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WRITTEN BY LADY ANNY
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SUBTITLE: THE_INSULT_AND_
BEATEN_UP
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Kasima could be see coming out of the bush with a log of firewood on her head and a cutlass in her hand, she wore a big black skirt and big brown Polo, her breasts were dancing up and down as she walked like a man. She walked pass Ngozi and Nkechiyere as her slippers were making sound on the ground and taking duty. Ngosi and Nkechi stopped walking and faced each other.
"Did she just pass us without greeting us?" Nkechi asked.
"Don't mind her, how will she greet? Is she not an Illiterate? Her mother didn't teach her how to greet her elders." Ngosi said while kasima stopped walking and looked back at them because she heard what they said, her eyes became red, her mouth and face were poping and her breathing became high, she smiled angrily and continue walking because her firewood was heaving her.
("So Ngosi and Nkechi is referring to me? Okay no problem I is coming back for they.") She thought as she continue walking.
"Did she just starred at us with those witch eyes of hers?" Ngosi asked.
"Please don't mind her, she is not in the same class with us, let's go and fetch our water." Nkechi said as they start walking to the scraem.
Kasima got home and throwed the firewood from her head to the ground and the cutlass as her mother came out of the wood kitchen that was builded in their backyard. Her mother saw the expression on her face Which says she was not happy as she turned back and start walking away in a hurry.
"Kasima, where are you going?" Her mother asked following her but she didn't replied nor looked back, she just kept walking very fast.
"Amaka! Amaka!" Kasima's mother called.
"Mama!" Amaka answered and came out of the house.
"Amaka, your sister just came back from the bush with firewood, she dropped them and ran out with the expression on her face tells that something is wrong." Said her mother.
"Hmm, I think someone has offended her again or called her an Illiterate." Amaka said.
"I think so too but you must hurry up now and meet her so that she won't do something stupid, you know what your sister is capable of doing." Her mother said.
"Yes mama but which direction did she followed?" Amaka asked.
"She followed this road." Her mother said pointing at the road opposite their house by the left.
"Okay mama, you go inside I will be back." Amaka said walking away.
Please don't allow your sister to do anything tragedy to someone's child oh bikonu." Her mother said in a worried tone.
"Okay mama." Amaka said and walked out of sight in a hurry.
("God please help me and my children not to fall into trouble in this village biko") kasima's mother prayed sliently within herself as she walked to the kitchen.
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Meanwhile, kasima was hurrily going to the scraem to meet Nkechi and Ngosi when she saw them passing another road to their houses, she ran to them and pushed their buckets of water from their heads.
"Kasima what is the meaning of......"
The slap that landed on Ngosi face interrupted her for talking, kasima had just slapped her, before they knew what was happening kasima has already start beating them. Amaka ran to them and held kasima.
"Sister please leave them." Amaka pleaded trying to hold kasima.
"Leaving me alone, let me dealing with them." Kasima said blowing Nkechi and Ngosi as they were shouting.
Amaka succeeded in holding kasima while Ngosi and Nkechi ran away crying with their bodies dirty and their eyes swelllowed.
Ngosi went home crying like child, her mother came out of the house and was surprised to see her daughter messed up.
"Ngosi nwam, what happened to you? Where is the water you went to fetch? Who did this to you?" She asked as she rushed to her daughter.
"It's not kasima the village illiterate." Ngosi said crying more.
"You mean kasima did this to you? My own daughter? Her mother asked.
"Yes mama, she even throwed my bucket of water away." Ngosi said.
"Come we are going to the palace right now, the king must hear this and kasima must be published for this." Her mother said taking her hand.
"Yes mama." Ngosi said as they walked out of their house.
Meanwhile, Nkechi and her mother were already in the palace when Ngosi and her mother walked in too.
"Igwe I greet you." Ngosi and her mother bowed their heads as they greeted in union.
"Who did this to my daughter?" Onowu asked referring to Ngosi.
"It's kasima and that's why we are here." Ngosi mother said.
"Kasima again, who is this kasima?" King Maduka asked.
"She is the daughter of late Mazi Okeke." Mazi Ejiofor said.
"Umm I see, young ladies what did you two do to kasima?" King Maduka asked.
"Your highness, we didn't do her anything oh, we were coming back from the scraem when she attracted us and pushed out buckets of water away and start beating us." Ngosi narrated.
"Is that what happened?" King Maduka asked.
"Yes your majesty, she even insulted our parents." Nkechi added.
"Umm, guards!!" King Maduka called while two guards appeared in his front with their knees and heads down.
"Your highness." They said in chorus.
"Go to late Mazi Okeke's house and bring me that useless daughter of his, if she refused to come with you, dragged her like a salve understood??!" Said king Maduka in a commanding tone.
"Yes your highness." They replied in union.
"Now go!!" King Maduka commanded while they stood up and left.
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On the other hand, kasima and Amaka got home, they met their mother sitting outside looking so worried, she rushed to them when she saw them coming in.
"Kasima what happened?" She asked with a worried tone.
"Mama nothing is happening, is Ngosi and Nkechi is insulted me." Kasima said.
"What did you do to they that makes them to insult you?" Their mother asked.
"Mama I is doing nothing to them oh, I is coming back home, I passing them in the road and they is calling me village Illiterate." Kasima said.
"So what then did you do to them?" Their mother asked.
"I beating them na." Kasima said looking away.
"Kasima why na? You should not have beat them, please I don't want any problem with anybody." Her mother said.
"Mama is okay at least they should learn how to mind their business and also stop insulting my sister." Amaka said.
"I know all that, anyway let's go inside food is ready." Their mother said and they were about going inside when the palace guards came in.
"Greetings to this household." The guards said in union.
"Greetings palace guards, to what do we own this unexpected visit?" Kasima's mother asked.
"The Igwe wants your daughter kasima at the palace." One of the guard said.
"What for?" Amaka asked.
"Kasima what have you done?" Her mother asked in a worried tone.
"Mama I is doing nothing oh." Kasima said.
"Hey! We don't have much time to spend here, you better follow us or we will drag you to the palace." The other guard said dragging kasima's hand while her mother and sister were shouting as they followed them....
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