Roses and A Crown (A Play)

PROLOGUE
Under a mango tree in a hamlet called Ilumoje, 4 youngsters and 3 youths are gathered playing spiritedly and discussing, respectively in front of a house. The children are involved in different types of plays, and are carried away by them. The youths are also talking about different scenes that have happened according to what they heard and saw. Nevertheless, they put an eye on the children just in case they need to be guided. They all can see the unfriendly weather in the neighborhood by the way flashes of light are seen continuously in the dark-grey cloud, and for sure, those clouds are also coming over the their hamlet too. Still, these children and the youths are not that threatened by the weather. Whereas, they decide to even play harder like there was no tomorrow. The children are seen holding each other's hand till they all formed a circle. Then one goes into the circle, bends as the other 3 sing a song. And this goes on and on, till the clouds totally came upon the whole hamlet. The wind begins to blow heavily and the trees whistle and dance continuously like female dancers when they flung their hair from left to right on the air. A pregnant woman looking in her late 30's opens the entrance to the house and orders the children loud and clear to leave her house's frontage. Reluctantly, they all go home. After they have all gone, the woman stands at the door like she was expecting someone. The rain begins with a heavy down pour. But still she sticks to the door. She endures a bit longer before hesitantly moving inside and locking the door. Suddenly, lightning strikes hard against the earth surface about half a mile away. The woman is terrified and goes into labour. Few minutes later, a baby's cry is heard. Then, the rain stops.