More Than What I Thought

Is it bad to just throw some words jokingly?

It is not, right?
I happened to be someone who loves cracking jokes with my fellows and those around me. In my street, everyone knows me just because of the way I smile and joke with them.

One fateful day, I was out of cash and was angry to the extent of not playing with anyone at all. I have equally not eaten that evening, and as we all know ” a hungry man is an angry man”. No one seems to 4understand my immediate situation, just because of my nature.

Keira Burton
I walked past some guys sitting by the roadside without saying a word. They all looked at me in surprise. One of them said jokingly and as usual ” you this stupid hungry man, commonly come here”. He increased his hunger more as my amber also increased. “So, you don't know when someone is not happy, right?”. I asked in anger. Just as usual, they still believed I was joking. The same guy repeated the same words, and immediately I rushed him and gave him a dirty slap. This was when they later know I was not joking.

When I later searched for food to balance myself, I went to meet the gentleman I fought with and apologize. Please, I did that out of hunger, I said, and he understood me clearly as I have never done this before.

Have you ever made a joke that cost you all the money you are having before?

Hmm… This was so surprising as I just got out of my compound, I saw my landlord's daughter plaiting hair for a pretty girl whom I knew so well. I said to the girl, “Hey fine guy, how are you?”. She responded calmly and said Hope with this your praise, you are going to pay my bills?
As usual, I always give out jokes to people around me. I said to my landlord's daughter, please make her hair the best style. Don't worry about the bills, I will pay you even double. I laughed just jokingly and they also followed suit. I left after saying those words.

Believe me, as I came back from where I went, my landlord's daughter was asking for the money from me. I asked, “which money are you referring to?” She said the one you promised the girl you would pay for her hair. I even took out my expensive attachment to make up her hair, as you had promised to pay up.

What!!! In these hard times? Where will you see such money from me?

“Ah, I'm going to collect the money from you, and you must pay no matter what”, she said. I had no choice other than to find a solution to pay the money. This was the food I did not eat from. I paid with my last money.

As if that were all.
In my school, we have a football team which we do invite other schools, and occasionally, they also invite us in return. We always save money for raining days just to be abreast of our needs. I have been the team's treasurer since they have total trust in me. One fateful day we were invited to play a match with a neighbouring school. The money contributed would be the one to be used to buy small chops and, in fact, for our entertainment.

After some days, one of them saw the way I was behaving and asked, “guy, hope our money is still intact?” I was feeling uncomfortable and answered, “of course, your money is safe. “Don't give us a story when the time comes”, one of them said. In a week's time, that money was.

When we got to the field, we started playing and my mind was not at rest. Just because of what I had on my mind, I decided to form as if I were injured. So, I was removed and immediately, I sneaked out of the field home. I wanted to run to where I would not been seen, but then I was just too sluggish. Before I was done with what I was doing, I saw my team coming to my house. They were jubilating, showing a sign that we had won the match. They were coming to collect their money just to entertain themselves.

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In my mind, I kept on praying no one should ask for this money. I formed sickness suddenly. I used the whole of the wrappers and the cardigan I was having to cover the whole of my body. When they came in, they asked what was wrong with me. I told them I couldn't understand myself after the match. They all greeted me in unison.

“Please, bring our money so that we would use it for our entertainment”, they said. As I heard their statement, an immediate heat was emerging from my body. My cardigan became wet and even soaked to the clothes I used to wrap my body.

When they asked for the second time, I told them their money was in the bank and my ATM card was expired. My friend immediately said, "no way, I still used your card to collect money this morning”. After hearing this, I was short of words. One of them said, "hope it is not what I'm thinking”. “It is what you are thinking”, I said in my mind.

Two of them entered the room and decided to remove all my clothes and discovered that I was sweating profusely. “Guy, what happened to our money?” One of them asked. I told them their money was safe. They could not listen, instead drew me out and gave me the correct beating of my life. This was when I got to tell them the truth about how I spent the money.