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Thirteen Days of Halloween, Devil's

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Night, a production of My Heart three D audio,

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from Aaron Mackey. Headphones. Recommended

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listener discretion advised. Errow

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errow, where are you? Errow

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errow? Come back to me, boy,

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please? Well?

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Oh what's

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you're running from? Son? Devil's

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out after you? No? I

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I was looking for my dog. Er Well, you

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know what time it is, young man. The

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wolves would make a fine dinner of you this late

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at night. Have you seen a dog

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gone through here? Sorry? Son, not

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tonight. Say you're

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all right? You look at tad worn

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out, like your spirit could use

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a lift. I'm

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the pastor of the church here, as

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it happens, we're having a little party tonight.

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Maybe you could come in, get out of the

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elements, get your breath.

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No, I how

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old are you? About? Thirteen

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or so? Yeah?

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No, sorry, but

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I'm really going to keep going nonsense. As

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the only truly God fearing house

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in town, it is our civic duty

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to keep you youngsters safe on a dangerous

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night such as this. No

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disrespect, but I have to

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find my dog and get home before my dear

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it all. Take a minute, young man, just

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come in. Come on, I'm

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saying, go with

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me, come on, stop being so fast,

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and my boy, look, it's

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us right there. Lovely

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church is me. It's

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the community center. Well

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it used to be, but it's ours now.

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I'm Pastor d Aquila,

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and that there is the Church of Revelation.

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We are a small but mighty

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congregation. Say,

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young man, are you a

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believer? I don't know.

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Well, you look like a follower to me, son. We

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always welcome new members, and tonight is a

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special night. It's all about the

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children, you see. What better

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way to keep them out of mischief than with a little

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fun of games. It so happens

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that we're one short for tonight's festivities,

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and I think you'll make a perfect addition

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to the party.

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Everyone gather

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around this here

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is Say, I

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didn't get your name, young man Max

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Max. Yes, this here

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is Max, and he'll be joining

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our little party tonight. Uh

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Hi, Happy

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Halloween. Oh

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my, what a handsome young

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man. Goodness,

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you have such strong shoulders. You must

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be quite a bit of physical labor. Say

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how old are you? Max?

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This is my wife, Helen, Helen,

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This is Max. He'll

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be joining us tonight, and I

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think he's about Yeah,

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close enough, Listen. I

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never said I was going to any party.

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Oh, yes, yes, yes, he's perfect.

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Welcome to the Church of Revelation.

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Max. I've got such a nice

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party plan for tonight. We've already

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started bobbing for apples and Calvin

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did the funny the Calvin. Yes,

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Miss Helen, this is Calvin.

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Look what an amusing ghost costume

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he's made. You'll

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be able to make your own costume to Max. Isn't

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that fun? So fun?

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And Calvin will help you. I don't

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want to make a costume, Chigen.

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This is Max. He'll be joining our little

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party tonight. Everyone

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show him how to play the games. Calvin,

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you first show Max how to look like a

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ghost. Yes, miss Helen.

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Miss Helen said I should cut up these bed sheets.

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Miss Helen gave me this knife. Miss

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Helen said it would be scary to cut holes

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in the sheets. Miss

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Helen, Treasures is very fun. Please

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Max, make yourself comfortable for

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there's nowhere to sit. You

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don't have any furniture. What's

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the star painted on the floor? Oh,

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don't cross it now, that's for later. Just settle

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on in and I'll be right back to check on you.

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Oh isn't she something?

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Well, Max, this here

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is our humble house of worship. I

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bet you wonder now it all came to be. I

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really wasn't well. I always wanted

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to be a preacher man, you know, even

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when I was your age seminary

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school by fourteen in the pulpit

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soon after that, from prayer, breakfast

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to tent revivals. I knew the Gospels

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by heart, Matthew Mark

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Thomas facilities. And

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yet it seemed to me that something was

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missing. God wasn't speaking

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to me, Max, or maybe I wasn't

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ready to listen. And then

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everything changed on one

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very special mission trip. You

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know, Max, there

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are places in this world that are not

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aren't any man names.

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I could say that you would never recognize.

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I could tell you where, but you wouldn't

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believed me if I did not.

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So terribly far away, minds

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you, And yet a world apart

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from this one. It

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was to one of these strange and wild

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lands that I soldier. And

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you know what I found. I

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can't say I do. Not a

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Bible in the library, not

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a crucifix in sight. Terribly

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godless, I thought at first, But

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how wrong I was. It

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was there, away from everything I thought

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I knew that I met the people. You

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might think of them as some ancient tribe, but they

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are much more than that, those

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still in touch in direct communication

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with higher power, power of

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consequence. I

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gave up everything I had,

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everything I thought I knew, to live among them,

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to sing the songs, practiced

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their rights, uncover their mysteries.

