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    Interlude 1 Dark-to-dawn forest dance.

    [From darkness to Red dawn. Music. The Greenwood trees

    branches move and sigh. In the predawn shadows creatures

    leap about the forest landscape. Forest characters and the

    Animal Band can remain in scene when the EcoMystics are

    present. The owl puppet, Balthazar, flaps its wings. Robin

    stands in bangarang fashion and crows (i.e. fists on hips,

    legs apart, chest up). All disappear except a moth puppet

    (operated by Moth) fluttering around the poster and a fox

    puppet (which is actually Foxfires fox hat) watching the

    moth from his hole. Music down.]

    Interlude 2 Wizard Greets the Sun

    Moth: That human has the spark of seeing.

    [The tree moves. Merwood appears in the trees crevice. He

    holds a stone bowl burning incense. Moth, Robin and Foxfire

    enter wearing masks. Robin wears a Green Man mask. Other

    forest creatures can move about. The Animal Band plays a

    morning song.]

    Merwood: Love be all and life my call! Unseen forces of

    life! Help humans see wild entities. Lift the veil of dull

    circumstance. Awaken deep-magic sentience. Cast wide the

    doors of perception. Knit and weave consciousness till all

    pass beyond believing into forever seeing. Drink in the

    first rays of the Sun! Welcome Sun!

    All: Welcome Sun! [Morning song continues. Lights brighten.Sunrays stream over audience. Merwood disappears back into

    the Greenwood tree. Characters lift their masks. Fox chases

    Moth around. She is playful but wont let him catch her.

    She climbs the silks up into the tree.]

    Background score for the fight:Robin: Have at you! [He and Foxfire play fight capoeira-

    style. (Capoeira is a style of fighting in which the

    combatants keep space between them and react as if their

    opponent had hit them. Its style is similar to break

    dancing). Moth retrieves food from the bivouac and thenshares fruit and bread and tea].

    Foxfire: Any meat?

    Effect sound for falling:Foxfire: Ill handle it. Ill dismantle it. Until then I

    suppose Ill fall into the familiar comfort of a lover. [He

    tries to lean on Moth who lets him fall].

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    Moth: We live simply in harmony with the green world. What

    else can we do? [She falls comfortably against Robin.]

    Forest spirit echo:Moth: A powerful spirit of place resides here.

    Moth calls to the Faerie Queen:Moth: The tea is lovely. Mint and lavender, yum! [A toast.]

    When humans learn what mythic symbols mean, they will see

    the Faerie Queen.

    Robin: The Faerie Queen!

    Magic of Moonlight:

    Moth: Cool your fiery nature, Fox. We are but mystics who

    understand the magic of moonlight.

    Underscore the capoeira:Robin: Luckily, were friends! [They play a few capoeira

    moves.]

    Foxfire: Bring it! Lets match their destruction, with our

    chaos!

    Robin: The forest needs you free.

    Foxfire: Im tricky; theyll not catch me.

    Robin: Our goal is wider than this one road. What reaches

    into the human heart and opens it to love, frees it from

    fear?

    Foxfire: Nothing Ive ever seen. Too many humans, too much

    fear.

    Moth: Some humans care. I wandered into town by moonlight.Many humans are gathered there to protest this road. Yawn!

    Now off to bed in swaying branches. This faerie sleeps best

    in warm sunlight streams. [They still fight. She

    stretches.]

    Merwoods entrance, tree creaks and sighs, underscore of his vision thatMoth dances to:Merwood: [Entering, peering from tree crevice.] All are

    born of the green world and all return to its roots after a

    short span of days. [Emerging from tree.] Come closer, my

    apprentice, young Moth.Moth: Merwood.

    Merwood: I had a vision lightning struck the Greenwood

    tree. [The Greenwood tree creaks and moves a little.]

    Moth: Tell me.

    Merwood: In my vision, all sorts of creatures emerged from

    the tree. They were dancing around the glade.

    Moth: Like this? [She dances.]

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    Merwood: Yes, yes! They danced through the forest and out

    into the town.

    Robin: Do the creatures re-grow the forest, Merwood?

    Merwood: The forest spreads its arms to once again embrace

    the land, stretching its long fingers to the sea.

    Moth: Surely this vision will come to pass.

    Foxfire: [Chanting and dancing with Robin and Moth.] The

    earth, the wind, the fire, the water, return, return,

    return! [Repeat with EcoMystics].

    Robin: Im glad we banded together. How lucky I am to have

    friends who share my love of the Greenwood! I feel rich.

