A DRAMA STORY

TITLE: (THE WICKED STEP MOTHER)

Written by;

Habeebullah Abdulfattah
Characters
Mal. Usman
- Father
Rabi’atu - Mother
Amra - Daughter
Atika - Step Mother
Malam Audu - Fathers friend
Mr. Aliyu - Class Teacher
8 Random Students - Students
Husna - Daughter’s Friend
3 lean Students - Sick People
Doctor Haleema - Doctor
Mamman Bilal - Neighbor
Mr. Ade - Principal
Samira - Atika’s Friend
SCENE 1
(Malam Usman seated in the sitting room)
Malam Usman: Wayyo Allah, chuckles and continues operating his phone)(His wife comes in)
Rabi’atu: My Love, How are you doing today?
Malam Usman: I’m fine, dear
Rabi’atu: What do you want to eat?
Malam Usman: Allah Sarkee my love, anything will be fine
Rabi’atu: (Frowns) I said you should choose and you are telling me anything ko … hmmm
Malam Usman: Haba dear, I’m sorry
Rabi’atu: Apology not accepted
Malam Usman: I’m sorry
Rabi’atu: No, tell me sorry 1 million times
Malam Usman: Okay, I’m sorry one, I’m sorry two, I’m sorry three
Rabi’atu: Toh ya Isa haka my love, I love you my dear
Malam Usman: I love you too dear, where’s my amra
Rabi’atu: She’s asleep
Malam Usman: Allah Sarkee – My Baby girl
Rabi’atu: Let me go and prepare the food.
SCENE 2
(Malam Usman in the sitting room, Amra comes in)
Amra: Good morning Dad
Malam Usman: Good Morning Daughter, I can see you are prepared,Have you eaten
Amra: No I’ve not dad
(Rabi’atu comes in with a bowl of rice)
Rabi’atu: My dear, here’s your food
Amra: Thanks mom (collects the food and starts eating)
Malam Usman: Hurry up let’s go dear
Amra: (She stands up and leave the food), Okay dad
(Rabi’atu Adjusts amra’s dress)
Rabi’atu: Take care my baby (Looks at her husband) Take care sweetheart
Malam Usman: Sure dear (Looks at Amra) won’t you tell mom bye
Amra: Bye mom
SCENE 3
(Rabi’atu was working at home, suddenly, she fell and started shaking in the floor).
Maman Bilal: Assalamu Alaikum x 3, (She then hears the sound) Subhanallahi, Maman Amra
(started palpating) Maman amra x3, (starts yelling) La haula wala quwwata ……
(Takes out her phone and call Amra’s dad)
Maman Bilal: Hello, Baban Amra, I just went to your house and saw amra’s mom on the ground
Malam Usman: Subhanallahi, I will be on my way shortly
(Gets home and becomes restless, started parting) Take his phone
Malam Usman: Doctor please come it’s an emergency
Doctor: Toh fah, what is wrong
Malam Usman: I said emergency, come home (Doctor arrives and started examining)
Malam Usman: Doctor Halima, Wallahi nothing should happen to my wife
Doctor: I’m trying my best
Malam Usman: You had better try your best
(Continuous examining her and then stands up)
Doctor Haleema: (Looks weak) I’m sorry WE LOST HER
Malam Usman: LOST WHO, No my wife is not dead, DEAD???, No she can’t die, Doctor my
wife can’t die (goes close to his wife).
Malam Usman: Sweetheart, My love, dear Answer me (started crying, continue crying)
Malam Audu: (Comes in and sits close to his friend) Take heart my friend
Malam Usman: She can’t die, No she can’t, I don’t deserve this (His friend consoles him and
they left)
(Amra comes back from school)
Malam Audu: Amra come here
Amra: Me kakeyi A gidanmu yau, you have not visited for long
Malam Audu: Ha’an, Amrah, where are your manners, you didn’t even greet
Amra: I’m sorry, Good afternoon, where’s dad and mom and why are people here??.
