The festival preparation

Wongi !, wongi !!, wongi !!!, Queen Aha kept calling for her only daughter, it been 2 hours since she said she wanted to go see her step sisters in the other quartet. It was just a few step away from her hut and she believed if shout enough her daughter should be able to hear her.

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(Meanwhile in Queen Dara quarter)
Princess Busa : Wongi, I think I heard your mother calling after you. Wont you go and answer her

Princess Wongi: She should leave me alone, I am no longer a kid, I told her before I left the house and now she's already looking for me. Cant I go out in peace again?

Princess Busa: (Look at wongi with disbelieve) You know I dont want my mother to come and meet you here while your mother is looking for you. I am the one that is going to take the blame.

Princess Wongi: (Stood up in a hurry) Just say you are chasing me from your hut. Anyways if you want to see me again, you will have to come to my hut ok?

Princess Busa: ok, I have heard.

wongi then walked out as busa stood at the door way and watch her friend run to her hut. As she was getting to her hut, she saw her mother sitting on a stood very close to the entrance of the door

Queen Aha: (shun as she saw her daughter walking towards her without fear in her face) So you have grown wings right? Your flower have bloom and now you think you can do what you like bah? how many times have I told you not to go to those Yoruba people hut? I know that is where you are coming from. I wonder why your father decided to marry from another land just because I couldnt give him a son. (she started crying) he could have married another maiden from our land. I wonder why the gods have decided to punish me. I only I had ...

Princess wongi: (cutting her mother short) Mama, will you stop all this things you are saying. You know my father disperse when you talk like this. Besides, what have the other queen done that you hate so much.

Queen Aha: Meshonu!! shut up. What do you know? You this small rat. Do you think it is ordinary for the second queen to have 3 children while I the first queen have just one? You better go to the back of the hut and fetch firewood before I give you backhand slap. (wongi left reluctantly while murmuring some statement)

In the kings palace where he was having a discussion with his chief on the preparation of the new coming Yam Festival

King OluJ: See, I will ask again. Are the yams ready for the festival?

chief sley: My king, they are ready and the farmers are on their way to the palace as we speak.

chief fash: (smile) My King. As the most trustworthy chief among the chiefs, I have never lied to you neither will I start now. The yams are ready and you will see them soon.

chief ayo: (frowns at chief fash) Is that what the king asked? You are always doing eye-service and it will never favor you.

chief george: Yes, it will not favor you (supporting chief ayo) That was how he has been doing for the past 3 years. Last night I and chief zita saw him coming out from...

chief zita: (cutting him short) ahaaaaaa. Cant you all see the king sitting and you are here making all sort of claims. My King, forgive the chiefs.

*As the king was about to talk, the king messenger walked in to inform the king of the arrival of the farmers. *

The End.