    [Owl cry: Whoo-hoo!]

    Underscore the exit:

    Foxfire: [Foxfire has lifted some of the survey markers and

    is using them as daggers.] Does anyone smell bacon?

    Moth: [Scrambles up the Greenwood Tree on her silks.

    Merwood retreats back into his tree.] Away, away on Hermes

    quicksilver wings. Comes here the Sheriff of Nottingham.

    Robin: My Nemesis! [Darts into bivouac.] Foxfire, down your

    hole. Moth, keep hidden! Merwood? Disappeared, have you?

    Lances theme:Scene 3 The Evil Sheriff

    Lance: [Enters cautiously with poster to tack onto tree.]

    Lances theme:

    [Makes sure hes alone, then talks to the forest.] TheForest spirits hide by day, a knight can get lost in its

    night. Forests eat humans, beware! Who can brave the wolf

    that watches the world of the woods: inhabited by the

    ghosts of the gods, by creatures, by tree spirits, by gum,

    by beech, by Greenwood tree? [Play fights, and lunges and

    laughs] Sir Lance-a-lots armor glints blinding light from

    the sun. He rescues the kingdom from the evil grip of greed

    and stupidity! Ha!

    Walkie-Talkie effect:

    [Walkie-talkie crackles. Lance screams.] Ahhh! [Lancechecks the time while answering the page and straightens

    his appearance.] Time for my meeting with Kingson. [Walkie-

    Talkie crackles.] Sheriff Lance, here. [Crackle.] Authur

    Kingsons there? Im on my way. [Crackle.] I posted the

    notice. [Crackle.] Well, you can tell Kingson, the Sheriff

    of Nottingham answers only to the Sheriff of Nottingham!

    [Crackle.] Wait, dont say that. [Crackle.] What I said.

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    Dont say what I said. [Crackle.] The part about, answering

    to... [Crackle.] Listen! Let me deal with Kingson. Sheriff,

    out. [To the Forest:] If you know whats good for you,

    youll be out of here by morning. Of course some of you

    cannot flee. [Pats the Greenwood tree and exits running.]

    Ecomystics theme for entrance:

    Scene 4 EcoMystics must leave by dawn.

    [Moth flies down on her silks. Foxfire comes out of his

    den.]

    Robins theme:

    Robin: [He jumps up and stands bangarang style.] Fear not

    this black road, brave Robin! Tis a grand adventure. I do

    believe I will get to fight the evil Sheriff!

    Fire in rocket stove effect:

    Foxfire: Rubbish. Im famished. [Goes to rocket stove to

    make food.]

    Robins theme:

    Robin: [Picks up his bow.] Where is the bulls eye of our

    target? Where should I aim my last arrow to split the tree?

    Robins theme:

    Robin: [Pause. Mimes shooting an arrow.] Bulls eye! Lets

    call the protestors to us like the merry men of old!

    Moths theme:Moth: I can make a wind to blow them here, but all my power

    comes from moonlight. After nightfall, I will call without

    harm or spell or charm.

    Merwoods (Greenwood Trees) theme:

    Merwood: [Greenwood tree creeks. Merwood comes out.] Moth?

    I fell asleep. My dreams disturb me.

    Moth: I collected dewdrops from little cowslips this dawn;

    wound the flowers round my fingers till they gave sweet

    essence to this faerie tea. And leaves of mint and purple

    elder berries, my wizard guide.Merwood: How sweet. Your tattered heart mends with every

    midnight, faerie!

    Foxfires trouble theme:

    Merwood: Your strong connection to its spirit. [Accepts tea

    from Foxfire.] It has been foretold to me in my dream.

    Foxfire: Its always dreams and visions with you, old man.

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    I need substance. Something I can fight with.

    Merwood: [He gives Foxfire a necklace with a stone set in a

    spiral woodcarving.] When you hear something is a vision,

    you instantly assume it is unreal, but I tell you that the

    visions are more real than we are.

    Foxfire: Will it keep me out of trouble? Out of traps?

    Merwood: Yes, except for the trouble you make for yourself.

    [Silence while they listen to morning bird sounds]. Dive

    deeper, Foxfire. With imagination you can touch the

    mysterious. What gifts befall may be grace, peace, spirit,

    prescience. The events of this day attempt to confound our

    wisdom. Promise to stay out of trouble, Foxfire?

    Foxfire: Unless Im thrown into it, Ill stay out of it.

    Robin: We must find a way to keep Sherwood safe.

    Merwood: The spirit of the Greenwood is strong.

