Long ago, a man lived in Obobo sub-district in Pokedi village. He was very upset with his son’s weakness. One day, while talking to his friend, the man told him about his will. He said that his son was too lazy and so he could not leave all his property, his sorghum, maize and ground-nuts […]
Long ago, there was a Zulu girl whose mother had died. Her stepmother was very cruel to her. One day, she was crying at her mother’s grave. Suddenly, the earth of the grave parted and a stalk started growing out of it. Soon, it grew into a tree. The wind rustled its leaves and the
Once upon a time, a man was carrying a sheep. A hare saw him and wanted the sheep for himself. He took off his left shoe, kept it on the road and hid behind the bushes. The man saw the shoe and liked it. But, he did not need one shoe. The hare ran, put
Agenga stayed with the King. One day, he went and sat where the people had assembled. Agenga had put his shoes on the grass roof of the shelter where the King would sit. The King came and sat without looking at the shoes. When everyone sat and conversed, Agenga went and sat near the King.
Long ago, a thief was walking along the road. On the way, he met a man who lived near by in a small house. The thief said to him, “Take me to your house. I want to stay with you tonight.” The man was foolish and said to the thief, “If you come along to
Chapter 7 And then the row with Ralston. Funny thing, Chips had never liked him; he was efficient, ruthless, ambitious, but not, somehow, very likable. He had, admittedly, raised the status of Brookfield as a school, and for the first time in memory there was a longish waiting list. Ralston was a live wire; a
Chapter 6 Chips changed his more commodious apartments in School House for his old original bachelor quarters. He thought at first he would give up his housemastership, but the Head persuaded him otherwise; and later he was glad. The work gave him something to do, filled up an emptiness in his mind and heart. He
Chapter 5 And so it stood, a warm and vivid patch in his life, casting a radiance that glowed in a thousand recollections. Twilight at Mrs. Wickett’s, when the School bell clanged for call-over, brought them back to him in a cloud—Katherine scampering along the stone corridors, laughing beside him at some “howler” in an
Chapter 4 There had followed then a time of such happiness that Chips, remembering it long afterward, hardly believed it could ever have happened before or since in the world. For his marriage was a triumphant success. Katherine conquered Brookfield as she had conquered Chips; she was immensely popular with boys and masters alike. Even
Once there was an old man who wished his small, noisy house would be larger and quieter. He went to a wise old woman of the town and explained his need. She said, “I can solve your problem. Just do as I say.” The man agreed to do as she said. “If you have a
Once upon a time in a village there was a man who had many hens and roosters. He wanted his fighting rooster to be more ferocious. So to train his rooster, he took the rooster to a trainer. In a few weeks’ time he returned and saw that his rooster didn’t squawk as loudly. “Not
One day in a forest in Africa, a hunter came upon a huge tree with a whitened skull at its base. The skull spoke, “Beyond a certain hill is a field of calabashes. Take them to your hungry village, but do not tell anyone how you obtained them.” “How did you come to be here?”
Once there was a king named Midas who did a good deed for a Satyr and was granted a wish by the god of wine, Dionysus. For his wish, Midas asked that whatever he touched would turn to gold. Although Dionysus tried to dissuade him yet Midas insisted that the wish was an excellent one,
During that time, Shahrazad had borne three male children to the King and she was happy that the King had accepted the three children as his. The King had felt ashamed in doubting his wife and was so happy with the three children. Shahrazad asked the King to spare her life because she did not
Once there was an autocratic King, having no mercy for anybody. He used to take four-fifths of the monies of his visitors leaving only one-fifth with each of them. The Almighty declared he should have a son, fortunate and God-favoured, who would renounce the world in his youth which did happen. One fine day, he