Kasima The Village Illiterate episode 5 – 7
Kasima The Village Illiterate
EPISODE 5
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WRITTEN BY LADY ANNY 🌺🌺
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(SUBTITLE): #Must_Eat_The_Food
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“Haven’t you heard?” Obinna asked.
“Heard what?” Ogechi asked too turning to him.
Obinna looked around to be sure that nobody sees or hears him before he moved closer to Ogechi.
“I heard that kasima beat up Ngozi and Nkechi and they went to report to king Maduka and he ordered his guards to locked kasima in the palace cell for three days without food or water.” He said almost whispering.
“But why will the king do that without asking what happened?” Ogechi asked.
“Hmm, I heard she refused to great and also insulted him.” Obinna said.
“Hmm, nawo… please let’s help her, I know that her poor mother must be very worried now.” Ogechi said.
“Yes you are right…hold this cutlass let me carry her.” Obinna said and handed the cutlass to her while he carried kasima, they took her to her father’s house.
They got to her house and knocked.
“Who is here.” Ogechi said.
“Who is that?” Kasima’s mother asked and came out of the house.
“Mama good afternoon, we bought your…..”. Ogechi was cut short.
“Ewo! My daughter….Amaka bring may be fast, your sister is back” she said rushing to them.
Moments later, kasima was lying on the mat and her mother was m-ssaging her body with hot water.
” Where did you find my sister?” Amaka asked.
“We found her at the road that leads to Amanlinda’s river.” Ogechi said.
“Thank you very much.” Kasima’s mother said.
“Mama is nothing.” Ogechi said.
“Erm….mama we have to be on our way now, our mother will be waiting for us.” Obinna said standing up.
“Exactly, we will come back to check on her.” Ogechi said standing up too.
“No problem my children go well.” Kasima’s mother said.
“Thank you once again.” Amaka said while they nod and left.
“Amaka please go and call nurse Blessing, so that she can treat your sister.” Kasima’s mother said.
“But mama we don’t have any money, will she treat her like that?” Amaka said calmly.
“Don’t worry my child, I have N3000 with me, I will give it to her and beg her to treat her.” Her mother said.
“But what if she refused?” Amaka asked..
“Don’t worry about that just go and call her.” Her mother said.
“Okay if you say so.” Amaka said before she left.
25 minutes later, she came back with nurse Blessing.. she treated kasima and gave her some drugs and also didn’t collect money from them..
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#BACK_TO_THE_CITY
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Cindy came down from the stairs, she met Mrs Godwin and Sophia watching TV..she walked pass them and went to the kitchen, she tries to open the kitchen door but it was locked… She kept the food Sophia had left in wisdom’s room on the dinning table and went back to the living room.
“Mum, who locked the kitchen?” She asked.
“I did, do you have a problem with that?” Mrs Godwin asked in a harsh manner.
“Mum please can I have the keys? I need to prepare food for wisdom, dad and myself.”
“Cindy, the kitchen will be opened if you and wisdom eat the food Sophia cooked.” Mrs Godwin said.
“We can’t eat Sophia’s food”. Cindy said.
“Then you two are not hungry.” Mrs Godwin said.
“Mum, how do you except us to eat the food that someone we don’t like and need around us cooked? Tell me how do you expect us to do that?” Cindy asked.
“Then sleep hungry!” Mrs Godwin said.
“I wonder if you want to marry your brother, your mates are in their husbands house with their kids, you are here fighting for food.” Sophia said and hissed.
“Don’t you dare insult me, this is my father’s house and I have the right to……”
“Oh shut your mouth! Your father’s house? If you know that you and your brother will not eat the food Sophia cooked then go in there and sleep hunger and stop disturbing us…. As you can see we are watching movie.” Mrs Godwin said yelling.
Cindy was dumfounded, she couldn’t say a word….she walked slowly to the stairs and looked back. (” Is she truly our mother? Why is she treating us this way?”) She thought sliently as tears dropped from her eyes. She cleaned her tears and went to wisdom’s room, she opened the door and walked in slowly with some tears in her eyes. Wisdom rushed to her and held her hands.
“Sis, I heard mum’s voice and I was coming downstairs to know what was happening.” Wisdom said..
“Mum locked the kitchen and I requested for the key but she refused to give me, she said we should sleep hungry if we don’t eat the food that Sophia cooked.” Cindy said sadly.
“Why is mum doing this to us? Do you think this woman is truly our mother?” Wisdom asked.
“That’s the question I have been asking myself.” Cindy said.
“Is okay, come have your seat.” Wisdom said taking her hand..she followed him and they sat on the bed.
“Sis, let’s wait for dad to return meanwhile, eat this.” Wisdom said handing over the remaining gala from the ones Cindy had gave him.
“Don’t worry I will be fine, just eat okay?” Cindy said.
