Covetousness

The Death Of His Two Sons

In Mr Moses's room.

Mrs Cherry is lying on a bed, Levi and Wilson are lying on a foam on the floor while Martha and Matilda are lying on a mat on the floor too. suddenly

Levi: (groaning in pain) Mummy,I have headache, the pain is severe, mummy help me.

Wilson: (crying) My eyes are itching me.

Mrs Cherry: What is it my Sons? What is the matter (she gets up from the bed and begins to panic)

Levi: Mummy help me, I am dying.

Wilson: I am dying too, Mummy help me.

Mrs Cherry: (worriedly) My sons don't talk like that. Papa, Martha come inside oh !, Our son's are seriously ill.

Mr Moses: (run in) What is happening, when did this illness start? I will get them Panadol (Aside) Baba's voodoo is manifesting, I shall soon be rich,i cannot wait. (Levi and Wilson slump and die).

Mrs Cherry:(wailing) My sons are dead. What have I done to deserve this oh! Who has done this to me? I am dead. Oh! God bring them back to life.

Mr Moses: Who did this to me? (He begins to cry) oh! my enemies have struck. The person who did this to me will never have peace. Oh! I am finished.

Martha:(crying) My two brothers are dead, they were not I'll, we went to school together yesterday.

Matilda:(crying profusely) My brothers are gone. This Is a great tragedy.

All the family wept bitterly (crying)

Mr Moses: (aside) I shall see Baba immediately, ( he was very happy), The next day he went to Baba's house happily.

Baba: What brought you here my son?

Mr Moses:My sons are dead, I have come to ask you when,where and how the money will come now that I have given my son's to Atakata (god's)?

Baba: keep on trading, very soon that your shop will be like honey comb and like the bees, customers will troop to your shop to buy things within a short time, you shall have chains of businesses all over this Atto Town and neighboring cities.

Mr Moses:(excitedly) Is that so? I do not know how to thank you. When that time comes, I will show more gratitude.

Baba: You have already shown gratitude by giving your two sons to Atakata (god's).

Mr Moses: Thank you Baba.