(People gathered in their house weeping)
Malam Audu: (Deep Sigh), We lost your mom
Amra: Wait, what? Mama?? Stop joking Baba Audu
Malam Audu: Be calm my little Amra
Amra: (Starts weeping) wayyo, where’s dad?
Malam Audu: You can’t see dad now
Amra: She kept weeping
Malam Audu: Come here let go (They both left)
SCENE 4
(Dad goes to check Amra and sees her sleeping)
Malam Usman: (Wakes Amra) Amra Wake up
Amra: (Reacts) Dad leave me alone, I don’t want to talk to anyone
Malam Usman: My little me, be strong, mom will come back
Amra: (Removes her blanket) Dad what do you take me for?? Do you think I’m still a kid baba??,
you are telling me mom will come back (Eye’s here dad), Baba just go, (Malam Usman left)
SCENE 5
(Students sitted in class and teacher comes in, Students not reading, just making unnecessary
noises)
All the students: (Stands up) Good morning Sir
Teacher: Good morning, you can sit, before we start today’s business, most of you failed their
mathematics exam, only one person did well
All Student: Sir who’s she?
Teacher: Amra Usman (started checking) where’s amra?
(Amra walks in)
Amra: Good morning Sir (Not looking happy)
Teacher: Good morning, you are late
Amra: There was traffic Sir
Teacher: Okay Sit (Amra Sits)
So, you really tried in your mathematics test, keep it up
Amra: Thank you Sir
(Lecture continued but amrah wasn’t focusing and put her heads on the table, teacher noticed
Teacher: What’s wrong??
Amra: (Stammered) I, I am sick
Teacher: Oh sorry, Rest you heart (looks at the class)
Teacher: The class is over, and you can go for break (Others go out)
(Amra’s friend joins her in her seat, she taps Amra)
Husna: I heard about your mother’s demise, may Allah (SWT) forgive her, be patient (Amrah
begins to cry, Husna kept petting her) and ------
SCENE 6
(Malam. Usman and Malam Audu sitted in the sitting room)
Malam Audu: Finally, that old man is your president
Malam Usman: who? You mean bala blue, (pauses), Bulaba
(Mall Usman & Mall Audu both laughed)
This country is becoming something else I’m tired (they kept repeating)
Malam Audu: See baban Amrah, this aside, I’ve been thinking of something
Malam Usman: What’s that (concentrates)
Malam Audu: I’ve seen amrah today
Malam Usman: Ehen --- so?
Malam Audu: Don’t you think (Raise Eyebrow)
Malam Usman: See talk now, I don’t like what you are doing
Malam Audu: You should get Amra a step Rabi’atu
Malam Usman: Step, step what? that’s my problem with you, what’s this?
(Hisses) leave me alone
Malam Audu: I’m serious, it’s been a year now, Haba think of it, amrah is always depressed, you
don’t get good food, I seriously think you should consider this.
Malam Usman: (Hmmm), Are you sure of this.
Malam Audu: I’m sure, Allah think about it
Malam Usman: Okay Tohm, but I will have to talk to amrah first and hear from her
Malam Audu: I’m sure, she will buy the idea
Malam Usman: Nagode, Shege Audu (they shake hands)
SCENE 7
(Malam Usman seated in sitting room, Calls Amrah)
Malam Usman: Amrah! Amrah!!
Amrah: (comes running) Yes dad, yes dad
Malam Usman: come sit my dear
Amrah: (She sits)
Amrah: Dad you called me
Malam Usman: Yes I’ve something important to discuss with you
Amrah: (surprised) Okay I’m listening
Malam Usman: Amrah, ehm, ehm --- Do you want a step mother?
