"Schlunz!" "* Recently, something is going on. *" "* We're having lots of fun. *" "* Since Schlunz moved in with us. *" "* It'll never be the same as before. *" "* We hope he stays with us for a long time. *" "* We hope he stays with us, Schlunz. *" "* He stays with us. *" "* He's funny and clever, Schlunz. *" "* And even more a friend and helper. *" "* That's why we do everything we can * * so that our friend can stay here. *" "* We hope he stays with us a long time. *" "* We hope he stays with us, Schlunz. *" "* He stays with us. *" "* Schlunz. *" "He was anxious and scared when we found him in the woods." "He'd lost his memory." "All he knew was that he was called "Schlunz"." "The police said that he could stay with us until they found his parents." "But Rosenbaum wants to put him in the orphanage." "Turbulent times, I tell you." ""Schlunz" " The Series" From an idea of Harry Voss" "Direction  Script" " Rainer Hackstock" "Direction  Script" " Rainer Hackstock" "Episode 3:" "THEATRE FOR THE MAYOR" "Cool." "Forget it." "You can only light these on New Years Eve." "But by then, it won't be any good and that would be a waste." "Don't do that, we mustn't get into trouble." "Especially not you." "I don't want trouble either." "But if we light the thing down by the lake behind a bush, no one would know who it was." "Is it possible that you're looking for trouble again?" "Is it possible that you're a chicken again?" "Certainly not." "Here you go, ma'am." "And what are you up to?" "Going to play soccer at the lake." "I'll come along!" "Oh, Nele, do you have to?" "Why not?" "Because you always shoot the ball somewhere else." "Just not in the goal." "Exactly." "That's not true at all." "And what about the ball in the bushes, which we searched for for hours?" "And in the haystack." "Yeah, well, it was just bad luck." "Are you mad now?" "Nope, I wanted to read my book for the third time, anyway." "See you later." "But dinner is at six." "Please be back by then." "Yeah, yeah." "On New Year's Eve, everybody fires rockets." "But only the professionals." "Because it is forbidden." "At what angle should I shoot it?" "What do you think?" "Just do it, before someone sees us here." "Yeah, yeah." " Crap." " What?" "Is it the Police?" "Even worse, it's Nele." "Oh, crap." "She knows our bikes." "Let's get out of here." "What are you doing?" "Cycling." "No one can stop me." "You two are so mean." "Why?" "Because I can play soccer too." "That never happened before." "Great, Nele, wonderful." "Well done." "Crap." "Impossible." "With a stick, maybe." "One, two, three..." "What about you, Schlunz?" "Got any ideas?" "Oh my." "We're late." "Indeed." "Uh, Nele, can you go home and tell Mom we'll come a bit later?" "We'll try again to get the ball." "I always have to do the stupid things." "Do this, and you can play with us next time." "Promise?" "Big Schlunz's word of honor." "Oh, very well." "Don't be too late." "Yes, yes, we will." "We'll get the ball down with this." "Are you crazy?" "That's how the professionals would do it." "We just need something to support it." "You'll have the ladder back in ten minutes." "Thank you." "Ok, I'll light it now." "And then we run away, so that nobody suspects us when it blows." "Ok?" "Okay." "Good." "It doesn't work." "What are you doing?" "I kicked the ball into the tree." "Aha." "Well, come on." "Let me do it." "You're too little." "No I'm not." "Get down." "Immediately." "Let's get out of here!" "Mrs. Rosenbaum, get down!" "Quickly!" "I don't think you can boss me around." "Oh, no." "Who did that?" "I want an answer." "Who was it?" "I just wanted to get the ball down professionally." "Very professional." "Can you do anything else beside being stupid?" "Yes, I can." "I'll prove it to you." "I know some really good stuff." "Forget it." "This afternoon is the Council meeting." "You'll be sent to the orphanage." "Finally." "Oh, no." "And then I fell into the lake along with the ball." "Isn't that horrible?" "This boy belongs in the orphanage." "Definitely." "I don't think it's funny at all." "Yes, because you unfortunately don't have a sense of humor." "Oh, but that's not true." "I always appreciate a good joke." "And that is precisely the problem." "For years, we've been waiting for your first joke." "Dear Mrs. Rosenbaum, put a joke book under your pillow tonight." "Then tomorrow morning stand well rested before the mirror and do this here." "It stimulates the happiness nerves." "And then maybe tomorrow you'll laugh for the first time in your life." "Now I want to tell you something." "I am one of the funniest women of this community." "And if anyone here has a different opinion, and thinks that I can not laugh heartily, then he should report now." "And then Rosenbaum said Schlunz can only do stupid things." "Which is totally unfair." "Then you should do your best to convince them otherwise." "Maybe I really can't do anything." "Oh, Schlunz." "Well, it's true." "I'm not as athletic as Lukas." "Not as musical