“No, we are in this together, so eat..you can’t stay hungry.” Wisdom said……she breathed down heavy before collecting the gala.
“I am just wondering if this woman is our mother.” Cindy said.
“Me too, the way she treats us and the way she is so desperate about me marrying Sophia is just confusing, I can’t just understand it.” Wisdom said.
“You are right, I think we should talk to dad about this.” Cindy suggested.
“Dad that don’t has time for us, all he do is to travel from one country to another.” Wisdom said moodly.
“Come on brother, you and I know that we are grow ups…we are 24 already, so you don’t expect dad to be staying with us when he knows that we can take care of ourselves.” Cindy said.
“You are right but at least he should spend little of his time with us.” Wisdom said.
“Is alright, we will talk about that when dad returns back.” She said and smiled.
“Okay ma’am.” He replied smiling too…
EPISODE 6
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(SUBTITLE): #Tell_Us_What_Happened
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TWO WEEKS LATER, AT AJIMA LAND.
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Kasima has already healed from all the wounds in her body, her mother didn’t allowed her to go out or do anything for two weeks.
One Thursday evening after eating, kasima’s mother called her and Amaka.
“Mama you called us.” Amaka said.
“Yes my children, please sit down.” Their mother said while they sat down beside her.
“My children please becareful of king Maduka, especially you kasima, I don’t want what happened 15 years ago to repeat itself again.” Said their mother.
“Mama, what happened 15 years ago?” Amaka asked.
“I don’t want to remember it and I don’t want to talk about it, I just want you girls to stay away from king Maduka because that man is very wicked and dangerous.” Said their mother.
“But mama, why it’s that each time we ask you about what happened 15 years ago, you will always say you don’t want to talk about it why?” Amaka asked.
“I have my reasons, there are somethings that are better left untold.” Said their mother.
“For how long will you keep this thing untold? Mama how long?” Amaka asked standing from the bench they were sitting.
“Mama, today you is telling us what happened 15 years ago, me is wanting to hear it na na.” Kasima who has be quite said as she also stood up the bench. Their mother was completely speachless, she sat mutely not knowing what to say.
(“Should I tell them the truth?”) She asked herself in thought. (“How long will you keep the cat in the bag? Let the cat out of the bag so they will know who they truly are.”) A voice said to her in her thought.
“Mama we are waiting.” Amaka said making her to jumped out from her thoughts. She looked at them and smiled.
“Sit down my children, let me tell you the story.” She said calmly while they sat down.
“15 years ago, when kasima was four years and you Amaka was just two years old… King Okaka the former king before king Maduka died without a heir to the throne, accord to the tradition..when a king dies without a heir to his throne, the throne will automatically moved to the next family in line and any male child in that family will becomes the king.
So after king Okaka died, the next family in line was our family and your late father was supposed to rule as a king in this kingdom but king Maduka disagree to it, simply because the late Igwe Okaka was his brother so he requested to becomes king. Your father, late onowu Udemba and some elders disagreed with him that your father must be crowned king….. King Maduka paid some boys to murdered your father and onowu Udemba in cold blood. A month later after your father and onowu Udemba were buried, king Maduka was crowned king by the present onowu and Mazi Ejiofor. Then the staff of authority that makes one a king gone missing…
King Maduka gave orders that all the wh0le house in this village should be searched and the guards found the staffs it in Mr Godwin’s who happens to be late onowu udemba’s younger brother and was banished from this kingdom for life with his family… That was how your father and onowu Udemba was killed and his brother was banished till today nobody knows where Godwin is, if he and his family are alive or dead. According to the former priest in sanit Martin’s Catholic church said that the staff of authority king Maduka is using is fake and that the banishment of Godwin and his family was planned because of some reasons that will be know to the people at the right time…
That was how it all happened, since then we have been living in darkness and fear in this kingdom. … He requested sleeping with me and I refused so he took your father’s lands leaving only the one at umuake road, when I confronted him, he threaten to kill me if I ever talked about the lands.
So my children please stay away from him I don’t want anything to happen to the both of you, you two are the only family I have”. Their mother said.
“Hmmm, m’ama, how come you kept all this from us your children all this year’s?” Amaka asked.
” I am sorry my children, I never wanted to hurt you girls.” Their mother said.
“But mama, you should have told us.” Amaka said.
“I am sorry my children.” Said their mother.
The already angryed kasima stood up from the bench, her eyes were already red, she was breathing heavily.
“King Maduka killing my father.” She said under her breathe and turned to her mother and sister.
“I is fighting king Maduka ” she said and ran out of the house.
“Kasima! Come back here! Where are you going? Oh God what kind of trouble is this again?” Their mother lamented.
“Mama is okay, kasima will come back.” Amaka said.
“Your sister is going to confront King Maduka and you know what that means.” Said their mother tearsfully.
“Mama I know but king Maduka will not harm Kasima.” Amaka said.
