Script

Well, of course it makes a difference. Good thing I came along. You might have gone the wrong way.

(referring to the signs)
But aren t all these signs the right way?

Not necessarily. They may all be the wrong way. Just because you have choices doesn t mean that any of them has to be right. Now, please, follow me. I know a short cut.
(starts off, beckoning them to follow)
Welcome to Digitopolis, the Land of Numbers!

(As MINER 1 walks offstage followed by MILO and TOCK, an ACTOR takes the signpost offstage.)

(Music: MUSIC OF THE MINE. We are in the  numbers mine. MINERS enter wearing helmets equipped with flashlights. Some carry picks, others carry shovels; still others carry baskets. Some MINERS strike the ground with their picks, while others dig up [imaginary] numbers and place them in baskets.)

(MINER 1 enters with MILO and TOCK.)

(proudly)
Well, here we are!

(totally disoriented)
Where?

This is the numbers mine, the pride of Digitopolis!

(looking around in awe)
So this is where numbers come from!

Of course. Where did you think numbers came from? You have to dig for them  and it s hard work.

I m not sure it s worth the trouble. I m not even sure numbers are that important.

(EVERYONE onstage freezes; then they drop their tools, making a mighty clatter. The music stops.)

Not important?

Not important?

I only meant that numbers aren t that important to me.

(The MINERS close in on MILO and TOCK, who try to back away from them.)

(variously)
What else can you use when you enumerate!
Or estimate!
What else are you using when you calculate!
Or calibrate!
What else can you use to find a radius!
Diameter!
Circumference!
(triumphantly)
The square of the hypotenuse!!

(MILO is now practically reeling.)

Wait a minute. The poor boy looks overwhelmed. I think we can make our point more simply, more clearly& like this.