Act Three

 

Narrator:

Then, Susan and Lucy enters Grace¡¦s house.

(Susan looks around nervously)

Susan:

Grace? Are you there?

Susan:

It¡¦s terrible in here Lucy; I don¡¦t want to stay here much longer! (Turns around, prepares to leave)

Lucy:

Don¡¦t be afraid, I come here lots!

Grace:

Susan? Is that you?

Susan:

(hesitantly) Y¡K yes?

Grace:

Ah! Perfect! I¡¦ve been expecting you for quite a while!

Lucy:

Grace created every one of us! Even you Susan!

(Grace walks towards Susan, noticing the black spotted stickers all over Susan¡¦s body)

Susan:

I¡¦m sorry; I know that you don¡¦t think I¡¦m a good puppet. But I try so hard to be good!

Grace:

Don¡¦t say that, my child. I don¡¦t care the least that you have black spot stickers on you! (Reassuring tone)

Susan:

¡K Really !? You don¡¦t care¡K ¡K But everybody else does!

Grace:

Yes my child, I created you. I¡¦ll let you know that I love you. And my love for you far exceeds the meaningless marks that others have put on you.

Susan:

But... These marks have still influenced me deeply; they make me miserable.

Grace:

Don¡¦t worry, my child! You alone decide whether or not these stickers should affect you in anyway. They are a burden only if you choose for them to burden and trouble.

Susan:

It is¡K Just myself? But, everybody put these stickers on me. I hope so much for my body to be rid of these stickers.

Grace:

My child¡K When you realize that my love for you can shelter you from other puppet¡¦s points of views and that the stickers on you are completely irrelevant to who and what you truly are. You will find so much more to your life, things you never knew you could do.

Susan:

Really? You¡K aren¡¦t just saying that right? You really mean it?

Grace:

So long as you can believe what I am saying and your love for me is stronger than your negative feelings for those marks on your body then those marks won¡¦t be able to stick onto your body anymore.

Susan:

I do believe you¡K

(Dim lights)

Narrator:

Susan was so moved that tears ran down her face. She never thought that someone could possibly love her and care so much about her and not the stickers on her body. The tears that ran down her face were tears of joy. Now she finally understands what Lucy said about her body truly being her own. Susan is no longer depressed from the black spot stickers that were once stuck onto her. She was liberated from her misery because she was willing to open her arms and accept the unconditional love that Grace offered.

(As the narrator speaks Grace hands a big red heart to Susan and gently takes the black spots off Susan¡¦s body, Susan says next line after narrator finishes, lights come back on, black spots gone)

Susan:

Thank you so much Grace.

 

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