain opens to reveal the office of a recording studio, with Jimmy sitting at the desk. Jimmy then picks up the phone.)
Jimmy: Jeany, would you send in the new interns? Thanks. (hangs up phone)
(Junior and Laura hop into the office.)
Jimmy: Hey, new interns!
Junior: I'm Junior.
Laura: And I'm Laura.
Jimmy: Right, welcome to JJ Records! I'm Jimmy, one of the J's. My brother Jerry is the other J. He's in the studio cutting tracks.
(Jerry pops his head out of the studio for a second.)
Jerry: Cuttin'. Tracks. (goes back in)
Jimmy: Right. We manage the biggest bands in the world! Would you like to manage the biggest bands in the world?
Junior: I sure would!
Laura: That's why we're here!
Jimmy: Right. So I've got a job for each of you, a job that could lead to big, big things!
Junior: Great! Which band do you want me to manage first?
Laura: I'll take anything to get started!
Jimmy: Did you hear that, Jerry? So enthusiastic!
Jerry: (pops out of studio) Enthusiasm! Cuttin'! Tracks! (goes back in)
Jimmy: Right. Here's your first job, I need you to take care of these plants. (pulls out two plants)
Junior: What?!
Jimmy: You're gonna water 'em, give 'em plant food every day, and bring 'em back in a week.
Laura: It isn't exactly what I was expecting.
Junior: It isn't at all what I was expecting!
Laura: But I'd be happy to! Junior?
Junior: Uh, I guess so.
Jimmy: Great, I'll be in the studio.
Jerry: Cuttin' tracks!
(The scenery then changes to both Junior and Laura's bedrooms side by side. Junior and Laura go into their respective rooms to water their plants.)
Junior: It doesn't make sense.
Laura: It's not exactly what I want.
Junior: It's making me tense!
Laura: When I moved here from Vermont..
Junior and Laura: Thought I'd be managing a lot,
now I'm watering a pot.
Laura: But I'll do it anyway because I said I would.
I'll do it anyway because I think I should.
Junior: Either give me something big,
or I won't do it at all!
Laura: To get to something big,
I'm gonna start with something small.
(Pa Grape appears out of Laura's window, dressed up as the sun.)
Pa Grape: Both Laura and Junior were disappointed that their first job was so small, but their attitudes were very different.
Junior: I want a big job! This little job is a waste of my time!
Laura: I said I'd do it, and I'll do what I said.
To get to something big,
I'm gonna start with something small!
(Pa Grape appears in Junior's bedroom, dressed as a lamp.)
Pa Grape: Laura was faithful. She did what she said she'd do even though it wasn't what she wanted. Junior, on the other hand...
Junior: I wanna manage a band! I don't wanna babysit a plant!
Pa Grape: Laura stood faithfully by her plant, watering it every day.
(Laura waters her plant until it blooms into a beautiful flower.)
Pa Grape: Junior, on the other hand...not so much.
(Junior sits on his bed reading a magazine, while his plant withers away. The scenery changes back to the recording studio.)
Pa Grape: After a week...
Jimmy: Bring in the interns.
(Junior and Laura walk in with their plants.)
Jimmy: Looks great, Laura! I can tell you did your job faithfully.
Laura: Thank you, sir!
Jimmy: (looking at Junior's plant) Hmmm...
Junior: I think we can agree that taking care of plants isn't very important.
Jimmy: Right...
Junior: But if you give me a big job, I'll be faithful too.
Jimmy: Let me tell you two things, uh...what was your name?
Junior: Junior.
Jimmy: Junior. Number one: If I can't trust you with something small, I can't trust you with something big either.
Junior: But-
Jimmy: And number two: Sometimes, little things are really big things in disguise.
(Jimmy waters Laura's plant.)
Junior: What?
Jimmy: Looks just about ready.
(The flower sprouts into a living plant with round sunglasses.)
Ringo Plant: What a beautiful day for a bloom!
There is happiness filling the room!
Open your eyes,
and see the surprise,
a beautiful day for a bloom!
Junior and Laura: Woah!
Laura: It's a singing plant?
Jimmy: Super rare. Been working on him for years. In fact, the band should be ready now. Jeany, bring in the rest of the band.
(Miss Minchin hops in with a table of plants that look similar to the Beatles. Jimmy puts the "Ringo" plant behind the drum set as they start playing.)
