Summary: This sketch was initially performed at a children’s holiday Bible club which focused on the story of Joseph. 2 cows discover they are part of Pharoah’s dream as Joseph explains what it means.
Style: light-hearted. Duration: 5min
Actors: 2m, 1F
Scripture reference: Genesis 41
Characters: Buttercup (cow)
Daisy(cow)
Joseph
Script
Setting: the banks of the Nile
(enter Daisy, drying herself with a towel)
Daisy: Ooh, that was a lovely swim! I feel all fresh and reinvigorated!
(enter Buttercup, drying himself with a towel)
Buttercup: You’re not wrong there, Daisy.
(The 2 cows sit down. Buttercup starts to chew on Daisy’s leg)
Daisy: What are you doing?
Buttercup: Oooh, I don’t know what’s come over me. I’ve suddenly got this craving for beef!
Daisy: Get off me, you cannibal!
Buttercup: Canni-bull! Ha ha! Good joke Daisy!
Daisy: I am not joking. Get off me!
Buttercup: I can’t help it. It tastes so good! But no matter how much I eat, I still feel hungry. Got to eat more…
Daisy: Oh tell me I’m dreaming. This is a bad dream – a nightmare!
(enter Joseph)
Joseph: You’re right.
Buttercup and Daisy: Eh?
Joseph: It is a dream.
Daisy: As I thought. Whoever heard of cows swimming in the Nile?
Buttercup: And whoever heard of cows eating other cows? But beef does taste good…
Daisy: Don’t you dare! Now get out of my dream, Buttercup, and leave me alone!
Joseph: It’s not your dream. It’s Pharoah’s dream.
Daisy: Pharoah?
Buttercup: So, who are you, and what are you doing here?
Joseph: I’m Joseph. I’ve been asked to interpret this dream.
Buttercup and Daisy: Eh?
Joseph: It’s a long story. Basically, Pharoah has been having terrible dreams. God has given me the gift of being able to interpret dreams. Someone has told Pharoah I can do this and so here I am.
Daisy: So what is this dream all about then?
Joseph: It’s a tricky one, but it seems to me that there are going to be 7 years of good harvests followed by 7 years of famine.
Buttercup: That doesn’t sound too good.
Joseph: No, but at least God has given us a warning. If Pharoah can find a man to organise things to store up food in the good years, then we should have plenty to keep us going through the bad years.
Daisy: That sounds like a good plan.
Buttercup: That sounds like a very good plan. (As they all exit) Here, Joseph, tell us more about this plan.
Joseph: Technically, I shouldn’t really be speaking to you as you are a figment of someone else’s imagination…
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