Brick Ruth, Chapter 1

Posted on by Janine Warrington
Frame one: a plastic snake slithers through a dry desert land made of yellow, tan, and brown Lego blocks with the text, "In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land." Frame two: riding on a Lego horse sits Lego Naomi, a mini lego figurine dressed like Indiana Jones. Along with three other figurines, she crosses from the desert area into an area made of green blocks. The text reads, "And a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab."
Frame one: Naomi and her two sons stand and look at the other figurine, laying on the ground, with the text, "No Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons." Frame two: The two sons stand and hold hands with two new figurines, one dressed like Luke Skywalker, the other like Cleopatra. The text reads, "They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth."

After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

Naomi, Orpah, and Ruth, load up the horse with various Legos. The text reads, "When she heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, Naomi and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out to the road that would take them back to the land of Judah."
Frame one: The figurine dressed like Luke Skywalker hugs Naomi, while the one dressed like Cleopatra clings to Naomi's feet. The text reads, "Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law good-bye, but Ruth clung to her." Frame two: As Orpah leaves, Ruth continues to hold onto Naomi. "Look," said Naomi, "Your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods. Go back with her."
Frame one: Ruth looks up from the ground saying, "Don't urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go and where you stay I will stay." Frame two: Ruth and Naomi lead the horse through a red gate with the text, "So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, arriving in Bethlehem as the barley harvest was beginning."

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Inspired by Brendan Powell Smith’s work with the Brick Bible, my dad and I decided to use the Lego blocks we had at our disposal to create one of the stories that don’t appear in Smith’s work.