Three siblings, a pilot, university professor, and marijuana grow operator, come together every Christmas. As always, their elderly parents present to them their thoughts in a recorded message. 
 
But this year’s missive causes Frederick, Maria and Marcus to flinch, intense sentiments resurface. 
 
But before they can react, they are distracted by the sudden disappearance of the family’s talkative parrot, Pock. Who has stolen him? Fingers are pointed. Gypsies are blamed.
 
As the diversion subsides, their thoughts shift back to the recordings. 
 
The Pilot and the Parrot is a story about the power of the message, and messenger, to impact the emotions of recipients. 
 
There is something about the darkness that brings out the light. Scene 8 is about the times before the celebrations expected to draw us together. "The Eve 'Fore Christmas Day" is the song intended to pull a few gifts in the form of smiles from deep within.
 
The Eve 'Fore Christmas Day
 
What do you say?
The eve 'fore Christmas Day
Memories we can trace
Traditions long in place
 
The world’s one great big race
Distractions we all face 
But we'll all stop to play
The eve 'fore Christmas Day
  
Auntie Trudel's 
Gotta poodle
And the boodles
Making doodles
Nay be feudal
It's crucial
Spoil the mood and
It's brutal 
Lumen
 
Poppa's frugal
Hear the bugles
Bells are Yule-full
Peace is futile
Scadoodle
Duple duple
Sprudelwasser
Kaboodle
Children
 
Riding high on Santa's sleigh
It's all for goodness sake
Hope and peace guide the way
The eve 'fore Christmas Day
 
The shadows all confirm
The sunlight's big return
So get this party underway
The eve 'fore Christmas Day
 
We're using Google
Making strudel
Rudolf toodles
Coodle, coodle
Sweet tubals
Small pupals
No scruples
Big pupils
Dreaming
 
Lena’s noodles
Nubile, nubile
Aboy’s tottles
Canoodles
Mollycoddles 
Quadruples
Rudel, rudel
Ooodle, oodle
Amen
 
Ho, ho, ho
Heh, heh, heh
Give gifts of love
The eve 'fore Christmas Day.
 
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James Allan Krause ©
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