IT IS 1961. Tensions between Cuba and America are at an all time high and an Englishman and his heavily pregnant Cuban fiancée flee New York for their lives. The Cubans just want the baby. The Feds just want the Englishman. Who knows what the CIA want …
I’ve written this ‘modernisation’ of the Nativity in a biblical style to give it a more ‘genuine’ feel. It is not a political tale and is not pro-this or anti-that, so don’t be put off by the revolutionary backdrop, which is necessary to the story in its symbolism.
It’s more ‘realistic’ in biblical format here.
CHAPTER FIVE
AND it came to pass that the light did shine through the window and betray them.
A voice from beneath them cried up “I know you are there. I am come to help you.”
And when Percy asked why he should be believed, the voice said “I say unto you I am coming up now.”
And when he had ascended, Percy saw that it was the man in his dream. But before Percy could smite him, the stranger put down his weapon and held forth his badge so that Percy could see under whose authority he had come. He was a special agent of the CIA by the name of Armstrong.
And when Percy asked why he was here, Agent Armstrong said “It is classified”.
At that moment the birthing began in earnest.
Then it came to pass that the Cuban and the Federal agent were below them and gunshots could be heard.
And Percy heard the Cuban say to the American that he only wanted the child; the American to the Cuban that he wanted only the Englishman.
But when they heard Eva’s screams, they took pity on her and conspired to cease hostilities.
So the American cried up into the loft to offer their assistance. And once they were ascended into the loft, they put down their weapons and introduced themselves as Comrade Rodriguez and Federal Agent Young.
To be contnued …
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