as Nele." "But you can do many things." "I can't even get a ball down from a tree," "Without incurring a disaster." "And I can't even remember my past." "I can't even get the ketchup out." "Oh, Schlunz, you know so many beautiful things." "Like what?" "For example..." "You see?" "You can't think of anything." "Half of it would have been enough." "Exactly what you can do: make people smile." "And make a good mood." " Everyone please only one." " Chocolate bananas!" "And don't smear it on your face." "So, in today's Bible story the prophet Samuel has a difficult task." "He has to select the new king of Israel." "So, the Prophet Samuel enters a small village." "God had sent him, to choose a new king out of the seven sons from a family." "Samuel said to the man: "God sent me."" ""One of your sons will be king."" "The father was of course very excited and called the oldest." "And he was big and strong." "But Samuel said: "Not him." "You know,"" ""you people let yourselves too often be impressed by what you see on the outside."" ""You see only the exterior."" ""But the Lord, your God, looks into the heart."" ""And that's why he does not choose the eldest son."" "And so it went on and none of the brothers was the correct one." "Finally they came to the little shepherd, David, who was outside with his flock." "When David came, God said to Samuel:" ""It's him." "Thou shalt appoint him king."" "Samuel anointed David in front of his older brothers to be the new king." "God also sees the small, the inconspicuous." "Attenzione!" "You'll get 50 Euros from me, if you can make me laugh." "Only after you manage." "You see, God had chosen David, although perhaps there were some who were thinking:" ""Why him?" "He's much too small."" "I like this story." "Because nowadays it is still the same." "God isn't impressed by what you see from the outside." "God knows each of us and also inside our hearts." "God knows what each of us does very well." "God says to no one: "What more can you do?"" "And even if he is small and inconspicuous, each of us has a gift from God, and has obtained a talent." "Isn't that so, Elmar?" "My Chocolate Banana!" "Oh, no." " Good morning, everyone." " Good morning." "Adelheid, can I just make an announcement?" "Uh, yes, of course, Helmut." "Well, uh..." "Am I interrupting?" " No, everything is fine." " Good." "So..." "I have registered our children's church for a special activity." "It's called:" "Creative Children of Our City." "The city seeks the best and most beautiful activity... in which you children can show how creative you are." "So, in 14 days, the mayor will come visit us." "Then he will look in on our children's church." "But until then, I expect a great activity from you." "I am convinced that all of you can think of something." " Goodbye." " Bye." "Goodbye." "Are you alright?" "Yes, yes, all right." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "Children, don't be so wild and stay together." "We will now discuss it." "Not so wild!" "So, kids, it's quite clear what we will do." "First we sing the song: "Brave, Brave, Brave," "Children come to God."" "And then the poem of The Little Shepherd and the Lamb." "No, no, no, that's not good enough." "Too boring for the mayor." "No, he should experience something great and funny." "If you think so..." "Do you have a better suggestion?" "Yes, we could play a groovy song with our band." "Yes, that would be great." "Or we could play theater." "Please don't." "For instance, the story of how David became king." "We act it our own way." "Children, you wouldn't know how." "David was also more capable then people thought." "Yes, well, with David that was true..." "We can really do a lot." "Just let us do it." "I'll organize it." "And?" "There, take it." "It's no use." "But your really earned it." " Lukas?" " Yes." "When I play David, the shepherd boy from the story..." "I know who David is." "Exactly." "And I, as a harmless young shepherd will then be elected king." "But that's just a story." "Never mind, but it certainly will be great." "I could even invite Rosenbaum." "I don't know." "Then Rosenbaum will finally see that I can do more than just fool around." "I can't really imagine how you want to play it." "Show it to me." "Okay." "What?" "I?" "I should be elected King?" "Yes, but I only know how to be a shepherd boy." "Well, if you really want me to..." "Did you bring my crown?" "This is even better." "Well, wait." "What are you doing?" "Let me guess." "Schlunz, you're here to voluntarily sign up for the orphanage." "No, we are here to invite you." "So you can see that I can do something." "So, that looks like a really great event." "Too bad because you may already be in the orphanage by that time." "You can't do that." "Schlunz belongs to us." "That has now unfortunately emerged as a mistake." "Give him another chance." "Please." "Well, all right." "I'll wait till this show." "I don't believe it, but a miracle might happen." "And now I want to see a really