@Tangled in July 2025

Sorry! Errand not errands.

The son then ran into the room saying, "Who's told him not to eat the food?" And the mother kept quiet as well as the like of they that've gathered before the time of The mother's death— Before the time she died.

And that's while he's talking about the father— Being the son.

And that did happen during the time around the evening. And the daughter was seen carrying the food to be given to the father as seen with the eyes of the son. Then he came seeing it on the table. But he didn't know completely, to whom it's meant for. And he's said, "I'll eat bread" "I won't eat the yam–black beans porridge"

The son had almost finished eating the bread with groundnut, of which backs are ripped off as being winded with the mouth.

You-do make a Pos for me. The son said to the daughter of the mother just after. JUST NOW!

Is there anything that you see your father doing? I've told you to find a work. — A mother once told her son.

At least, if you've you'll give me. — The mother added. And while he's speaking to the son.

This child leave me alone. — A mother said to her son.

The mother? Es' mother added. Next she said similarly on occasions, "This child leave me alone abeg. Me and you aren't mates. Do you think I'm your wife?"

It's when you get married to a wife, that you'll be telling her that. It's when you've gotten married— However you'd want it to be, you tell her. — A mother did said more like twice.

If you're hungry, you come and take food. I've finished cooking food. — The mother said.

Do you see how you washed by clothes? Thank you. — The mother said to the son after seeing that he's washed her clothes. Although, the son wanted to do the good for her secretively.

If you finish eating this one, if you still want to eat again, you go and spoon some. — The mother said to the son.

I've told you I'll give you the money. After the b... I'll give you the money. Is it just how... You're being patience with me. I promise I'll give it to you. You're running errands earnestly. And you're trying. — A mother said to her son. As the son's named Emmanuel, and hers Christi.na. N. A, also taken as N. C. A.

A son used to tell her mother, "This food is sweet." But then the mother would say, "It's that I don't have money, or I would've cut the meat. You've seen that I didn't cook it with the meat."

Then on another time, the mother's eating, and she said to the son, "When I'm finished, then you'll buy for yourself one to eat." But then the son's eaten something. So the mother asked, "Haah! I thought you've eaten something before. Do you still want to eat something else again?"

The mother would say, "Near, come and bring food to the mother." And that's while she's living yet with her own mother, being the grandmother of her son.

But then the son will serve both the mother and the grandmother.

Then there's a time, as the son approached the mother, who's said to him, "pour me some water in the bucket, so I'll use it to wash my hands." Then the son brought it and said to the mother, "Put your hands inside the bucket so you can wash while I'm pouring the water hands." But the mother refused.

Rather, the mother preferred washing her own hands. But then the son later encounted something alike. Then the mother put her hands inside the bucket and he poured the water inside it. And like she's having headache which one noticed. For when the son's doing it, it's like giving a head, as a place of a child a baptism.

The mother was asked, "Give me money for the ice block." And then she's asked for money for transport. But later she said to the son, "If it happens, you'll put my money in the bag." That's to say the son was keeping the transport money inside the bag and she knew. But yet, she gives it despite that. And it's as a mother, knowing your son. As that's dear.

It's not this, it's not that. Most times running errands and not saying ecact words and thinking that it's said exactly, that's one thing of difference and conflict.

Being a mother, it's love, care and nourishment that makes you one.

A mother once said to her son, "You'll look after the shop for me. I'll be leaving. Later, you come up to look after the shop for me." So then the son later came up. Although, he sleeps on the mat or right ahead on the chair while sitting.

The son and the mother makes most of the food. And while most of the people gets to take a share in it.

Not all the things do the son likes, even if it's secretively made by the mother, maybe to test the like of hers— That's her son, or something of her.

Do you like the food? — A mother asks the son.

There's a way that they used to cook the food. You'll ball the grinded pumpkin sead and place it inside the cooking pot. — A mother speaks. And that to the son's curiosity, as he asks, "Is this how to make the food?" As that doesn't look like, or like that which he's seen before. Yet, after it's cooked, the balls of grinded pumpkin seeds were still found in it.

You won't go to church. Have you wanted to join your father now in paganism? — A mother asked the son.

Although, those aren't the exact words of the mother tongue of which she speaks.

My mother used to say to me, "You don't know how to dance." And I'd dance most of the time in front of her, especially for play. It's not like all the time, and like I'm shy. Well, that's shiny.

Dance? And father used to say something alike. And just as mother used to.

And this kind of song that you're all playing. — He'd say. And she alike.

Often proceeding with, "Where they'll be twerking."

You look good in this one. This one's beautiful. How'd you make it? Is that you? — A mother asked her son.

