@Gaftekloriginal 17 June 2022

The man by the riverside

There's a popular song we do sing while I was growing up whenever we are playing and the song goes thus; 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼 Moni ni moni ni, modeji modeji Mori arugbo kan lodo Moni o bumi lomimu Olo hun bumi lomimu Moni o se apa change, moni o se se kelange Bi ipako abiamo, mi ni mi ni kayiko I feel like sharing the fictional story behind this song, get your popcorn and drink while you continue to read this. They were two friends James and John , they were very close to the point that the whole village knows about them and their friendship. They do virtually everything together ever since they were small and their parents are aware of their friendship too. John has always been a very rude boy when it comes to talking to the elders but John will always be patient enough to warn him about the repercussion of his attitude but he wouldn't listen. James, on the other hand, was always calm whenever he is talking to elderly people and for that, people love him and always admire his calmness from him. So there's this faithful day, the two boys went to the stream to fetch water, on getting to the stream, they saw an old man who appear to be very tattered and unkempt. James greeted him and show this pitiful look but John ignored him and went straight to fetch his water without greeting. The man was very weak and could hardly speak, he requested the two boys fetch him water to drink. James was about to help him when john interrupted by saying why will you help him while he has hands and legs to do that, moreover he is a stranger and we don't know him in the village at all but James insisted on helping him. He said he was weak and couldn't do anything but John stood his ground and said he is not helping him. James helped the man with water and was about to leave when the man called James back and blessed him, John stood to one side and was hissing at the man, he abused him and call him all sorts of dirty names. After the man blessed James, he left with John with their water on their head while they go back home. After some years, the both of them grew up to be a youth and are chasing their career. But James was highly favoured wherever he went to, he was loved and always remain everyone's favourite but John, on the other hand, find it very hard to survive, he struggles so hard to find work to provide for his daily meal. He was wondering what was wrong with him and decide to pray and fast, so after some days, God revealed himself to him and show him a revelation about what he did to the old man by the riverside, he told him he is suffering for what he did to the man. The man felt very bad for what he did and God was angry about that so he had to punish him and make him go through all that he his passing through. He cried bitterly and ask for forgiveness and he was forgiven but warned never to be rude to anyone again. From that day on, John changed for the better, he changed totally from his old ways and was good to everyone and things begin to fall in right place for him. Lesson learnt; Be kind to everyone no matter who the person may be, be it an adult or a child, be it a rich person or a poor person. Rudeness is never an attitude to portray to anyone too, being rude ruin us and so we should not cultivate that habit. Thanks for reading,I appreciate your effort in doing that. Thumb up if you love what you read. Bye for now 🥰🥰🥰.