29/08/2025
Story title: IN PEACE OR PIECES..
Winnie's Tales Club wrote this
"This is strange", Uche soliloquizes as he stands up straight, studying the weather & adjusting his farm hat...
He had been farming on his plot of land all day hoping to harvest & sell some of his farm produce to enable him cater for his heavily pregnant wife, Uju & his unborn baby..
Suddenly, the cloud turned gloomy; flashes of lightning & thundering quakes accompanied with howling wind lashing the trees, raising dust & sand into the whole atmosphere..
For it was unprecedented that it rained at that particular time of the year not to talk of a storm...
He stood for a few minute in amazement, watching men, women & children who didn't want to be drenched by the downpour scamper to their various homes..
Left with no choice, he picked up the harvested crops & his farm tools then hurried home..
However, the rains didn't spare him as it rained heavily on him like he owed them a fortune & refused to pay..
As he approached his house, he met few of his neighbours standing in his little kitchen shed outside his hut..
Soon the cry of a baby was heard from within, he hastened his pace to confirm his thoughts..
Truly, his wife, Uju had just been delivered of a baby boy.. This was indeed a dream come true for his family as the pregnancy had taken longer than the expected nine month..
Uju carried the pregnancy for 2 years..
"Don't worry my child", one of the traditional priests they had visited assured them..
"For the child which you carry is not an ordinary child. His existence will be a wonder". She concluded..
Finally, his long awaited jewel had arrived...
In his excitement, he asked the midwife of his wife but from her look, he could tell something was wrong..
He was informed of how his wife had pleaded that he looks after their son even in her absence..
That night was terribly unbearable for Uche, as he severally contemplated ending his life but for some reasons, he found hope & ...