This second movie in the VeggieTales series teaches children that we are supposed to forgive those who have hurt us. First we see a Veggie version of “The Grapes of Wrath,” told with actual grapes.
Junior is outside playing when the Grapes drive by and hit a rock. Junior comes forward to make sure everyone is okay, but the Grapes start teasing him about his name, his hat, his hair, anything that comes to mind. Turns out these grapes are pretty wrathful. Junior wants to yell at them, but his father tells him how important it is to forgive. Taking a deep breath, Junior calms down, but when the teasing continues, he doesn’t know how much more he’s supposed to take.
Junior’s father quotes the scripture that we should forgive seventy times seven. No one can do the math in their head and so they aren’t sure how much that is, until one of the grapes pops out the answer: “Four hundred and ninety!” The grapes feel so badly about hurting Junior’s feelings that they apologize, and they change their name to the “Grapes of Math,” since their daughter is so good with numbers.
Then we see an infomercial. Do you need a Forgive-o-matic? Don’t we all? If you have one, you can be forgiven for anything! The swift-talking salesman is rather put out when Junior approaches and explains that you don’t really need the Forgive-o-matic to be forgiven; you just ask for forgiveness and it’s all taken care of. At that point, the salesman decides that it could just as easily be used to make julienne fries.
The last story is about Bob and Larry and the summer they spent giving three hour tours on their boat. If this is starting to sound a little familiar, it’s for good reason – they are channeling Gilligan’s Island. Bob, as the Captain, not only has the responsibility to man the ship, but to keep the passengers happy. He turns the wheel over to Larry, who gets distracted by his imagination and ends up running the boat onto some rocks. They are all stranded and none of them can forgive Larry for his mistake. Once everything is resolved, we are serenaded by a palm tree with his coconut back-up singers. Always a treat from beginning to end, you will enjoy “God Wants Me to Forgive Them?” by VeggieTales.
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