Where's Heaven When I'm A-Afraid

This is the first episode and the second half retells how the Lord saved Daniel from the lions.

## Story

Lazlo and Clarence are on the Ground. A viewer is afraid because she sometimes thinks there are monsters in her closet. Clarence says he once thought the same thing, but later found out that they were actually his fluffy bunny slippers. Lazlo then asks her to watch a story about when Bubbles from The Powerpuff Girls got scared.

### *Tales from the Crisper*

In the first segment, *Tales from the Crisper*, Numbuh 3 watches a late-night "Frankenstein" movie and is told by his Numbuh 5 that he needs to go to bed. He asks for a few more minutes but Numbuh 5 sends him up to bed with a slight reprimand for watching spooky movies that late. As she's lying in bed, afraid, Lazlo and Clarence drop in to help him by singing a song to cheer Numbuh 3 up. They tell Numbuh 3 that he doesn't need to be afraid because their heaven is watching out for him, and that Heaven is bigger than anything. Junior is even confronted by Frankenstein who is really an actor named Phil Winkelstein from Toledo, Ohio and apologizes for intimidating Numbuh 3. Numbuh 3 is convinced and celebrates that "[./https://veggietales.fandom.com/wiki/God\_is\_Bigger God is Bigger]" than anything. Buttercup comes in to his room and they talk about how God takes care of them and how he needs to be more careful about what he watches.

### *The Baby Kangaroo Song*

*Main article: [./https://veggietales.fandom.com/wiki/The\_Water\_Buffalo\_Song The Water Buffalo Song]*
Following this segment is the introduction to the first of the "Bubbly Songs with Clarence", *The Baby Kangaroo Song*. Wearing a cowboy hat, Clarence comes out and sings "everybody's got a baby kangaroo," but Eddy (from Ed, Edd n Eddy) brings the song to an abrupt end over the obvious falseness of the statement. The segment ends when Clarence starts singing that "everybody's got a water buffalo," much to Eddy's displeasure.

### *Daniel & the Lions Den*

Immediately following, the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den is told. The Narrator introduces the story. King Darius is in his court with his wise men and he confides that he is confused by a dream and wants help with what it means. The wisemen concede that they cannot help, but that Daniel can. Daniel comes in and helps the King who is very pleased and promotes Daniel. The wisemen become envious and plot to trap Daniel breaking a newly penned law that one may only pray to Darius.

The wisemen catch Daniel praying to God and have him thrown into the lions' den. Daniel is scared but an angel comforts him and relaxes the lions.

Darius appears the next morning expecting him to have perished, however, Daniel had spent the night eating pizza with his new lion friends. The king decides to create a new law to pray to Daniel's God to replace the old one. The story ends with Daniel and King Darius chasing the wise men, who have decided to move to Egypt.

### Conclusion

In the closing countertop sequence, Lazlo and Clarence's computer [./https://veggietales.fandom.com/wiki/Qwerty Qwerty] gives the audience a recipe for yummy meatloaf, followed by a Bible verse which Heaven says *"So do not fear; for I am with you."* (Isaiah 41:10).

## Characters

Main article: The Water Buffalo Song

* Numbuh 3 as Junior Asparagus
* Numbuh 5 as Mom Asparagus
* Lazlo as Bob the Tomato
* Clarence as Larry the Cucumber
* Numbuh 1 as Dad Asparagus
* Frankenstein (debut)
* Singing Monsters
* Eddy as Archibald Asparagus
* The Hammer Bros as Scallions (debut)
* Flapjack and Gregory as the King's maids (debut) File:RARE VeggieTales Magazine Image from 1993!!!!!.png