Severus: It's taking so long.

Sean: [chuckling] Look at yourself, Father. You would think this was your first child. Tell me, were you this nervous when I was born?

Severus: Well, yes and no. It was different with your mother. But with Mary, we gave up hope. We were told she could never have children.

[they hear a baby crying]

Mark: Father! It's a girl! Father, it's a girl! It's a girl.

[the baby continues crying]

Severus: My girl! [runs to get the baby]

Mark: Can you believe it? Mary had a baby.

Sean: I guess it is a miracle.

[they all walk off, then Severus walks in the tent]

Severus: [looks at Mary and baby Maddie] O God, who is the Father of us all, you have blessed me with a gift beyond all measure. Within a barren wife, amid the twilight skies of my life, you've placed a treasure. [singing] A brightly shining star where there was none, you have granted us a daughter.

Mary: [singing] Dreams do come true. Look at you.

Severus: Maddie.

All: [singing] Our baby sister.

Severus: [singing] She is special.

All: [singing] She is one of us we'll keep her from harm, and we will teach her.

Severus: [singing] I will teach her all she needs to know. She'll stand apart from other women.

All: [singing] We'll stand beside her and together, we will show her what it means to be a family.

[baby Maddie pets Severus]

Severus: [singing] You are a miracle child, you are the best you shine the brightest.

Father: [singing] Your days.

Severus: Maddie.

Father: [singing] Will be cloudiness.

Severus: Come to Papa.

Father: [singing] And mild. Your trails be blessed. Your trials the lightest. You were made for better things, you will share the air of queens, you were born and fortune smiled, for you are a miracle child.

Mary: [singing] The sun will rise within your eyes, the moon will light your smile. And Heaven grace your gentle face. With power to beguile. [speaking] Good night, Maddie. [kisses Maddie, then she continues singing] You will wade through the river of sorrows, warm and dry.

Mark: Keep it steady.

Severus: [singing] And angels will guide your tomorrows, this I prophesy.

Both: [singing] For you are a miracle child. You are the best.

Hans: Hey, what are you doing?

Both: [singing] You shine the brightest. Your days will be cloudless and mild. Your trails be blessed, your trials the lightest. You were made for better things, you will share the air of queens. You were born and fortune smiled. For you are a miracle child.

[Severus gives the ball to Sean, throwing up and down, then looking at a coat, then Severus wears the coat on Maddie]

Maddie: [singing] Dearest Mother, beloved Father. A coat of colors bright as butterfly wings to remind me. Things you've told me all my life, I am special, I am smart. I am somehow set apart. Petty rules and limitations don't apply. For I am a miracle child. I can't be harmed.

Sean: Sorry.

Maddie: [singing] I'm wrapped in rainbow. Though fate can be heartless and wild. [speaking] Come on. Let's play. [continues singing] My life's been charmed. [speaking] Come on! [continues singing] And shall remain so.

Severus: Come with me, Maddie.

Maddie: [continues singing] Not to struggle, but to soar. To my fortune reconciled. For I am a miracle child. You won't see me bent over double, in darkness and rubble, where mountains of trouble are piled. I was destined to fly. Watch me light up the sky! For I am a miracle child!

[cut at night, with Maddie sleeping, zooming in, then opening the eye, then the sheep appears, then taking a flower, then getting up, then spinning around, then running away by a wolf, then the wolf barks at Maddie, running away, then grabbing a leash, then walking by a sheep]

Maddie: Hey.

[the wolf appears at Maddie, screaming]

Maddie: No! Stop!

Mark: What's wrong?

Issac: What's going on? What did she say?

[he lights the fire]

Sean: What's the matter?

Maddie: It was wolves! There were wolves everywhere. They were coming out of the shadows, and I was surrounded. They were all around me and...

Sean: That's it?

Hans: You woke us for a dream?

Mark: Ooh!

Severus: Quiet down! You want to scare the sheep?

Maddie: The sheep. The ram. [runs away] The wolves killed the ram.

[hears a sheep bleating]

Maddie: It was dead. I... I don't understand. It all seemed so real.

Severus: Everything is fine, Maddie.

Mary: [puts the coat back on] It's over. There's nothing to worry about.

Severus: And, you boys, since you're up, make yourselves useful. [grabs a stick] Get to work before sunup. [throws a stick at Sean]

Severus: Thanks.

[the brothers walk out]

Severus: [to Maddie] Maddie, where do you think you're going?

Maddie: Um, I, uh...

Severus: You have studies. [takes a paper to Maddie]

Maddie: But, Father, I wanna go with them.

Severus: Look. You know they have their work, and you have yours.

Maddie: But why?

Severus: Because you do. Because you're a miracle child. For you, things are different.

Maddie: You've said that all my life. I don't want to be different. I want to be like them.

Severus: Maddie, God has a plan and a purpose for you. You're not like the rest of us. I've worked this earth all my life, just as my father and grandfather did before me, and as your brothers will after me. That won't be your future.

Mary: Severus, even God rested on the seventh day. She'll find her future soon enough. Let her be with her brothers.

Maddie: Please?

Severus: [sighs] Go on. Thanks. Be safe!

[they both look at Maddie walking away, then cut to the brothers]

Maddie: Sean! Hans!

Peter: Hmph! Look who's here. The miracle child.

