STORY SERIES: THE TRIALS OF PUNTO (EPISODE 3)

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Written by U.D. Okechukwu

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...continued from last week..

"Is that not my nylon bag" Rita said to herself.

In a quick movement, she hurried to where checheskey and Punto stood and started screaming;

"Thief! Thief! Punting looked at Checheskey, Checheskey,in turn looked at the market woman, the market woman looked at Rita. And the same confused look happened to be found on other customers faces. Rita, however didn't stop shouting. When she saw that no one in the market was responding, she immediately grabbed Punto and Checheskey by the belt and continued screaming.

"My daughter, is this your nylon bag?" the market woman asked.

"Yes, it is and they stole it" Rita replied.

" Why are you calling us thieves, we dont even know you. We have never seen you before in this community to start with. We only found this nylon by the road side on our way to the market. It is only human and considerate to find a lost item and return it. Besides we do not even know what is inside.

Right Checheskey? " Punto asked.

"Yes! Absolutely" Checheskey replied.

Rita ignored Punto and kept on shouting. She shouted until someone who knew her ran home to inform her parents on the ongoing incident at the market square.

Rita's parents arrived at the Oja market with seven guards to find Rita's fingers glued to Punto and Checheskey's belts. Rita's father, Alegribusa was the Chief Security Officer for the Community.

"What is going on here" Alegribusa spoke in his commanding tone.
 
By this time, almost the entire community gathered around to have a glimpse of the show. The guards had surrounded Punto and Checheskey. The market woman has been ordered to come out of her shop, Rita was asked to let go of the belts.

"Sir.. this girl just saw us and started calling us thieves" Checheskey tried to answer the random question.

"Shut up!" Alegribusa yelled...to be continued Next Wednesday ..watch out for the next episode.

THE TRIALS OF PUNTO is published every Wednesday.

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