Getting home I find my old man sitting in the shade "reading"a news paper I wonder what he does with that paper because we all know he can't read to safe his life and not willing to learn, so this is his thing holding a news paper because I can't really say reading it oh! and watching news I don't know maybe it an old people's thing but it does make him look older than he is,maybe this my time to go to class my very own university of life talking to him it's like reading a biography of Pablo Escobar I really think he would have been the greatest gangster in SA if he was given the chance, I mean listening to him speak about his times on the street it's fascinating really and it's always a mission getting him to talk here goes nothing
me:hello papa. I say giving him a kiss on the cheek I know he loves that
Papa:hello princess how was your last paper I hope you did well you know how education is important you know back in our day....there he goes again preaching how it was not easy going to school back in the day because he didn't have an English name That's what he always says when we talk about school well it's not like I care or anything but it's important to him to have educated children so I do it to make him happy because really he worked really hard to give us the life we have and it's only fair to make him a proud parent. so guys my fathers name is Moshimane Tau well he explains it like when he was picked up by the river bank by Mr Moloi when he was just a baby because his mom had left him at the river he didn't have a name so he was always called Moshimane(boy) by him and the locals because he was not given a name so they continued to call him Moshimane until it stuck.so he was raised by a Fisher man who was not married so he became responsible for feeding himself clothing himself so stealing became second nature so you can imagine growing up without surname or name just Moshimane the thief boy so that his story fascinating I tell you.
Me:yes papa I know and I promise I did well
Papa: that's good my beautiful princess you know when I look at you I see a lot of your mother in you
Me:you always say that papa but I think I look like you
Papa:so you think you look like this ugly old man
Me:you are very handsome papa Hao!
Me:so pa please tell me a story
Papa:you need to go change and eat first princess. He says in a serious voice and I know he means business so I stand immediately going to my room to change I wear phomolo's soccer jersey I stole a while back and some Jean shorts with flops going to the kitchen to make myself a sandwichso this what I was practically raised on,being surrounded by only man who can't cook and I really don't mind it because they really tried their best and it's not like I also took a like in cooking so bread it is
Me:papa do you want a sandwich? I shout from the kitchen looking at him through the kitchen window because I know he is no going to shout back he always complaining about my shouting,he nods his head in agreement so I make two sandwiches pour coke for us going outside to the shade to attend my class.i hand him his food and sit down on the grass to eat mine.
Me:so pa which story are you going to tell me today
Papa:let's finish first princess. Hai! you and your stories
Me:but you are good story teller papa.
Papa:Hao!Nana you know I only tell you things I have experienced in life I can't tell a story to save my life.he says laughing I love this man so much and one day he will know just how much.
Me:so you mean to tell me it's all real papa? I act surprised I know everything he tells me it's about himself so that's why I say it's my university of life because that what I'm doing, I'm learning to be the world best criminal that's my dream,not this sit behind a desk but every good criminal needs it's a good musk so I have to have a career and I'm a very good student that another thing I take after my dad the spirit to adapt so for now I'm princess Tau. Did I ever tell you how my surname came about so my dad says as he grew he realised he didn't have one that's because everyone had a surname so he thought if I'm going to have a surname it has to be something people faired and respected so looked at all the animals and thought lion is the king of the jungle and he started calling himself Tau (lion).
My good people the road it about to get real so stay tuned love you all plz don't forget to comment so I hear your views on the story
Getting home I find my old man sitting in the shade "reading"a news paper I wonder what he does with that paper because we all know he can't read to safe his life and not willing to learn, so this is his thing holding a news paper because I can't really say reading it oh! and watching news I don't know maybe it an old people's thing but it does make him look older than he is,maybe this my time to go to class my very own university of life talking to him it's like reading a biography of Pablo Escobar I really think he would have been the greatest gangster in SA if he was given the chance, I mean listening to him speak about his times on the street it's fascinating really and it's always a mission getting him to talk here goes nothing
me:hello papa. I say giving him a kiss on the cheek I know he loves that
Papa:hello princess how was your last paper I hope you did well you know how education is important you know back in our day....there he goes again preaching how it was not easy going to school back in the day because he didn't have an English name That's what he always says when we talk about school well it's not like I care or anything but it's important to him to have educated children so I do it to make him happy because really he worked really hard to give us the life we have and it's only fair to make him a proud parent. so guys my fathers name is Moshimane Tau well he explains it like when he was picked up by the river bank by Mr Moloi when he was just a baby because his mom had left him at the river he didn't have a name so he was always called Moshimane(boy) by him and the locals because he was not given a name so they continued to call him Moshimane until it stuck.so he was raised by a Fisher man who was not married so he became responsible for feeding himself clothing himself so stealing became second nature so you can imagine growing up without surname or name just Moshimane the thief boy so that his story fascinating I tell you.
Me:yes papa I know and I promise I did well
Papa: that's good my beautiful princess you know when I look at you I see a lot of your mother in you
Me:you always say that papa but I think I look like you
Papa:so you think you look like this ugly old man
Me:you are very handsome papa Hao!
Me:so pa please tell me a story
Papa:you need to go change and eat first princess. He says in a serious voice and I know he means business so I stand immediately going to my room to change I wear phomolo's soccer jersey I stole a while back and some Jean shorts with flops going to the kitchen to make myself a sandwichso this what I was practically raised on,being surrounded by only man who can't cook and I really don't mind it because they really tried their best and it's not like I also took a like in cooking so bread it is
Me:papa do you want a sandwich? I shout from the kitchen looking at him through the kitchen window because I know he is no going to shout back he always complaining about my shouting,he nods his head in agreement so I make two sandwiches pour coke for us going outside to the shade to attend my class.i hand him his food and sit down on the grass to eat mine.
Me:so pa which story are you going to tell me today
Papa:let's finish first princess. Hai! you and your stories
Me:but you are good story teller papa.
Papa:Hao!Nana you know I only tell you things I have experienced in life I can't tell a story to save my life.he says laughing I love this man so much and one day he will know just how much.
Me:so you mean to tell me it's all real papa? I act surprised I know everything he tells me it's about himself so that's why I say it's my university of life because that what I'm doing, I'm learning to be the world best criminal that's my dream,not this sit behind a desk but every good criminal needs it's a good musk so I have to have a career and I'm a very good student that another thing I take after my dad the spirit to adapt so for now I'm princess Tau. Did I ever tell you how my surname came about so my dad says as he grew he realised he didn't have one that's because everyone had a surname so he thought if I'm going to have a surname it has to be something people faired and respected so looked at all the animals and thought lion is the king of the jungle and he started calling himself Tau (lion).
My good people the road it about to get real so stay tuned love you all plz don't forget to comment so I hear your views on the story
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