Hans: What are you doing here? Don't you have some scrolls to read or something?

Maddie: Here, let me do that.

Peter: Maddie! Wait, wait! You have to be very careful. You might cut your hands on the soft fur.

Maddie: Get away!

[they both laugh]

Maddie: I... I just want to help.

Hans: You've helped enough. Thanks to you, we'll work an extra hour today.

Maddie: You're not tired because you got up early. It's because you were out all night.

Hans: Why, you little sneak. What do you know?

Maddie: I know about everything, the women and the drinking. There's a lot Father doesn't know.

Issac: You wouldn't.

Hans: She would. The little brat. [grabs Maddie] If you say one word, I'll wring your skinny neck.

Sean: Stop it! If Father sent her, we should be happy for her help. Maybe she can do your work, Hans. Huh! Somebody should.

[the brothers laugh]

Sean: Besides, there is something Maddie can do. [takes Maddie]

Peter: What's he doing?

Mark: I don't know.

Sean: Shh! While we round up the strays, can you watch the herd for us?

Maddie: [grabs the stick] Of course.

Sean: Good. We'll be back soon. Let's go.

Mark: Maybe we should split up. You go over there.

Maddie: Hey! What are you doing? Hey! [laughing] [the sheep bleats, then she pets the sheep, then the wind blows Maddie, then walking to the brothers in the water]

Mark: Hey, come on! Look at him. Whoo-hoo!

[she looks at the brothers in the water]

Mark: Get him. You're too heavy.

[then Hans falls in the water, then she walks away, then putting the stick on the ground, then sitting down, then bleating at Maddie]

Maddie: What? Are you making fun of me too?

[the sheep dances, then running around Maddie, laughing]

Maddie: Hey! [grabs a stick] Hey, come back!
[opens the bushes, then the wolf appears, then the wolves all appear] Get away! Get away!

[the sheep continues bleating, then the wolves get the sheep, then running]

Maddie: [grabs a sheep] Gotcha! [continues running in a hay, then chomping by a sheep, then laying at Maddie]

Severus: [attacking the wolves] Back! Back! Get away! [puts the stick down, then the wolves run away] Maddie, are you hurt?

Maddie: [hugs Severus] Father!

Severus: Your brothers, where are they? I asked you a question!

Maddie: They're... They're, uh... They... They went swimming.

Severus: Swimming?

[the brothers get out of the water]

Sean: What happened?

Severus: This is how you take charge? I expect you to watch after Maddie, but you abandoned my daughter. My daughter!

Sean: Aren't we your sons too?

Maddie: The ram! [grabs a leash]

Sean: It's Maddie's dream! Wolves kill sheep. It happens all the time.

Severus: No! I understand. God sent you a vision of the future.

[they both walk down]

Hans: Maddie didn't really see the future, did she?

Sean: Let's get back to work.

[cut at night, with Maddie sleeping, then walking while holding the hay, then putting the hay down, then they all walk by holding hay, then they put the hay down, by laying on the ground, then they all look at Maddie standing on top with the hay growing by revealing a circle by stars, sun and moon at the sky]

Hans: Why do we wash before work?

Peter: We don't want the sheep smelling you and running off.

Issac: Hey, look who finally woke up.

Mark: Oh, look what the sun brought up.

[Maddie puts water on the face]

Mary: Good morning, Maddie.

Maddie: [dries the face off] Mom, last night I had another dream.

Issac: Oh, another dream!

All: Ooh!

Maddie: I wasn't talking to you.

Issac: Please, why don't you share it with all of us.

Hans: Yes, who'd the wolf get this time?

Maddie: You can laugh, but this time it was all of you.

Peter: Oh, please, you must tell us our future, great Maddie.

Hans: Should I be scared?

Maddie: Leave me alone!

Sean: Come on, Maddie. Tell us. We're dying to hear about it.

Maddie: Well, all of us were carrying sheaves of wheat. I was among you, but then all of a sudden, I was above you and your wheat bowed to me...

Peter: I wonder what that's supposed to mean.

Sean: Nothing, that's what it means. Nothing.

[walks away]

Maddie: Hey, you asked to hear the dream.

Severus: What happened next?

Maddie: The sky was dark, and around me there were stars. They were bowing to me too.

Issac: Ooh! Let's all bow down to Maddie.

Severus: We can't ignore these dreams. After all, her last one did come true.

Hans: Are you saying that Maddie belongs above all of us, even Sean?

Severus: I'm not saying that, but there could be a message here.

Hans: Sean's led the herd for years, brought in the wheat, raised the tents. He comes first before any of us, especially Maddie.

Severus: Sean, it's not up to me. God may be telling us something of our future.

Sean: The I guess all my work doesn't matter.

Severus: Watch your tongue.

Mary: [to Severus and Sean] Severus, Sean, please!

Sean: I've had enough of this. Let's go.

[they all walk away]

Peter: [sighing, then taking a bag to Maddie] Look at what your dreams have done.

Maddie: Don't get mad at me. I didn't ask for them.

Hans: You didn't ask for this either, sister.

Maddie: [throws a bag away] Half sister!

Severus: Maddie! Boys! Apologize to each other!

Mary: Let me talk to Maddie. [walks to Maddie]

Severus: She's just a girl. You're too harsh on her.