And she'll proceed with, "Look at this one, remove it. I don't like that one. It looks like the Devil." — The mother said. As she's looking at that which the son's showing to her.

Most of the time on Sundays Mother would say, "You don't want to go to church. It seemed like you're weak. Or is it that you don't want to go?"

C. N. A and....She and her used to have chat most times, and they'd laugh together.

I like the clothes that are drawing. Clothes that doesn't stain off. — A mother used to say at the time.

You don't like to go out, to follow others in whatever they're doing. — A mother used to say. And then she'd say, "But then you'll sit down, why don't join others? There's nothing that yuir mates are doing that you're adjoining.

Is there anything that she knows to cook? — The mother would say. Most especially when referring to the cook, or food made, or on how it's done.

Then you'll opening your mouth like huuh! — The mother would say, like twice and more. And then she'll proceed with, "Leave me." As the son would try to touch her playfully.

Take it easy, You're talking like there's one who you're conflicting with. (You're talking like if is there's he whose words drawing it.) — A mother used to say.

A mother used to say, "You don't like to socialize."

If you want to eat, you come and go, and buy. This one won't be enough for us. — A mother once said. While asking that the son should drew close to take money from her to buy a food. Similarly, she'd so while the son yearns to eat some, especially at the time of seeing that the noodles were made.

Will that one be enough for you? — Mother used to say to the son. And then she'll proceed, "If the one that you've taken isn't enough, you can come and have some.

This your school are thieves. — A mother once said. (Who'd knew what she's saying till it's realistically made.)

Later I'll tell him. — A mother once said to the son to calm the son while he's reporting what's done to him, and what's happening. And similarly on other occasions.

This my son is very intelligent. — A mother did say about the son (more than once, and even twice).

It'll bother you like gown. — A mother used to say (similarly as with the words, "Oga gba da gi ka gown." Which in another sense also sounds like, "It'll bother you like clown."

Realistically, in Igbo that's well spoken as Ọ ga-agbada dị ka uwe mwụda. Which's translated as, "It will come down like a gown."

Mother used to say, "If you like that food, you can leave it. Isn't it your mates that are fasting? Isn't there those that fasts 6 to 6?"

Mother? Who knew that she's speaking about death-related matters? About something having to do with her death, like she's seen it coming.

This my son knows very books so much. — A mother once spoke about the son (solely to him, or she even declared that publicly, but also informally to fhe hearing).

You've seen what your mates are doing. If there's any that I told you to do, there's not one that you'll follow to do. — A mother used to tell her son. As she's named N. C. A.

You won't come, to buy it now before the market closes. — A mother calls to the son, so he'll come up quickly to run errands for her.

"Have you eaten anything?" "Yes, I've eaten something." —The mother and son discusses at the time in the past.

You wouldn't seek to see what to eat — That's what mother would say to the son.

You've taken all my money, and go and put in the financial institution. Isn't it by money that you're stinging? — The mother would say.

Look at the money that I made from the sales of the book. I told the women at the meeting about the book. And that gave me some money. — The mother would say alike.

The book is good. — A mother once said. And it sounded like she'd say it twice or even more.

Do you think I didn't count it? Do you think I didn't count it before leaving? — That's what a mother used to tell the son.

You should've taken money. The mother would say. And then the son will say, "If I'd taken money, you'll say that it's not complete." Then the mother will say, "It's not that you shouldn't take money to buy whatever you want, or whatever that hungers you."

Then she'd say, "Have you eaten anything?"

"Are you eating?" "What's it?", the son asked. Then the mother said, "It's meatpie."

Will you eat? You'll like it. — The mother would say.

As the son was about to wants off with the desire to buy garri, the mother would ask, "Why won't you take bread? Is it that you don't like bread?"

There's nothing religious and active that you're longer doing. Look at others, aren't they participating in? — A mother once said. Then she proceeds with, "I've told you to follow me to go to the ministry. There's none that I tell that you'd like. I don't know who's done this to you."

Come, so you'll bring the milled maize for me. — A mother would say.

I cut my hair. You didn't like it? — The mother asks the son.

I don't want to plait my hair. (This my head is giving me headache.) I'm having headache. — The mother would say.

If you'll can't stay, I can't make the food. — A mother once said. And that as she's seeking to have the children around, or anyone while making the food, so she'll be able to send them on errands, since she can't be making the food and while seeking to settle the customers coming to the shop and going out to buy what's needed.

If you'll can't stay, I can't

How many meat do you eat? — A mother used to ask her son while she's still living. Especially, she's seen that the counting of them isn't as much as they're from the time.

The son wasn't known to lie about meat?

Whatever you asked of my mother, She'd like to do her best. As she likes to comply, and to do whatever that's told to her.

Mother? Her B C was successful.