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And I came to learn that they doing fat

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to have a god, though not quite

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like the one we worship here. The

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old God is a vicious one, but also

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a given one, a god

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who enjoys a good game. What

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kind of games? Why? Games

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for children? Of course. Now

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gather round, children, It's

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time for the first game of the evening.

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Come now, children, this way,

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Max, towards these crates. Now

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you all know this town, this

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state, this country to

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be a brown wasteland growing

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nothing but weeds. But

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imagine, in your agile minds are thriving

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forest of yellow stocks, and

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find before you the bountiful

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harvest of our prosperous fields

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corn rock horn.

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Yes, Max, our success

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depends on it. The game

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is simple. Each of you must shock

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twenty stocks, and the

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last finish is our up

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fern, up fern.

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It just means looser, get

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ready, everybody, Cliff, stop

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the music? Yes, faster?

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Which song was it again? Come

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on, Cliff, it's the last

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one we looked at. Uh

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here it is already.

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Off we go. Good luck

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kids again.

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Chuck chuck, chuck,

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shuck, shuck, shuck

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shuck. It's horn

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is so tough. Use

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your thuns. Acts like your life depends

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on it. Haven't you have a shucked corn before?

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Yes? But there's something wrong

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with this corn, Madison.

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How are you having any problems with your corn? Now?

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Miss Allen? How about you calling

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well miss Helen? Well, then perhaps

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you just got a tough bat J Mack. Great

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job, children, Yes, we

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will offer this corn up to our God

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in hopes of a prosperous harvest

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in the new year. Sorry,

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Max, looks like you're one step toward

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being the up. And what

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what is that game two?

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Bring in the wall? Well?

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What? Look?

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I really need to get home before my mom worries.

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Nonsense, Max, We really

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love having you here. Confidentially,

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may I ask you something? Uh?

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Okay, tell me do

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you wish to be saved? I'm

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not sure you know we're talking about of course

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not. We were all once

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blind to our God's holy plan. Let

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me put it another way, Max,

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Do you feel alone in this world? No?

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Do you feel trapped in here?

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I do? Well. We can help you, Max in

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a way we already have. Now

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reach into this sack of wool. Uh

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Is this another game? Yes? Lad,

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we have cleansed the flora and now must

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make the faun of pure for the lord

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of harvest and field. All

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right, children, Now for this game,

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we race to see who can pull nits and

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nuts from the wool of sheep. That's

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the worst game I've ever heard of. Just

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as well, children, you know only

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of this famished land livestock

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that is sick, feeble, unable to

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support the pharmer's who tend to it. But

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take up and little hands the finest

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coats of the fairest sheep, and

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cleanse it of imperfection. Yes,

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children, she she

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shame, share, share,

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share ship. What's

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the matter? Bat? You look like you've

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never done this before. I

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haven't, well, son, This

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wool here has given up an offering to

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our guy, who returns his

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blessings tinfold with healthy beasts

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the following season. Why

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is it all wet? Three? Two

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one? Put your wall down? Everyone,

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alright, kids, let's see who

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has the most wall clean and who's

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up for let's go around. Oh

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my, you shared quite a bit

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this go round. Calvin the Lord

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will be quite impressed. Good

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job, Clarence, Well,

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someone had trouble with his wall.

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I've never picked knits. Well,

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that sounds like something i'd offered. Would

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say, Oh

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dear, you've got him ntorist their

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poor little thing in a waste of

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perfectly good blood. Quick,

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let's get some eye dot on that this.

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Well, Cliff, slow

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going there, Amax? How

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is this a game? How is any of

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this connected? Well? Now,

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I'm hardly an expert on such things,

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but maybe you really can't find salvation

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pick advice from wool? Something

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here is off? What's

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wrong with these people? Which

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is kids? Hesitate

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to guess? But

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I can't stop them? You know, no,

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no, no more killing. You

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promised, and I will

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keep that promise. What did

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you want to play like that? You know?

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I was worried I couldn't pull it off, But

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I think I'm doing a bang up job, Max,

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giving up? So soon go

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along, play your part. I will

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not let them hurt you. And just what

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are you doing over here? Talking to old Cliff?

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Well? The boy wants to be an organist when

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he grows up, when he grows

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up? Right, right,

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come on down, Max, back to the game. Oh

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the door is locked. You

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gotta keep the unholy out. I

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don't want to play any more games. Okay,

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no more games? Then how

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about some punch? No, no

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more? I just want to go home. Clarence,

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you who will you serve? Max?

