Characters
Hussain Khan: The owner of the Child labor camp where kids make carpets. Those parents who do not pay his debt have to sell their kids to him. A very cruel man and threatens the kids to death.
Iqbal: The protagonist only thirteen years old but very brave and tough due to which has been sold to many labor camps and is now sold to Hussain Khan’s. He although has no role in this scene, but is still the main subject.
Maria: The oldest girl in the labor camp and supporter of Iqbal.
Salman: Another child in the Labor camp. He is very tall and gigantic but is extremely scared of Hussain Khan; scares others too by telling them terrifying stories about his cruelty.
Karim: The supervisor in the Labor Camp. He is the oldest guy there but is very weak compared to Salman. He only watches over the kids when they are working and in return Hussain Khan gives him food and some money.
Another boy: Is one of the kids in the Labor camp. Although there are many names but in the scene his name isn’t mentioned.
Set Description:
As the curtain raises a small dirty room with many kids sitting all crunched up together appears on the stage. The room looks very intimidating. The walls of the room have all types of freaky writing on them and there are no beds. We can see many sleeping bags lying on the ground one after another. But all the kids are sitting together on one of the sleeping bags and having a discussion about the new guy name Iqbal. He has been sent to Tomb because of his miss behavior with Hussain Khan. The tomb is an old cistern, buried under the court yard, closed by a grating at the foot of a damp, it is very dark in the Tomb and Iqbal had already spend a day in there.
Salman: you can’t breathe in there.(Catching everyone attention, he continued) you feel yourself suffocating and you think you’re going to go mad. It feels like someone’s grabbing your throat and squeezing (places both his hands on his neck and sticks out his tongue).And then there is dark (sits on his knees and continues). After a while you begin to see strange shapes, and colors, too, but they don’t help you; (starts whispering) they only scare you. (Sitting back) I heard of someone who went crazy in the Tomb and nobody recognized him”
Another Boy: And then there are spiders (Making a crying face). A boy who came from the mountain and talked differently, “this big” (raising his hand high to pint his height), said there were snakes too.
Salman: (hitting on his raised hand) There aren’t any snakes.
Another Boy: There is no water anymore, (pointing at Salman and giving him a taunting look)
Salman: Yes there is (nodding his head continuously). You have never been to Tomb so u better keep quiet.
(a strange loud music started and everybody stopped talking)
Karim: Foreign stuff (interrupting everyone), music that comes from far away.
Maria: Anyways (catching everyone’s attention) it’s too hot down there in the tomb (reminding everyone about Iqbal) how can he possibly survive. (Making a poor and gloomy face)
Salam: (turning towards Maria) It’ll be like brick-Kiln, or may be worse. (Shaking his head one of his) I can’t remember anyone being put in the tomb in midsummer. Can u? (Raising eyebrows)
Karim: (joining the rest of the group) I saw someone come out of the Tomb in summer (making very little sound almost like a whisper. It happened many years ago. I was little then, but I can remember well. There was this boy bigger than me (pointing at himself);I don’t where he came from. One of his ears was missing (pulling his ear), and he had a fierce look. He was like a wild dog(narrowing his eyes), and we were afraid of him”
Everyone: what did he do? (Looking with questioned eyes)
Karim: (loving the attention and excitement answered) He refused to work, that’s what. So Hussain whipped him. He whipped him good-you should have seen it. The boy didn’t make a sound (raising one finger ).
Maria: and then (listening very attentively).
Karim: He kept refusing to work. And when Hussain got near him with the whip again, ready to skin him alive (circulating his hand pretending to be holding a whip), you know what he did? (everyone shook their heads) He bit into Hussain’s arm and wouldn’t let go. Just like a dog
Salam: so than the master put him in town? (making a questioned faced)
Karim: (remembering while counting on his fingers) Five days he kept him there.
Other Boy: And did he come out? (Asked quickly).
Karim: yea he did (answered him annoyingly). (Turned to others) They carried him out like the dead, but he didn’t die. He was all burned from the heat and his skin had peeled away(making a disgusted face).After few days he got up and begin to work. Anyway, (taking a deep breath) he was never the same. He was still like a dog, but like the kind that carries his tail between his legs” (laughed loudly thinking that everyone got his jokes, but no one laughs)
Maria: (interrupted his laugh) Iqbal won’t be like that (she exclaimed).
Karim: He’ll give in, too (making a guaranteed voice). What do you think? He is not special. Probably he’s defied all the masters he’s had, and that’s why they keep selling him, even though he’s so skilled. But Hussain, he knows what do with him (nods his head with surety).
Maria: Iqbal won’t give in (she insisted), and we have to help him (stomping her hand on the floor).
Karim: (his hand slipped from his knee) Help him? So far we have skipped dinner thanks to him.
Salam: You can just shut up-you ate anyways (yelled Salman making an angry face towards Karim). I saved some bread (he said turning towards Maria)
Maria: And I have some water. Let’s go (she jumped excitedly)
Karim: (rising up from his sea) you’re crazy. I forbid you. If the master finds out he’ll take this on me.
Salman: (moving towards him closely) shut up! (He repeated angrily). You have the keys and you are going to open it. (Ordering him boldly). IF the master finds out, you can say we were trying to escape and that you were coming to catch us.
Karim scratched his head and agreed to help them.
