Tales by Moonlight

TALES BY MOONLIGHT
TITLE: REWARD OF DISCRIMINATION

PLAYWRIGHT BY PRISCILLIA OLOO OMINYI
Scene 1
In a village called Uju, there live a mother and her five children, one was
beautiful which was the reason she likes her while the other (4) four were ugly.
Mother goes to the beautiful girls hut with her food.
Mother – my beautiful daughter
Daughter - Yes mama
Mother – Pls open the door its your mother
Daughter – ok mama welcome
Mother – ah you are still eating this food
Daughter – yes mama,
Mother – no my daughter leave this one/bought a new one for you
Daughter – wow mama you such a good mother I love you
Mother – I love you too my daughter
Daughter – but mama what about my sisters I have not been seeing them
Mother – ah those ones; they are fine, am even about taking their food to
them now
Daughter – ok mama, should I come with you?
Mother – Oh! You can’t come out, it taboo for you to come out
Daughter – really
Mother – yes, the day you try it you will die and I don’t want to loss you,
so please don’t go out, stay inside and be save for me whatever you
want. Just tell me and I will get it for you.
Daughter – ok mama, my regards to them
Mother – ok
(she pick up the leftover food and walk toward the ugly girls huts)
Scene 2
In the ugly children’s hut
Mother – (knocking) Egbe, Uduma where are this children? Oloo, Erima
open this door now.
Uduma – yes mummy, we are coming
Oloo – mummy welcome
Egbe – mummy we are hungry and we have been waiting for you
Mother – shut up am I not coming with your food, here is it. Make sure you
stay indoors do not come out.

Erima – mama but why
Mother – Hmm…let me just tell you the day you come out you will die
All daughter – Ah!
Oloo – mama that reminds me why is Okekene our sister not here with
us
Egbe – yes mama, hope she is fine
Mother – oh yes she is, don’t worry about her just stay indoors as she is
also indoors.
Uduma – mama but why
Mother – it’s a taboo in our community it is forbidden for you girls to see
your sisters because the day you try it you will all die, or do you
want to die?
All – no mama
Mother – then stay indoor
All – Ok mama
Scene 3
Mother goes to the beautiful girls huts with her food
Mother – Okekene love

Daughter – yes mama, good morning mama
Mother – how was your night
Daughter – it was fine, mama how are my sisters?
Mother – they are all fine, this is your food I brought because I will not be
coming back from the market early today.
Daughter – ok mama, please make sure you buy my beads for me
Mother – definitely I will, just be a good girl and stay indoors
Daughter – Ok mama I will be a good girl, byee….
Scene 4
Okekene is seen shaking in her hut, while her mother came in, from the
market in the evening
Mother – Okekene I bought you your beads and other nice things from the
market.
Daughter – mama…
Mother – Ah Okekene what is it why are you lying down by this time?
Daughter – mama… I have been like this since you left my body is weak and
am catching cold, mama am dying.
Mother – No, never say such a thing, you can’t die, you know I love you
Daughter – mama please do something else I die please mama
Mother – Ok am coming let me make some herb for you
(After the mother effort Okekene is seen lying down still sick) so she decided to
look for other means by consulting an priestess)
Scene 5
Mother goes to a priestess
Mother – please priestess my child is dying
Priestess – what is the problem women
Mother – my child has been down with fever
Priestess – hmm… I can see, ok illness is caused by your people in your
village and you need to do some cleaning for her if not she will die.
Mother – ah priestess I will do anything to make her well
Priestess – Ok so bring to kolanut, 5 tubers of yam 2 fowl… but if you cant
provide it, you can pay the sum of 50 thousand naira.
Mother – okay priestess
(putting the money down)
Priestess – take this out and make a drink for her she will be fine (mother
went home but her daughter did not get well after taking the herbs)
Scene 6
Mother after several attempts on her child health later went to an Oracle
Mother – good afternoon Oracle
Oracle – woman stop, do not say a word because I know what brought you
here your daughter is seriously right?
Mother – yes Oracle
Oracle – and you really want her to get well?
Mother – yes Oracle I can even kill myself for her to be well just name
your price and it will be done
Oracle – no not that the healing of your daughter is in the hands of your
ugly daughters
Mother – what do you mean, Oracle?
Oracle – go home and reunite yourself with your children love them
equally and let the ugly ones lay hands on the beautiful girl and she
will be well again
Mother – is that all Oracle?
Oracle – yes that will be all for now

Mother – you mean am not going to pay anything or you are not going to
give me any herbs to give her?
Oracle – no my daughter go and do just what I told you
Mother – ok Oracle
(mother went home and did just what the Oracle told her and her daughter was
well again)
Characters Cast
Mother - Josephine Ene Egwu
Beautiful daughter – Priscillia Oloo Ominyi
Ugly daughter 1 – Melogy Ene Ijachi
Ugly daughter 2 – Dinnah Mguemo Gaga
Ugly daughter 3 – Charity Onyemowa Okpe
Ugly daughter 4 – Mercy Tsav
Oracle – Isaac Ahar
Oracle guard – Barnabas Terseer
Oracle – Patience Oryina Mlumun

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TITLE: REWARD OF DISCRIMINATION

Mother goes to the beautiful girls hut with her food.

Mother – my beautiful daughter

Daughter - Yes mama

Mother – Pls open the door its your mother

Daughter – ok mama welcome

Mother – ah you are still eating this food

Daughter – yes mama,

Mother – no my daughter leave this one/bought a new one for you

Daughter – wow mama you such a good mother I love you

Mother – I love you too my daughter

want. Just tell me and I will get it for you.

Daughter – ok mama, my regards to them

In the ugly children’s hut

open this door now.

Uduma – yes mummy, we are coming

Oloo – mummy welcome

stay indoors do not come out.

All daughter – Ah!

Egbe – yes mama, hope she is fine

Uduma – mama but why

Mother – then stay indoor

Mother goes to the beautiful girls huts with her food

Mother – Okekene love

Mother – how was your night

Daughter – it was fine, mama how are my sisters?

coming back from the market early today.

Daughter – ok mama, please make sure you buy my beads for me

Mother – definitely I will, just be a good girl and stay indoors

Daughter – Ok mama I will be a good girl, byee….

market in the evening

am catching cold, mama am dying.

Mother – Ok am coming let me make some herb for you

look for other means by consulting an priestess)

Mother goes to a priestess

Mother – please priestess my child is dying

Priestess – what is the problem women

Mother – my child has been down with fever

Priestess – hmm… I can see, ok illness is caused by your people in your

Mother – ah priestess I will do anything to make her well

Priestess – Ok so bring to kolanut, 5 tubers of yam 2 fowl… but if you cant

provide it, you can pay the sum of 50 thousand naira.

Mother – okay priestess

(putting the money down)

Mother – good afternoon Oracle

here your daughter is seriously right?

Mother – yes Oracle

Oracle – and you really want her to get well?

your price and it will be done

Mother – what do you mean, Oracle?

will be well again

Mother – is that all Oracle?

Oracle – yes that will be all for now

give me any herbs to give her?

Oracle – no my daughter go and do just what I told you

Mother - Josephine Ene Egwu

Beautiful daughter – Priscillia Oloo Ominyi

Ugly daughter 1 – Melogy Ene Ijachi

Ugly daughter 2 – Dinnah Mguemo Gaga

Ugly daughter 3 – Charity Onyemowa Okpe

Ugly daughter 4 – Mercy Tsav