Episode 9

 Minutes later, after crying her self out she slept off, later on some one drew her ear lobes hard, slowly she raised her head perplexed. There was in front of her stood Mr Anthony, she was surprised, quickly rising to her feet, she stammered 
"Sir-- wha-?  She did not finish her statement when a fist landed on her face, her class mates stood amazed, never had seen a teacher punished their class captain, before they all wondered what offence did Pamela must have committed.
                   "Who do you think you are?  I do not blame you it is the principal that is insisted on seeing your essay write up do you think If you win , I will collect your gift from you ? Stupid girl, so proud and full of your self, if other students were living up to expectations and we will still be going for one student?  Proud nothing " On and on he want , Pamela dumb founded and confused could only stare and mope.   Finally she was able to find her now shaky voice.
                "Sir why do you --?" Pamela asked.
                "Yes proud nothing, you were telling your friends about your important in the school that with out you the school cannot produce any good material, that you are the alpha and Omega of queens college in the junior secondary school' Mr Anthony supplied fuming with rage.
                 Pamela get more confused; she looked round searching for faces and seeking for witness to defend her but her class mates merely stared back at her mutely, how it hurts to hear lies about oneself and have no power to prove the truth, she felt weak, so this was all she was going through from this good school and her good work.  Sighting, she returned her gaze to the teacher in front of her, tear drops rolled down her cheeks.
                  The teacher walked away and at the door hesitated and said,  " I know you are aware that Ben told me, but if you pick up anything against him or a quarrel with him, I will deal with you thoroughly," Mr Anthony with that he walked away from her.
               Pamela felt lost and embittered. Right from that day she will dislike Ben for who he was and she will never have any thing to do with him. Now, was she to go out with the lying class mate who was pretending to be good student but bad boy.
                "Pam! What happened to you" Enquired an angry Deborah hating her silence and contemptuous glare at Ben.
                "I .....em well I was er I em -em."
     Pamela stammered, not knowing what to say exactly. for her luck enough she got person who can help her.    Fortunately senior Efe came in for her rescue.
                  "It is alright Pam, just go and get dressed, you can tell us about it whenever you feel you like to." suggested Efe.
                 "senior Efe can we still go to day, it's almost late and the school is in Oko village"  asked Nwanju.
                 "We well not got to the school today but will pass night in my uncle house then we will look for who will help us to contact the school first so that we can make use of their classroom  since the students are presently on vacation. Then early tomorrow morning we will take off to a destination known but unknown, a destination which well go a long way to affect our future.  A destination, which will house us for two weeks of intensive reading, for almighty and saving or destructive, WASC."
                 The students bowed their head each imitating the other Pamela tried to reflect on how it was going to look like on the D-Day and how much their preparation was going to be of help to them.
                Man proposes but God disposes. Quite unfortunately man can not tell the future or else many mistake made today, would never have been made.
                    Some minutes later each uncertain bore her burden out of the school premises to the unknown.  The following day in the morning found the six students inside a class room in "Lord high school of learning". They got there before dawn. At the gate post of the school they met the gate man, so they just walked in an exquisite complex.
                   From the school entrance the ground was tiled and each of the class room were rugged.  The chairs and the tables were more of an important executive office than  normal classroom furniture.  The students wondered how the staff room will look like, the classs were the same in design and painted the same and the building was in a such way that even with the inscribed identification on each block, one could get confused.
                     Something baffled the six students, the class room block, which were about ten in number, contained five class rooms each and were all tightly built together.  Leaving a vacant space that lead to a mighty bush, which seemed to lead to a mighty structured building.  Pamela felt like going on an adventure to that part alone, though which she do not know how to go about it.  To the amazement of the students, each class room was air conditioned and shared into three parts , and the stage for the teacher was quite bored, the broader side for the students and a narrow side contained a toilet.
                   Wonders shall never end!
                    The school was quite and peaceful during the day, other people came to read, but at night, the six students were left alone,  There's was no sign of a hostel any where in the school premises, so the students spent their night in one of the class rooms which was very comfortable to them.
                  After camping for four days they decided to find out where the school dormitory might be since Efe uncle chief Osagie had promised to inform Chief Lord Ozomena of their arrival ,  Chief Lord Ozomena was one man whose life has been closed in mystery, he might have left instructions for their Accommodation's for the students.
                    A kind lady, who' was always in the instructions to read during the day time, informed them that the hostel was not in the same compound as the school, but some distance away from the school.   After the closing hours, a bus usually would be around to convey the school students to their hostels,  and financially buoyant students were also allowed to make use of their own car if anyone of them has car, with this she told the open mouthed school girls was very common.
            They were surprised to hear from the lady for all she had said , all that no body have told them about knowing fully well that they were visitor at the environment they both do not know about the school and it was each of them first time to come to the school.
                  Before the students came to their camping center they had gone to chief Osagie house to spend the night and they were received like princesses and we're greatly fussed over.  Each of them was made to order for her own choice of food. So that the dinning table for six, five different meals were served, Efe and Deborah coincidentally  ordered for the same meal.

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    Serene Zue

    Ang galing Ng gumawa Very nice

    31/08/2023

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    tardiomelanio

    interesting

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    James Zantua Poblete

    thank you

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