    Foxfire: May the forest be with you.

    Robins theme:

    Robin: Do I? Well, this is a day like any other.

    Merwood: Yes, but it is also a day like none other.

    Robin: A day we learned they plan to cut through Sherwood

    Forest at dawn.

    Moth: Dont say it. When you say it, it makes it come true.

    Robin: A day upon which all our hearts depend. We will

    carve out our destinies.

    Moth: My hearts a flutter!

    Robin: Hark! A day Robin and the EcoMystics stopped a road

    through the legendary Forest of Sherwood!

    [Owl cry: Whoo-Hoo]

    EcoMystics exit:

    Merwood: What is it, Balthazar? Who comes? [EcoMystics hide

    themselves.]

    Robins theme:

    Robin: Youve given me an idea, Peter, we could invite

    everyone to a celebration here tonight. We need more Merry

    Humans to stop the road!Peter: Can I wear tights? Could everyone wear tights?

    Robin: You could ask.

    Moths theme:Moth: [From the tree. Shes been listening.] It will be

    bright in the forest tonight. The moon is fully faced!

    Merwood: Moth, this is our new companion, Peter. [Peter

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    does a spit take.]

    Moth: [Lowers herself by her silks.] Oh! Are you staying

    with us?

    Peter: Youre real. I thought you were a fantasy like I was

    seeing faeries.

    Moth: [Giggles.] Maybe you were. I am fantastical. Want to

    come up for tea in my tree house?

    Peter: I cant fly like you.

    Peters gamer sounds going into Moths aerial danceMerwood: I must contemplate young Peters idea. It has

    sparked something in my mind. [Merwood exits into tree

    during Interlude. Video game-like images of Peter and the

    EcoMystics may appear on the screens. Peter-as-Link chooses

    between the weird wizard and the fantastic faerie and

    climbs ladder up into tree. Music mimics gamer sounds.]

    Interlude 3 Moths Aerial Dance.

    [Robin plays a tune on his pipes. The Animal Band plays

    with him. Moth aerial dances for Peter. Marian walks on to

    this tune.]

    Robins song....currently formless could also be performed by the bandand have vocals. The theme should be feed your wild self to continuethe plotline of releasing Peter from his digital cage. Peter can be furtherinvolved since his next move is to refuse at first to come with Wendy.

    End of scene 9:

    Gliss for MothMoth: Lets! [Coming down] I have some flower garlands Ive

    been making. Ill decorate. Is this the lady?

    Robin and Marians theme:

    Moth: Merwood, come with me. You can wake up while were

    walking. [They exit. They can re-enter to set the tea and

    hang garlands as Robin and Marian talk.]

    Marian: I feel Ive fallen among mad people and the tea

    party has yet to begin.

    Robin: Would you like to walk with me to the EverlastingWells?

    Marian: The little crystal caves? I fell asleep there once

    and had an amazing dream.

    Robin: Tell me as we walk.

    Marian: Do we have time before the tea party?

    Robin: Time moves differently at the Wells. We could stay a

    year at the Wells and return in the same hour.

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    Marian: Will you ever leave here?

    Robin: If I did, I would miss myself.

    Marian: I wonder how it feels to live without crossing a

    road.

    Robin: It feels like time goes on forever. Time is slow

    enough for me to see the Greenwood changing. I have time to

    understand who I am.

    Marian: My town would miss me, if I left.

    Robin: If you came to live wild in the woods?

    Marian: [She laughs.] What a thought!

    Robin: If the road rips through here tomorrow, Ill choose

    to live near the river. Ill be cut off from the Wells.

    Marian: This could be your last chance to visit the Wells?

    Robin: [Offers his arm.] My first chance to be alone with

    you.

    Marian: [Laughs] What will that be like?

    Robin: Ecstasy?

    Marian: How can we stop the road, Robin?

    Robin: By clearing the idea of it from of our minds. You

    were going to tell me your dream.

    Interlude 4 Setting for tea.

    [As they exit. Music under. Moth is hanging garlands.

    Forest creatures assist in adding vine and flower garlands

    to the glade. Her voice can echo through the forest and she

    can be off stage by the end of this. Images of the dream

    may appear the screens. The Forest creatures may act this

    out.]Marian: I had fallen asleep at the Everlasting Wells on a

    bank of violets. In my dream, I opened my eyes. The forest

    around me had changed. The trees were magnificent, ancient.

