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Script Writing

Script writing allows us to comprehend the story and present

the story in the form of characters and their dialogues.

--- A LONG WALK TO WATER ---

Gleam of Hope

Characters
Nya, Dep, Two men, Chief and Narrator

Narrator-It had been several months since Nya’s
family had come back to the village the day the
visitors came and it was nearly time to go back to the

camp. The children ran to meet the jeep as it drove
up. Nya was shy about meeting strangers so she hung
back. Two men emerged from the jeep and spoke to
the biggest boys including Nya’s brother, Dep. He led
them to the village chief and their uncle.

Chief- Hello! Please come inside and have some tea.

Narrator- They went inside and sat with other men

from the village and chatted for a while.

Nya - What are they talking about?

Dep - Something about water…

Nya - The nearest water is half a morning’s away, in
the pond. Anyone could have told them that, Dep.

A Break in the Clouds!

Characters: Uncle - It will take three days to cross the Akobo
Salva, Salva’s Uncle, A man, Narrator 1 and desert.
Narrator 2 Narrator 1: Uncle had said.
Salva: My shoes can’t stand any chance against the
Narrator 1: The desert was unlike anything Salva hot stony desert ground…

had ever seen. Enough grass and shrubs grew Narrator 2: Salva said as he walked. his soles made
around his settlement, Loun-Ariik, to feed the of rubber tyre thread had already been reduced
grazing cattle. to shreds held together with a little leather and a
Narrator 2: Except for the tiny, evergreen acacia great deal of hope.
plants, nothing else green could thrive in the Narrator 1: After only a few minutes Salva had to

desert area, yet they managed to make it through kick off the flapping shreds and continue barefoot.

the long winters with hardly any water! The first day in the desert felt like the longest day

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