Psalm 1, or The Happy Tree
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CHILD 1 is miserable—parents fighting, phone taken away, nothing to do. CHILD 2 and CHILD 3 try to interest them in trees, and in Psalm 1. When CHILD 1 falls asleep, two talking trees play out the psalm’s metaphor: TREE 2 is struggling in dry rocks; TREE 1 introduces her to the Gardener, who moves her to good soil and water. CHILD 1 wakes up changed by the dream—and begins to understand that Jesus is the Gardener, the good earth, and the water all at once.
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