VeggieTales JDD Version

Dave & The Giant Pickle

In Jason and Michelle's room, there were some cardboard that was cut up to look like buildings, and when Jason and Michelle went in, they were very puzzled. Jason: "Hey, what's all this?" Michelle: "I was gonna ask you that..." that was when they heard Larry's voice, sounding like he was narrating about something. Larry: "Danger lurks in every corner of the big city... evil doers were on the loose... the world needs a hero, but not just an ordinary hero, no, a special hero... a super hero... I... am... that... hero!, they call me... Larry-Boy!" called out Larry, as he came to the scene in his super hero Larry-Boy costume. Jason: "Uh..." Michelle: "Larry... what are you doing?" Larry-Boy: "Hello citizens, are you in need of help?" Jason: "Larry, it's us, Jason and Michelle Conrad, you know who we are." that was when Bob the Tomato came to the scene. Bob: "Larry, what's going on here?" Larry-Boy: "Isn't it obvious?, I'm a super hero, and I must fight evil villains and save the day with my super suction ears!" said Larry, before he jumps up into the air and one of his suction ears got stuck on the cardboard, until it finally let go and Larry fell to the ground. Larry-Boy: "Ouch..." Bob: "Wow... I guess being a super hero is a bit dangerous... maybe you should go back to being plain old Larry, it's safer that way." Larry-Boy: "But I don't wanna be plain old Larry anymore..." Bob: "Why not?" Larry-Boy: "Cause there's nothing special about plain old me... just plain old boring..." Bob: "Oh... not feeling very special, are you?" Larry-Boy: "Nope..." Jason: "I know the feeling..." Michelle: "Me too..." Larry-Boy: "You do?" Jason: "Yeah, back home at school, the other students used to pick on us, saying we were too small to do anything..." Michelle: "Yeah... there's not a lot of things we have that makes us special..." Bob: "Hmm... maybe a story could cheer you up." Michelle: "What kind of story?" Bob: "A story about a boy named Dave... now close your eyes..." said Bob, before Jason and Michelle closed their eyes, and then the whole scene changed to the middle of a desert, and there were a lot of sheep too. Michelle: "Where are we?, and where's Jason?" Bob: "We're in Israel, home of the Israelites, as for Jason... he's over there with the sheep... as Dave." said Bob, before he and Michelle turned around to see Jason was playing the roll of Dave in the story, much to his surprise. Jason: "Whoa... I have a role in this story?" Michelle: "Lucky..." Bob: "Anyway... Dave was a shepherd, and he had a lot of brothers." said Bob, before Jimmy Gourd, Jerry Gourd, and another gourd with a gold tooth named Mr Lunt (voiced by Phil Vischer), came to the scene. Bob: "Now most of the day, Dave and his brothers take care of their sheep, which can be hard work, cause the sheep had an unusual problem... they tip over, and Dave was the smallest, which made getting the sheep back up a challenge, and sometimes Dave's brothers would pick on him." said Bob, before one of Jimmy's sheep fell over. Jimmy: "Oh Dave, one of my sheep fell over, would you come and pick it up for me?" Dave: "I'm a little busy right now..." said Dave, trying to get his sheep back up. Jimmy: "Do you remember the time we dipped you tar and stuck you on the back side of an angry water buffalo?" Dave: "I'll be right there!" called out Dave, before one of Mr Lunt's sheep fell over. Mr Lunt: "Hey Dave, one of my sheep fell over too!" Dave: "Just a minute!" called out Dave, before Jerry's sheep fell over as well. Jerry: "Oh look, all of my sheep fell over... Dave!" called out Jerry, before Dave finally got his sheep back up and went to pick up the other sheep. Jimmy: "Oh Dave, after you pick up our sheep, could you go and pick up something to eat?, I'm really famished." Jerry: "Oh yeah, give me something too!" Jimmy: "You know, sometimes I think I could eat a whole camel." Jerry: "Oh yeah?, well sometimes I think I could eat a whole spaceship!" Jimmy: "Um... what's a spaceship?" Jerry: "... I have no idea..." Bob: "That's how life was like everyday for Dave, nothing really exciting happens there, until one day, their dad, Jesse, came