Sean: You're always defending her!

Severus: Her dreams come from God.

Mary: Maddie, you need to be more understanding of your brothers. Life is a lot harder for them than it ever will be for you.

Maddie: [getting up] Why do you defend them? They're not even your sons.

Mary: [to Maddie] They're no less my children than you are. We're family, all of us. If we break apart, we have nothing left. [singing] You've seen the damage words can do. When full of thoughtless pride.

Severus: That's enough!

Mary: [singing] Now heed the wiser voice in you that calls to be your guide. The flowers reaching for the sun are all uniquely blessed. But thought each is special. Not a one is better than the rest. Bloom, bloom, may you know. The wisdom only time breeds. There's room, bloom and you'll grow to follow where your heart leads. Bloom and may you bring, your colors to the vast bouquet. There's room, bloom, learn one thing. Your gifts are meant to give away.

Maddie: Thanks, Mom. [walks away, then waving to Maddie] Sean! Hans! Peter! Mark! Where are you?

Sean: Maddie isn't fit to lead sheep.

Hans: I agree.

Mark: But she's our sister.

Hans: Half sister. Said so herself. Sean is the one who should take over for Father.

Mark: Yes, but...

Issac: Do you want a spoiled brat giving you orders?

Sean: No.

Hans: Can we all agree that something has to be done about Maddie?

Issac: Yes. I agree.

Peter: [grabs Maddie] Hey, everybody! The little spy is back!

Maddie: I wasn't spying. I just wanted to...

Hans: Did Father tell you to check up on us?

Maddie: No! Maybe this was a mistake. I just want to...

Sean: Report on us to Father?

Hans: [to Maddie] You're his favorite.

Maddie: N-No.

Sean: You look at scrolls all day while we're covered in sweat. Why is that, Maddie? Is it because we don't have pretty coats like you?

Hans: [takes the coat off of Maddie] I have mine.

Maddie: That's my coat!

Hans: Step aside, brothers. I'm the new head of the family. Bow before me, you sheaves of wheat! Oh, yes, Mistress Maddie, ruler of the world.

Maddie: Give it back, now!

Hans: If you want your coat, why don't you go get it? [throws a coat to Peter, then Maddie tries to get the coat back]

Issac: Peter's got it.

Peter: No, I don't. Sean does.

Mark: Come on! I've got it!

[he rips the coat, then laying on the ground, then they all laugh]

Maddie: I've had enough of this stupid game!

Sean: Maddie! Who says this is a game?

[the brothers push Maddie]

Maddie: What are you doing? Leave me alone! No! Stop it! [walks backward, then falling down in the pit, then getting up, coughing]

Peter: What do we do now?

Issac: Are we just going to leave her?

Peter: What are we going to tell Father?

Hans: We'll think of something.

Maddie: Somebody! Please!

Sean: Just get out of here. [throws a coat in the pit]

Hans: Maybe she can dream her way out.

[the coat lands on Maddie]

Maddie: Don't leave me here alone! [kneels to the ground, holding a coat, then cut at night, hearing a wolf, then the lobster crawls on Maddie, then she gets the lobster off, then grabbing a rock, then killing a lobster while pounding, then the rope lands] I knew you'd come back. [climbs on the rope, then climbing up] You think this is funny? Well, Father won't be laughing when he hear... Who are you?

Horse Trader: Get her.

Maddie: Hey! Hey! What are you doing? Ow! Let me go! You don't understand. I'm from the house of Severus.

Horse Trader: A little scrawny, isn't she?

Lead Trader: It's hard to tell with that pretty coat on.

Maddie: [lays to the ground] No, no, no, don't take my...

Slave Trader: Get up!

Lead Trader: Looks like she's never worked a day in her life.

Horse Trader: That'll change.

Maddie: My brothers will come for me. Sean! Hans! Peter! Please help me!

Sean: Maddie! We're right here.

Maddie: [sighing] Sean. [hugs Sean] I told you they'd come for me.

Slave Trader: [dumps the silver out of the bag] As agreed, 20 pieces of silver. [throws a bag at Sean]

Maddie: S-Sean... Why...

[takes a bag at Hans, then the traders walk at the brothers]

Maddie: No! Help me! Peter, please. Issac. Hans. Stop them. Sean. Sean, help me, please.

[the traders take Maddie]

Maddie: Please!

[he takes a coat to Sean]

Maddie: Sean, please!

Hans: Sean, we can't turn back now. We've gone too far.

[the rope ties Maddie's hands]

Slave Trader: Hut, hut!

[the camel takes Maddie]

Maddie: I'm your sister! I'm your sister!

Sean: Half sister.

Slave Trader: Yah!

[the camel continues taking Maddie, then cut to a desert by evening, and night, then the traders sit be a fire, with Maddie shivering, then looking at a sunflower, then getting a sunflower, looking at a sunflower, then cut to Mary and Severus]

Mary: Where could she have gone?

Severus: Don't worry. I'm sure she's all right.

[they both hug]

Severus: They boys will find her.

[the brothers walk to Mary and Severus]

Severus: Father. This is all we found. [looks at the coat of blood]

Mary: [gasping] Maddie!

Severus: No! Maddie!

Mary: Maddie!

