THE JOURNEY TO THE VILLAGE

CHAPTER SIX

Jane! Jane oo!! J..a...n..eoooo!!!

'Is that not my sister?' I said to myself as I ran towards the stream only to discover Jane struggling inside the water as my cousins and others try to rescue her . I cried my eyes out luckily she was rescued

'Do you want mom to kill I and Junior?' I asked amidst tears as she walked towards me

'Who told you to swim when you know fully well that you can't swim' I scolded angrily

'Junior why did you not stop her?' I asked facing him

'I don't even know when she entered the water she was standing here before' he said raising his two hands up

'Me too ' replied everyone respectively

'Am s....o.....r...r..y' she cried

'Please don't tell mom' she begged us

I just hugged her , everyone stood looking at Jane and still in shock of what just happened

'Please everybody dress up let us go' said Dorathy as she wears her clothes

'I don't want another drama o'

Everybody obeyed without even saying a word, our village friends carried their water and we headed home

On our way we started chatting again

'It's really hot o' someone commented

'Why is the stream cold and the land hot on a sunny day?' asked Mary, one of our village friends asked.

And then I suddenly remembered land and sea breeze ( conventional current) I was taught in physics

'it is because during hot day the land is a better absorber of heat than the stream and so get warmer the stream during the day. At night the reverse is the case, night becomes warmer and the temperature of the land drops drastically' I answered smartly

'Wow ,the professor herself' hailed my brother

I smiled.

'Is that not from physics?' someone asked

'Yes it is'

'It seems you are really good at science ,you will make a good science teacher'.complimented Chioma

'I always tell her that she is good in science but no, she wants to do Art ' said Jane who is still recovering from what happened.

' I want to be a lawyer' I said

'Wow that's nice' everyone complimented

'Thank you guys'

I just laughed

'For me? I want to be a certified Baker, I love baking alot' said Chioma

'I want to be a computer engineer' said Churchill

'I want to be a computer engineer too' said Junior smiling at Churchill

'May be we might work together in future' said Churchill

'Yeah' my brother replied

'enough of the talking please let's walk faster before it gets late' said Dorathy increasing her pace

' I don't want grandma scolding us for coming back late' she said again

We got home, said goodbye to our friends and entered the compound all this while I was praying in my heart that what happened earlier should be kept a secret