Enter EVE followed by ADAM from the LEFT. Walking away from an immense marble wall.
ADAM is clearly CONFUSED and LOST.
ADAM and EVE have just been kicked out of the Garden of Eden and ADAM is struggling to get his head around some of the instructions they had received from DEITY and it was making him impatient.
EVE
Come on! It can't be that hard to understand?
ADAM
Yes, yes I think it is! When he said "by the sweat of thy brow", what did he even mean?! What am I supposed to get from that?
EVE
He meant exactly that! "By the sweat of thy brow"!
ADAM
He has got to have some kind of deep meaning to it though! He can't mean we have to sweat in order to have food.
EVE
No ADAM! He means that we will have to work hard for the food on our table!
There is a beat of silence.
ADAM
What is a table?
No response from EVE.
ADAM groans. They have been walking for what seems like forever, they have no destination and no direction.
ADAM
Does that mean now cause I am sweating a lot! That has to mean the all-you-can-eat tiger buffet is on its way!
EVE
Ok, ok, ok! Why don't you set up an altar and I will try and scavenge some food for us?
ADAM
Fine!
IT IS DARK now and ADAM is sat by a fire with some meat hanging over the top of it whilst EVE breathlessly climbs up the hill towards ADAM holding what looks like a bird of some sort.
ADAM
That took you a while!
EVE
Maybe you should try camping out in a bird's nest waiting for the mummy bird to come home!
EVE is visibly angry but then notices the big piece of meat that ADAM is now chewing at.
EVE
And where exactly did you get that from?
ADAM
Just around the corner. It was this terrifyingly horrifying beast that just stood there and went: "Moo".
ADAM shakes his head and takes another bite.
ADAM
Must be its name! Is that something else we need to do now?
EVE
What?
ADAM
Name things? Man, that's gonna take a while!
EVE
I guess so!
ADAM
So where should we start?
EVE
I guess with whatever this is we are eating?
ADAM
Well, the Moo greeted me with this thing! Why not M-E-E-T?! No, no! M-Eat! Meat! (Don't want to confuse our meeting with our eating)
EVE
Perfect! We are off to a good start!
ADAM is looking concerned. It is starting to get very dark.
EVE
You are right, we should probably make ourselves some shelter of some kind before it gets too dark!
ADAM runs off to run back 5 minutes later with a small metal tool in his hand (a key).
EVE
Now come on! How is that supposed to help us?
EVE angrily grabs the key from ADAM's hand and hurls it into the trees.
ADAM lowers his head in embarrassment, clearly upset.
CUT TO a two-storey house in the middle of the forest with a working electrical lamp outside and light illuminating from the inside.
CUT BACK TO EVE collecting branches from the nearby trees to be used for shelter and ADAM collecting leaves to cover up the branches.
ADAM
I think that is everything. What do you think?
EVE
Yes, sounds good.
ADAM and EVE crawl into their small shelter, a humble beginning. Both lay their heads onto the small rock placed as a pillow.
ADAM looks upwards, pulling up his head for a closer look.
ADAM
Oh no! There is a hole in the top of the shelter!
EVE reaches for ADAM's hand and holds it tight, ADAM relieves a breath and again rests his head.
YOU ARE READING
The Firsts Pilot
Short StoryThis is an idea for a sitcom. Adam and Eve have just left the Garden of Eden and are getting used to their new home where they will come by a lot of "firsts" (things that have never been done before). This is meant for fun and not to be taken overly...
