THE SCENARIO
Ochukko's mom was in the kitchen making melon soup after his son had made eba and kept them in a cooler. It was night time already, and her husband with their two sons were outside taking some fresh air and salivating, as aroma filled the air.
"I cannot wait for the food to be done," Ochukko said to his younger brother, Odika.
"Una no know pass food; book you no know," their dad interrupted. "Your head like egusi."
Ochukko frowned and mumbled something he couldn't hear. Odika whispered into his ear as they burst into laughter.
"Osi gini? Wetin una talk?" he asked.
"Daddy, forget that thing. We sabi book pass you," they chorused.
"Eh! From your mouth? Me?" He rose to his feet in shock.
"Yes, daddy. No dey talk go that area at all. After all, we get evidence," Odika said, folding his arms.
"Tell am o!" Ochukko shook his legs, pouting his lips.
"If I..."
"Yeee... Make una come o!" screamed the woman in the kitchen. "Na cockroach dey fly."
The boys were the first to troop in as their father followed. "Where e dey?" Ochukko asked, looking around. In a twinkling of an eye, power went off.
"No run o, no run o..." Mama Ochukko warned as he noticed the quick pattering of feet.
"Una don kill am?" her husband asked. "Shey..." His leg hit the pot of soup as everything in it spilled.
"Chimo! Papa Ochukko!" She raised her voice. "Wetin b all this?! The soup wey na #200 I take use cook am, you don pour am for ground! Na only you go chop ordinary eba this night!"
"I am sorry, no be my fault. I am sorry, no be my fault..." he shouted from his sleep.
It was still afternoon when he woke up. Ochukko, Odika and their mother burst into laughter.
"Wetin happen? I was just about waking you up to come and have eba and egusi soup," his wife said, wearing a broad smile.
INTERPRETATIONS:
* Osi gini? -- What's it?
* Chimo -- God
Victor Apata
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