GIRL IN THE FOREST.

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Fifteen years later .

Kozangawe's POV .

It was my birthday so i woke up early in the morning and folded my reed mat that i was sleeping on and took a basin and poured some water there then rinsed my face using my hands and wiped my face using a cloth , i went outside and spilt the water on the plants that were outside , i was staying in a small rondavel house with my grandma well let's say with grandma Lulama , who once told me that my mother died when she was giving birth to me and that is a pain i would always live with .

I grabbed a grass broom and started sweeping the yard , that was my chore everyday i woke up , since Grandma was so old , i was the one to do the house chores and that didn't bother me at all because I enjoyed that so much , Grandma came in the yard carrying some herbs ..

Me :morning grandma ..

Grandma :morning my beautiful grandchild and happy birthday .

Me :how are you today ? thank you so much grandma ..

Grandma :I'm good , how are you feeling today?

Me :I'm good but a little sad because on this day my mother lost her life because of me ..

Grandma :silly child , don't ever say that again because it was never your fault..

Me :but still grandma i feel very bad

Grandma :don't be my child , here *giving me the herbs * these herbs will help you in sleeping peacefully at night , I've noticed that you've been struggling with your sleep ..

Me :thank you grandma, you're right I don't sleep at all these days ..

Grandma :after boiling this herb you'll be fine .

Me :thank you so much grandma , I appreciate you in my whole life..

I went inside and put the herbs on top of a wooden table, well there wasn't a lot of things in our rondavel house , the was a wooden table and 2 wooden chairs , our clothes were folded and put in a bag made of a cow's skin and our reed mats . I've been staying with grandma my entire life and I must say she's a kind person and also an explorer , we've been exploring this forest for a long time now and what's funny about this exploring of ours is that we take our house with us no matter where we go because it's an enchanted one and it's invisible to people, only me and granny could see it .

At fifteen years of age I could do so much things , grandma taught me everything that I needed to know , i knew some of the herbs and their use all thank to grandma , Grandma happens to be the guardian of this forest , she was blessed by the ancient ancestors of this forest ..

The time was 12:00 already, i could see that by looking at the sun and its position and on twelve o'clock everyday grandma would always tell me stories , so I went outside and sat next to her on the wooden bench and before starting she told me to fetch some water for her and i quickly ran to the house excited because grandma is good at telling stories , i gave her an enamel cup with water and she drank ...

Grandma :okay let me start , one day it was a stormy day , are you listening ?

Me: *smiling* yes grandma I'm listening.

Grandma :my child I'm not feeling good to say how about we postpone today's story telling ....

Me :*faking a smile* it's okay grandma , let me go and prepare some food for you..

I stood up and went inside the house and cut some steamed bread for grandma and made for her a cup of tea and went to serve her ..

Grandma :thank you my child ..

Me :you're welcome gogo.

To be continued .