{"product_id":"a-cowboy-lesson","title":"A Cowboy Lesson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"10\" data-end=\"29\"\u003eA Cowboy Lesson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a fun western puppet script where a trail-weary group of cowboys learns that God’s commands are not complicated—He calls us to trust Him, speak up for Him, love others honestly, and live with hearts that honor Him. With plenty of goofy cowboy banter, big personalities, and kid-friendly humor, this skit makes biblical truth easy to understand and fun to remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"422\" data-end=\"435\"\u003eRun-Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 12–15 minutes\u003cbr data-start=\"463\" data-end=\"466\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"466\" data-end=\"482\"\u003eCast Number:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8 puppeteers\/speakers, plus optional western band \u003cstrong\u003e(can be adapted for live actors)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"532\" data-end=\"535\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"535\" data-end=\"558\"\u003eBiblical Reference:\u003c\/strong\u003e Provisional: God’s commandments, God’s presence, speaking up for faith, honesty, loving others\u003cbr data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"656\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"656\" data-end=\"668\"\u003eSetting:\u003c\/strong\u003e Western campfire scene on a large puppet stage\u003cbr data-start=\"715\" data-end=\"718\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"718\" data-end=\"728\"\u003eProps:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hay bales, wagon wheel, campfire, sheriff badge, cowboy hats, bandanas, mirror for Sport, briefcase for Patterson\u003cbr data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"845\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"858\"\u003eCategory:\u003c\/strong\u003e Puppet script, children’s ministry, western, comedy, Christian living\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eSample Script\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1479\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1479\"\u003eScene opens as light comes up on the puppet stage. The band is in darkness right now. Hollister, Scout and Doc enter the puppet stage from stage left. Hollister begins speaking as soon as he is on stage. Others speak as they file in.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1517\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1481\" data-end=\"1495\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hoo-wee! Am I bushed!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1581\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1519\" data-end=\"1529\"\u003eScout:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"1530\" data-end=\"1558\"\u003e(always speaks very rigid)\u003c\/em\u003e Yes. Scout bushed too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1583\" data-end=\"1690\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1583\" data-end=\"1591\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e Don’t you think we otta stop pretty soon? I mean fer pete’s sake, this just ain’t healthy anymore!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1692\" data-end=\"1773\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1692\" data-end=\"1706\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e Oh, Doc, ya big ol’ lug! You can’t stop worryin’ ‘bout us, can ya?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1775\" data-end=\"1960\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1775\" data-end=\"1783\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e You really are dumber than a fence post, ain’t you, Hollister? I said this just ain’t healthy anymore cuz I’m gettin’ tired of always riding the horse that had beans for lunch!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1962\" data-end=\"2006\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1962\" data-end=\"2006\"\u003eHollister and Scout chuckle to themselves.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2053\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2018\"\u003eScout:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scout get you scarf to cover nose?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2172\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2055\" data-end=\"2063\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e I don’t need no scarf! I want some rest and some fresh air for once! By the way – where in tarnation are we?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2174\" data-end=\"2229\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2174\" data-end=\"2188\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e We’z ‘xactly where we’z s’possed ta’ be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2277\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2239\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e You got no idea where we are, do you?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2404\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2279\" data-end=\"2293\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"2294\" data-end=\"2305\"\u003e(shocked)\u003c\/em\u003e What? Well, I’ll be tarred and feathered if I don’t know where we are! I know ‘xactly where we are!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2406\" data-end=\"2511\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2406\" data-end=\"2416\"\u003eScout:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scout little worried, Hollister. Scout think we be traveling in circle shapes long, long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2674\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2527\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e Now wait just a cotton-pickin’ minute! I am the finest cowboy in all the west. I’ve rode up into these hills more times than any of you can count!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2745\" data-end=\"2885\"\u003eI know every rock on every one of these trails . . . \u003cem data-start=\"2798\" data-end=\"2829\"\u003e(looks down as he is talking)\u003c\/em\u003e oh – I ain’t never seen no rock like that there before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2887\" data-end=\"2991\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2887\" data-end=\"2895\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e What? You lilly-livered, no good, empty headed, hombre! Admit it – you forgot to bring the map!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2993\" data-end=\"3150\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2993\" data-end=\"3007\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"3008\" data-end=\"3019\"\u003every hurt\u003c\/em\u003e Now wait just a cotton-pickin’ minute! I am the finest cowboy in all the west. I’ve rode up into these hills more times than . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3152\" data-end=\"3181\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"3152\" data-end=\"3181\"\u003eScout interrupts Hollister.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3183\" data-end=\"3232\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3183\" data-end=\"3193\"\u003eScout:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scout think you already try that line.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3234\" data-end=\"3319\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3234\" data-end=\"3248\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e Well, maybe I did forget that there map. But that don’t mean I’m lost!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3321\" data-end=\"3487\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3321\" data-end=\"3329\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e You really do got the brains of a toad! People said it for years, but I didn’t believe ‘til now. Yep, the brains of a toad – no disrespect to toads, ‘tended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3489\" data-end=\"3556\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3489\" data-end=\"3503\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e What I mean is, with God on my side, I’m never lost!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3558\" data-end=\"3571\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3558\" data-end=\"3566\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e Huh?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3573\" data-end=\"3810\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3573\" data-end=\"3587\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e It’s true! It says so in them that there Bible of God’s! He said no matter where on the dirty, dusty plains we may go, He wants to be our shinin’ camp light in the sky and He won’t never choose to ride off on and leave us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3812\" data-end=\"3863\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3812\" data-end=\"3820\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e Did God really use them there exact words?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3865\" data-end=\"3893\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3865\" data-end=\"3879\"\u003eHollister:\u003c\/strong\u003e More or less!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3895\" data-end=\"3975\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"3895\" data-end=\"3975\"\u003eScout starts laughing to himself, so both Hollister and Doc turn toward Scout.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"3977\" data-end=\"4031\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3977\" data-end=\"3985\"\u003eDoc:\u003c\/strong\u003e Scout! 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