Ndibe and the prince

Ndibe is a beautiful, promising young lady,her mother died at the age of 10 so her father got married to another woman so she could take care of ndibe,ndibe is a very respectful lady ,her father loved her so much that he doesn't want to see her cry but on the other hand ndibe's step mother is another thing, anytime ndibe father is not at home she would send different work to do, from fetching water to getting firewood or watching cloth and cooking, ndibe will be the one to do everything but when her father is around she would behave as if she loves ndibe and care for her,she has warned ndibe several times that she must not tell her father because if she does,she will be punished again,so for the fear of been punished she kept her mouth shut.

Things grew worse when she got pregnant,she won't do anything at home, always calling on ndibe,till she gave birth to her second child both are girls,so she would make ndibe run errands for her daughters,this continued like that till they all grew up and the children grew up hating ndibe because of how their mother had portrayed her,they would make jest of her and do all sorts of bad things to her,when ndibe clocked 20 she became the most beautiful lady in the village,she was loved by everyone except her step mother and sisters who are jealous of her.

So one day it was time for the prince to find a wife, prince okadigbo is a very handsome young man,apart from fact that he is the only heir to the throne,he is rich and responsible. His father the king noticed he wasn't doing anything about getting married so he himself organize a beauty contest for the maidens in the village, so all the ladies started getting ready in one way or another, everyone started learning how to dance with their beads on,on hearing that ,ndibe step mom started preparing her daughters for the competition.

Unknown to ndibe they already planned that she won't attend the contest but within her she was preparing to attend too,ndibe father love her so much that he was planning for ndibe to be at the contest without anybody's knowledge about it,on the day of the contest ndibe father went out pretending that he won't come back till night while he left ndibe's step mother and daughters gave her alot of things to do; like washing of clothes, fetching water from the stream and cooking so she won't be able to make it to the contest,when she was washing the clothes her father arrived and gave her new cloth and beads,she was very happy and decided to go change, meanwhile in the king's place everyone was already displaying what they can do but the prince was not pleased with it,he doesn't like any of the maidens and already wanted to conclude the contest when ndibe walked in with her father.

Her step mom was surprised,it was as if she should go and meet her where she is and drag her out but she couldn't do that,it was too late, immediately the prince saw her he liked her and wanted to know more about her,he told the king he has seen his wife and every of their activities came to an end. Alot of them were not happy because the prince didn't choose them or choose their daughters. The prince took ndibe to the king and the king showered his blessings on them. When ndibe got home the step mom started begging her to forgive and forget all her past deeds towards her and take her as her mother. Ndibe forgave her but it couldn't be as before. Ndibe got married to the prince the following market day and it was the talk of the town.