By James Michael Abraham
Title OF Story: The Criminal Kid [Comedy].
Settings: Rural/Urban [Africa].



SCENE 1
STOLEN MEATS

SITUATION: Rocky is Obunt's father. He walks into his dinning room. Nobody is there. The chair under the dining table is drawn out. He sits on it to have his lunch. Then he started to smile as he uncovers the first plate of food containing garri. When the other plate cover of soup is removed, he suspiciously put a finger in the plate of soup. For a while it seems he’s searching for something. Suddenly, the man’s smiling face changes. He looks very angry.

Meanwhile Obunt is hiding behind a dilapidated car parked outside the house. The boy had been hitting some road users with stones from his catapult. His victims are hurt with flying stones from no direction they could detect. The boy has inflicted more than five people who couldn’t wait to find who was responsible for such atrocity. They only took to their heels when more stones continue to hit them.

Obunt is interrupted on his next catapulting. He hears his name angrily shouted by Rocky.

ROCKY. [yells]. Ohunt!!! Ohunt!!!

OBUNT [answers].Yes daddy!

SITUATION: Obunt horrid to put his hand in his pocket and remove two pieces of cooked gooey meats. He is confused with what to do next. The meats are hidden inside an empty can of tomato. Then he snappily removes the meats, tried to chew one but latter pulled it out of his mouth and return it to the empty can of tomato. In a following confusing state, while his father keep on shouting, Obunt quickly throws the can with meats into a nearby empty bucket.

As the boy finally round off to go to his father, he instantly remembers how he had urinated into the empty bucket before keeping for one hungry and tasty goat. He looks disturbed as he rushes back to bucket and remove the meats. In an incredible rush, he chews the two pieces of meats like a vexed thief.

At last, Obunt runs into the house to meet with his father. Rocky is restlessly searching everywhere for his stolen meats. Obunt’s expression-less face meets with his dad's tempestuous one.

ROCKY [angrily point his finger to the plate of soup). Obunt! who put his hand into my plate and stole all the meats and fish?


...to be continued