A tale of a cats having nine lives

A TALE BY HOLAKIZZO

My mum once told me all cats got nine lives, I never believed her though I will never forget the day I tried to kill one.

Not I alone, but we. I was ten, I think, and as we played in the field in eleda conjoining Daniel street iba new town, ojo, lagos, that very day, there came this big gigantic cat to the refuse dump situated close to the field.

" See pussy see pussy "!! Apopi saw it.

"make we go kill am" Stanley fondly called [babalawo]

"I no go follow una oh" I dare not said ,or I would be called "oleh" [lazy dude].

I was so scared yet I followed them .

"pursue am" catch am " !! chiezy yelled.

I chased along but from the rear.

We chased after it until it was just apopi and I chasing ; the rest fell by the way side tired.

Make una catch am ; kill am ; lati yelled [kizzo]

[reason being that cat was a delicacy where he came from.

"Kizzo" run come , e don hide for inside that grass ; apopi beckoned.

It was like the poor animal was tired and we near catching it, before I could say "teamkizzogang"

Apopi dived on the grass like iker casillas would on a ball in his hay days.

"meeoow " the cat on his hand cried.

"kizzo bring stick come wipe am" ... bring stick ..." he yelled.

I looked around, and the only stick I could find was a fallen tree branch.

I picked it up and stroked.

Then stroked again, this time harder, little did I know what I stroked was my friend's head [apopi]

"yeaaaah" my head !!!! he fell to the ground and to that I saw two cats mewing on the floor ; apopi and the actual cat.

My friend cried, yet he still held the cat firmly with both hands.

For my image to be redeemed, I stroked so very hard on the cat in his hand , and it mewed.

Thank God it didn't spit on me. If it had spat on me ,maybe I would had been blind , because I opened my eyes so wide.

"meeoww" he still held it like it was glued to his hands.

I stroked four times; three times on the cat, and once on my friends head.

And he died

He and the cat died .

I was shocked to the bone.

The lazy and lilly livered duo that fell by the way ran to meet the ugly sight.

"kizzo" wetin happen here; Stanley asked

"him never die" , him just they sleep,

Chiezy was good at saying gibberish , he thought it was funny , well I agreed with chiezy, he had better be sleeping.

Stanley managed to drag apopi's body far from the cat while chiezy went to fetch water.

How we concluded water could do the magic , I just can't tell.

While events unfolded, nobody aside four of knew what had happen because the bush was deserted.

"no be me wipe am o" I said, when the stick was still in my hand, the most stupid statement I had made since