    I had the feeling I had traveled back in time. I wandered

    into town. Everything looked so, was so, natural. A little

    village made out of natural materials nestled at the edge

    of the forest. The people I met there were happy and

    friendly. They seemed too advanced for me to believe I was

    in the past. I asked an old man what year it was. He told

    me I was in the future. [Echo: the future, the future.]

    End Robin and Marians theme.

    The theme for the tea party should be a slowed down version

    to the frenetic song they will dance to at the end of this

    scene and could also be like the ending song that the

    audience will dance to. This is modeling for the audience.

    The chant the earth the wind the fire the water return

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    return return and the final chant run a forest through the

    town are both possibly reflected in this song. One other

    song that could be incorporated in its creation could be To

    the Greenwood

    [Animal Band plays. The tea is set by Forest creatures. A

    short break can be given to the audience especially if they

    can be served tea! Merwood practices some enchantments on

    the space. The table is a section of a tree set on stumps.]

    Merwood: [Music continues.] Come Spirit of the Forest.

    Infuse our hearts. Love and life be all. Forest hear my

    call.

    [Afternoon. Music soft under and in and out through out the

    tea party (same theme as the ending song). Moth and Merwood

    sit at the table that is spread with fresh berries, edible

    flowers, leaves, cheeses, honey and wine. The cups are hand

    hewn. Plates are leaves. Moth has flowers in her hair and

    places a lay of flowers around Merwoods hat. She gives

    similar presents to the other guests as they arrive. The

    audience can receive flowers as well.]

    The tea party has the animal band playing back ground music

    through out and then the ending song comes out of this

    softer tune.

    Robin and Marians theme:Moth: This is a tea party. [She grabs it from him and he

    snatches it back as she looks up to see Robin and Marian

    enter dreamily. Moth doesnt need to give them flowersbecause they are wearing theirs already. They put flowers

    on the table.]

    Foxfire: And the lovely goddess Marian returns. [Pops the

    cork.]

    The frenetic dance:Guinevere: This is the strangest tea party Ive ever been

    to. [Everyone is listening and finding each others eyes

    around the table. They begin to connect and flirt with each

    other.]

    Moth: Free your mind. Open your heart. [Tapping her spoonon her tea cup as the Animal Band matches her mood.] Bring

    it up! [The Animal Band begins to play louder. The

    characters make rhythmic sounds around the table still

    looking at each other.] Give me more! [The music is now

    Gypsy punk (Gogol Bordellos sound but also Gaelic).] Dance

    it out! [They break out dancing with one another, spinning

    and climbing on their stumps and chairs pounding the

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    rhythm. Guinevere dances with Peter and Merwood. Moth

    climbs and flies from her silks. Fox is dancing with Wendy.

    Wendy is dancing closest to Moth. Marian and Robin are

    dancing in the glade. The band can sing here.]

    Moth: Wait! Stop! I see Wendys mind bomb! [She is

    looking down on Wendys head. Music stops and then

    underscores the following.]

    Wendy: What do you see?

    dance up again:Foxfire: Well encamp around the bulldozers until trees

    grow through the machinery! [Image of Mind Bomb can appear

    on screens.]

    Guinevere: [Music is coming back up. Dancing with Foxfire.]

    Are you always so intense?

    [Owl cries three times. Music up and everyone celebrates.

    Lance enters.]

    Lance: Stop it. Stop the music. Cut it out! Hey! Im the

    big man in the forest. I said, No! [As they notice him

    they stop dancing, the music winds down,

    Robins theme but he is discouraged:Robin: I am master of my own fate. [He stands bangarang

    style and then drops his head. He looks up again.]

    Guinevere! Im coming with you. [Exit.]

    Fight Test by the Flaming LipsRobin could sing this.

    Interlude 5 Walking to Guineveres.

    [Music. If we see them walking off, they walk slowlylooking around them at everything. Seeing it all alive. The

    music is My Lagen Love. And Guinevere sings little rifts

    of it as all exit. (Note: It would be awesome to get the

    rights to Fight Test by the Flaming Lips and play it here

    for the audiences exit.)]

    Intermission.

    Act II

    Scene 1 Wendy and Foxfire greet the cyber audience.Wendy: Hi! Its Wendy your World Wide WatchCat again:

    click the Action button on your screen to request they stop

    the black road through Sherwood Forest. If you are coming

    to the Celebration in the Forest tonight, costume yourself

    as a forest creature, make flower garlands, and collect

    tree branches. Well start the entertainment at dark

    thirty. The way is marked. We leave the forest before dawn

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    to meet at the Kingson Mansion and then parade to the

    construction site. We will bury the bulldozers in nature!