to them with some horrible news." said Bob, before Jesse, who is played by Pa Grape, came to the scene and he was freaking out. Jesse: "Oh, oh boys!, I-I-I got ho-horrible n-n-news!, the Phil-Phil-Philistines are uh, are at-at-attacking!" shouted Jesse really quickly, which confused his boys as they didn't quite catch what he just said. Jimmy: "The Lima beans are uh... lacking?" Jerry: "The nectarines are... quacking?" Mr Lunt: "Uh... I don't get it..." Jimmy: "One more time please, and let's work on our annunciation..." Jesse: "... The Philistines are attacking!" shouted Jesse, which made the boys to panic and running around before Jesse joins them. Larry-Boy: "Uh Bob... what are the Philippines?" Bob: "The Philippines are a group of islands off the coast of South East Aisa, but that's not important now... the Philistines were people who hated the people of Israel, they wanted to take the land and make the Israelites their slaves." Michelle: "Oh dear..." Bob: "Yeah, so the Israelites needed to protect themselves." said Bob, before the scene went back to the story. Mr Lunt: "We need to protect ourselves, but how?" Jesse: "King Saul is making an army to stop the Philistines, they need your help, you must go and save Israel!" Dave: "Then let's go!" Jesse: "Not you Dave, you're much too little for such a big job, those jobs are for big people only, while little people like you do little jobs, so stay with the sheep." said Jesse, before he and the gourds left the area, leaving Dave behind with the sheep. Dave: "But... it's not fair... I want to help... why can't little guys do big things too...?" said Jason, before the scene changed to the camp sites for the Israelites and Philistines. Bob: "By the time Dave's brothers arrived at King Saul's camp, battle lines had been drawn between the Philistines and Israelites, and as the custom in their day, the armies lined up and yelled at each other." said Bob, before the Philistines, who are played by some peas, including the French Peas, started to yell. Jean-Claude: "Hello, Israelites!, you are pigs!, and soon, we will put apples in your mouths and stick you in our toaster ovens!, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Phillipe: "Ah, yes! After we defeat you, you will be our slaves and you'll have to fetch us our slippers!" Jean-Claude: "Yes, and iron our trousers!" Phillipe: "Oh, and wipe our little noses." Jean-Claude: "Ah-ha! And scratch that spot on our backs we cannot reach, no matter how hard we try!" said the peas, while Dave's brothers were silent. Jean-Claude: "Don't you have anything to say?" Jimmy: "Um, do you guys have any fried chicken?, I got a real hankering for fried chicken." Jerry: "Yeah, me too!" Jean-Claude: [to Phillipe] This is going to be easier than we thought... [turning to the Israelites] You know, I think we can save us a lot of time, how about we bring our strongest man, and you bring your strongest man, and they will fight, if our champion beats your champion, you will be our slaves, but if your champion defeats us, we will be your slaves, what do you think about that?" Bob: "Well, the Israelites were getting tired of the yelling, and the Philistines did seem a little on the small side, so King Saul (played by Archibald0 agreed." King Saul: "That seems like a reasonable idea, alright, we agree, send out your champion." Jean-Claude/ Phillipe: "Hey Goliath!" called out the peas, while King Saul smiles, thinking this is going to be easy. King Saul looks at the water in his cup, which starts to shake. That was when King Saul and the Israelites look up in horror at the approaching champion, Goliath (voiced by Phil Vischer), who is a giant pickle. The French Peas smile confidently when Goliath comes out, knowing that no one can possibly beat him. King Saul faints and falls down in his chair. Goliath: "Who will I fight?" asked Goliath, before the Israelites run and hide in fear. Bob: "The Israelites were so terrified of Goliath, that they all ran away and hid." Goliath: "Hm. Nobody will fight... I'll come back tomorrow." Bob: "And that's exactly what he did... Goliath came back the next day... and the next day... and the next day for 40 