RIVER IN THE LAKE EPISODE 3

From the writer of
Nude Bed
Death after life
Cold Desert
Hot eyes
Sorrows of an Eagle
Calabash and
Shattered

No one appears to know the exact source of *river* yet it runs through all walks of life as it meanders its way along the many struggles of nature.

How far, how long, how wide can it stretch to exhibit it's commanding prowess over the storms of the day. Or shall it succumb to the harsh efforts of mother nature to subdue and collect this great water in a *lake*.

Abhynha Yankey presents

*RIVER IN THE LAKE*

EPISODE 3

All he wanted to do was to save his chief, his people and himself from accusations.
Though he was scared, he managed to find his way through. He walked a long distance but at a very slow and careful pace. The whole place was dark with strange sounds from animals and insects. There were times he would turn to a particular direction, thinking he'd seen light, but there was nobody around. In as much as he didn't want to meet anybody at that time, he still wanted to get help from somebody. He was scared he might lose the chief, considering his condition before he left him.

He finally had to go back to the chief. Who knows? His presence might even bring him life. He rushed back to where the chief was. On his way, he saw something creep on the floor. He stepped back. It was huge and had a very shiny skin. "That must be a snake!", he said to himself. He couldn't control his bladder. Though Tutu was a brave palace guard, he feared snakes. More especially those ones found in the forests because his grandmother had told him lots of scary things about them. He now admitted life was finally over for the chief and himself.

That was a perfect thing. They both had to die. Not the king dying and leaving behind Tutu to go and give answers to a thousand questions. No one would even believe him. He decided to give up by stepping on the tail of what he thought to be a snake. He knew it would angrily bite him to death should it be a snake. He stood there for a while as sweat bathed him, and finally decided to do as he had thought. He was initially scared but he went back, gathered all the courage and stepped on it.

Shockingly, the snake didn't bite him. Instead, it turned to an old wretched woman with tattered cloth and coloured teeth. Tutu jumped back. He looked more frightened than ever. He knelt down to beg the old woman as she smiled and got closer. Her fingers were very long with dirty nails. Her face was very wrinkled. She drew closer to Tutu as he continued to beg her to spare his life. "Spare your life? You want me to spare your life...I'm not sure my dear Tutu", the old woman said.

Tutu jumped back when he heard the old woman mention his name. "You wanted to die so you intentionally stepped on my tail so I could bite you. Why then do you ask me to spare your life? It will be easy this way, can't you see? All I need to do is to use my nails to create a hole in your abdomen, then you are gone for good", she continued.

Title Credit: Pretty Asare Olivia

To be continued...

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