Hussain Khan: The owner of the Child labor camp where kids make carpets. Those parents who do not pay his debt have to sell their kids to him. A very cruel man and threatens the kids to death.
Iqbal: The protagonist only thirteen years old but very brave and tough due to which has been sold to many labor camps and is now sold to Hussain Khan’s. He although has no role in this scene, but is still the main subject.
Maria: The oldest girl in the labor camp and supporter of Iqbal.
Salman: Another child in the Labor camp. He is very tall and gigantic but is extremely scared of Hussain Khan; scares others too by telling them terrifying stories about his cruelty.
Karim: The supervisor in the Labor Camp. He is the oldest guy there but is very weak compared to Salman. He only watches over the kids when they are working and in return Hussain Khan gives him food and some money.
Another boy: Is one of the kids in the Labor camp. Although there are many names but in the scene his name isn’t mentioned.
Set Description:
As the curtain raises a small dirty room with many kids sitting all crunched up together appears on the stage. The room looks very intimidating. The walls of the room have all types of freaky writing on them and there are no beds. We can see many sleeping bags lying on the ground one after another. But all the kids are sitting together on one of the sleeping bags and having a discussion about the new guy name Iqbal. He has been sent to Tomb because of his miss behavior with Hussain Khan. The tomb is an old cistern, buried under the court yard, closed by a grating at the foot of a damp, it is very dark in the Tomb and Iqbal had already spend a day in there.
Salman: you can’t breathe in there.(Catching everyone attention, he continued) you feel yourself suffocating and you think you’re going to go mad. It feels like someone’s grabbing your throat and squeezing (places both his hands on his neck and sticks out his tongue).And then there is dark (sits on his knees and continues). After a while you begin to see strange shapes, and colors, too, but they don’t help you; (starts whispering) they only scare you. (Sitting back) I heard of someone who went crazy in the Tomb and nobody recognized him”
Another Boy: And then there are spiders (Making a crying face). A boy who came from the mountain and talked differently, “this big” (raising his hand high to pint his height), said there were snakes too.
Salman: (hitting on his raised hand) There aren’t any snakes.
Another Boy: There is no water anymore, (pointing at Salman and giving him a taunting look)
Salman: Yes there is (nodding his head continuously). You have never been to Tomb so u better keep quiet.
(a strange loud music started and everybody stopped talking)
Karim: Foreign stuff (interrupting everyone), music that comes from far away.
Maria: Anyways (catching everyone’s attention) it’s too hot down there in the tomb (reminding everyone about Iqbal) how can he possibly survive. (Making a poor and gloomy face)
Salam: (turning towards Maria) It’ll be like brick-Kiln, or may be worse. (Shaking his head one of his) I can’t remember anyone being put in the tomb in midsummer. Can u? (Raising eyebrows)
Karim: (joining the rest of the group) I saw someone come out of the Tomb in summer (making very little sound almost like a whisper. It happened many years ago. I was little then, but I can remember well. There was this boy bigger than me (pointing at himself);I don’t where he came from. One of his ears was missing (pulling his ear), and he had a fierce look. He was like a wild dog(narrowing his eyes), and we were afraid of him”
Everyone: what did he do? (Looking with questioned eyes)
Karim: (loving the attention and excitement answered) He refused to work, that’s what. So Hussain whipped him. He whipped him good-you should have seen it. The boy didn’t make a sound (raising one finger ).
Maria: and then (listening very attentively).
Karim: He kept refusing to work. And when Hussain got near him with the whip again, ready to skin him alive (circulating his hand pretending to be holding a whip), you know what he did? (everyone shook their heads) He bit into Hussain’s arm and wouldn’t let go. Just like a dog
Salam: so than the master put him in town? (making a questioned faced)
Karim: (remembering while counting on his fingers) Five days he kept him there.
Other Boy: And did he come out? (Asked quickly).
Karim: yea he did (answered him annoyingly). (Turned to others) They carried him out like the dead, but he didn’t die. He was all burned from the heat and his skin had peeled away(making a disgusted face).After few days he got up and begin to work. Anyway, (taking a deep breath) he was never the same. He was still like a dog, but like the kind that carries his tail between his legs” (laughed loudly thinking that everyone got his jokes, but no one laughs)
Maria: (interrupted his laugh) Iqbal won’t be like that (she exclaimed).
Karim: He’ll give in, too (making a guaranteed voice). What do you think? He is not special. Probably he’s defied all the masters he’s had, and that’s why they keep selling him, even though he’s so skilled. But Hussain, he knows what do with him (nods his head with surety).
Maria: Iqbal won’t give in (she insisted), and we have to help him (stomping her hand on the floor).
Karim: (his hand slipped from his knee) Help him? So far we have skipped dinner thanks to him.
Salam: You can just shut up-you ate anyways (yelled Salman making an angry face towards Karim). I saved some bread (he said turning towards Maria)
Maria: And I have some water. Let’s go (she jumped excitedly)
Karim: (rising up from his sea) you’re crazy. I forbid you. If the master finds out he’ll take this on me.
Salman: (moving towards him closely) shut up! (He repeated angrily). You have the keys and you are going to open it. (Ordering him boldly). IF the master finds out, you can say we were trying to escape and that you were coming to catch us.
Karim scratched his head and agreed to help them.
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