MY FIRST DAY TO SCHOOL

Early one morning my mother woke me up, bathed me and dressed me in a yellow shirt and a blue skirt. Not knowing what she was up to. I ran out for Joy to show my new neat dress to my friend.

To my disappointed however my mother called out for me in a loud voice. Tunde! Tunde! Tunde! I jumped out of my friend's room and ran as quickly as my legs could carry me to her. "I am here mum", I said.

Where have you been? Don't you know that I am taking you to school today for admission?

My blood ran cold on hearing the word "school". I was just planning to escape when my mother seized me by the hand and dragged me to school as a policeman would drag a criminal.

Location: Village: Singereri, District: T/Nzoia, Kenya