By Kemi Olatunde
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Ibukun’s parents encouraged the friendship between their daughter and her friends. On her birthday, her friends threw a surprise party.
The birthday started, Ibukun was very happy as she couldn`t believe her eyes. The party was one in a million, everybody got food to eat and there was even left over.
When Ibukun got to Jss3, she started keeping bad companies, she and her friends became enemies. She had 2 new friends namely Dami and Nike they were neither Christians, Muslims, traditionalist nor Hindus. On Sunday, they stayed at home, on Friday they were also at home. Ibukun`s parents didn`t support their friendship so they kept low. Ibukun began to go to club and stopped reading. One day, Nike and Dami, introduced her to prostitution. The day Ibukun went to the club, a man called Ibukun and requested that she worked for him but Ibukun couldn`t understand. She consulted her friends who told her to agree to the man`s request.
She left with the man without returning home. She became a money ritual victim. Her parents looked everywhere for her but she was nowhere to be found. One of their friends suggested that they declare her missing and whoever knows her whereabouts would be given a very good reward. Children should always obey their parents. Do you know the stress Ibukun’s parents went through? The body of Ibukun was later found along a road in another state. Concluded
ONCE UPON A TIME
Once upon a time
The mosquito
Was my best friend
An active member
Of the choir of insects
When I discovered
That she is the carrier
Of malaria fever
I shunned her.
The wall-gecko
Was the next friend I had
But when I had the information
That he was a dangerous reptile
I abandoned him outright.
The monkey
Was another good friend of mine
When I was very young
Later, my mother told me
That he was the distributor
Of ‘monkey fever
I shut my door against him.
The goat was once,
My favourite companion
A restless domestic animal
But when I noticed that she was very stubborn
My friendship with her
Come to an end abruptly.
My attention
Was directed to the Parrot,
A bird who behaves,
Like a human being
He reports all events to me
At the end of each day.
The Parrot,
Decorated with beautiful feathers
A red beak to match
And a handsome tail to behold,
Will remain my best friend,
As long as I continue to live
On the surface of the earth.