[they gasp]

Severus: Oh, Mary.

[Mary continues sobbing, then cut back to Maddie, holding a sunflower, kicking her]

Slave Trader: Hey, wake up. [laughing, then the sunflower blows away, then Maddie puts a tear drop, then they continue taking Maddie, then they all go]

Men: [singing] Behold the glory, behold the wonder! What we have made shall not be torn asunder! Such vast achievement stone and papyrus! Beneath the gaze of Isis and Osiris! Land of majesty, where the heavens smile! Jewel of history shining by the Nile!

Man: Hey! Here. Exquisite, aren't they? Yes.

Slave Trader: [to the traders] Where's the slave market?

Lead Trader: Down by the docks.

[the camel takes Maddie]

Men: [continues singing] Serve and be silent, you who are chattel! We think of you as little more than cattle! This is your lot now and we advise you! To bow before whatever master buys you! Feel the power here, power has its practice!

Slave Trader: Let's go.

Men: [continues singing] Some can live like gods, some must sacrifice!

Man: What do you have?

Slave Trader: A Canaanite.

Men: [continues singing] Through the centuries, many backs have bent! Many dreams are built! Many lives are spent!

Man: Move, slave! Get in line.

Lead Trader: Slaves for sale! Buy this one!

Man: Now, let's have a look at her. Let me see her teeth. Hmm. Mm-hmm. She's too skinny. This is more like it. Careful.

Slave Trader: The captain of the guard needs a slave for his household. I have one you might like, slave.

Man: Thirty pieces. Hmm. She looks hardly enough. Lord Adam!

Adam: She'll do.

Man: Ah. Looks like we have some work to do.

Men: [continues singing] Look and be humbled, learn what your places is Egyptian slave! No matter what your race is! This is your future, your life suspended! And everything you knew before had ended! You are Egypt's now! We have all control!

Maddie : Hey!

Men: [continues singing] From your every step! To your very soul!

Man: Hold still. You're done. She's ready for work.

[he walks away, then looking at the reflection in the water, then the bucket lands on the water, then taking a towel, then she dries off]

Man: It's not for your face. It's for the floor.

Maddie: [washes up the floor] Ow! [looks at the hands, then transforming the brothers in the water]

Hans: Hey, Maddie, you missed a spot.

Peter: It's different from doing real work, isn't it?

[Maddie puts the towel on the water, looking at all the brothers]

Issac: No more baby soft hands. Who bows now, little sister?

[they all laugh, then she dries the water off]

Adam: You there.

[she gasps]

Adam: Have you cleaned this entire courtyard by yourself?

Maddie: Yes.

Lily: She's a hard worker. Hmm. Maybe we could put her to better use in the banquet hall.

Adam: My wife thinks you should work for her. What do you say?

Maddie: I cannot say. A slave is not her own master.

Adam: Well said. Find her some new clothes. Then get someone else to finish here.

Attendant: Yes, my lord.

[Lily walks to Maddie, then Maddie gets up, then Kia goes on the table]

Woman: Hey, kitty, kitty, kitty! Come on. Who brought the cat? Here, kitty, kitty, kitty. Oh, stop that.

[she chuckles]

Connor: Come down! Aunt Lily, I'm sorry. I'll get it down from there. Please come down. Come here, kitty.

Maddie: Come here. Look at this.

[Kia drinks milk]

Connor: Hmm. She seems to like you. [grabs Kia] Thank you. I haven't seen you here before.

Maddie: Oh, I'm new.

Lily: Connor.

Connor: Coming, Aunt Lily. Good-bye.

[she sighs, then painting]

Lily: Maddie, come here. I'm waiting.

Maddie: I'm coming! [runs down the stairs, then walking to Connor] Oh! Sorry, Connor. Oh! What?

Connor: I don't think you want my aunt seeing you like this. That's better.

Maddie: Thanks. [hears a horse whinnying]

Lily: Slave.

Maddie: Oh, yes, of course.

Adam: [riding on a horse] Hyah! Hyah!

Lily: What a magnificent animal.

Adam: Faster. Faster. Ah! [laughing]

Lily: Slave. I'm in the sun.

Adam: Hyah! Ho! [laughing] Whoa!

Horse Trader: Well?

Adam: You were right. He's all that you promised. I haven't seen a finer horse in all of Egypt.

Horse Trader: I'm glad Your Excellency is pleased. There is still one small matter.

Adam: Oh, yes. As we agreed. [takes a bag of coins, then putting on a scale]

Horse Trader: Oh, forgive me, but something is not quite right.

Adam: I thought I brought the right amount.

Horse Trader: You're a busy man. Anyone can make a mistake.

[Adam puts silver on a scale]

Horse Trader: He's yours. Pharaoh himself would be jealous.

Adam: Yes, he's a fine horse.

Maddie: [looks at a scale, then grabbing the tents, sliver and the bag] Master, I think you should see this.

Horse Trader: Uh... Get away from that. Don't touch it!

Maddie: Well, look at that.

Horse Trader: Well, I... It's broken. Your Excellency, I had no idea.

Adam: Of course not. You're a busy man. Anyone can make a mistake. And yours is going to cost you your freedom.

Horse Trader: Please, keep the stallion as a gift from me.

Adam: No. Take him away.

