FEAR OLD PEOPLE

Whenever I watched a Nigerian movie and I would see an old lady or man curse a young person and after a short while, the person's life turns out to be a mess and the person turns cursed.

I never believed it at all, curses work only in the movies and not in reality.

I had a strong belief that curses were some random fallacy that people wanted to believe.

I haven't been cursed before neither have I seen someone under a curse so I never had time to believe such.

Well let me share my experience that would actually change your reasoning concerning aged people.

It was a nice Friday morning, everything cool, everything lovely, and everything nice.

I had nowhere to go that day.

No school, no rehearsals and no errands.

It was a perfect day I thought and I was laying on my bed while using my phone to scroll news feed.

Mom was preparing some songs that she would use to drill our church choir on Sunday.

I had typed the songs since and what was remaining was to get the songs printed and dispersed to the choir on Saturday.

We had a printer so I was not bothered.

Dad was not at home so I was living the free life.

This day is still the most mysterious day of my entire life.

The printer broke down and I had to go and print it outside.

I collected the money and my little profit and took my leave.

She told me to print the songs and bring it to her office.

So I got into a bus to begin my errand.

I got into a bus full of mysterious old people, one of them was an old lady and she looked stressed.

Judging from her looks, she was a fishmonger.

She had a huge bag of raw, cold fishes with her and she found it uncomfortable to sit down.

So trying to be a good child that I was trained to be, I offered to carry the bag so she could sit properly.

This made her happy and she began to thank me very loudly and in that same manner attracted other passengers to me.

After the thanks, I plugged in my earpiece and continued to listen to my music.

She told me to remove the earpiece and listen to what she had to say.

I did that and waited for her reply.

She then said that I should not make use of earplugs in order to survey the environment for any potential danger.

I told her "Thank you" and later continued with my music.

She told me to remove them again, I got surprised and pissed now

I was trying to help and she wants to be a disturbance.

I did not listen this time and I left her staring at me.

She got angry and began to scream

Her exact words were "Children of these days, they are so insulting in nature, they love disrespect so much"

In the blink of an eye, fellow adults joined her in the conversation making my ride a living hell.

Out of anger, I spoke back to her

And even told her to take her fish away, and I got down immediately.

All the passengers were shouting at my response and then the old woman said

"For what you said, your day will be full with misfortunes"

I shouted "Same to you" and gave her the middle finger.

I left to continue my errand while thinking of what she said.

After all curses don't work so I wasn't bothered.

I took out the flash drive and began to head to the nearest shop so I could print the songs.

While walking towards the shop, the flash fell inside the gutter and sank immediately.

I rushed to grab it and cut my sandals while trying.

I got up and I was a bit confused. I had to print the songs to avoid problems at home so I had to find an alternative.

I could call my sister to send the document via WhatsApp so I could print it.

I texted her and she sent it.

I got to the shop and plugged in my phone so as to send the document.

It was sending, sending, sending and then it came to an absurd halt.

My phone powered off and refused to switch on.

I asked what was going on

And they said, it was a virus

I had no time for such jokes, Virus from where and how?

I told them to eliminate it and the flame of my anger got ignited with much more flames.

They rushed to fix it and they warm booted the phone.

This brought about factory data reset thereby flashing the phone.

My heart skipped a beat.

How was that possible?

And to worsen the case, the virus was still present.

Out of all the numerous things in an Android phone, the virus affected my screen

I couldn't touch any single thing.

I stormed out of the store before I would do something stupid.

How many things just occurred so quickly?

My mum would not believe this at all.

While I was in thought, she began to call me

Lo and behold, I could not pick the call

She called up to six times and the force I applied on the screen leading to a huge crack and my finger passing through the screen into the phone's panel.

My phone was gone

Flash drive gone

Document not printed

My shoe cut from its place

Then I recalled what the old lady said, but my brain kept on calculating that it was not possible.

So I resorted to going back home.

I crossed the road and entered a bus to head home.

I sat beside the window and it was so airy and windy.

So I fell asleep with my mouth open and placed on the window.

The driver was a music freak and had no time to ask where you would stop

He drove at incredible speeds and stopped only when asked.

The sleep was so awesome and I entered another reality.

I woke up in another city

A city I had never entered, I woke up and I was the last passenger.

I was so confused and sleepy at the same time.

He asked for his money and I asked how much the fare was

He said N1000, it sent a shockwave to my heart and affected my pulse instantly.

The money I had for the printing and my transport was not even enough.

I was given N350.

I searched for the money so I could even begin to bargain.

But the money was gone!!!!!!

I must have lost it during my slumber.

I looked at him and told him I had no money on me

That my money got stolen during the ride.

He quickly rushed at me and kicked me, sending me off my feet and sending my ass to the floor.

I began to beg him so as not to attract a crowd, he saw sincerity on my face and told me that he won't let me go like that.

He told me to drop one of my clothing.

I offered my sandals, he collected it and when he noticed that it was ruined.

He threw them away and asked for something else.

I gave him my leather belt.

He admired it and told me to start running before he calls "thugs"

I began to run in any direction I could while holding my trousers in my hands.

I ran out of energy and began to pant so seriously and decided to take a break.

How would I get home and how will my mum reach me?

I lost everything, it dawned on me and what was happening but I don't believe curses.

"What did I even do wrong?"

So I had to find a way back and quick too.

I tried reaching my mom to explain my current predicament and her line was not going.

I tried my Dad's line, he picked and I could not hear a word, the person helping me got angry and took his phone.

I saw a long line of trucks passing with animal feed loaded behind them.

They were heading to my direction, so I planned the right timing to enter one of the trucks

As they came to a bend, they halted because of the long traffic, I quickly jumped into one, landing directly into faeces.

The stench was unbearable and it affected my clothing.

I was dirty, smelling and dirty.

While I was enjoying the ride, I got noticed by the drover through his side mirror and he stopped the vehicle.

He told me to come down and accused of being a thief from the other city.

Why would I steal such a thing?

A whole me?

I had to trek with all the shit all over me.

I trekked for nearly two hours and got home.

On reaching home, the smell of burnt food welcomed me, followed by my mother's screams.

Then I realized, that I left beans on fire and I went out to print the song.

My sister did not attend to it and blamed it on me instantly.

My mom asked for the song and I didn't have it

She quickly poured water on me and began to shout of my incompetence.

I nearly broke down in tears and regretted why I talked to the old lady.

I laid down and looked up to the sky with regret.....

Then......

Then.....

Then I heard a tap of my shoulder

I opened my eyes and it was morning

It was Mom, She said "Wake up, it’s time for morning devotion"

I woke up and saw I was putting on shorts that I wore to sleep.

I was dreaming the whole time!!!!

It never happened, I was relieved to the core.

I was so happy and relieved.

I began to greet old people and relate with them

No one knew the reason but just me.

For people that expected a disastrous ending

NOT TODAY!!!!

Moral: Ensure you sleep a lot

And I don’t still believe in curses