days, but every time he showed up, all the Israelites ran away and hid." Michelle: "Oh dear..." Bob: "Oh dear indeed, finally, Jesse started worried about his boys, so he sent little Dave to the battlefield with some food." said Bob, before Jesse gave Dave some food, and the boy rides on a sheep to the camp. Bob: "Now Dave got to King Saul's camp, just about the time Goliath was going to come out, so all the Israelites were hiding." Dave: "Hello! Is anybody here?" called out Dave, before Jimmy, Jerry, and Mr Lunt peek out from behind a tent. Jimmy: "Shh, he'll hear you!" Dave: "Who?" Jimmy: "Him!, that big pickle over there!" said Jimmy, before Dave turns to see Goliath himself, waiting for his opponent to come out. Goliath: "Who will fight me?" Dave: "Well?, who's gonna fight him?" Jimmy: "What, are you nuts?, he'd have us for lunch!, speaking of which, what did you bring us?" Dave: "Here you go." said Dave, before he gives Jimmy, Jerry, and Mr Lunt the food, which is pizza. Jerry: "Hmm~, pizza." Jimmy: "Oh, cheese in the crust!, that's tremendous!" Dave: "Come on you guys!, have you forgotten?, we're the children of God!" Larry-Boy: "The what?" Bob: "The children of God, the Bible says that the Israelites were God's chosen people, God led them through the desert, he helped them walk across the Red Sea and whenever they went into battle, God was there with them, they've always known that if God was on their side, no one could stand against them." Larry-Boy: "Wow." Michelle: "You could say that again..." Bob: "But King Saul and his men were so scared of big, tall Goliath, they forgot that God was even bigger." Larry-Boy: "Oh dear." Bob: "Once again, no one would answer Goliath's challenge." said Bob, before the scene went back to the story. Goliath: "Ugh, no one to fight... they told me that you are the children of God, you are cowards, I come back tomorrow." said Goliath, as he left the scene, and Dave was mad. Dave: "I can't believe you're letting him say that!, somebody's gotta do something." shouted Dave, as Jimmy, Jerry, and Mr Lunt were eating pizza, before Dave leaves. Jimmy: "What are you gonna do Dave?, remember, you're a little guy, leave this big stuff to us big people!" called out Jimmy, before he finds himself out in the open, which frightens him before he retreats back to safety. Jimmy: "You think he saw me?" Jerry: "No, you're okay." Jimmy: "Phew!" Bob: "Well Dave knew exactly what he had to do, so he went straight to King Saul and announced his plan." said Bob, before Dave went to King Saul, who were drinking some water. Dave: "I will fight Goliath!" called out Dave, forcing King Saul spits out the water he was drinking in shock. Bob: "King Saul took the news rather well." King Saul: "I'm sorry, my ears must be failing, I could have sworn I heard you say that you'd fight Goliath, but you didn't really say that, did you?" Dave: "Yes, I did." King Saul: "Oh... I say, that's very kind but... let's be reasonable, you are a tiny little fellow, and, well Goliath, he's enormous!, no, no, no, that's a job for a big person, not a little boy like you." Jason: "Goliath might be big, but God's bigger, and with his help, little guys like me can do big things too." King Saul: "Well... maybe... but just in case... you might wanna put on some armor." said the king, before he gives Dave some armor and a sword, but they were both too heavy for the boy to carry, and he fell down before getting the armor off and put away the sword. Dave: "Maybe it would be better if I stay being plain old me..." King Saul: "I suppose... but have you seen Goliath?!" Dave: "Yeah... I saw how big he was... but he's tiny compared to God, and with God's help, little guys can do big things too." said Dave, before he goes off to who knows where. King Saul: "Alright... if you're sure that you... know what you're getting into... oh dear..." said King Saul with concern in his voice. Bob: "Well, Dave wasn't exactly sure what he was getting into, but he knew God would be there with him, so he went down to a stream and found five smooth stones, then he went back to the camp and waited for Goliath." said Bob, before the scene went Back at the camp