Horse Trader: I have a dozen more horses! Take them all! Please, anything!

[Adam grabs a bag]

Lily: Adam, you should keep it. You said it was the finest in all Egypt.

Adam: Own a horse taken from a thief? What would that say about my honor?

Lily: [scoffs] You and your honor.

Adam: [to Maddie] You've done well. What's your name?

Maddie: Maddie.

Adam: Maddie. You're an educated slave. Where did you learn?

Maddie: My father taught me.

Adam: Ah. He taught you well. Tell me what else your father has taught you.

[they all walk away]

Maddie: I can read and write Egyptian.

Man: [singing] A girl looks up and sees a golden gift of chance.

Maddie: What a mess.

Adam: Good luck. [walks away]

Man: [singing] To prove her worth and make the best of what might seem. A dire circumstance. Onward and onward the slow and steady climb.

Maddie: Master.

Adam: Let's have a look.

Man: [singing] Task upon task that can lift her to summit over time.

Adam: Well done, Maddie.

Man: [singing] You've got to take whatever road's at your feet. You've got to make whatever progress you can. Although the map you hold is far from complete. You've got to take whatever road's at your feet.

[they laugh, then putting feet by stomping, then taking a bowl to Adam]

Adam: To a good year, and to your friend.

[they both laugh, then painting on the wall, then putting the hand on the wall, then looking at a sun, then men with hay]

Sean: My neck is killing me. It's too early for this.

[Severus puts water in a bucket, then butterflies on a sunflower, then Mary with Severus walking by by sitting, then they hug]

Severus: Mary.

Lily: Maddie.

Maddie: Huh?

Lily: Shh!

Maddie: W-Why are hour here? Is something wrong?

Lily: No. This land, it's not Egypt. Is this your home?

Maddie: Canaan.

Lily: Please, tell me more about Canaan.

[she sighs]

Maddie: This is the place where I was born. These are the sunflowers my mother planted. This is my, uh... My...

Lily: Family? You miss them, don't you?

Maddie: My brothers. They betrayed me!

Lily: Maddie, we are your family now.

Maddie: Huh?

Lily: We care for you here. We... I feel you are special.

Maddie: What? No. W-Why have you come here tonight?

Lily: To be with you.

Maddie: No. This is not right.

Lily: Maddie. Look at me.

Maddie: No. I will not betray my master.

Lily: I'm talking to you.

Maddie: No! Stop! No!

Lily: Wait! I order you to stay! [rips her shirt off]

Maddie: No!

Lily: Everything you are, you owe to me

[she continues running away by wall, by hearing Lily screaming, then the men appear at at Maddie, then laying to the ground]

Adam: You stood apart from the other slaves. I let you work in my home. I kept you from hard labor, and you did well for me. Or so I thought.

Maddie: Master...

Adam: No other slave was ever given this opportunity! I gave you my trust. What do you say for yourself?

Maddie: I did nothing wrong.

Adam: And still you insult me with your denials! What am I to make of this?

[Lily continues sobbing]

Maddie: It's not what it seems. I could never betray you.

Adam: Such insolence! Am I to believe a slave over my own wife?

Maddie: I swear. I did nothing to betray you.

Adam: Silence! For what have you done, you must be put to death. See to it.

Maddie: No, no. Master, Master, I beg you. Tell him! Help me! Tell him that...

[the guard grabs Maddie]

Maddie: Help me! Please!

Lily: Stop. She doesn't deserve to die.

Adam: Why? I see. Take her to prison.

[the men take Maddie]

Maddie: Wait, master. No! Please! Believe me! I did nothing wrong!

[Lily walks to Adam, then he takes the hat off, then sitting down, then putting the hand out, then the man opens the door]

Maddie: This is a mistake!

[kicks Maddie to the ground, then closing the door]

Maddie: [getting up] I did nothing wrong.

Butler: Yeah, we know you're innocent. [sleeps back]

[the mice run at Maddie, yelling while running, then walking backwards, then covering in a blanket, then sleeping, then Baker grabs an onion]

Butler: I know it sounds crazy, but it was so real.

Baker: I was up all night with my own dreams. Now you wanna take up my day with yours?

[eats an onion, spitting, then throwing away]

Butler: No. Just listen. I was back at Pharaoh's palace, in a garden of grapes that had three old vines. A tear fell from my eye, and the vines drank it in. They became so thick with grapes, that I squeezed them into a cup and served it to Pharaoh.

Baker: That is quite a dream.

Maddie: [uncovers a blanket] I know what your dream means.

Butler: You do? How could you?

Maddie: I just do. It's some kind of gift. The three vines signify three days. In three days, Pharaoh will bring you back to the palace a free man.

Butler: [sighing] If only it were true.

Maddie: It is true. And when you're free, tell Pharaoh about my gift. Please. Promise me.

Baker: Some gift. To make up fairy tales and give hope to the foolish.

Butler: Maybe she's not making it up.

Baker: All right, then. Here's one I've had every night for the last week. I'm taking three baskets of bread to Pharaoh, one on top of the other, when the baskets fall. I go to pick up the bread, when suddenly a swarm of birds come out of nowhere and attack me. They keep pecking at me in the face and the eyes. What does it mean?

Maddie: I don't know. [walks away]

Baker: Yes, you do. Tell me. [to Maddie] Tell me!