great rehearsal." "And please!" "Samuel, hello, take me as king." " I want to be the new king..." " You stay out of this..." "Hello, everybody." "Well, just show me how far you've gotten." "A small sample, so I can see how great it will be." "Without me, I can't do it." "He's right." "This won't work." " But you can still..." " What's going on?" "This will never work." "Just face it." "But, I have to be the inconspicuous David at the end." "who is anointed king." "Well, that's typical of you." "You want to be the shining hero and put the others in the shadows." "Well, I see there are still some details to be settled." "I better be going, right?" "Good luck, everybody." "So, you get the point, right?" "Sure, we get it." "Right." "No?" "Well, if not, uh, otherwise, uh, yeah, so, just, well..." "Goodbye." " Good day." " Hi." "I would like to buy something that is so funny that it will make me laugh heartily at it." "Anything particular in mind?" "No, it just needs to be so funny that I can laugh heartily about it." "Then let's see." "Branch of the vine?" "Vine." "The comparison with the body indeed comes from the Bible." "There, the church is compared to a body." "Do you want to hear about it?" "Oh yes." "So, someone describes a body and says," "Each body part has its purpose and is equally important." "The eye can not say to the ear:" ""You cannot see, so you don't belong here."" "And the foot cannot say to the eye:" ""You cannot walk, so you don't belong here."" "Each is equally important and has its task." "It's the same in the community." "One can sing well." "Another maybe tells good stories, and yet another may be a good listener." "Everyone is a part." "Everyone knows something." "Everyone is important." " I can't do anything." " I can't either." "I can play the xylophone, but what does that have to do with the community?" "Very much so, because you can play next week for the mayor." "For real?" "Of course." "I can do magic." "I can walk on a ball." "Yes, and I'm doing Jiu-Jitsu." "I can ride a unicycle." " Me too." " And I ride a surfboard." "Well, wait, uh, that wasn't actually the idea." "Why not?" "This is a talent show." "Everyone does what he does best." "Um, well, it should be about God somehow." "It is." "You just said so yourself." "Everyone uses what God has given us." "So..." "And what can I do?" "Write great poems, like in school the other day." "I can only recite Bible verses." "Great, then do just that." "And what should I do?" "Football tricks." "In a children's show?" "Sure." "And what are you doing, Schlunz?" "Well, I don't know yet." "I think Rosenbaum is right." "I really can't do anything." "Oh, Schlunz." "It's not true that you can't do anything." "Forget Rosenbaum, she's just a crazy bitch, who doesn't like little Schlunz." "You're just saying that." "I think you can do a lot, not just make nonsense." "You are brave and funny." "And if anything is not to your liking, you say so." "Maybe," "I could build something cool from all this scrap." "Yeah, a real Schlunz does it all." "You really have confidence in me." "Indeed." "So, I'm looking forward to some exciting moments." "I won't use many words and just introduce Mrs. Adelheid Budenprunk." "Yes, I'm very happy, graciously happy..." "We have come together here because I thought it was in the Bible's true spirit..." "But then the children have..." "So they wanted to come up with something of their own and I thought, yes, Jesus also said," ""Let the children come unto me..." so I thought, that..." "Well, we are all together." "Exactly." "Thank you." "I didn't understand one word of that, but when the children come up with something of their own, that's quite right." "So, I will now conjure a rabbit." "A rabbit!" "I know a boy, Schlunz, who lives with us since the summer." "Some people talk about helping, other people like Schlunz do it." "But I won't give a show." "Actually, I wanted to prove that I can do more than just fool around." "But that would have produced only more nonsense." "Lukas thinks I should show off, anyway." "Because Adelheid thinks everyone is important, that everyone can do something." "Which is true." "You have seen that all the children here can do something." "But I can't do anything, except fool around." "That's not true." "Without you I wouldn't have dared to do anything." "You're the only one who plays Bible Quiz with me." "Yes, and the other day you helped me with my training." "Great, then I can stop this idiocy to prove that I can do more." "Thank you." "Really, really good." "Well, so much creativity, encouragement and strength, I have never experienced before." "And therefore this children's show receives the First Prize in our competition." "It is true." "Mostly you have crazy ideas and sheer nonsense in your head." "Which sometimes also can do good." "But for next time:" "Leave the nonsense." "And come with your good ideas straight away." "That's easier for all of us." "Ok?" "Okay." "In Memory of Michael Gahr"