with King Saul and the Israelites. Goliath: "Who will fight me?!" Dave: "I will fight you, Goliath!" Jimmy: "You know, if I didn't know better... I'd say that sounded like Dave." Jerry and Mr Lunt: "Oh yeah." that was when Dave walks over to see Goliath and the Philistines. Mr Lunt: You know... if I didn't know better, I'd say that looks like Dave." Jimmy and Jerry: "Huh?" Dave turns and smiles at his brothers. Dave: "Hey guys." Jimmy, Jerry and Mr Lunt: "Dave?!" shouted the brothers in shock, before Jimmy faints, and Goliath was equally surprised. Goliath: "Who said that?" Dave: "I did!" called out Dave, allowing the giant pickle to see the boy. Goliath: "Oh ho-ho!, am I a dog that you come at me with sticks?" asked Goliath as he laughed, along with the other Philistines. Dave: "I don't exactly know what you mean... but I know that you're not a dog, you are a really big guy who wants to beat me up, and I come to you today not with sticks, but in the name of the God of Israel who this day shall help me defeat you!" Goliath: "We will see who defeats who, now we fight!" called out Goliath, as he and Dave prepare to fight as Goliath puts on his boxing gloves. Jean-Claude: "It's showtime!" called out one of the peas, as a bell rings and the Philistines cheer when Dave prepares to fight the giant pickle. Goliath's now sporting a pair of red boxing gloves as he hops towards Dave, who gulps before also running over to face him. Goliath's still swinging his boxing gloves, while Dave takes off his hat and puts a stone in his slingshot before he starts spinning the slingshot around, while everyone watches the slingshot spinning. Dave spins the slingshot faster and faster, until the stone is sent flying in the air until it strikes Goliath on the head and bounces off. Everyone watches anxiously, until Goliath falls forward. Dave jumps out of the way as Goliath lands face first on the ground, before putting his hat back on. The Israelites are silent for a few seconds, until they start cheering for their victory and Dave's victory, throwing their hats in the air. The Philistines are shocked and they retreat in fear. Bob: "The Philistines were so scared of Dave that they all ran away and hid, and Israel was saved." Michelle: "Hooray!" Bob: "And that's the story of Dave, a really little guy, who did a rally big thing." said Bob, as the Israelites all go to congratulate and cheer for Dave for beating Goliath. Then Dave jumps onto his sheep and leaves, while King Saul, Jimmy, Jerry, Mr Lunt and the Israelites cry happily. The sun goes down while Dave's still riding the sheep, as the story ends, and then the scene changed back into Jason and Michelle's room. Bob: "Well, what did you think of the story?" Larry-Boy: "Oh my goodness!, that was amazing!, Dave was just a little guy, but he manged to beat Goliath, the biggest and strongest warrior they have ever seen!, oh my!, I laughed, I cried... it's moved me Bob... it really did." Bob: "Good to hear, and Jason, you did a very good job." Jason: "Thanks... I guess I did pretty well." Bob: "I hope you got the point of the story." Larry-Boy: "Which is..." Bob: "Simple, although nobody believed that Dave could do anything important due to being so little, Dave's love for God has allowed him to win the battle against Goliath... but that's not all, eventually, Dave would grew up to be king of all of Israel." Larry-Boy: "Wow, that's a really big thing for a little guy." Bob: "That's a big thing for any guy." Michelle: "So... with God's help, we can do anything?" Bob: "Well as long as it's something God wants us to do, yes." Larry: "Wow... so anything God wants me to do, makes me feel pretty special... but uh... does this mean I can't be Larry-Boy anymore?" Bob: "Well as long as you feel okay about plain old Larry, who is indeed very special, you can be anyone you want." Larry-Boy: "Great!" Jason: "Hey look at the clock [pointing at the clock on the wall that had the hands on the 12] it's noon." Michelle: "Lunch time." Jason: "See ya later." Bob: "We'll see you later too." so with that, Jason and Michelle left the room and off to have lunch.

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