A PATIENCE DOG EATS THE FATTEST BONE.
Once upon a time, there lived two sisters who were twins, Kehinde and Taiwo. They were poor. Their parents struggled everyday to make both ends meet. Their father was full of wisdom and he always created time to counsel his daughters about the need to be patient in whatever they were doing. He talked to them about so many other virtues, like tolerance, endurance, good behavior: and he always ended his talks with a saying that "whoever had patience had everything."
When these twins were eighteen years old, their father died. They felt greatly impact of their father's demise because they lost a good companion who always counselled them and a breadwinner. Soon after the death of their father, their mother found things difficult. As a result of this, she took the twins to her distant relation who was living a few kilometres away.
Their mothers relation accepted them but he was a cruel man who maltreated the girls so much. They were to do all the house chores at home and followed the man to the farm. While they worked so hard at home, the man's only daughter, Bolaji, will sleep endlessly. She was lazy and spoilt.
One day, Bolaji, the man daughter went to the man's room to steal four thousand naira. The man was so furious and called the twins to his living room. He concluded that it was the twins who must have stolen the money. They were beaten and punished heavily for the money they didn't take.
The hard life and suffering continued for a long time. One day Kehinde called her twins sister Taiwo and told her that she wanted to run away to their mother. Taiwo reminded her that she should be patient as their late father used to tell them when he was alive. Kehinde refused to listen to her sisters advice, and soon after, she ran back to their mother.
When she got home she couldn't continue her education because there were no money. She got married when she was twenty-one to a poor man who couldn't take good care of her. Soon after her marriage, their mother also died.
Taiwo, the patient sister felt the grieve of her mother's death and she determined more than ever to be patient to get what she wanted. She finished her secondary school and gained admission into the University to study Accountancy. As time went on, the man she was living with grew to like her and he decided to sponsor her education at the University. Bolaji, the biological daughter of the man had dropped out of school and she had become a wayward and virtue-less girl without a bright future.
Taiwo finished her university education and graduated as an Accountant. Three years later after her graduation, she got married to a pilot and she lived happily with her husband. After her marriage, she got a job with an international organisation which necessitated that she should go and work in the United States of America.
Before she travelled to the US, a send-off party was organised for her. The man who sponsored her to school was invited to the party. Bolaji (the man's wayward daughter) and Kehinde (the impatient sister) were also present at the party. When the man rose up to talk about Taiwo, he praised her for her endurance and patience. He ended his speech by saying that "I really agree that a patient dog eats the fattest bone"
Questions
*What do you guys think, was Kehinde right to be impatient knowing full well that the man maltreated them at first. Was life unfair to her, kenhide?
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yes life was unfair to her
ReplyDeleteyes life was very unfare to kehinde
DeleteI agree
DeleteIndeed she was peasant
DeleteThis is a very inspiring story. But life was fair to her because she was impaitient.The story was a motivating oneπππ
DeleteNice illustration. And meaningful
ReplyDeleteReally luv d story
ReplyDeleteNoooo,she should have been patient
ReplyDeleteReally π₯°π it
DeleteShe was impatient that why life was unfair to her aside from that great story really loved it
ReplyDeleteOne of the best stories I've read on the internet for a really long while. Thanks to the writer for this. I'm a Nigerian in diaspora.
ReplyDeleteIt is inspiring I love
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It's a spectacular one
ReplyDeleteIt was interesting to read
ReplyDeleteI really love this story
ReplyDeleteNi be only you like am oo
DeleteShe should have been a little paitent and endurance
ReplyDeleteIf Kehinde didn’t run away Taino won’t have reach by e level cuz the man may be thinking he can’t sponsor both of the to that level
ReplyDeleteyou should be patient
ReplyDeleteBut the true everything became a lie because it happened to me.. at the end of da day she cheat and she came to be someone online dating making money to help her she forgot about who she is and what her parent told her
ReplyDeleteThis story is nice
ReplyDeleteAlso be hardworking
ReplyDeleteIt is good to be patien
ReplyDeletet and the story is interesting
I really love the way you said the story
DeleteThe story was very good and it will teach some people lesson
DeleteYou really tried
ReplyDeleteBut Kehinde was not happy with the maltreatment
ReplyDeleteLovely
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