In the morning, the heavens opened and it began to rain. Bella grabbed her umbrella to get to school, as she walked out of the hostel the first
"Nwandi, Nwandi!" a deep voice called out. "who could that be?" Nwandi asked herself. Madam Osondu was already standing akimbo in front of Nwandi's door.
Immediately Nwandi came out of her
room she didn't see for a while after madam Osondu had hit her on the face with a pestle. Nwandi didn't only lost her sight that moment, her head turned her.
" you evil girl where did you keep those yams you stole from my barn? I know you hide them, where are they? Because you are the only one capable of stealing in this village. It's obvious because you are wretched.
No doubt Nwandi was a poor girl in fact, calling her wretched girl was not a mistake. She had no parents and no siblings. All her father's lands were taken away by her uncle, Ikenga.
Ikenga never wanted to see Nwandi survive in life, so he took the farm lands and left Nwandi with no option than to work on other people's farm lands to get paid for survival.
"i am nothing but a cracked shell. I am of less or better still of no important," she always mourned.
Madam Osondu did not only stop there, she dragged Nwandi with blood oozing from her eyes and head. She took Nwandi to the village square and the youth condemned her and stoned her to death according to tradition.
Few days later, Onyeike sneaked into madam Osondu's barn at night and select the heavy and fresh yams. Unfortunately, madam Osondu came out to ease herself before she noticed a strange step in her barn. She went close only to get herself on the ground, while the hefty Onyeike ran away with the yams in his basket.
She cried out loud, some neighbours came out and ran after him screaming, "thief! Thief, thief!" When the caught Onyeike, he was stripped naked and stoned to death.
" oh, it was actually Onyeike that has been stealing from my barn all this while," madam Osondu spoke regretfully.
Moral instruction:
It is a great thing for us to always look well before we leap...
Immediately Nwandi came out of her
room she didn't see for a while after madam Osondu had hit her on the face with a pestle. Nwandi didn't only lost her sight that moment, her head turned her.
" you evil girl where did you keep those yams you stole from my barn? I know you hide them, where are they? Because you are the only one capable of stealing in this village. It's obvious because you are wretched.
No doubt Nwandi was a poor girl in fact, calling her wretched girl was not a mistake. She had no parents and no siblings. All her father's lands were taken away by her uncle, Ikenga.
Ikenga never wanted to see Nwandi survive in life, so he took the farm lands and left Nwandi with no option than to work on other people's farm lands to get paid for survival.
"i am nothing but a cracked shell. I am of less or better still of no important," she always mourned.
Madam Osondu did not only stop there, she dragged Nwandi with blood oozing from her eyes and head. She took Nwandi to the village square and the youth condemned her and stoned her to death according to tradition.
Few days later, Onyeike sneaked into madam Osondu's barn at night and select the heavy and fresh yams. Unfortunately, madam Osondu came out to ease herself before she noticed a strange step in her barn. She went close only to get herself on the ground, while the hefty Onyeike ran away with the yams in his basket.
She cried out loud, some neighbours came out and ran after him screaming, "thief! Thief, thief!" When the caught Onyeike, he was stripped naked and stoned to death.
" oh, it was actually Onyeike that has been stealing from my barn all this while," madam Osondu spoke regretfully.
Moral instruction:
It is a great thing for us to always look well before we leap...
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