..Sweet Mother..
In the ordinary, mum was critically correct in her views of caution. Now I got some sense in me, following mum's ideology to have instilled pure discipline in my siblings and I. Until my presence in this strange land, I have most time live my life with or no regards to think of travelling to any place away my original home but now, circumstance proofed inevitable and I find myself in a total strange place where every person looked at me as strange and same from me to them.
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Hello good people in Hive platform and all communities. This is a true story from an awful experiences but certainly offered me, big lessons of life itself. Is a journey which I didn't envisaged before given the nod to be on board.
My mother, my confidant and my everything but though late of recent, she once told me that I must be brave to accept any unplanned invitation especially those that concern going for carnival or party. This is because, a city that is not known to you will actually put before you lots strange happening in your imaginations than expected. Either good or otherwise, unknown city will have you as a stranger and in the same coin, you will see whole lots as totally strange as well.
On one faithful night while sitting in my small dinning with food on the table in front of me. My phone rang and at the same time. I heard a knock on my door so, without time wasting, I decided to answer the phone first but to a surprised, it as same person that has been knocking on that door, my good friend Bobby. He was known as a great footballer back in the days while in secondary school but, things went rough during which life was tough and rough at the lost of his father. Today, Bobby is into buying and selling of food stuffs from local market and brings to the city where lots of benefits is derived from his new choice of business line.
Bobby was ushered into the house and shortly offered a cup of water by one of my younger sibling. I talked him to the dinning table where I was waiting to have a dinner. Bobby and I share the available food and drinks I had.
He began, 'So how is life treating you my General? Bobby asked with so much enthusiasm, I looked at him and asked, why the intense looks on him? but instead, he blushed and smile on. I repeatedly asked to know whats new. Although, Bobby I know is a clean guy both in thoughts and life engagement so, I got no fear in being with him or otherwise.
My friend tap me on the shoulder and asked again for a second time that, what exactly do I think is my problem? To this feelings I quickly guest there must be something in the brain box which I hadn't known of my friend. In my reply, I was gentle and careful not to brake shattered the joyful look on his face so, I decided to play the novas role and patently wait for him to let what is exactly is in his inner-mind set which of course I know he mean well. To a large extent, Bobby unveiled what exact is on his mind. He began by reminding us of how he missed the motherly advice from my mother and how he had a plan to offer free assistance to take her oversea for treatment before her final lost. My good friend continued by telling me how difficult life could be especially, one very closed relative died and that person in my case happen to be my mother. Bobby admitted how so much I did loved to be with my mother but the inevitable stroked and we all lot her. May the souls of our lost relatives continued to rest in perfect peace, Amen.
He said if I will be available to go with him on a business trip, that the trip will take a whole week. After given it a thought but not thoroughly, I nodded for yes. And a day after Bobby came to fetch my luggage for the sudden business trip. Without letting any of my siblings of five to know about the new happenings, I followed Bobby on the unplanned journey.
Knowing fully well that the food at home will not be enough for more than a week, I left without leaving behind a dine for my lovely younger siblings. We boarded a cap going to a nearby city which happened to be a distance relative's home and I feel comfortable when my friend asked us to take rest that the journey in proper will continued at night when the remaining co-travelers comes by. Yet, no strange fillings occurred as I believed in everything Bobby asked me to do but that, I almost failed in thought.
I was damn curious because, I am in a city where I had last been when I was a kid along my mum's company. Yes, I understand that some of my family relatives lives there but certainly I did not know any neither been to any of their homes. From the available indications, Bobby could be playing heed and seek game with me but soon, I disabused my thinking and allowed for the time he said the other co travelers will arrived.
It was night already and the friends whom Bobby introduced as co travelers came looking furious. Bobby called for a last meeting before the commencement of the journey, it shows in me that I was fearful with how things are going on, so one of the so called co-travelers called me aside and asked me if I have traveled out of the country on this route before now? There and then I knew I was on a strange trip, in a strange city and a strange situations. I had wanted to confront my friend but the strange friend stooped me that he would fix how I will go home that he was not aware of the planned trip either. He said he has once traveled along the route but not prepared to go by same link anymore. He said the journey will start at the sound of a gun shoots but I shouldn't show as if I am afraid. He said I should be playing and innocently.
The new friend asked me to be wary of my friend Bobby that he will try to feed me with food but, a poisonous substance will be mixed in it so that I would not hesitate to do what I will be ask to do. I asked what to do with the food. He simply told me to pretend that I needed the food, then, I should hide it somewhere on our way out to meet the camels we will be traveling on, because the trip is planned to go by camels and through the desert, and then, while along the way, he will go down from his camel unnoticed then, I should follow suit.
As advised and warned by the new friend, we both escaped from the den of the bad travelers. We were saved the more by the help of a villager who took us pass through a track in a thick bush.
However, we came back home and meet my siblings devastated because the bush track took us almost whole 14 days. Above all, 'it was a bitter experience but learnt a big life lessons.
please permit my grammatical errors, and wish you understand my narrations and message. Although most of the pictures I used in my illustrations are from google shop.
Thank you for you precious time.