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As Christian walked to the Kiosk very early one
morning, he got downcast seeing his mates walk
to school in their stunning school uniform. He
imagined himself in the same uniform bidding
his aunty goodbye and running off to school.
That was just a mere day dream anyway. A sad
day dream.
Few years later, he turned 17. His sisters were
already out of primary school and had
proceeded into secondary school. Most of the
time, he would lure them to teach him whatever
they were thought in school any time they got
back from boarding school. That had helped him
improve a little since he was a fast learner but
he wanted to learn more.
Most of the afternoons, he would stroll about
their schools premises peeping up the fence into
the school compound to see what exactly the
students were doing. This was without the
knowledge of his aunt. He knew how risky it was
and knew he could get in trouble but that didn't
bother him at all. One day he did his usual
admiring the pretty girls in their funny hairstyles
when the security man had caught him Alas! His
heart beat skipped a little and off he raced like
a mad dog off the school premises toward the
pedestrian lane. As he went on running like a
thief. He bumped into a female student who
was walking to the same school with a group of
her friends and fell all her books. Her white
blouse got stains with mud from his hands. Her
friends giggled teasing her and this got her
furious.
"Hey! Can't you watch where you are running?
How dare you fall my books down? Don't you
know how embarrassing it is? Do you want my
mates to see me like this? "
"Sorry... " he replied and turned to leave still
watching out for the security man but she drew
him back more furious.
"Sorry? What do you think you want to do
anyway? You want me to pick up my books ba?
Well impossible. You will have to pick it up
yourself! "
"I say I am sorry" He told her getting irked at
her behavior now.
"You say... you are sorry " she asked with
surprise getting stunned at his mind blowing
grammar.
"Yes. You not hear?! " he asked. She giggled
with her friends.
"I now see what is wrong with you. You may go
Mr Illiterate. I will pick up my books myself" she
had let him know picking up her books before
bursting into laughter. Christian could feel anger
burning inside of him. Didn't they know he had
two sisters attending their same school. "See the
way this moron is looking at me o. Didn't you
hear me? You can go! O. I forgot, you don't
understand good English. What you understand
is English that drives everyone nuts. Alright
then, You may gone!" her friends held their
bellies still laughing. Suddenly the school bell
rang and they ran off into the school
immediately. Just shortly she arrived at the gate,
she stared back at the illiterate waved him bye
before running off. Christian cursed her under
his breath realizing how proud students were.
He mimic her voice and hissed before he trod
off. No one knew English better than he did. He
was taught by his sisters for crying out loud!
To be continued....
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