Make a Difference Day! - Raising Awareness for Child Abuse

For Make a Difference Day, the Year 10 drama group decided to raise awareness towards Child Abuse and therefore produced a simple scene with the following script to be performed during Lunch time at the Lunch room.

Script:

My name is Chris. And I am three. My eyes are swollen, I cannot see. I must be stupid, I must be bad. What else could have made, my daddy so mad? I wish were better, I wish I weren't ugly, then maybe my mummy, would still want to hug me. I can'y do anything wrong, I can't speak at all, or else im locked up, all day long.

When Im awake, im all alone. The house is dark, my folks aren't home. When my mummy does come home i'll try and be nice, then maybe i'll just get one whipping tonight. Sssssshh, hold on...I heard a car...my daddy is back from Charlie's bar. I hear him curse, my name is called, and i press myself against the wall and try to hide from his evil eyes. Im so afraid I start to cry. He finds me weeping, calls me ugly words. He hits me hard and yells at me more, I finally get free and run to the door. He's already locked it and I start to bawl. He takes me and throws me against the hard wall.

I fall to the floor with my bones nearly broken and my daddy continues with more bad words spoken. The hurt and the pain, again and again. Oh, please god have mercy! Oh, please let it end! And he finally stops and heads for the door, while I lay there motionless, sprawled on the floor.

My name is Chris. And I am three. Tonight, my daddy murdered me.