7. LOST IN ALEXANDRIA
Portia is still trying to make friends with all
of Macky’s family and Diana learns from
the story of Ruth and Naomi how to reach
out to others - even outsiders like Portia.
Little Leah gets lost in the chaotic back
streets of the city and is tricked by a
devious Roman called Lydia, (actually
Portia’s palace tutor), who leads her
to enslavement in a sweatshop run by
Tobias. Macky uses the story of the Good
Samaritan to remind Samuel that Portia,
though a Roman, can help, and soon with additional help from
Pontius the parrot they find and rescue Leah, ruining Tobias’s
lucrative sweatshop in the process. Only the audience knows that
Lydia’s story is left unresolved. Will she pose a future threat to our
heroes?
8. THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY
Whilst Macky and the girls are minding Samuel’s shop, a petty
thief steals a piece of jewellery. The silver fish has information vital
to the rebel movement engraved on it and if it falls into Roman
hands, there will be serious consequences. Macky can’t figure
out how to get the fish back, but after telling Leah the story of
a resilient John being beaten by the authorities for the crime of
healing people, all becomes clear.
Moments after getting the fish back, the bars of the harbour
prison slam shut on the kids. Just as things are looking desperate,
and it seems the gang are to be sent to the salt mines as slaves,
Macky remembers the story of Shadrach and the Furnace. Samuel
intervenes and creates an elaborate ruse that sets everything right.
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