THE SORROW ARC
The Sorrow Arc – Episode 3
Snake bite
Balarebe told grandma not to retire on her good doing. Everyone was astonished of Balarebe s quick recovery without passing through surgery because she couldn’t speak before, everything that happened recently made them happy but vanished immediately when they heard Balarebe’s heavy breathes and then she kicked the bucket.
The doctor confirmed that she was dead and everyone cried bitterly saying: *The pillar of the family collapse “*
After two weeks, Dan and Ella went back to school but they were unhappy because someone that was sponsoring had died. School fees; Lesson fee; Transport fare and other needs in school left for them to sponsor.
Dane owned maize and tomatoes farm near their village which he always went to after school while Danella helped their grandma in selling kola nut, bitter nut Palm kennel from farm to market, in order to cater for needs in school.
One fateful Friday, Danella went to the farm as usual near a deep forest to pick some kola nut that dropped from the trees. She started picking up the kola nut. Unaware, there was a snake coiled down gently and dangerously. She stepped on the snake and it became angry and bite Danella twice on leg. She screamed aloud but no one was around, she screamed again and passed out.
Dane was in the bush near the forest checking the trap he kept when he heard the scream but the sound was faint and untraceable, he heard it again and started to search the bush to know what was happening.
He saw a figure lying unconsciously before him and he knew that she was his sister. She pluck two or more leave that’s the antidote for snake poison. He squeezed the leaves and she sneezed. Danella wake up and her brother carried her home.
*TBC*