    Cover the construction site with flower garlands and tree

    branches. This is a non-violent protest. Bring water and

    bandanas in case they use tear gas. They say they are

    clearing the forest tonight; we say we are celebrating the

    forest tonight.

    Wendy: This is Foxfire, an activist who has been fighting

    the road project. How long have you been here protecting

    the forest?

    Foxfire: Forever.

    Wendy: Do you expect there to be trouble tonight?

    Foxfire: Well, the more of us there are, the less likely

    well get trapped by the Sheriff.

    Wendy: And if the Sheriff traps you?

    Foxfire: Ill gnaw my leg off.

    Wendy: Come help Foxfire stay out of trouble tonight.

    Foxfire: It might get fierce.

    Interlude 6

    A round of To the Greenwood and something like Following

    the Leader from Peter Pan, but it has to be changed or a

    giant purple cartoon dragon will singe us from beyond the

    sky, just saying.

    Scene 2

    Robins theme while he meditates. Animals dance around him.

    Scene 3Moths theme while she tells her story.

    Scene 4 Marians Update

    Marian: [Pause. Forest sounds. Robin alone, meditating.

    Owl: Whoo, whoo! Entering. Dressed for the celebration as a

    naiad.] Robin?

    Merwood: Theyre in here somewhere. [Sounds of things

    bashing around inside the tree.] Ill find them.

    Merwoods theme:Well put on a show that will catch the conscious of the

    counsel.

    [Owl: Whoo! Hoo!] I need to scrape off some of my

    rustiness. Oh, and the mead. [He looks for the mead. Moth

    drops it to him on a tether. He reaches up for it absent-

    mindedly as if he expected it to be floating there.] Oh

    there you go! Solid as an oak.[Exit into tree with mead.

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    sing in with Guinevere in harmonies. (Lyrics by Joseph

    Campbell, aka Seosamh MacCathmhaoil. Cast may choose to

    sing only one verse; may use other versions; may re-write

    or alter lyrics; may use other song, if so cut the

    reference lines; may have a different character sing, if so

    change Merwoods line to asking generally for a love

    song.)]

    Guinevere:

    1*) Where Lagan stream sings lullaby.

    There blows a lily fair.

    The twilight gleam is in her eye.

    The night is on her hair.

    And like a love-sick lennan-shee.

    She has my heart in thrall.

    Nor life I owe nor liberty.

    For love is lord of all.

    2) Her father sails a running-barge 'Twixt Leamh-beag and

    The Druim; And on the lonely river-marge She clears his

    hearth for him. When she was only fairy-high Her gentle

    mother died; But dew-Love keeps her memory Green on the

    Lagan side.

    3*) And often when the beetle's horn

    Hath lulled the eve to sleep

    I steal unto her shieling lorn And thru the dooring peep.

    There on the cricket's singing stone,

    She spares the bogwood fire,

    And hums in sad sweet undertone

    The songs of heart's desire4) Her welcome, like her love for me, Is from her heart

    within: Her warm kiss is felicity That knows no taint of

    sin. And, when I stir my foot to go, 'Tis leaving Love and

    light To feel the wind of longing blow From out the dark of

    night.

    5) Where Lagan stream sings lullaby There blows a lily fair

    The twilight gleam is in her eye The night is on her hair

    And like a love-sick lennan-shee She has my heart in thrall

    Nor life I owe nor liberty For love is lord of all.

    [*I recommend verse 1 and 3, only.]

    Merwood: No black roads will come to this sacred place.

    Moth: This is the realm of footpaths and faeries!

    Marian: All of us weave the fabric of reality.

    Guinevere: We must trust.

    Peter: And act.

    Robin: Step into dreamtime. This is the forever moment in

    which we live!

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    Scene 8 The Evil Sheriff Returns

    [Owl hoots. Sound of wings flapping. Or Forest Character,

    Balthazar the Owl, flies across in alarm.]

    Music to score sword play:Scene 9 Sword Fight

    Merwood: I was just saying to my tree the other day that I

    wanted to see a good sword fight before I die. [Swords

    clash.] And since I am not planning on leaving my tree,

    that may well be tomorrow. [Owl hoots.]

    Moth: The protestors are here in the forest!

    Scene 10 and Interlude 8 The Entertainment and Foxfire

    Speaks for Forest

    [On Merwoods cue, the Animal Band begins to play. And Moth

    begins her aerial dance, lit by the cameras spotlight.]

    Robin: [Bowing.] Thank you venturing out. The forest needs

    you this night.

