THE JOURNEY AND SOJOURN OF ILIYA

SLEEPING MODE

The store was completely dark, and Iliya has no light. He was left without no option apart from lying down and wait for sleeping. while lying on the floor, he began to rationalized upon a tricks and manuever that he's going to display to this people, so that they won't take him back to his parents. " I will just tell them that I'm looking for school fees and that's the brain behind me, leaving my hometown, I thoroughly want to study but my parent are peasant, making the end need is our number one priority, education is not our problem, just to have a food on a table" Iliyas'thought.

While busy trying to devise and improvise the means by which he can convince the mosque management tommorow, he was stole by sleep, he slept out of his free will like a log with no disturbance.

Around 2:00AM, Iliya wake up to ease himself, because a very heavy urinations was disturbing him, he went directly to the door and handled the opener, he shaked it, only to realized the door is lock and he felt like his bladder wanted to dispatch because of heavy urination which woke him from deep sleeping. He has no control over the scenario, he just began to micturate in the store, however, he didn't piddle on a single point, he splashed his urine on one side of the store and leaked the sachet water that was kept in the store, just to look like the water falls from above, fissure and spreaded on the ground.

It's 5:00Am, the first aider came and observed his down prayer in congregation, and went back home immediately after the completion of the prayer, he has totally forgotten that there is someone locked in the store.

It was after 7, when the first aider came to pick one of the container used in yesternight preaching, he unlocked the door, only to realized that there was a person in that store.

"Ah!" he interjected, " I have completely forgotten about you and I even attended the dawn prayer, it must be the work of devil" said the first aider.

" But please, I'm sorry, I don't meant in any way to hurt you, forgives me" he pleaded with Iliya.

" And I was aware and fully conscious when you people observed down prayer, but no problem, there must be redeeming part of every devastating event that cut across your boundary, let me observed my own prayer" said Iliya.

"Ok, I Will be waiting for you outside" confirmed the first aider.

The first aider went outside the terrain of the mosque to meet the scholar and digested everything to him about Iliya. "He is a young boy of about 13-15 years, who in no expectancy should leaves his hometown for any reason apart from schooling, anyway let him come and paraphrase everything himself to you sir" the first aider trying to explain the scenario to the scholar.

And the scholar replied, "13-15 years, too young, hmmm! let him come first, to hear from him, may be he has some hidden unbreakable fact"

Iliya met them after observing his morning prayer, " this is him" said the first aider. Good morning sir, Iliya greeted the scholar. " G-Good morning" The scholar replied while swimming in the pool of surprise and bewilderment.

" How comes a small boy like you will leave house without your parents consent, for I know they are not aware of your departure from home" the scholar said with his face frowned, for seen Iliya vested him to the core.

"sir, I told my parents before leaving them, they are people of lower class, hence, they cannot afford to pay my school fees. And I want to study by all possible means, because, I believed it's the only option left for me to follow so long as I want to bail my parent along side with myself, out of this miasmatic condition" Iliya prevaricated in quest of convincing the scholar.

Iliya succeeded in cooling down the scholar. However, the scholar insisted that, they must take him back to his parents weather he likes it or not. prior to that, they will provide him with some tokens amount of money that may help him in settling his school fees, considering his complain.

" mmm, I know one guy from your area who is leaving here in Mangu, you will be handle to him, so that he will take you back home, and I hope you will manage with the little we will provide you with" The scholar soft spoke to him.

Iliya was confused and began to think, if he will be taking back to home, all what he did and the hell he passed through while trying to run away from school is dilly-dally, a procrastination indeed.

"collect this 500naira to go out there and have breakfast, and if you finish, you should come and meet me so that I will take you to the guy from you area" The scholar gave him money and talked in consonance to the aforesaid explanation of taking Iliya back home.

" Thanyou sir, I really appreciate a kind gesture and great concern shown over my predecamented situation. once again thank you" said Iliya.

As he collected the money, he began to ponder over the tokens given to him, he thought of using it as a transport fare, in as much as he don't want to be taken back to his parents.

"I will rather use this money in other way than the taking breakfast, because this is the best opportunity gotten which may, perhaps render certain assistance to me, more than ever before" soliloquy from Iliya.

He then lastly concluded that he will be heading to the next city without waste of time, since he has money at hand.