The First Rivals
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BOY and GIRL nearly come to blows competing for who GRANDPA loves more, until Grandpa arrives and gently corrects them: he loves them both the same. To help them understand sibling rivalry, he turns the stage over to a SNAIL and two CROWS, who stumble onto the aftermath of the first sibling rivalry of all — Cain's murder of his brother Abel — and piece together what happened from the blood-soaked ground. When the children return, Grandpa helps them see that jealousy is something to confess and let go of, not something to act on.
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