King Darius Suite

<p>[King Darius]<br/>I am King Darius<br/>I&#x27;ve had a dream<br/>And now I&#x27;m feeling rather frightened<br/>And I wish someone would tell me what it means<br/><br/>[Wiseman #1]<br/>We are your wisemen<br/>Yes, that is true<br/>And though we&#x27;re using all our wisdom<br/>We&#x27;re afraid we can&#x27;t explain your dream to you<br/><br/>[King Darius]<br/>What!?<br/><br/>[Wiseman #3]<br/>But there is one who is wiser still<br/>And Daniel is his name<br/>So before you take another sleeping pill<br/>Perhaps he can explain<br/>[Daniel]<br/>My name is Daniel<br/>That much is true<br/>But it is God who gives me wisdom<br/>And through me He will explain your dreams to you<br/><br/>[Maid]<br/>His name is Daniel<br/>That&#x27;s what he said<br/>But when he talks about this God of his<br/>I think he&#x27;s kind of loony in the head. (I do)<br/><br/>[Narrator, spoken]<br/>Well, Daniel was able to explain the king&#x27;s dream. And this made the king very happy<br/><br/>[King Darius]<br/>Daniel, you have enlightened me<br/>Your job I will expand<br/>From now on I want you to sit right beside me<br/>As the second in command<br/><br/>[Narrator, spoken]<br/>This was very good news for Daniel, but very bad news for the wise men. You see, each one of them wanted to be second in command. Now that Daniel got that job, the wise men would have to do whatever he said. This made the wise men very unhappy, and they immediately started thinking of ways to get rid of Daniel