A young man arrived at a party in a clean Highlander Jeep. He landed with two others and walked majestically, redressing his Agbada, adjusting his native cap, checking his pockets and dangling his car keys.
Obviously a Yoruba man, as expected. As he was coming, the local drummers were already at their best, beating the drum endearingly and one man among the drummers took him by surprise.
As the young man was coming towards the party canopy, the drummer started hailing him in Yoruba by saying "Aguntasolo ma rọra, ma wole ma rọra, Gbongan Olufi Arokodija Ọmọ Akinjoole, Maa wole ma rọra.. Lawyer to mòye, má wole ma rọra..."
"Welcome, the Tall one.. You are most Welcome. The man from Gbongan Town, son of Akinjoole, the one who prepares for fight..Welcome... The lawyer man, welcome"
The young man was surprised to realize that someone could know him too well like this. He gave this particular drummer N1,000, gave others N100, - then he drew him aside while walking and asked, " Hello o bros , ṣe é mọ mi níbìkan ni àbí oninawo lọ juwe mi fún yín?" (Do you know me from somewhere or is it the party owner that told you about me).
The Drummer smiled and said, No oo, he just used his initiative and guessed. He said, "I saw your Car Plate no as GNN, Osun State. I know the owner must be from Gbongan town. I also saw NBA sticker on your car screen, I know this man must be a lawyer".
Wow, this is brilliant.. the Lawyer exclaimed! Actually that's my dad's car. He's a lawyer and interestingly I'm also a lawyer but he is based outside the country. I am so happy seeing this. Bros, I'm so happy.
And he gave him more cash and gave him his business card to call him later.
Whatever he will later gain from the man, only God knows. That is the one beauty of education. They won't teach you many things in school, but you just know them as you journey along your learning stages in life.
EDUCATION opens you up somehow, once you can read and write and you are always learning new things!
Well, Whatever you choose to do with your life, please get Educated. It doesn't matter when or how you choose to do it - now or later. Just learn and be able to read well, write well and understand little things.
Copyrights: © 2020 Ọmọ Elú
No comments:
Post a Comment