Beatles Plants: What a beautiful day for a bloom!
There is happiness filling the room!
Open your eyes,
and see the surprise,
a beautiful day for a bloom!
A beautiful day for a bloom!
Junior: I didn't know the plants could sing!
Jimmy: Neither did Laura, but she was faithful anyway. And now that we've got the band, we need a manager. Laura?
Laura: What?! You want me to manage the new band?!
Jimmy: You already showed that you're faithful. If I can trust you with little things, I can trust you with big things too! Now let's go cut some tracks!
Jerry: Cuttin' tracks!
(Jimmy, Laura, and the plants head into the studio, leaving Junior all alone. Suddenly, Pa Grape emerges from the plant in the corner.)
Pa Grape: Faithfulness; Saying what you'll do, and then doin' it, even if it's hard. Even if it's not what you wanna do.
Junior: If I wanna be trusted with big things, I need to be faithful with little things too. Do you think I'll get another chance?
Pa Grape: Of course you will, Junior. Let's go watch 'em cut some tracks.
(The curtains close as the audience applauds. We then cut to the backstage.)
Bob: What a great lesson! If we wanna be trusted with big things, we need to be faithful with little things too.
Madame Blueberry: Next time, can I trust you with my plants?
Junior: Yes you can! I'll water 'em every day, no matter what!
Pa Grape: We all learned a valuable lesson! Welp, let's call it a day.
Junior: Wait! We learned that faithfulness is important with plants. Is it important with anything else?
Bob: Uh...I'm sure it is..right?
Petunia: Faithfulness is really important with friends. What if I told you there was a story in the Bible about a faithful friend?
Bob: I'd say tell us that Bible story, and make it quick, because there's nothing onstage right now!
Mr. Nezzer: Uh, I don't mean to bug you, but there's nothing onstage right now!!!
Bob: Don't worry, Mr. Nezzer, we got something.
Petunia: And it might involve you.
Mr. Nezzer: D'oh-Me?!
David and Jonathan: Act 1[]
(We cut back to the stage as Archibald hops onstage.)
Archibald: Once upon a time, there was a boy named David. You may have heard of him. He's rather famous due to an incident involving a giant.
(The curtain opens to reveal Junior, dressed as David, and Goliath in front of a backdrop of Philistines' tents.)
Goliath: I will smash you, tiny person! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! We're pretending, again!
Junior: You will not smash me, Goliath! The God of Israel will help me defeat you! I just need one smooth stone.
(Junior picks up a stone behind him.)
Goliath: You will not defeat me!
(Junior puts the stone in a slingshot, swings it around, and throws it at Goliath's head.)
Goliath: Oh, I am defeated!
(Goliath starts spinning around as Jimmy and Jerry rush onstage bringing an air mattress.)
Jimmy: Catch him, catch him!
Jerry: Incoming!
(Goliath falls over on the mattress, the impact launching Jimmy and Jerry offstage.)
Goliath: Hm, comfy!
(Jimmy and Jerry drag Goliath offstage.)
Archibald: Saving Israel from Goliath and the Philistines made David very popular.
(Jimmy, Jerry, Miss Achmetha, and Laura hop onstage.)
All: Now, David is the guy!
David is the thing!
David saved Israel with a little sling!
Archibald: David's victory also got the attention of King Saul himself, ruler of Israel!
(A tent with a throne comes rolling onstage, with Mr. Nezzer sitting on the throne.)
Jimmy: It's the king!
Jerry: King Saul!
Mr. Nezzer: It's me! I'm in the show, I'm the king! I'm the king!
Petunia: (whispering) Your lines! You've got lines!
Mr. Nezzer: Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, right, right! Well done, David! You saved Israel! As your reward, you can work with me here in the palace!
Jimmy: Wow, palace job!
Jerry: Cushy, cushy!
Junior: Okay!
(Jimmy and Jerry roll the tent offstage, as the scenery changes to a throne room.)
Archibald: So David helped King Saul in the palace, and spent a lot of time with King Saul's son, Jonathan.
(Larry hops onstage, dressed as Jonathan.)
Archibald: David and Jonathan became best friends.
Junior: Jonathan, you're my best friend!
Larry: You're my best friend too, David! (pulls out comic book) Here's the comic book I said I'd bring you, "Samson: Issue #1". It's a good one.
