The Young Messiah Page #3

let him die as he wants.

By the River Jordan,

raving over king and taxes

and shouting at the Lord.

O Lord of Zion,

you shall reign forever

as you wash me

in your living waters!

Father?

SALOME:
Father?

Oh, Lord, everyone yet

to be born will hear me,

praise your faithfulness!

Happy am I,

brother to the

prophesized virgin,

uncle to the promised.

Lord Father, let us keep him.

God, I ask this.

Is this too much?

Let us keep him, please,

for as long as you will.

Did you see that?

He's a healer.

That little boy,

I saw him do it.

That man was sick and now he's

well, and the boy did it.

(INAUDIBLE)

Maybe it's the Devil.

Nonsense.

Give him to me.

MAN:
We should rejoice!

He's fine!

How do you know?

Because of who he is.

This is dangerous.

It's a miracle!

There are witnesses.

MAN 2:
They're charlatans

using our faith against us.

Rabbi, praises!

MAN 3:
We saw.

MAN 4:
They'll hurt us

all, don't you see?

Bless the Lord!

Son...

(LAUGHING)

Where's the food?

(LAUGHS)

Drink.

(CLEOPAS LAUGHING)

(LAUGHS)

He's all better.

Are you mad at me?

How could we be mad at you?

We love him, too.

We just have to be careful.

Am I dangerous?

No, but others are.

And we need

to keep away from them.

Because of me?

Because I can do things

nobody else can?

There were angels at the river.

I couldn't see them,

but they were there.

How do I know that?

You have to stop

asking these questions.

Why won't you tell me?

Because you're

too young to know.

When will I be old enough?

When your father

decides you are.

Mother?

I prayed for my big

brother to get better.

And he did.

(LAUGHING)

Let that be enough for today.

(HORSE GALLOPING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

We're done. Go. Leave!

Well?

They claimed to have seen a boy

heal a sick man

at the Jordan River.

A miracle.

What happened to the boy?

They don't know.

(GROANS)

Anything else? Names?

Other people

traveling with them?

Something distinctive?

No. Just Jews.

Same story again.

Yes. It's a popular one.

They all love their miracles.

There's only one miracle.

That's Roman steel.

Mother?

(STRUGGLING AND GRUNTING)

Come.

(GRUNTS)

MARY:
Joseph!

Come on, come on, come on!

(GRUNTS)

(WOMAN SCREAMING)

(CRYING)

Stay away! Stay away!

Shh.

It's all right.

I won't hurt you.

Stay away! Stay away!

JOSEPH:
Shh.

Stay away! Stay away...

Shh.

I won't hurt you.

(ATTACKER GROANS)

Are you...

What? Unclean?

That's not what I meant.

I just wondered if he...

Yes, he did.

And he'd do it to you, too.

He killed my master and his

wife, then burned the house.

I hid in the tunnels.

Tunnels?

Under the house.

But he found me.

Bandits. They're like locusts,

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