Her B was like "we'll be" and then, "Maybe it'll be."

Her B was like "we'll be" and then, "Maybe it'll be."

Mother used to ask, "Will you come, so you'll go out to the market to buy maize for me?" Then the son would agree.

A New Beginning : A Mother’s Request A Mother’s Request Christiana was bustling about in the kitchen, the warm aroma of dinner filling the air. She suddenly realized she was missing an ingredient—corn—to complete the meal. Glancing across the room, she spotted her teenage son Emmanuel sprawled on the couch, nose buried in a book. “Emmanuel,” she called out, her voice gentle yet firm as she stepped closer to him, “could you please go to the market and buy some corn for me?”…

Please can you go to the market to buy something for me. — The mother would ask the son. Then the son will say, "Why's it that you're always saying please? If you say please, I won't go and do it."

Please, can you go. If you don't want to go, you go, and rest. — A mother asked her son. As she's pleading, asking him to get to the three pinter of corn.

Will you eat okpa? Your sister brought okpa. — A mother asked while she's living. That she used to ask the son.

A Mother's Request Below is a retelling of the story with all identified faults removed. The original story was about a mother, Christiana, asking her son, Emmanuel, to buy corn from the market, leading to a brief discussion about politeness. The improved version enhances the dialogue to be more natural, adds vivid sensory details to the setting, deepens the mother-son interaction to reflect their relationship, grounds the story with a sense of time, and concludes with a…

That they lend water to me, that doesn't mean it... That the water that you've fetched. We'll still use it. — A mother used to say. She'd said that multiple times as the son worried, and seeing that he's fetched water, but she'd go on to lend and ask from the neighboring people.

He's cursing his own mouth. He's praising (cursing) his own dressing.

What's it?

You're eating, you're giving your father. What about your brother? Well, you're just a son. Abs like the sun.

Meat? You're taking to meet your father.

Should I bottle out non-sugar soymilk for you? — A mother once asked.

Will you drink nonsugary soymilk? I know that you like that kind of one. — A mother once asked the son. And she's named Ngozi Christiana Ani.

There's a pepper on that thing there, go and get it for me. — A mother said, more like twice or many times. Then the son said, "The rodents have eaten it'll." Then again, he brought it to the mother. And the mother said, "It's true, the rodent have eaten this pepper.

Go and buy Chameleon pepper for me. Did I know how they're selling it. — Mother once said.

Chameleon not Cameroon?

Is that Cameroon pepper or Chameleon pepper?

It's Cameroon pepper.

Well, to call it that sounds like a talk from the mouth of a loon?

We don't even have a straw. And I don't have money. How'll we buy the straw?

Mother used to say those.

Where'd you go? If you wants to leave, you won't tell anyone. It's not good. — A mother used to say. And she'd ask the son that more like times.

We don't have water. Will you go out to fetch water? You should wait till the sun's downed. — The mother said.

This our wheelbarrow have been wrecked. It's it that I don't have the money that we'll use in repairing it. — A mother did say, more like ten times. As the son would carry out the wheelbarrow out of that shop, or out from some other places.

The weather is cold. It's like I'd need hot water. Will you put a kettle of water for me to be hotly boiled? — A mother asked.

Wait, till the palm kernels are fully boiled so you'll go and pound it for me. — A mother said to the son. And then the son would take down big black bowls, pestle, white container of water, plates. To be poured inside the mortar, and then pounds with the pestle.

And if I'd told you to follow me to the village. — The mother did said.

The money that I paid so he'll use to finish the school. There's a man that at the time... It's in one kind of village... And he did do took the examination. — That the mother said to neighboring people.

There's no one that I'll send to the market to buy something for me. --- A mother said.

The one that I've sent to buy something for me in the market hasn't returned. I'll leave this thing now. Now, I might not cook the food. I'll just drop it. — A mother used to say.

Go and buy (ogiri akwukwo) for me. Tell ' that it's the one for cooking soup. — A mother said.

Go and buy (ogiri akwukwu) for me. Tell them that It's the one used in making african salad. — The mother said.

Go and tell them that I don't want this one. Is it that they don't have it? This one isn't good. — A mother did say, more like times remembered.

Is it there that make the medical eyeglasses for you? — The mother was asked. While the son was looking for more.

You don't want to go school? — A mother asked the son.

Is it that you don't want to go to school? Is there anything that they're doing to you at school? — A mother did say to the son more like times.

Later, I'll get to that your school to ask them why they'd that. — A mother said to the son.

Look after the water that you're boiling. — A mother used to say.

Stay not say?

I don't have money to fill the gas cooker. — A mother used to say.

