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It Happened at Four Corners

Album: 21: Wish You Were Here

Episode: 277

Lesson/Theme: Greed

Bible Verse: Proverbs 1:19

Characters: Bernard, Eugene

Writer: Phil Lollar

Sound Designer: Bob Luttrell

Original Air Date: August 13, 1994

Last Air Date: February 13, 2009

Description:
Bernard and Eugene approach a place called Four Corners, Arizona. Bernard suggests they pass the time by telling stories. Eugene can’t think up one, so Bernard tells a tale about two guys who are traveling together across country. But as soon as he begins, a car suddenly whizzes around them. It nearly runs them off the road. The driver loses control of his vehicle. The car careens off the highway and tumbles down an embankment. Bernard and Eugene make their way down to the car. They pull the man from the wreckage. He is badly hurt and nearly comatose. The man manages to tell them about a river of gold that flows underground. He pulls out the map that leads to it. Just before he conks out, he tears the map in two. He gives half to Bernard and half to Eugene. The man says they can have the fortune, if they stay together. When Bernard and Eugene are finally sure that the map is real, they get greedy. They each try to get to the gold first. Their chase leads them through some incredible twists and turns. Eugene and Bernard are left with a surprise ending and an important lesson on the evils of greed.

Questions:
What should Bernard and Eugene have done when they first got the map? How did greed take over Bernard and Eugene? What should they have done to stop it? Name some examples of greed in the Bible, in history, or even in your life. What were the consequences of that greed? What could have been done to prevent it?