Junior: I can always count on you to do what you say you'll do.
Larry: I wanna be a faithful friend, so you can always trust me, David.
Junior: I do trust you, Jonathan!
Archibald: Jonathan was a faithful friend, but that faithfulness was about to be tested.
(Larry hops offstage as Mr. Nezzer hops onto his throne.)
Mr. Nezzer: David, you've been very helpful to me around the palace.
Junior: Thank you, sir.
(Jimmy, Jerry, Miss Achmetha, and Laura hop across the stage.)
All: Now, David is the guy!
David is the thing!
David saved Israel with a little sling!
Mr. Nezzer: Okay, the singing is getting a little old.
(Everyone hops back the other way, this time holding flags. They stack on top of each other like cheerleaders before going back offstage.)
All: David is the guy, David is the thing!
We like David better than the king!
Mr. Nezzer: Wait, what did they say?
Junior: Um...nothing?
(Everyone hops the other way again, holding signs of David and the king's crown.)
All: David is the guy,
David is the thing!
We like David better than the king!
Mr. Nezzer: They like you better than me?!
Junior: Um, guys, maybe you should stop-
(Everyone hops back the other way, holding the same signs, and carrying a statue of David as the king.)
All: David is the guy,
David is the thing!
We think David ought to be the king!
Mr. Nezzer: Say WHAT?!?!
(Everyone hops back the other way, holding a giant sign saying "David 4 1000 B.C.".)
All: David is the guy,
David is the thing!
We think David ought to be the king!
Mr. Nezzer: HNNNNGHH!!!
(Everyone hops back the other way, holding a giant balloon of David.)
All: David is the guy,
David is the thing!
We think David ought to be the-
(Enraged, Mr. Nezzer throws a spear at the balloon before they finish singing, which pops. Jimmy and Jerry quickly carry Junior away before anything bad can happen.)
Jerry: Run, run!
Junior: King Saul?!
(Steam blows out of Mr. Nezzer's "ears", as he imitates the sound of a train whistle.)
Archibald: David didn't know what to think. Was King Saul trying to kill him?! He went straight to his friend, Jonathan.
(The scenery changes to the outside of the palace.)
Larry: What?! No, he wouldn't! Pop wouldn't hurt you, you're my best friend!
Junior: The other guys say I need to get outta here! I need to leave right now!
Larry: It's a big misunderstanding. I'm having dinner with Pop tonight, I'll straighten it all out. Wait here 'till I come back.
Junior: Um....okay, I'll wait.
(Larry hops offstage just as Jimmy and Jerry are hopping onstage.)
Jimmy: We'll help you get away, but we need to leave right now!
Jerry: Right now, right now!
Junior: I told Jonathan I'd wait until he talks to King Saul.
Jimmy: You what?! King Saul is his dad! He's gonna tell him where you are, and then the king'll come and get ya!
Jerry: He's gonna get ya, he's gonna get ya!
Junior: But Jonathan's my friend, he says I can always trust him.
Jimmy: And you're gonna trust him with your life?!
Archibald: David wanted to be smart, he wanted to stay alive. But he also wanted to trust his friend, Jonathan. What should he do? What would you do? We'll find out right after this.
(The curtains close as the audience applauds.)
Wanna Wallaby[]
(Mr. Lunt hops onstage wearing a ringmaster's outfit.)
Mr. Lunt: And now, for your dining pleasure, from the wilds of Australia, the Wanna Wallaby!
(The curtains open to reveal an outback setting, with Larry hopping around in a wallaby costume.)
Larry: A wallaby, a wallaby, I wanna be a wallaby!
Maybe one or two or three,
if you would also wanna be a mini kangaroo you see,
is what we call a wallaby!
Doopee doo, doo, doopee, doo, whoo!
(Mr. Lunt holds out a hula hoop, which Larry jumps through a few times.)
Larry: Doop, doopee doo, doo, doo, doo, whoo!
A wallaby, a wallaby, I wanna be a wallaby!
Here is what it takes to be a Wanna Wanna Wallaby!
A pouch in front for little Jack!
A big, strong tail is out the back!
And watch out for my kick attack!
(Larry balances on his tail, and kicks around with the legs on his costume.)
Larry: Hi-ya! Whoo-ha-haaa! Whoo, ha, ha-
(Archibald, confused and angry, hops onstage.)