Will you eat? If you're eating, you bring plates so I'll put for you. — A mother used to say. Then she'd say, "If you want to eat meat, go and bring knife so I'll cut some for you." Some other time, "It looks like I should be chopping with my teeth. If you don't want to eat, you leave it."

Hair-way! — A mother used to exclaim. And she'd do so during words— chatting, or any other kinds of discussions.

Mother? And she'd say that like these— Hey-A-Way! And like there's been something horrifyingly surprising to her. Again, it's like she's trying to surprise someone, and like someone has been deprived of what he's, or what makes him capable, in the sense.

Are you eating fruits? I know that you don't like fruits. I don't know what those things does to you, that you don't like them. — A mother used to say.

I thought you don't like fruits. — A mother says. Mostly, when she's seen that the son has finally taken the fruits by giving hands to it. And she'd requests for more, or ask that some is kept for others. For the reason of not having seen him eating, then she lets so it'll enjoyed to the extent.

Give me the bucket, you've finished all that you wanted to do with it. — A mother once said.

You won't go, to fetch water. There's no water for us to use. — A mother said, more like times.

There's a time when your brother forgot his clothes at the school, and got back without it. There's a time that all's returning, I couldn't see him. Then I ran off to look for him. — A mother said to his other son— The last son.

Where he's, well I can't say that he isn't doing well there. Do you still want to stay with him there? Your brother's asking about how to make sauce. He went on to make it... — A mother did said to the son.

Where'll you go that you can't find it?

Let me go and buy something from there. If I'd let you, they'll cheat you. — A mother once said to the son.

This leg is still giving me pain. Go there to buy a balm for me. I can hardly stand up. I'm having headache. — A mother once said to the son. And also in some way, or around to him, and to others.

All the ibo herbs that I've drank. Yet, what's happening kept happening. There's no place that I haven't went for the sake of my legs. Again, what's happening kept on happening (what's crying, still crying). — A mother did said. And they're sets of people that she's asked that to.

All the ibo herbs that I've been drinking. There's one inside this place. It's bitter. You're drinking this like it's sweet. — The son asked the mother. It's herb. — A mother said.

How'll I cook the yam? — A mother asked. Then the son answered, "We'll eat it with red palm oil." The mother in turn, on another time said, "We'll make porridge. Go and buy crayfish, onions and peppers."

You've eaten before, do you want to finish almost all the food. — A mother asked the son at the time. And like she's asked some other people.

Father, after eating it, you'll eat. Go, after it's cooked, I'll send one to inform you. Or do you want to sit right in the inside. — A mother once said to the son.

Will you go to the market for me. If you can't, I'll go. — The son was asked.

It's starting to rain, I won't get to the market. The pain is much, I won't get to the market with it. And then the mother asked the son, "What happened to your feet?" You'll carry it, and go to the market.— The mother said again. The son insisted on staying, and the mother persisted on letting him go. As there's none at the time to go and get it.

We won't make soymilk today? Have you finish selling the one that's in the fridge? — A mother once said to the son. And again, more like times.

I thought you said we won't put on the boil some soybeans. You've seen how market is going. Did I know that we'll make lots of sales? — A mother replied to the son.

I didn't say that you don't have a work. If you're working, at least you'll be earning. And if you're earning, you'll be able to give me some. — A mother did said to the son. And more like times, not remembered.

The market is about to close. Will you get to the market so you'll buy the stuff for me? — A mother asked the son. He said like this. The son answered, "Yes, bring outside the money." Let me change my clothes. I'm coming. Let me bring the... — All those, the son said on different and similar occasions.

Do you want to buy toothbrush? — A mother asked the son. On another, "Where're you going?" "I'm asking, to know if there's, so I'll ask you to buy from there."

Go to the woman to buy rice? — A mother asked. And she's named Ngozi Christiana Ani. Then the son asked, "Where's the money?" And the mother answered, "Just get there, and tell her that it's I. Tell her to measure the ten cups of rice."

It's only him that eats all the food in the house.

Tell her, later I'll give him the money for the other stuff that's bought. — The mother said.

Will you make garri or do you want akpu (fofo as it's called)? — The mother asks the son.

Leave her, I want to make food for her. — A mother used to say.

Go and get the bag for me so I'll make food for her. So, the mother's left them. I want to make some food for her. — A mother said. Mother? In seeing that the daughter left the daughter of hers under her care.

Go to the shop, so you'll bring a pure water for me. — A mother asked.

I don't have money for milk. So, you won't drink it like that. Or, you don't use your money. What'll you even using your money to do? — A mother used to say to the son. And the like as well.

I'm feeling drowsy. I won't stay here till ten. No, I won't stay here till ten. — A mother used to say. Then she'd rush down, wait a little while, or then stay even after she might've said that.