If this play is performed in a church, it would be best to have the characters walk down different aisles from the back of the church to the chancel for their entrances. They should exit the same way. On a stage, any number of variations of this idea may be used.

Three people are standing at different points, away from center stage.

1: I’ve been in the wilderness for forty days.

2: I’ve been in the wilderness for twenty years!

3: [Pause] We’ve all been in the wilderness a long time.

1: And we’re hungry.

2: The wilderness is harsh,

3: And cold and lonely; and food is hard to find.

1: There’s no way out; no escape.

2: We’re lost, but we know where we are.

3: The wilderness is no place to be, but we have little choice.

2: The wilderness is easy to find, but we don’t need the wilder…