Nissan

THE ESCAPE (2)

He was an 8 year old boy running to where he didn’t know, but the important thing was that he could have peace of mind, and also rest from Mrs Duchess’ trouble, and even the two naughty boys, John and James.

Surprisingly, he wasn’t scared of the dark.

He had stopped running earlier tho, he was walking quietly and aimlessly through a little forest leading to the town. From afar he could see lights and the buzzing town at the other side of the enclosed area which he was walking through, this gave him hope. It was night and he had no lights with him. Anything could happen at anytime. And yes things began to happen, as he descended a little slope.

Just then, Nissan bumped into something hard. It was a huge tree. It had been planted in the middle of the pathway for whatever reason. When ever people went through that area they had to be so careful as not to bump into it Just like the little boy had done.

It was also an aide to catch thieves who would try to do nasty things at night and run away.

He fell down to the floor, “what a huge object” he thought. His legs hurt badly, and he was lucky he had first hit the tree with his limbs.

He just remained on the floor, and began to reminisce what had transpired earlier.

It had all happened earlier In the night, he was still putting on the orphanage uniform. “Oh dear!” He exclaimed, it would soon be morning and then everyone would know that he had left the orphanage home without due permission. And then they would twist his ear as usually done to naughty boys and send him back to the orphanage home in a wheel barrow. He would be carried by a Hefty man who would keep close eye on him till they arrived at the gate.

No, he had to pull off the clothes. And then he remembered something so big and heartbreaking.

He had nothing on, except for the pair of pyjamas/ night uniform which he wore, not even an underwear.

If he pulled that cloth off, then he would be the next ADAM on earth. He no more looked at himself as a child, Evey part of his body mattered, even in-between his tiny legs.

But He had to pull it off. So before then, he started thinking on how to handle the issue. A chilly wind blew past him, making the the leaves of the huge tree to sway happily from one end to another. Although the tree was huge, Nissan noticed that it was stout In nature. He was feeling tired already, and any available shade could be his next resting place for the night, he wasn’t sure he’d make it to the town that night. The weather had been a hot one for weeks now. The wind was cool and tempting, the sleep was fast coming. and he had to act quickly, deciding on what next to wear, and where to sleep. He began climbing the little tree, and soon reached the top. The branches were big enough to provide a manageable support for him. The sleep came this time with full force. He remembered that he had to pull of his uniforms to avoid being identified easily the next day, he pulled them off. Just before he could do anything else again, he fell asleep. In his dreams, he saw a woman and her daughter, both were crying and where muttering his name sorrowfully.

He dreamt yet another, where he was playing a game (of throwing objects at each other) with a kid from the orphanage, he couldn’t see the person’s face clearly. He decided to climb a the stairs to escape because he was getting tired of the whole thing. He couldn’t move any longer, his leg had gotten stuck and the person began throwing objects straight at him from downstairs.

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A naked boy was found asleep on the mango tree, a lot of people had with them their phones and cameras and in no time he had turned to a naked celebrity in such a short while. It was really a funny one.

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The last mango which they launched at him, landed at his naked posterior.

His butts were looking so scary from different angles when viewed from down.

And then the chairman dangling between his legs weren’t even helping matters.

He awoke immediately out of fear and tension. “Why the crowd” he thought. They shouldn’t be gathering for an unimportant person like him.

He tried putting his hands in his pockets to bring out his little and dirty handkerchief, but then..,.., his clothes were no where to be found. He was shocked to know that he had been without his clothes all these while. He looked around the branches of the tree, but they weren’t there. And then he looked down.

Oh, what a multitude he saw, everyone had started laughing.

A little girl was holding up and waving his clothes at him

“You come down and put it on, little ADAM”

She laughed with her friends, though the joke didn’t seem funny especially to the naked boy still on the tree.

He plucked mango and threw it downwards toward her direction.

It was enough now, hefty men climbed up and brought the boy down.

“Who are you”

One of them asked.

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The Orphanage workers had contacted the police. Even though she never missed his absence, Mrs Duchess knew that her job was at stake as long as the little kid was missing.

If the one in charge of the orphanage home found this out, she could be sacked.

“please sir there’s a case of a naughty boy who ran away from the lovely care of the orphanage home this morning” she spoke over the phone

She dropped the phone after the call.

“Mary!, Mary!” she called out, but there was no reply.

The latter had left to. She was missing too.

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