Sekemi and her city adventure 1

Sekemi was born in aloba village into a small peasant family who were always happy and full of life even though they were very poor. Sekemi was the first and only daughter of her family and she was trained to believe that every first child had a duty of working hard and bringing the family out of poverty. Whenever a first daughter or son reached a certain age they were expected to go to Lagos and work hard to bring money home.

The target of most natives of aloba village when they go to Lagos was to come back after a few years to replace the old family mud house with a new house built of concrete blocks and zinc roofing sheets,sekemi's family house like most houses in aloba village was built of mud, stones and sticks. Sekemi's mother had an elder brother whose first daughter Tola was taken to Lagos many years ago by another female relative. Tola came back eight years later with her husband and money as well as gifts which she distributed to the members of her family. With the money she brought home,she and her husband demolished the old family house built of mud and replaced it with a ten room concrete house with zinc roofing sheets . Sekemi just turned nine and she was in primary five,she looked taller and bigger than her age. She was a pretty dark complexioned girl with long legs which she took after her mom,sekemi school vacated on 15th,since then her eyes remain fixed on the road awaiting the arrival of her aunt tola, they usually arrive the village before or on 20th of every year but now it's 21st and no sign of aunt tola.

Sekemi was not happy at all,she was lost in thought thinking that her aunt might not come again or what could have happened to her,all this thoughts enveloped her mind ,her eyes was on the road noticing different cars spewing dusts but she couldn't see the one for her aunt,she was beginning to get scared,when her mum came outside,she noticed sekemi was sad and tried to pet her telling her that her aunt is coming soon,she shouldn't worry,she told sekemi that she will soon go to Lagos too so she can bring alot of money for the family,but sekemi objected that she wants to finish her secondary School before she can go Lagos but her mum said she shouldn't worry, her aunt will send her to school.

They were still talking when she noticed the car of her aunt,she quickly ran to the road and wave to them but surprisingly her aunt was not there, it was just her aunt's husband and kids. They greeted themselves and asked if aunt Tola but the husband said aunt tola travelled out of the country but she will be back soon,he bought a lot of things for the family and brought money too for the family. Sekemi's mother was so happy and decided to talk to aunt tola's husband about her daughter,she wants her to travel to Lagos with him and start working and schooling to bring money home for them. Aunt tola's husband hesitated for while and decided to take sekemi to Lagos. But that's when he comes back to the village,her mum was so happy,she started preparing that one day sekemi will go to Lagos.

Aunt tola's husband went back to Lagos and came back the third month to come and take sekemi,her mum already prepared her stuffs and handed her over to her uncle.... That was how they left Lagos.

In the second part,what will happen to sekemi,do you think she will be sent to school or do you think her future ambition will be destroyed... Wait for the next part,thank you for reading.