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Grandmother's Shack

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                                                         Grandmother’s Shack I heard someone shouting loudly, which was bizarre in the morning. I got out of our house and tried to listen to where the noise was coming from. That is when I saw Rita, my younger cousin, running down the hill towards our compound. She had a twig that she was waving profusely from east to west. I knew she was in distress, but could not make out what she was trying to say. By this time, everyone had come out of their houses, including grandmother Teresia. Rita never made it to our compound, as we saw her fall down abruptly as she came down the hill. Samson, my older cousin, ran out of the compound, followed by my uncles, to check what had happened to her. To understand our past I will have to go back to the beginning. There were five houses with two shacks in ou...
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FEAR WITHIN I stare into oblivion, Anxiousness eats me inside, Stomach churns, I clench my jaws. I want it to be successful, I want it to make me smile, Yet fear dulls me up, I can only hope and pray. The news start to stream in, I wait nervously, She has emerged, All beautiful and cordial, I stare in disbelief, A laughter escapes me, "Welcome to the World".