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Here? Some punch? Yes? Past?

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What is this stuff? It's

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kind of right? Ms?

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Allens? Does it taste very good? What

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does it taste like? I think

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it tastes like nothing? Lovely

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pastor? H What now,

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Cliff? I need you to

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look over this new music for tonight.

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Fine, just a moment now,

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just relax, Max, enjoy

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your punch. We'll be starting the ceremony

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soon. Hey, Clarence,

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what's fine? That door in the back? Ms

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Allens says we're not supposed to go in there? Only

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adults? Is there a way out?

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Ms? Allens has The only way out is belief?

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Right? Thanks

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for the hope. M hmm?

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What is this? Please? What

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are all of these glades?

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Who is it? Who goes there? Oh?

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It's marks. You're just in

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time, dear boy, by which I mean

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you're early. What which

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with all these knives, aren't

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they beautiful? The pastor brought

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these back from his visit with the people. Just

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another game, Max, Did the pastor tell you

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why we play these games? He said,

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God likes games. Yes,

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yes he does, makes very very good. This

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country is falling upon war

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is constantly upon us. The economy

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is in shambles. There is no hope for a human

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kind on this earth. God's

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kingdom is the only salvation for

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our souls now. But in

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the meantime, we shall not succumb to

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famine, disease, destitution.

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We will not let these port chill, durn suffer.

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It is our duty to care for the

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instant. Folks today know

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only how to take. But long

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ago the people knew that to receive,

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you have to be willing to give. We

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only need follow their example to

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play their games to ensure our

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survival. Full fields of corn,

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pastors teeming with livestock, and

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oceans of black goal below the ground.

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It's already been proven true, Max, And

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it's a bargain. Only one sacrifice

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a year. What kind

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of sacrifice, oh

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Max, Only the sacrifice

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of the Oxford. Oh

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Max, you didn't drink your punch,

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You probably regret that children

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tie him up. Children,

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all of you, well, blade cliff

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would you begin to him? Yes,

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fastor, our

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ancient Lord, Your

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holy oblation has given us life,

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and so we reflect it tonight

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in remembrance of you. When

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tempted by the other, inspire

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me to be taken as an unworthy sacrifice.

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When burdened by envy, let

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me become an instrument of your file,

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so that you may continue to bless

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us. We offer this young man as

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holy apt may

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his blood, along with these offerings of flora

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and fauna, please you and promise

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us another year of bounty. What

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is it, Clifford? What's round?

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I don't know? Pastor says,

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allow things to not shortires?

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Whose who can need? From the slower

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room? Agent? It

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is It is us, Yes, Lord,

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It is us, the lord

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of the field and forest and

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the rock and br which has

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brought the own of us, overs

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of shadow, and he

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who may not be made he

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bls the shadow. Yes,

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yes, Lord, And it is I Pastor

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d herts soul of man.

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You will be found my setuary

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with the un worthy sacrifice.

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What I forgive

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me? Father? I I don't understand. We

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thought he was perfect. It's perfect. Just like

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all the others will

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do as a command. This

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sucrifice is insulations.

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Yes, Father, I'm sorry,

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my Lord. We beg your forgiveness. Friends

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get gone, disgusting boy, the

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Lord finds you foul. Please

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forgive us, Father? What would appease

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you better? Force?

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Two would make wordy

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sacrifices? Only

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two you You

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will want us Lord

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a sacrifice? No, not again?

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Not again? Yes

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nor no yes

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Lord, Oh no, no, yes

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Lord. Thirteen

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Days of Halloween Devil's Night,

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starring Carter Rockwood and Clancy

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Brown. Episode eight, The Church,

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written by Trevor Young, Nicholas Takowski,

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and Alexander Williams. Editing

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and sound design by Trevor Young, featuring

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the voices of Clayton Ferris, Laura

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Shine, Gina Rikiki, and Lauren

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Vogelbaum. Directed by Alexander

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Williams, Script supervision by

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Nicolas Takowski. Casting by

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Sunday Bowling c s A and Meg

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Mormon c s A. Production coordinator

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Wayna Calderon. Production assistants

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Zoe Shay and Amber Ferris. Animal

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recording by Ben James, closing

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theme by Rose Azerti. Loyalty

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Freak Music dot Com recorded

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at d G Entertainment in Los Angeles,

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California. Engineered by Gary Forbes

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and Jody Abbott. Executive

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Alexander Williams. Supervising

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