Summary

In Chapters 3 - 4, the pageant truly gets underway. From her hospital bed, Mrs. Armstrong called Mother every day to give her instructions on how to run things. She said the same people always got the main parts but that it was important for everyone to have a chance. She always called during dinner time, not wanting to interrupt, but doing it anyway, much to Father's disappointment. She went on and on about how to select the proper Mary, a kind, cheerful and unselfish girl, a proper Joseph as Jesus' father and so on through the cast list. Finally, Mother was able to get off the phone with Mrs. Armstrong by telling her she needed to see who was at the door. It turned out to be Father, half jokingly and half seriously asking for a meal.

When Sunday came, everyone gathered for the...