It is the most important and the most
anticipated season of the year which was raining
season and it is at this time that mal Abu's family
get to enjoy small part of his wealth because he
practiced commercial farming where he farms in
large quantity and sold it out,but during this
period he doesn't hire people to help in clearing
up cultivating or harvesting of his farm produce
he always says to himself that this is the time that
his family members are needed the most why
would he hire and pay people when he has many
people to assist him,but based on the fact that he
has a very big hecter of land he at some point in
time he lost counts of all the good or
approximation of what he was going to have due
to old age.His wives and family members also
made use of the time and would hid some part of
the harvest and sell some to be able to meet the
needs and also pay for their previous debt,not
that they were stealing but that was the only way
they could sustain their lives for a period of time
before was his duty as the
head of the family to provide for them which he
has but babu halin kashewa.
The period was coming to an endand they have to round up their business and
looks for a place to hide it other than their own house,because when he sees it they would sure
pay for it,they were on the farm working that day
and he was soo tired but wouldn't want them to
know claiming he is agile after some minutes
they heard a loud scream ahhh.. ahhhhhh.from
where they were all working they dropped their
equipments and rushed to see why he was
screaming so loud they all asked in unison what
happened baba and he replied I have been biten
by a sn snak snake ooooooooo they where all
confused and non of them know what to do it
was mama tala being the eldest that she quickly
removed her scarf and tied it around his leg to
prevent the poison from spreading he was still
screaming before they called for aid.
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They arrived at the hospital in not time and the poison was removed and and the necessary
things to be done were all done he was still
unconscious before the doc. ask to see the eldest
in the family to explain things to him or her eem
madam we were able to stabilize him and soon
he would be contious and you also need to pay
for his bills and I am going to write out the
medication so go to the pharmacy to purchase
them,she was dumb struck where on earth would
she get the money but to be on a safer side she
went to the pharmacy section to know how much
it would cause them she prayed it wouldn't be
much so that they would be able to source for aid
but who would help them when the person that
is in the situation those not know what help
means to human she was still lost in her train of
thought when the lady called out on her madam
your medications would cause you a hundred
and fifty thousand Naira she didn't know when
she screamed and was rolling herself on the floor
shouting who would help me ooooooooooo
uhmmm it was one woman that took her out and
told her to please stop shouting that she was
disturbing them she dragged her weak self back
to the ward were he was admitted,when the rest
of the family members saw the state she was in
they knew all was not well so they all decided to
ask her when she was herself....
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