Episode 2
……I responded to the knock. It was Abiba, with a big Obowl of TZ and
soup. She said that was my welcome meal. I asked her to put the food on the
floor and promised her I would eat the after taking some rest. She told me to
feel at home and always call on her when I was in need of anything. I thanked
her, but in my mind I was like, “can you provide all my needs?” She left my
room and I faced my first meal at the village. I was just wondering how to call
Abiba to come back for the bowls when I heard a knock again. Guess what, it was
Abiba again. She told me she had put a bucket of water in the bathroom for me
to bath. I asked her to pick the bowls out of my room, and promised her I would
bath very soon. I took my bathing apparatus and tried to move to the bathroom.
On seeing the population in the compound, the “shy-boy” in me pushed me back
into my room. On a second thought, I moved out to the bathroom with confidence
because there was no way I could dodge the bathing. From the bathroom back to
my room, all eyes were on me like 2Pac. With a nervous smile on my face, I
walked straight into my room without looking into the eyes of anyone. As my
room was responding to the darkness of the weather, there came Abiba, with a
kerosene lamp. I took the lamp and wondered why it was always Abiba who
rendered all the domestic services I needed. Was she chosen by the chief to do
that or she was doing that voluntarily? I wondered.
I quickly responded to the reminder and removed my mosquito net
from my bag, but I couldn’t have nailed and hanged it that night, so I covered
myself with it like a cloth. At dawn, the following day, I regretted ever
covering myself with a treated mosquito net. I had burning sensation all over
my face. I took my bath and made Abiba to lead me to my new school, since she was
a student of that school. On our arrival at the school, I saw a young lady
seated under a tree, whom I presumed was a teacher of the school. In my mind, I
was like, “thank God I have gotten an enlightened person to live with”. I took
my books from Abiba and asked her to enter her classroom. I was left alone with
the young lady. I introduced myself to her and asked her to always call me
Galaxy. She smiled and told me she likes my name. I smiled back and in my mind
I said, “why don’t you say you like me instead of my name”. This statement was
a simple one I could have said to her hearing, but because of my cowardice
nature, I had always said such emotional statements in my mind. She introduced
herself as Kate.
I said, “woow, what a sweet name!”, meanwhile ‘Kate’ is not among
the names I admire a lot, but just because I wanted her to feel that I
appreciated something about her, I had to give that impression about her name.
I was just having a nice introductory chat with Kate when I saw a young
gentleman walk towards us. I presumed he wasn’t also a native of the community
according to his looks. I said to myself, “I just hope this young gentleman has
not been having nice times with my newly found Kate”……………
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