SETTING: Seven children gathered in a courtyard garden for conversation

TIME: Christ's ministry

JOHN: Who is he?

KEITH: Who is who?

JOHN: Him ... the one you are talking about?

PETER: Just be quiet.

JULIE: As you know, my father is a Pharisee.

JENA: As is my father.

KEITH: How could we not know?

CHRIS: You tell us every time.

JOHN: What is a MESS-I-A?

PETER: Quiet. Go play. We know they are Pharisees.

JULIE: My father believes he is just nothing more than another crazy cause leader.

JENA: Indeed. You know ... the kind who just always go from city to city causing trouble ... always trying to get the poor people upset, angry ...

KEITH: My mother won't let me near him. She keeps me in whenever he is around.

PETER: Why is that?

KEITH: Something about the company he keeps, and some "bad" women friends.

JOHN: Wh…