Mum’s Pep Talk to Her Daughters #5
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It is a narrative poetry of a mother who starts to talk to her daughters after much pressurizing from one of them to tell them how she can get a good spouse, because she wants a lovely family like the family where she is being raised up.
In the case of my aunt and her hubby
Theirs’ were different as I have stated
That the fingers that make up the extreme ends of the
Two hands are not of the same length. This
I presume you would have at a time or another
Critically examine on your hands. My aunt loves education
So much that it was stated that she can do anything for it.
It was awkward for the people of those days, because during
Their days in our island, education was just been introduced
Into our island, though some people have been benefiting
From it, but not on a full fledge scale and people who still go
To farm and do other forms of businesses still make it big then
In fact her father who was a prince was also a tailor what is
Now commonly called fashion designer. And this man made it
Big, for none among his peers could stand beside him in terms
Of wealth. Despite his wealth, he did not value education as
Such. However, my aunt values this and was ready to give all
It takes to be educated. The commonest thing then was that
The parents of female children hardly sends them to High
School immediately they finished with their primary school then
They would ask them to bring home the person they want to
Marry for they are not ready to spend money on them again for
School. Despite the academic performance of my aunt with all the
Teachers and her peers in school attested to her father says he will
Not send her to school. My aunt went and do manual work to
Raise money to get form for girls’ college which was offering
Scholarship in the country then. She sat for the examination and
Came third among the hundreds of girls that sat for the examination
And she was admitted with scholarship. Her joy knew no
Bounds when her result was brought to her by the postmaster as it
Was then and she went and present her papers to her father, but
Her father would not have anything to do with what she brought,
The only thing expected of the father to do was paying for her transport
Money to the institution because it was located in the center of the
Region. Her father turned this down. Many of her father’s friends were
Sent to him to persuade him to have a rethought of his decision, he should
Give her the money to travel to continue her education. That was all
He was required to do because the institution has said she will cater for
Every other things the ladies would need when they arrived. But her
Father turned this down and would not listen to anyone, insisting that
What he wants from her was she should bring her spouse home and be
Married. The adamant nature of her father pained her severely such that
She started crying. While in this position a woman came home from
The center to pay her parents a visitation and on seeing her in such position
Was disturbed after talking with her, she decides to help my aunt, but she
Would not help her except she follows her to the center. This my aunt
Willingly agreed to, for she was not thinking about marriage and that was
How she followed the woman to the center a week after their discussion.
(Other stories she shared with her daughter for them to know that what works for person Q may not work for person X would be shared in other articles)