Maddie: [shakes her head] The three baskets also signify three days. In three days, Pharaoh will behead you, and birds will feed on your flesh.

Baker: What? You're lying. You're lying!

Butler: Stop it! [grabs Baker, getting off of Maddie] Don't pay attention to her. We're not going anywhere.

[the mice run away, then pouring water on the plant, then eating an onion, then grabbing the onion, then the guards open the door and Baker's gasps]

Guard: Take him.

[the guard grabs Baker]

Baker: You knew. You knew! That's not a gift! That's a curse!

Guard: Pharaoh has summoned you to the palace.

Butler: Why? What did I do?

Guard: Let's go. [grabs Butler]

Maddie: It's gonna be all right. You'll see. Tell Pharaoh about me.

Butler: I will.

[the guard closes the door by Maddie]

Maddie: Don't forget me! Don't forget me!

[closing the door by the guards, then fade to black, then cut at night]

Maddie: Guard! Tell them I'm still here! Answer me! [sighing] No one cares. [walks away, then hearing a thunderclap, pouring rain, then putting the basket of food down to Maddie, gasping]

Maddie: Connor!

Guard: Halt! Who's there?!

[Connor lets go of the basket, falling down]

Maddie: No!

[the basket breaks, then the mice grab the food, then trying to grab the mice, then putting hands on the mouth]

Maddie: Oh, God why are you doing this to me? Do you hear me? Any kindness, you take away. You were the one who gave me the dreams. You brought me the gift. Some gift! My dreams are lies! What have I done to deserve this? [falls to the ground, screaming, then getting up, looking at the branch and the leaf, then touching a branch, setting back up] Ah? Whao!

Woman: [singing] I thought I did what's right, I thought I had the answers, I thought I chose the surest road. But that road brought me here. So I put up a fight, and told you how to help me. Now, just when I have given up, the truth is coming clear. You know better than I, you know the way. I've let go the need to know why. For you know better than I. If this has been a test I cannot see the reason, but maybe knowing "I don't know" is part of getting through. I try to do what's best and faith has made it easy, to see the best thing I can do is put my trust in you. For you know better than I. You know the way, I've let go the need to know why. For you know better than I. I saw one cloud and thought it was the sky. I saw a bird and thought that I could follow. But it was you who taught that hird to fly, if I let you reach me, will you teach me? For you know better than I! You know the way! I've let go the need to know why! I'll take what answers you supply, you know better than I.

[cut to Adam, walking to the door, sighing, then opening a door, looking at Maddie]

Maddie: Adam?

Adam: [puts hands behind his back] Pharaoh's butler said you interpret dreams.

Maddie: That is true. And?

Adam: Pharaoh is tortured by a dream. None of his wise men can explain it. I'm to bring you to the palace.

Maddie: Adam? It's good to see you again.

Adam: How could I have allowed this to happen? My wife...

Maddie: I understand. Let's go.

[they both walk away, then holding the door, looking at a tree, then closing the door, then cut to the palace, taking a bowl]

Pharaoh: For the sake of Egypt, relieve my suffering. [puts the bowl down, then the men put clothes on Pharaoh, then grabbing the cane and stick, then they all walk] Is this the one you spoke of?

Adam: Yes, Excellency.

Pharaoh: [to Maddie] I'm told you merely need to hear a dream, and you can explain it.

Maddie: Not me, Your Excellency. The explanation comes from God.

Pharaoh: None of my wise men or magicians, none of my gods could help me. What makes you think your God is any different? [walks away]

Maddie: Tell me your dream, Pharaoh.

Pharaoh: Every night it's the same. I am standing by the Nile. Seven healthy cows graze peacefully on the banks.

[the cows hear thunderclap]

Pharaoh: But then seven horrible, sickly cows come from the same river, the most wretched I have ever seen in Egypt. Suddenly they begin to devour the healthy cattle, and yet the cows remain as sickly as before. And then I wake up.

Maddie: Is there more?

Pharaoh: Yes. Another dream always follows. Seven ears of grain, full and golden, grow from a single stalk.

[the branch grows from a ground]

Pharaoh: Suddenly, seven ears, hardened and scorched, spring up on the same stalk, and swallow the seven good ears. All that remains are shriveled grains unfit to eat, and nothing else. Well?

Maddie: Pharaoh's dreams are one. The healthy cows and ears of grain are seven years of abundance.

[cuts the hay, then taking to the man, then throwing]

Maddie: The sickly cows amd the withered grain, mean seven years of famine will follow, and destroy the land. Egypt may not survive.

Pharaoh: Can this be stopped? What can be done?

Maddie: [takes the berries out] You must find a man you can trust. During the years plenty, have him collect one-fifth of the grain from every field and store it under guard. Then, during the years of famine, give it back to the people.

Pharaoh: Adam, you trust this woman?

Adam: With my life, Excellency.

[they all walk to the crowd, then silencing]

Pharaoh: Through this woman, I have seen the future of Egypt. And through her deeds, we shall prosper. [puts around Maddie, then the crowd cheer, then Pharaoh bows down] I am giving her power over all Egypt. Only Pharaoh will be greater. You shall call her "Louisa Shaw." God speaks, and she lives.

