NARRATOR
The Stratford Family Paper Stand
Has turned into a meeting place
In Printing House Square
Some come for the paper
Some come with their fears 36
Or simply to stare
They all want to meet a Stratford
To get closer by degrees
When a story has a face
It’s easy to believe
Imagination’s running at breakneck speeds
Follow it and find out where it leads
Once you get a look, you cannot unsee
A woman with a Bible
Stands across the street
She stares at Rose
And begins to speak

PREACHER
What does it mean
This new Eden overhead?
Is it heaven
Or where angels fear to tread?
He made the moon and stars
CHORUS
Let there be light

PREACHER
He saw that it was good

CHORUS
Will we be alright

PREACHER
Children of God
Look north!
Children of God
Go forth!
Into the sky, His kingdom extends
A kingdom without end

CHORUS (counterpoint)
Imagination’s running at breakneck speeds
Follow it and find out where it leads
Once you get a look
You cannot unsee

PREACHER (counterpoint)
Children of God
Look north!
Children of God
Go forth!
Children of God!
CHORUS
‘What does it mean
This new Eden overhead

SAMUEL
Rose!

ROSE
Samuel, what's wrong?

SAMUEL
I just went to our apartment
And the whole place had been sacked

ROSE
What?

SAMUEL
The door was broken in
They overturned our beds
Our kitchen, oven, living room
Were all ripped into shreds

ROSE
We were robbed?
SAMUEL
That's the thing
Nothing was missing

ROSE, SAMUEL
...Herschel’s journal

NARRATOR
The crook could look
But they would never find
‘Cause Rose's notebook
Never left her side
‘The Stratford Family Paper Stand
Closed early that day
Rose and Samuel
Needed a new place to stay
A horse drawn carriage
Pulled up beside the twins
Margaret smiled and said:

MARGARET
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