“What are you saying Amaka? Two weeks ago he almost killed her and here you are saying he won’t harmed her.” Their mother said sadly.
“Mama, u believe that the God Almighty we are serving will not let us down…just calm down okay?” Amaka encouraged her and she nod..
EPISODE 7
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WRITTEN BY LADY ANNY 🌺🌺
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(SUBTITLE):You Killed My Father, You Must Pay
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“Mama, I believe that the God Almighty we are serving will not let us down… Just calm down okay?” Amaka encouraged her and she nod.
Meanwhile, king Maduka was having meeting with his family in his living room….. Princess Adaeze walked in slowly.
“Greetings father, greetings my queen.” She greeted with her knees almost down.
“Where is your mother?” King Maduka asked, queen Diana did not answer princess Adaeze’s greeting, she just eyed her and turned her face but who cares.
“She is coming.” Princess Adaeze said before sitting down on the couch just then kasima rushed in with a guard shouting at her that she can’t enter the palace. They got to the living room where king Maduka and his family were.
“Your highness, I tired stopping her but she refused.” The guard said with his head down.
“Is okay, you can go now.” Said king Maduka while the guard left and he turned to the already deadly Kasima.
“And what is the meaning of this you daughter of a nobody? What do you……”
“It you is a nobody! You is killing my father and taking the throne!’ kasima interrupted him yelling.. for the first time, king Maduka was scared. The princesses, prince and queen Diana were shocked.
“Will you shot your mou…..”
“No you is shoting your mouth up!” Kasima interrupted queen Diana and turned to King Maduka.
“You killing my father and onowu Udemba because of the throne, you is going to pay.” She said angrily..
“How dare you talk to my father the king of all kings in such manner!!” Prince Ikena yelled.
“Shoting your mouth up mama’s boy.” Said kasima.
“Are you mad!?” The prince said and slapped her…. KASIMA closed her eyes for about 45 seconds before she opened them, her eyes became more red and scaring. The prince make an attempt to sit down when he received double slaps on his cheeks which makes he to fell on the couch…. kasima had just slapped him. She walked closer to the king.
“You evil king, you is killing my father and taking the throne and our lands why? What we is doing to you?” Kasima asked with pain in her eyes.
” You this idiot, you dare come to my palace to insult me… I will deal with you.! Guards!!” Said king Maduka.
“Why you is wickeding like this…I is coming back for you…you must pay!!” Kasima said crying as the guards rushed into the living room.
“Your majesty.” They chorus bowing down their heads.
“Take this fool and lock her up in the palace cell, make sure you give her the best of her life.” He said.
” As you wish my king.” One of the guards said and turned to kasima.
“Oya move idiot!” He said as they start dragging her out..
“You is wickeding, you must pay!!” Said kasima with tearsful voice before she was dragged out.
“Daughter of a nobody, tomorrow by sunset.. I shall sacrifice her head to ikuku the great python.” King Maduka said laughing devilishly. Princess Adaeze stood up from the couch and walked close to her father.
“Dad, did you really do it? I mean did you truly killed her father because of the throne as she said?” She asked.
“What is the meaning of that question?” King Maduka asked.
“That doesn’t answer my question, I said did you truly killed kasima’s father because of the throne?” Adaeze asked yelling.
“And if he truly did, what can you do?” Queen Diana asked making princess Adaeze to turned
“I see, so you are the one misleading him right?” She asked
“Are you trying to say you are not enjoying the status you are now and the respect you get from people?” Princess Olachi asked.
“I can never enjoy such respect, if you are enjoying to be called Princess when you are not,..I am not and beside…… ”
“Oh shot your mouth! You empty vassel.” Queen Diana interrupted Adaeze.
“Don’t mind her, I guess this is how your useless mother bought you up.” Prince Ikena said.
“Oh please, if you have nothing to say kindly keep quiet.. mummy’s boy….you that a common woman slapped and you fell on the couch like a pregnant woman.” Adaeze said and turned to her father.
“If I find out the truth that you killed kasima’s father…….”
“How dare you talk to me in such manner!” King Maduka interrupted and slapped her.
“Father you are evil and you must pay ” Adaeze said in tears before walking out of the living room.
“Mother! Mother!” She called as she ran to her mother who was going to the living room.
“Ada, what is it?” Her mother asked.
“Mother, come with me.” Adaeze said taking her mother’s hand while she followed her, they went to their chambers and sat down on the sofa.
“Ada, why are you crying, what is the matter?” Queen mercy asked while Adaeze explained what happened to her.
“Mother, it’s true? Did father killed kasima’s father?” Adaeze asked. (Her mother breathe down)
“Yes it’s true.” Queen mercy said and narrated everything to her daughter.
“That was how it all happened.” Said queen mercy.
“I coursed the day he become s my father.” Princess Adaeze said with tears..
Tbc