Crowd: Lousia Shaw! Lousia Shaw!

[she walks away, then looking at Connor, petting Kia, then putting the bowl down]

Connor: Hey. Kia, come back here. Hmm.

[Kia licks the water, then she clears throat, then gasping]

Connor: Lousia Shaw.

[she touches Connor]

Maddie: Maddie.

[they both walk away, then kissing, then they all cheer, then picking the dirt, then dropping]

Woman: [singing] A single voice is joined by multitudes in song. With every verse, they're finding harmonies.

Men: Good morning.

Woman: [continues singing] That rise to Heaven sure and strong.

Connor: Hey. We've come to help.

Woman: [continues singing] Richer and richer, the soil.

Adam: Great!

Woman: [singing] On which they thrive. Higher and higher a hymn of what it means to be alive. You've got to give a little more than you take. You've got to leave a little more than was here. You may be prideful of the strides you will make. But keep one thing clear. You're just a player in a much bigger plan. And still you have to give it all that you can. The very measure of your soul is at stake, you've got to give a little more than you take.

[the man cuts the grass]

Man: [singing] The seasons fly, a woman stands where a girl once stood. Her path unfolds and unafraid she walks in service of a greater good.

Both: [singing] Deeper and deeper, the lessons she has known. Over and over, the message she is surely being shown, you've got to give a little more than you take. You've got to leave a little more than was here. You may be prideful of the strides you will make. But keep one thing clear. You're just a player in a much bigger plan. And still you have to give it all that you can. The very measure of your soul is at stake. You've got to give a little more than you take. The very measure of a soul is at stake. You've got to give a little more than you take.

[the men build the piece by sliding back into place, then the wind blows the crops away, then picking a branch, then breaking a branch, then they pull a bucket, then they dump out, then the crow lands on the skeleton, then they all lock the statues, then the men wait in the marketplace]

Adam: Next. How many in your family.

Woman: Five.

Adam: Fine.

Woman: Thank you, my lord.

[the man dumps the crops in the bag]

Adam: Next, please.

Woman: A long life for you, Excellency.

Pharaoh: And for you.

Adam: And here's a responsible young woman. How many in your family?

Menna: Four, my lord.

Adam: Very good.

[they both walk to a man, then the man dumps the crops in the bag]

Pharaoh: Hi there. What's your name?

Menna: Menna. And this is my sister Nyla. I'm looking after her while my parents tend the sheep.

Pharaoh: Are you here for some grain too?

[she gasps, then Pharaoh takes a bag to Menna and Nyla, laughing]

Menna: Thank you!

Nyla: Bye! [drops a toy on the ground, then Sean grabs a toy, crying out]

Sean: [takes it back to Nyla] Here you go.

Adam: Who's next?

Connor: [Plays the Guitar]

Guard: Halt! Connor, halt! Who's there?

Maddie: What?

Sean: We are, my lord.

Adam: You are not an Egyptian.

Sean: No, sir. My brothers and I have traveled far, from Canaan.

[she runs away, then taking the hat off]

Connor: Maddie, what's wrong?

Maddie: Nothing.

Connor: [to Maddie] Look at you. You're shaking.

Maddie: It must be the sun. I'll be fine.

Sean: Please. Our wives and children are hungry.

Sean: I'm sorry, but you haven't contributed your supply.

Hans: We don't ask for charity. We'll pay you with silver.

[they both grin, thinking that Maddie takes the bag to Sean, then cut back]

Adam: How many are you?

Sean: There are 12 of us. Ten of us here. At home, we have our father and youngest sister.

Adam: Very well. Give them...

Maddie: Nothing! Ten foreigners asking for grain, no ties to Egypt. Are you thieves, hoping to see where we store our grain? Spies? I don't know what you are, but I don't believe your story.

Sean: Your Excellency, everything we say is true. I swear it.

Maddie: Then prove it! Produce this youngest sister.

Sean: But why?

Hans: What would that prove?

Maddie: That you're not lying. If you're telling the truth, I'll let you buy all the grain you want. Till then, arrest this one!? We'll hold him until you produce this youngest sister. Take him.

[the men grab Hans]

Sean: Stop!

Hans: Sean, help me! No! No! No! No!

Guard: Let's go.

[they hear a door slamming shut by looking at Sean]

Connor: Maddie, what are you doing? They're just trying to feed their families.

Maddie: They're thieves, here to steal our grain.

Connor: [scoffs] They needed food, and they were prepared to pay for it. How can you say they're thieves? They've done nothing to you.

Maddie: [scoffs] Nothing? [sighing] They're my brothers?

Connor: What?

Maddie: They sold me. They sold me into slavery. They took me away from my home. I never got to say good-bye to my mother. I never got to see my father grow old.

Connor: Maddie, I... I didn't know. You're here now. You have a home, a husband who loves you, everything you could want.

Maddie: No. Not everything. [looking at Sean]

Connor: I thought you learned something in that cell. Remember when I would bring food to you?

Maddie: Yes. It kept me going.

[they both hug]

Hans: Hey! You won't keep me here. My brothers will come for me. [echoing] My brothers will come.

