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The sound of thunder shook the entire village shortly after the village head pronounced the judgment over the theft of the ancient staff and they ran helter-skelter for the safety of their lives.
Soliloquy
"Jude sat under the mango tree. Said in his thoughts hehe, what do we do to solve the problem of economic meltdown in this village? The staff of wealth just vanished without traces to a particular place."
A tap of a hand on Jude's shoulder from the rear.
"What is bothering your mind to the extent that you did not notice my presence here? Please take it easy! The problem shared is half solved. Can you tell me the matter? After all, we are friends." Said, Williams.
Jude nodded and raised his eyes brown.
So, what is happening in this village does not concern you! My wife went to the market yesterday to sell her goods but she returned home with the same goods she took to the market. Things are not the way it was again, people from our neighboring villages that used to patronize our market did not show up again. Things just remain stagnant and everyone knows the solution to the problem at hand.
"As you have said, we know the source of the problem. Where can we locate the staff of wealth? We have to protest at the palace so that the king and his cabinet should find an immediate solution because are we going to fold our hands and watch till our lives doom. If we don't care about our own lives, but because of our children." Williams reacted.
"You are talking now! That means we are on the same page. Do you know what we are going to do, we have to liaise with the youth leader to mobilize other youths in the village because a tree can not make a forest. This indicates we must move in mass to speak in one voice." Said, Jude.
Protest.
We do not agree! We don't agree!! We will not agree to continue with these hardships!!! Meanwhile, when they got to the palace, the King and his cabinet were seated and were settling a land dispute between the two families and their noise did not allow them to hear anything again.
Later, The King sent one of the chiefs to call them inside to know their mission to the palace.
When they got there, the youth leader said our king, "the second command of the gods. You shall live long! Sir, things are becoming unbearable for everyone in the village, and we have been expecting you to take drastic action to make things change the way it is supposed to be but you folded your hands and watched things going down gradually. If we don't care about ourselves, we should do something because of our children and unborn baby. What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind when we join our forefathers?"
The King nodded and said, "Ah! My children, we did not fold our hands on this matter. Chicken is sweaty but the feathers did not allow it to show. Please calm down and go home while we will be doing something about it."
However, after the youths left the palace. One of the chiefs accused the king of knowing an alternative solution to get the staff of wealth back to its position. I can't blame these children because they are fighting for their rights and we must do the needful or else we would face the consequences.
King cut in.
"Hmmm, it is not that I don't know what to do to get it back to its place on time but I was thinking about the outcome of it. As we all know the implications of sending the god of thunder to fight anyone that perpetrated the act." We know that children nowadays are finding a shortcut way to get wealth overnight." Please when getting home, call your children to the place you know that they will hear you to return the staff of wealth to its place, or else he/she will face the full wrath of the god of thunder. "And you town announcer, go ring the bell nook and cranny of this village that the king gives anyone who perpetrated the evil act should return the staff of wealth within 24 hours."
Nevertheless, Chief Ayikondu and his friend were discussing the matter in front of his house. Two strange guys were passing by at that time and they overheard their conversation.
Anxiety.
"Eh! Hmmm, we have entered a one-chance motor. This man did not tell us that they had a powerful idol in this village. What do we do now?" Paul reacted.
Johnson cuts in.
"Paul, did you hear that man? He said that they had sent the god of thunder to strike whoever was involved in the act. This is a big problem! What are we going to do now?"
Meanwhile, they were in this discussion. The weather changed suddenly. The cloud turned black, and everyone in the village began to run for their dearest lives. The god of thunder started to strike.
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Paul and Johnson ran to the palace to confess their sin to the King before the god of thunderstruck them to death.
King surprised.
"Hehe, so can come here. By the way, who are you? Who are your parents? Are you from this village?"
"Oh, God! King, have mercy! We are not from this village. We were sent by the son of this village." Johnson responded.
"Who is that person?" King asked.
Paul raised his hand.
"Sir, it was Chief Otun. But we don't want to die that is why we came here to confess so that you will help us appease the god of thunder."
They were on this matter, and Chief Otun got there.
"What is going on here? These people are unserious, don't mind them. They used to during bear and other substances. Chief Otun accused."
Johnson cuts in.
"So, this time you don't know us again. You put your children in a safe place outside the country and they are enjoying themselves there but you can use us as your tools to carry out your evil plan. God will judge you! We have confessed our sins. We are children to some people as well and they are expecting to reap the fruit of their labor one day."
The King was furious.
"The wind had blown up and we had seen the chicken bottom. Your game is up! You better start talking because it remains some minutes before the god of thunder strikes."
"It was the devil's handwork, please tampered justice with mercy. It was the devil! I am yet to sell staff wealth. I will take you to where I kept it." Chief Otun confessed.
That was how they retrieve the staff of Wealth back to its place and everything was restored the way it was. King asked to remove Chief Otun from his position guard should arrest Chief Otun and his messenger and put them into custody.