Monologues From South Pacific

Emile: When I was a boy, I carried my heart in my hand... so... when this man came to our town - though my father said he was good - I thought he was bad.

I was young... He attracted all the mean and cruel people to him. Soon he was running our town! He could do anything - take anything - I did not like that. I was young. I stood up in the public square and made a speech. I called upon everyone to stand with me against this man. They walked away! Because they saw him standing behind me. I turned, and he said to me, "I am going to kill you now." We gought. I was never so strong. I knocked him to the ground. And when he fell, his head struck a stone and...

I ran to the waterfrong and joined a cargo boat. I didn't even know where it was going. I stepped off that boat into another world - where I am now... and where I want to stay.