AKPOKUGHE WAS THE ONLY CHILD OF HER PARENTS. HER FATHER DIED WHEN SHE WAS STILL A BABY. HER POOR MOTHER BROUGHT HER UP AMID A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES. HER NAME AKPOKUGHE MEANS "LIFE IS LIKE ENTERTAINMENT " SHE MANAGED TO SCALED TO SECONDARY CLASS FIVE. THEN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA STARTS IN CLASS ONE AND ENDS IN CLASS FIVE. ONE MORNING, AKPOKUGHE P PREPARED FOR SCHOOL AS USUAL. BUT THERE WAS NEITHER FOOD NOR MONEY FOR HER TO TAKE ALONG TO SUSTAIN HER FOR THE HOURS SHE WILL BE IN THE SCHOOL . SINCE SHE HAD TO WALK A DISTANCE OF FOUR MILES TO SCHOOL, SHE KNEW THAT SHE CANNOT MAKE IT TO AND FRO WITHOUT FOOD OR MONEY. THEN SHE DECIDED TO STAY AT HOME AND READ HER BOOKS. BUT HER MOTHER DECIDED THAT SHE SHOULD FOLLOW HER TO THE FARM. BUT SHE TOLD HER MOTHER THAT SINCE EXAMINATION WAS AT HAND, IT WOULD DO HER MORE GOOD FOR HER TO STAY AT HOME AND READ HER BOOKS. HER MOTHER AGREED AND SHE LEFT TO THE FARM LEAVING HER AT HOME. BUT SHE COULD NOT READ HER BOOKS AS SHE INTENDED BECAUSE SHE WAS SERIOUSLY HUNGRY. THERE WERE A LOT OF YOUNG BACHELORS AROUND. WHEN THEY SAW THE BEAUTIFUL AKPOKUGHE ALL ALONE AT HOME, THEY BECAME INFESTED WITH JOY. ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THEY WENT TO WOO HER. BUT THE HUNGRY GIRL SHOUTED AT THEM TO LEAVE HER ALONE BECAUSE SHE WAS SERIOUSLY HUNGRY. THEY BROUGHT FOOD AND MONEY TO HER IN AN EXCHANGE FOR HER BODY. BUT SHE REFUSED TO EITHER LISTEN TO THEM OR ACCEPT THE FOOD FROM THEM. SHE SPREAD A CLOTH ON THE FLOOR AND LIED ON IT. SHE SOON FELL ASLEEP AND HAD A TERRIBLE DREAM. SHE DREAMT THAT A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN CAME TO WOO HER BUT SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE WAS SERIOUSLY HUNGRY AND SHE WAS NOT READY TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING LOVE. THE YOUNG MAN ASKED HER WHAT DID SHE WANT FROM HIM. SHE TOLD HIM THAT SHE NEEDED FOOD. THE MAN TOLD HER THAT HE WOULD GIVE HER FOOD FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE IF ONLY SHE CAN ABIDE BY THE LAW. SHE SAID THAT SHE WILL DO ANYTHING TO GET FOOD APART FROM OFFERING HER BODY. THE YOUNG MAN BROUGHT ABUNDANT OF FOOD TO HER AND HE TOLD HER THAT AS SOON SHE EATS THE FOOD, SHE CANNOT LACK FOOD AGAIN IN HER ENTIRE LIFE. BUT THE CONSEQUENCE IS THAT SHE CAN NEVER BE ABLE TO GET PREGNANT AGAIN IN HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE WILL AUTOMATICALLY MARRIED TO HIM. SINCE, SHE WAS BLINDED WITH HUNGER, SHE OBLIVIOUSLY AGREED. WHEN SHE WOKE UP, SHE WAS TERRIFIED BUT AT THE SAME TIME NOT HUNGRY. BUT SHE DID NOT TELL HER MOTHER ABOUT THE DREAM EVEN TILL SHE COMPLETED HER SECONDARY SCHOOL AND GOT MARRIED TO A RICH AND POWERFUL SPIRITUAL LEADER. ( FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN HER HUSBAND AND THE SPIRITUAL HUSBAND. DON'T EVER MISS IT. "MY WIFE MUST BECOME PREGNANT; SAYS THE HUSBAND. "NO WAY; SAYS THE SPIRITUAL HUSBAND) TO BE CONTINUED ON FRIDAY.
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