Amrah: Dad (She shouted), How could you, haven’t you heard about step Mothers, they are
always wicked
Amrah: Don’t you love me again
Malam Usman: Of course I do, and not everyone is the same, I promise you your step mom will
be good
Amrah: (Shakes her head) Dad No, they are all the Same
Malam Usman: No they aren’t baby girl, trust me (Amrah looks @ dad in doubt)Trust me my
daughter
Amrah: Okay dad, I just don’t want to suffer
Malam Usman: Don’t worry, dear, you won’t suffer
Amrah: I pray so dad
-------------------- YEARS LATER --------------------
(Malam Usman got married and Amrah was in SS3)
(Student on the assembly ground singing the national anthem)
(The principal comes to address them)
Mr Ade: Good morning Students, How are you doing and how is studies, its been long since I saw
your faces, its important that you all know that without hard work no one can succeed, so
you all should work hard and for the SS3 students, there would be a scholarship for the
students with outstanding performance to study Abroad, So its left for you.
Work hard and make your parent proud. Thank you (Students clap)
Mr Ade: Go to your various classes (Students dispersed)
SCENE 8
(Atika panting and checking all around the house with all seriousness)
Atika: Amra, Amra, she shouted (Goes into her room) and wakes her up aggressively
(Amra wakes up confused and stands up immediately)
Atika: Are you mad (She shouted), It’s 5am and you are still sleeping (points) go and pound that
thing for me now Shegiya.
(Amra stood up and started pounding amra got tired and started pounding sluggishly)
Atika: Ke, ke, “Ina wasa da ke ne” what are you doing, (she beats her at back) continue dan
ubanki.
(Amrah continues)
(She finishes and was prepared to leaves)
Atika: Come here (she shouted) where do you think you are going
Amrah: I want to go back to bed.
Atika: Hey “there’s no sleep for you” Go and do the dishes
Amrah: (patiently walked to the dishes bent down and started washing) (when she finished, she
then went to their kitchen and poured the water on the fire and went to bath)
Atika: (Walks into the kitchen and observed the empty kettle) Amra, Amra (She shouted)
Who asked you to pour my water?
Amra: I went to bath
Atika: (Slapped amrah, her face got swollen) how dare you, you go change your clothes because
there’s no school for you today
Amrah: (Look surprisingly) but mom
Atika: (cuts her) who’s your mom??? leave my sight
Amra: I have exams to study for, please let me go
Atika: I said you are going no where and it’s final
(Amrah shook her head pitifully and went to her room to study)
(Amrah started reading)
Atika: (Enters her room) close those books and go and sleep
Amrah: But I’m not sleepy
Atika: I said you should close those books
Amrah: Mom, you didn’t allow me to go to school, and you aren’t allowing me to read, mom this
isn’t fair
Atika: Na shiga Uku, see who’s telling me what is not good, I will teacher will teach you a lesson
today (starts beating Amrah mercilessly ,She then stops)
(Malam. Usman enters and Amrah runs in)
Atika: Ah!, my husband you are welcome
Malam Usman: Thank you dear, where’s amra?, Amra, Amra? (He shouted)
(Amra walks in)
Amra: (trying to cheer up and hide her swollen face) welcome dad
Malam Usman: (Look at her suspiciously) that, Thank you dear (He stammered)
What’s wrong with you dear, why is your face like this?
Amra: I’m fine dad
Malam Usman: You aren’t fine, what’s wrong
Amra: (Amra stammering) I, I have, have fever
Malam Usman: Sorry my daughter, sorry (look at her again) Are you sure?
Amra: yes dad
(Suddenly turned and saw her eyes)
Malam Usman: Amrah, what is this? (points at her eyes)
Amra: Dad, -- Da—Dad, I, I fell down
Atika: Yes, Yes she fell down, (Atika interrupted) I was even treating her when you entered
Malam Usman: Oh, sorry my dear, go dress lets go to the doctor
Amra: (turns to leave) OK dad
(Turns to Atika)
Malam Usman: Thank you my wife, I like the way you take care of my daughter, I really love it
Atika: Yes dear, I have to, it’s my duty.