    Marian: For your pleasure, an entertainment, by the

    EcoMystics.

    Merwood: [Lights flash paper.] The road is an illusion.

    Free your minds of it.

    Foxfire: Free me!

    Peter: [Entering on stilts. He has made a costume change

    into Pan. Hes on short stilts designed to look like goat

    legs and is shirtless with little horns on his head.

    Taunting the audience.] The only thing their minds are free

    of is nature. Nature is a drive by for them! They can make

    nature out of plastic and watch it on their digital screens

    while they eat prepackaged food in their air-conditioned

    mansions. [Peter prances over to Foxfire still tied to the

    tree.] Nature must be tamed, tied up, imprisoned!

    Foxfire: [Looks up into the branches and howls a moaning

    fox cry. Merwood throws faerie light on him.] Howl!

    Peter: The Forest wants to speak, to be heard.

    Foxfire: I speak with the voice of the forest!

    Robin: The town wants to run a road through the forest.

    What does the forest want?

    Foxfire: To run a forest through the town!Robin: Run a forest through the town! Yes, yes! Run a

    forest through the heart of the town!!

    Merwood: Truly, the Forest has spoken.

    Robins theme:Robin: There is law, and there is justice. [Robin has taken

    his bow from the bivouac and launches an arrow into the

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    rope that binds Foxfire to the tree. (Robin actually palms

    the arrow while the shaft of an arrow is slammed backwards

    through the Greenwood tree completing the illusion.)

    Foxfire is free, though the rope is still tied to the cuffs

    that are dangling from one wrist. Foxfire and Lance face

    down each other.]

    Lances theme:Merwood: Foxfire! Remember your amulet! [Lance swings at

    Foxfire who dodges him capoeira style. Foxfire starts to go

    after him.]

    Merwood: The Greenwood has need of you. [Foxfire clutches

    the amulet around his neck and stops himself. Lance comes

    at him again. Foxfire flips landing close to Lance. Lance

    grabs for Foxfire who leans back. Lance grabs the amulet

    instead. Foxfire falls back onto the ground. Lance looks at

    the amulet in his hand. Foxfire spins up toward Lance and

    lands back on the ground again. Off balance, Lance staggers

    back up against the Greenwood tree still holding the

    amulet.]

    Merwood: Let it go. [Foxfire stays down. Lance holding the

    amulet looks up at the tree.] Let it go.

    Lance: [He is weeping.] Go ahead with your celebration,

    save this tree, save this forest. [Foxfire picks up an

    evergreen tree branch that has been cut for the parade.]

    Hey, Forest lover! Come here.

    Foxfire: You dont want to play with fire.

    Lance: They might fire me, but Im keeping my vow. [He

    takes out the key to unlock the cuffs.] No tricks.Foxfire: Unless it gets tricky. [Foxfire holds out his hand

    and Lance is kneeling as he unlocks the cuffs. Foxfire

    pulls Lance up, and hugs him.]

    Merwood: This is what evolvement looks like! [Group hug

    around Lance.]

    Beginning of the end danceFoxfire: We will swoop down on the machines as though we

    were the forest itself. [He leaps and runs with his

    branch.]

    Wendy: I like this kid, might have to stick around for awhile.

    Lance: My head is spinning.

    Peter: Youre spun. [He capers around with Foxfire.]

    Music is under and then comes up:Wendy: Lets see this forest on the move! [She picks up a

    tree branch and skips after Peter and Foxfire.]

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    Robin: Marian! [They kiss.]

    Marian: Forest and River will run together forever.

    Robin: Sounds legendary.

    Interlude 9 Playing with the Audience

    [Animal Band plays. The song is similar to the tea party

    dancing song.]

    Foxfire: [Leading the chant.] Run the forest through the

    town!

    All: Run the forest through the town! [Repeat. A song and

    chant of Run the forest through the town. Players with

    tree branches, drums and instruments enter the audience.

    Garlands and small fir branches are passed out to the

    audience. All dance and stomp!]

    Guinevere: Arthur? Arthur is that you? I saw Arthur.

    Cast: [Various] Arthur! Are you Arthur?

    Moth: [Pulling possible Arthurs from the audience.] Dance

    with us? Wouldnt you rather run a forest through the town?

    [The rest of the EcoMystics return to the stage. Moth joins

    Merwood, Robin, Foxfire. Peter joins them. The actors

    playing Guinevere, Marian, Wendy, and Lance approach the

    stage. Song winds down.]

    Forest sounds and then silence

    Moths theme under the epilogue

    curtain call