[she walks away]

Connor: Maddie. [singing] How long must there be anger here before we can rejoice. Embracing love instead of fear is but a simple choice. It's hard for me to see you fall so bitter and so blind. When the truest nature of us all invites us to be kind. Bloom, bloom, may you know. The wisdom only time breeds. There's room, bloom and you'll grow to follow where your heart leads. Bloom and may you live. The way your life was meant to be. There's room, bloom and forgive.

Adam: Lousia Shaw! The family of Canaanites. They've returned.

Connor: [continues singing] Let sweet compassion set you free.

Maddie: Thank you.

Connor: Maybe they've suffered these last 20 years, as well. Maybe they've changed.

Maddie: [puts the coat on] No. I don't think so.

[Connor hears a door closing, then looking at the brothers]

Sean: Don't speak unless you're spoken to.

Peter: Hmm. Don't worry. It'll be all right.

Maddie: [she appears, then they all bow down] Welcome.

[they all get up]

Maddie: You've done what I've asked?

Sean: Our sister, Ashley.

Maddie: [walks to Ashley, then they grin] You kept your word. Bring out the other brother. So, Ashley, tell me of your mother and father.

Ashley: My mother is no longer alive.

Maddie: Oh. I-I'm sorry. And your father?

Ashley: He's worried that I'm here.

Maddie: Why is that?

Ashley: I'm a long say from home.

Maddie: Oh? Doesn't he trust your brothers to protect you?

Ashley: He likes me to stay close by.

Maddie: Really? Why is that?

Benjamin: A long time ago, he... he lost his youngest daughter.

Maddie: Well, I'm sorry to hear that. How did that happen?

Ashley: She was killed.

Maddie: Killed? How?

Ashley: By wolves.

Maddie: Wolves?

Ashley: Yes. It broke my father's heart.

Maddie: Well, it must have been very hard on your brothers too.

Ashley: They never speak of it.

Maddie: Don't they?

Hans: Ashley!

All: Hans!

[they all walk to Hans, hugging him]

Hans: I was beginning to worry.

Maddie: [clapping her hands] You must be hungry after your journey. Come. You'll be my guests.

[they hear a traditional music playing, bringing food, then spinning around, then pouring inside cups, then Bulter takes the napkin off the cup, then taking it to Maddie, then stops]

Maddie: A toast, to brothers and sister.

All: To brothers and sister!

[the traditional music continues playing, then they take the food, then Maddie sits down, holding a cup, looking at it, then they take a food, then they all walk, with Connor walking down]

Sean: Stop this. You have no right. We've done nothing wrong.

[Maddie walks down]

Connor: What's going on? Why have they been arrested? Maddie, what are you doing?

Maddie: You'll see.

Guard: Get back in place. Get back in...

Maddie: I give you food. I take you into my home. And this is how you repay me, by stealing?

Mark: We wouldn't steal from you. We'd never do such a thing.

Maddie: Now you insult me by lying.

Mark: What?

Maddie: [takes a sword out] One of you has stolen from me. [tears a bag, then tearing all of the bags, dumping out] Ashley. [opens a bag, then tearing apart, then the golden cup rolls on the ground to Maddie] The favored one.

Ashley: I didn't take it!

Maddie: Arrest her. For what you have done, you will be punished.

Ashley: Someone put it in there. Ow!

Sean: Stop! Take me instead. I beg you.

Hans: No. Take me.

Mark: Take me.

All: Take me! Take me!

Sean: Take any of us, your grace, but, please, let the boy go.

Maddie: You would sacrifice yourselves for a half sister who's spoiled by your father?

Sean: Yes.

Maddie: Why? Why should you care if I take her, beat her, make her a slave?

Sean: Because I will not make my father suffer again.

Maddie: [lets go of Ashley] Again? What do you mean, "again"?

Sean: Our sister was not killed by wolves. We were blinded by jealousy and sold her into slavery. For 20 years, we have lived with that guilt.

[puts the sword on the ground]

Sean: We can't go back without the girl. My father could not bear it a second time. And neither could we. If anyone is to be punished, it should be us.

[they all look at Maddie, holding on the clothing, sighing, then taking the hat off]

Maddie: I will not harm any of you or our father. I am your sister Maddie.

Sean: Maddie?

Mark: It's Maddie. I can't believe you're here.

Hans: How can it be?

Ashley: Maddie?

Maddie: I have so much to tell you, so many questions to ask. [hugs Sean]

Sean: Oh, Maddie, can you ever forgive us?

Maddie: I already have. Can you forgive me for thinking I was some miracle from God?

Sean: But you are a miracle. God sent you to save our family and all of Egypt. And you did.

Maddie: Connor? Please. I'd like you to meet my brothers.

All: Welcome. Pleasure to meet you.

Maddie: You will join me here, all of you, with your families.

Menna: Look!

[they all walk]

Sean: I see her! There she is!

Hans: It's her! There she is!

[they both walk up]

Severus: Maddie!

Maddie: Father. [runs to Severus ] Father! Father!

[the brothers put bags down, then taking the hat off]

Maddie: Father!

Severus: Maddie. My girl. My girl. [puts the stick down] Your mother prayed this day would come, that we'd all be together again as a family. It's a miracle.

Maddie: Yes, Father. It is a miracle.

[Severus picks up Menna]

Woman: [singing] Oh, you know better than I! You know the way! I've let go the need to know why! I'll take what answers you supply, you know better than I.