SCENE 9
(Students in the class seated and the teacher walks in)
All Students: Good morning Sir
Teacher: Good morning, how are you
Teacher: I’m fine, sit down, (clears throat) so your result are out and as promised, the two best
students will be awarded Scholarship to study at Germany, and these students are Females, you
the males have not been serious, you can see where un-seriousness has taken you to.
(Male student frowning while females happy)
Male students murmur: Scholarship na Banza (A male murmured)
Teacher: Husna Aliyu (Husna jumped)
Amrah: (Hugged Husna)
Teacher: And Amrah Usman (Husna and Amra hugged each other tightly)
Amrah and Husna: Thank you Sir, (They chorused)
(Amra and Husna walking home)
Amra: wow, I can’t believe this
Husna: I swear Amra, you know what, let’s go and tell your parent (Both entered and meet Atika
sitting)
Good afternoon (amra and Husna chorused)
Amrah: Mom guess what
Atika: (Looking surprised) Hehehe me guess??, Yarannan, Are you telling me to guess, Hehehe,
by the way menene?
Amrah: (confused)(Immediately cheers up)I, I was awarded a scholarship to study medicine in
Germany (she said with a broad face)
Atika: (Look confused) scholarship x 2 How? How did you get it, your school you got it for you
…. Hmm
(Amra and Husna looks at each other confused)
(They left without saying anything)
Husna: Your stepmom is wicked, I hate her, Do you know what?
Amrah: What?
Husna: Tell your dad
Amrah: What, No! see I don’t want to talk about it just go
(Pushes Husna out)
(Malam Usman walks in )
Amrah: (smiles) Dad welcome (collect his bag)
MALAM USMAN; Thanks dear, how was school
Amra: Fine Sir (Mood changes) Dad guess what?
MALAM USMAN: (Act surprised)
Amra: I got the scholarship to study at Germany (She said quickly)
Malam Usman: (with a broad smile) wow, congratulation my amra, you did it!!,
you always make me proud. How I wish your mother was alive to witness this day (Face
becomes cold)
Amra: Don’t worry my dad it will be fine
Malam Usman: Yes, Yes it’ll be fine my dear
(clean his face and turns to atika who was looking unhappy)
Malam Usman: Why is your face like this Atika, what’s wrong? See amrah go inside (Amra
leaves)
Atika: Hmm, my love, will you allow her to go to Germany???
Malam Usman: What kind of question is this?, you should be happy to her
Atika: I am happy of course, I am just bordered, you know I love her so much
Malam Usman: There’s absolutely nothing you can do and it’s final
SCENE 10
It was the day, the long awaited day. Amra woke up very early and was prepared for the journey
(she took her bath)
Amra: (Goes to meet atika), Mom please I’ll be leaving for Germany today, please cook my
favorite for me mama
Atika: What favorite? Are you insane, I don’t even care, Go to hell
Amra: (She leaves Quietly)
(Malam Usman comes out)
Malam UsmanAmra are you ready?
Amrah: (Holding her luggage’s) Yes dad
Malam UsmanHave you eaten
Amra: Yes dad, mom made my favorite (Atika looking confused and surprised)
(The both headed out)
Amra: (Goes to her Atika) Mom I’ll miss you, I’ll always call you mom (Looks at mom
pathetically) Bye mom (Amra and dad about to leave & Samira (Atika’s friend enters)
Samira: Ahh, Baban Amra har za ta tafi ne?
Malam UsmanYes, Pray for her please
Samira: Safe Journey Amrah
(Amrah and Mallam Usman Left)
Amrah: (stopped suddenly), Dad I forget something
Malam Usman: What’s that?
Amrah: My phone, dad
Malam UsmanGo get it, you don’t want to be late right
Amrah: (Turns and runs towards the door and suddenly stop to eavesdrop)
Atika: (Speaking to Samira) I don’t understand this girl fah
Samira: Menene?
Atika: No, matters what I do to annoy her she doesn’t react, do you know that I didn’t give her
food this morning and when her father asked guess what she said?
Samira: What?
Atika: She told her dad I made her best food, like who does that?
