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THE SPARK OF CREATION:

I AM A KEEPER OF THE FLAME.
WE THINK ALL WE WANT
IS A LIFETIME OF LEISURE,
EACH PERFECT DAY THE SAME
ENDLESS, VACATION
WELL, THATS ALL RIGHT, IF YOURE A KIND OF
CRUSTACEAN,
BUT WHEN YOURE BORN WITH AN IMAGINATION,
SOONER OR LATER, YOURE FEELING THE FIRE
GET HOTTER AND HIGHER
(EVE reaches upwards into the LIGHT, as if a baptis of creation was
being poured o!er her" A !er# sii$ar iage is repeated at the end of
A%T &'E, as EVE ta(es her $ast breath)
THE SPARK OF CREATION!
(There is a s$ither# o!eent in the branches of the tree and a sibi$ant
V&I%E accopan#ing it*)
SNAKE - ROGER
Exss!sss" #".
(The +T&,-TELLE,+ ha!e conspired together to for the +'A.E,
fi!e or ore of the coprising its for, with the $ines di!ided up
between the" The actors who p$a# the parts of +HE/, HA/,
A-+HA, APH,A and -&'AH in A%T T0& are $i(e$# to be the
best candidates for this 1ob)
EVE
(+tart$ed)
W$%s &$'&(
SNAKE - ROGER
I# sss% sss%))*. I& +'s,& #* -,&",&-%, &% sss&')&." *%!, /!& I %!.0,& )"s-sss&
.-s&",-,1 &% *%!) 2!"sss&-%,s.
EVE
S,'3"s 0%,& &'.3.
SNAKE - ROGER
Sss4"-'. sss,'3"s 0%.
EVE
T$"* 0%(
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SNAKE - ROGER
S,'3"s 's3 2!"sss&-%,s, &%%. S$'.. I 's3 *%! s%#"(
EVE
O$, *"sss I #"',, *"s.
SNAKE - ROGER
W$'& $'44",s &% &$" s!, '5&") -& s"&s(
(EVE thin(s for a oent, entranced b# this thought)
EVE
I 0%,& 3,%+. W$'&(
SNAKE - ROGER
H")"s ',%&$") %,". W$")" 0%"s #!s- 1% '5&") *%!6" .-s&","0 &% -&(
(Again, EVE is 3uite de$ighted b# the 3uestion)
EVE
W$")"(
SNAKE - ROGER
W$'& /"%#"s %5 0)"'#s +$", *%!)" ,%& 's.""4(
(And that does it" EVE is eseri4ed and hoo(ed)
EVE
O%%%$, *%! 0% 's3 &$" #%s& 0".--%!s 2!"s&-%,s.
SNAKE ALL (ROGER, EMILY, CASSIE, HOLLY & DAN)
(+ug$#)
T$',3sss.
EVE
D% *%! 3,%+ &$" ',s+")s(
SNAKE - ROGER
O$! S% *%!)" ,%& 7!s& -,&")"s&"0 -, 2!"s&-%,s. Y%!)" -,&")"s&"0 -, ',s+")s, &%%. Y%!
')" '#/-&-%!sss
#9 In Pursuit Of Excellence (Snake, Eve)
IVE BEEN WATCHING YOU FOR A WHILE NOW,
MY PRETTY LITTLE MISSSS,
%hi$dren &f Eden Page 56
AND IVE GOT TO TELL YOU THISSSS:
YOU MAKE ME WANT TO HISSSSS.
YOUR AIMLESS CURIOSITY
IS FAST BECOMING TIRESOME.
KNOWLEDGE, DEAR, IS POWER 8
AND ITS HIGH TIME YOU AC9UIRE SOME!
DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM 8
LESSON ONE FOR FREE.
REPEAT IT AFTER ME:
(The +'A.E begins to dance)
IM IN PURSUIT OF E:CELLENCE.
E:CELLENCE IT WHAT I WISH.
ONCE, I WAS A FECKLESS DREAMER;
NOW, NO BEING IS SUPREMER.
WHY WASTE TIME
WALLOWING IN IGNORANCE(
WHY BE <UST A BIG FAT FISH
IN A TINY LITTLE POND(
LOOK BEYOND!
AND IF THE 9UICKEST ROUTE
MEANS A TASTE OF FORBIDDEN FRUIT,
WHAT THE HEY! ITS ALL IN PURSUIT
OF E:CELLENCESSSS.
(The +'A.E entwines itse$f around EVE" THE- 7A'%E together)
TIME FOR SOME SOPHISTICATING,
ITS NO SIN TO BE SCINTILLATING
SNAKE - ROGER
L"&s 4.'* 2!"s&-%,s '1'-,. I5 G%0 #'0" '.. &$-ssss
(Loo(s round at the garden)
+$% #'0" G%0(
EVE
I 0%,& 3,%+.
SNAKE - EMILY
W$'&s be#ond &$" 1')0",(
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(EVE is becoing addened with frustration as the +'A.E pi$es on
the 3uestion9pressure)
EVE
I 0%,& 3,%+!
SNAKE - HOLLY
I5 &+% )',"s ."'6" E0", '& &$" s'#" &-#", ',0 %," %5 &$"# &)'6".s '& s"6", &-#"s
&$" s4""0 %5 &$" %&$"), $%+ .%,1
EVE
S&%4 -&! T".. #" $%+ &% 5-,0 &$" ',s+")s.
SNAKE DAN & CASSIE
Y%!)" '/s%.!&".* s!)" *%! +',& &% 3,%+(
EVE
Y"s!
SNAKE ALL (ROGER, EMILY, CASSIE, HOLLY & DAN)
T$", 7!s& "'& %," %5 these!
(7rops a piece of go$den, g$istening fruit into her hand)
EVE
O$, ,%, I ',&.
(Ginger$# hands the fruit bac( to the +'A.E)
SNAKE - ROGER
W$* ,%&(
EVE
W" 4)%#-s"0.
SNAKE - ROGER
R"'..*( Y%! 4)%#-s"0 ,%& &% 0% s%#"&$-,1 &$'& +%!.0 #'3" *%! s#')&")( B!&
+$* +%!.0 s%#"%," -,s-s& %, s!$ ' 4)%#-s"(
(This is ore of a worr#ing 3uestion than an e:citing one, but EVE
ponders it a$$ the ore serious$#)
EVE
I 0%,& 3,%+.
SNAKE
SO DONT BE SUCH A STIFF.