Donigspain - S01 E07

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Donigspain - S01 E07

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 7

She was slim, fair and wearing a

ghana weaving hairstyle. Her

eyes were quite glossy which

made them appeared to be as

crystals. As our eyes met she

gave me this ‘hi, nice to meet

you’ smile which nearly cost me

my balance as I lost touch with

gravity and became weightless;

this was one in a long while a

girl gave me such captivating

smile. I simply waved to her

without uttering a word, not

really because I had nothing to

say but because I was totally

short of words. I was brought

back to reality when Mike tapped

me and told me we should go

say goodbye to my dad. ”Mike,

abeg who be dat girl dat just

asked about me?” I asked Mike

immediately we were past the

door of the class. ”Aarrrh, dats

Lilian. She’s Kachi’s school

girlfriend” Mike replied. His reply

instantly weakened my spirit as I

had already began making

calculations on the probability of

her becoming mine but since

Kachi is her ‘oga at the top’ I

need not interfere.

Days turned into weeks and

weeks into months and yet I was

still not able to lay hold on one

girl not because I was lacking in

charm or swag but simply

because of the ‘close-marking’

the Principal and the Discipline

Master gave me. This made

students think I was a sort of a

bad boy not knowing it was

simply because of the bad image

of my previous school but all

these perception changed the

day the DM caught our class in

the act of noise making. Truth be

told, just a few persons were

involved in the offence but the

punishment was relegated to all

because our class prefect was

unable to provide the list of

defaulters. ”I will give each of

you six solid strokes at the back

for this act of indiscipline. Now

bend your heads on your

lockers,” the DM’s voice roared in

pure Queen’s English. This was a

man greatly feared by all for his

flogging prowess. Nobody could

resist the pain that came with

each stroke. It was even

rumoured that he used ‘juju’ to

increase the pain-strength of his

cain. Immediately he began

flogging, cries, wails and groans

filtered the air as the students

tried to wriggle the pain out of

their bodies. Soon it was my turn

to partake in the unholy

communion and I expertly gave

my back for his trashing

pleasure. Piam, piam, piam, each

landing sent pain ripples down

my entire body. Soon he was

done ravaging my back and he

moved over to Mike who

immediately turned blue. ”Sir,

wait, wait please. Am not well.

I’ve been sick for two weeks

now” Mike lied. ”Yes sir, it’s true.

He’s been very ill for sometime

now,” I corroborated. ”I see, in

that case someone will have to

fall in for him. Who is prepared to

receive the punishment on his

behalf?” The DM asked. The

whole class went dead. None

could, not even his babes. ”I will

receive it for him sir,” I

submitted in a brave but shaky

voice. The DM proceeded to

molest my back yet cain with

another six hot strokes. Hmmm, I

died twice that fateful day but

little did I know that my humble

brave act will earn me a place in

the students hall of fame which

is real only in their hearts. And so

the story spread the entire

school thus I became a celebrity

of some sort.

While still enjoying my new

popularity, our Igbo teacher

introduced a novel titled

‘Ugonma’ which was a

recommended text for that year’s

JSSCE on Igbo language.

”Please, I’ll need two volunteer

students, a boy and a girl, to

come out and read this text to

the class in representation of the

characters Alozie and Ugomma”

the Igbo teacher openly

suggested. Igbo Language is one

of the subjects students find

difficult to grab. Ironically,

reading and writing Igbo is quite

difficult to an average Igbo

student and thus I was not

surprised to see the class silent

and motionless. ”Do you people

want to tell me that nobody can

read this text?” the teacher

angrily barked. ”Ma please, let me

try,” one sweet feminine voice

aired.

na my time to shine be dis

”Me too, Ma” I voluntarily

submitted. The novel ‘Ugonma’ is

a book that is filled with heart-

wooing scenes where Alozie

(represented by me) tries so hard

to woo Ugonma (represented by

the volunteer girl).