Archibald: Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
Larry: Huh? What?
Archibald: You're going to hurt someone with all this kicking!
Larry: But I'm a wallaby!
Archibald: You're a cucumber, in a sleeping bag.
Larry: It's not a sleeping bag.
Archibald: I see the zipper.
Larry: Wallabies have zippers.
Archibald: They do not, they have pouches. Take off that suit and get back in the show!
(Archibald hops back to his spot.)
Larry: Can I be a kookaburra?
Archibald: No!
Larry: A didgeridoo?
Archibald: Didgeri-don't even think about it!
Mr. Lunt: Well, that could've gone better.
(The curtains close as the audience applauds.)
David and Jonathan: Act 2[]
Archibald: So there we were, David. Would he trust his friend? Would he wait for Jonathan?
(The curtains open again to reveal Jimmy, Jerry, and Junior standing in front of the Philistines' tents.)
Jimmy: You gotta go, David. You gotta run!
Jerry: Run, David, run!
Junior: Jonathan has always been a faithful friend. Whatever he says he'll do, he does!
Jimmy: Yeah, but that was little stuff. This is huge!!
Junior: A friend who is faithful with little stuff
is a friend who is faithful when things get tough!
(Suddenly, they hear a door open off-screen.)
Jimmy: Uh-oh, someone's coming!
Junior: I bet it's Jonathan, just like he said!
Jimmy: Or King Saul, and he's comin' to get ya!
Jerry: Run, David, run!
Jimmy and Jerry: Aaaaahhhh!!!!
(Jimmy and Jerry run offstage, but Junior stays put. Junior turns around to see..Larry holding a sword.)
Junior: It's you, Jonathan! I knew you'd come back.
Larry: Yeah, I came back. But, um..you gotta go, David.
Junior: What?
Larry: Yeah, about that, it's, uh...it's Pop, King Saul....uh, something's wrong with him, he...he wants to hurt you.
Junior: Oh my! I guess I'd better go. Thanks for telling me, thanks for being a faithful friend.
Larry: Here, you might need this. (hands Junior the sword) David, you're gonna make a great king someday, and I'm really gonna miss you!
Junior: And I'm gonna miss you too, Jonathan. Goodbye.
Larry: (on the verge of tears) Goodbye, David!
(Junior hops offstage.)
Archibald: God used Jonathan to protect David from angry King Saul, and David did go on to be king! The best king Israel ever had, all because of a faithful friend!
(Junior hops on one of the hills, now dressed as a king. Jimmy and Jerry hop onstage.)
Jimmy and Jerry: Faithfulness is doing what we say, each and every day, even when it's hard..
(Everyone hops onstage.)
Everyone: ..to be faithful is to be someone who is true to their word in what they do, even when they're tired.
I'll be faithful happily, 'cause God shows faithfulness to me!
Faithfulness means doing what we say, each and every day.
Even when it's hard, I'll be faithful.
(Junior hops up from the hill, noticeably upset.)
Junior: Even when it's hard, I'll be faithful.
(The audience applauds.)
What Have We Learned[]
Junior: (to Madame Blueberry) I'm sorry I didn't take care of your plant like I said I would.
Madame Blueberry: It is alright! Would you like to try again with my new pelargonium? (pulls out fresh plant and hands it to Junior)
Junior: I wanna be trusted with big things, so I'm gonna be faithful in little things! Thanks, Madame Blueberry.
Bob: And that's a great lesson for you too, Ronda.
Larry: It's a great lesson for all of us!
(Jean-Claude is lowered onto the stage in his angel costume.)
Jean-Claude: I suppose you forgot the verse, eh Tomato?
Bob: What?! Of course not!...Oh. Actually, I did.
Jean-Claude: No problem! I have one for you! (tosses fortune cookie to Bob)
Larry: Thank you, verse angel!
Jean-Claude: I am nothing, if not faithful!
(Jean-Claude is lifted up to the rafters. While Bob reads the verse, Larry takes and eats the fortune cookie.)
Bob: "Luke 16:10a: 'Whoever can be trusted with small things can also be trusted with large things'.
Larry: I wanna be trusted in small things and large things! I wanna be faithful!
Bob: Me too. And don't you? Remember, God made you special...
Larry: ..and He loves you very much.
All: Goodbye!
(The audience applauds as the curtains close, and we fade to black.)
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