Samira: I told you she’s a good girl
Atika: Don Allah can (Hausa) She’s not, that stupid girl
Samira: (stands up, preparing to leave) I won’t seat hear and let you insult that innocent girl
Atika: (Looking at her) Go, go ai duk kune shegiya
(Sits and hisses profusely)
SCENE 11
(Atika doing all the chores herself since Amrah is not around to help her, she worked, worked
and the chores were not ending in anytime)
Atika: (Murmuring) Shegiyan, Ashe tana da amfani, Huh duk na gaji wayyo Allah
(Atika lays on the bed restlessly and (Malam Usman enters)
Malam Usman: Dear how are you
Atika: I’m I am not fine dear
Malam Usman: What’s wrong
Atika: We need a house-help
Malam Usman: A house-help? For what
Atika: I can’t handle the chores anymore they are too much for me
Malam Usman: (confused) I am confused, it is now that we are just two that the chores is too
much, Ooh, Ooh, so amra has been doing everything, I now understand, you have been
maltreating my daughters, no wonder amra was always moody, you are wicked, very wicked
(atika tries to speak)
Malam Usman: (His finger on his mouth) Hold it there, don’t say anything, you know what I hate
you
Atika: (On her kneels) I’m sorry dear, I’m sorry, I’m sorry
Malam Usman: (Stands up) leave my sight Allah sarkee my amra
-------------------- YEARS LATER -------------------
(Atika seriously sick) and needs a kidney transplants)
(Doctor haleema examining her in the hospital)
Doctor Haleema: Malam Usman, we need a kidney to ensure that she survives
Malam Usman: Hmm, ku je ku nema kidney, ba dai nawa ba
Dr. Haleema: Of course, you can’t even give her, because both of you aren’t compatible
Malam Usman: Better, better
Dr. Haleema: We’ll have to get a kidney
Malam Usman: Toh Insha Allah, ill see Dr. Bako so that we two will discuss
(He leaves)
SCENE 12
(Decorating the house in preparation for Amra’s arrival after her graduation from Medical
school)
Malam Usman: (Looks at Malam Usman) I can see that you are happy
Malam Usman: Of course my little amra is almost home (Amra dressed in labcoat walks in)
Malam usman: (Jumped) Amra my daughter welcome
Amrah: Dad, who’s Amra
Malam usman; You changed your name??
Amrah: No dad, accord some respect to the new doctor in town
(does a 3600 turn)
Malam usman: (Looks at amrah) you are not serious, I’m still your dad
Amrah: I’m just joking dad, by the way where’s mom
Malam Usman: Hmm, she’s inside, she’s sick
Amrah: Dad!! She shouted and you didn’t tell me (Runs to Atika)
Amra: Mom, mom how are you??
Atika: Amra (She tries to speak)
Amra: Don’t bother mom (Pick her phone and call Dr. Haleema)
Amra: Dr. Haleema, what’s wrong with my mom
Amra: (changes her face over the phone) kai what? 1 million?? (So repeated) Thank you
(Drop the phone) (Goes to her dad)
Amra: Dad you didn’t mention anything to me, why?
Malam Usman: I’m sorry dear, I never wanted to disturb you, what do we do now
Amrah: I will donate my kidney and my friends will do the surgery
Malam usman: (Angrily) upon all she did to you? No Amrah
Amra: Dad it’s my decision to make, After all, She’s my mom
LAST SCENE
(Amrah helping her step mother in with her husband, Samira and Malam Audu)
Atika: (Sits) and (look at Amra and kneels) Amrah, I’m sorry I’ve been wicked, upon all I did,
you still did all these
Amra: (Help her mom sit) mom I love you, don’t apologize, I’ve always seen you as my mom
and I knew you’ll come around, I love you (Hugs each other)
Atika: Thanks daughter I promise to be a good mom henceforth
(Audience clap)
Malam Usman: I’m happy this calls for a celebration lets chill (All grab their drinks)

THE END