ALI AND SIMBI ARE PLAYING IN THE SITTING ROOM, SIMBI IS SKIPPING WITH HER ROPE SHE CAN SKIP WELL, ALI CAN'T SKIP. MR SALAMI OPENS THE DOOR HE IS ANGRY, HE SAYS TO ALI' YOU ARE NOT WORKING HARD AT SCHOOL' THE HEAD MASTER SAYS YOU CANNOT DO YOUR SUMS. ALI SAID''I CAN READ WELL FATHER BUT I CANNOT DO MY SUMS. BRING ME YOUR BOOKS SAYS MR SALAMI, I CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR SUMS. HE LOOKED AT SIMBI, CAN YOU DO YOUR SUMS HE ASKED; YES FATHER SAID SIMBI. I CAN READ AND I CAN DO MY SUMS.



EDET LIVES IN CALABAR HE IS EIGHT YEARS OLD, EVERY MORNING HE GOES TO SCHOOL BUT IN THE AFTERNOON HE STAYS AT HOME HE LIKES TO READ, HIS FATHER BUYS HIM BOOK FROM THE BOOKSHOP. AT FOUR O CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON HIS FATHER COMES HOME. HIS FATHER IS A TRADER, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER SAM RUNS TO GREET HIM. HELLO FATHER SAYS SAM, HELLO FATHER SAYS EDET. GOOD AFTERNOON BOYS HE SAID, ARE YOU READING A BOOK? IS IT A GOOD STORY? IT IS A STORY ABOUT A SPIDER. IT IS A VERY GOOD STORY. EDET AND SAM AND MR AND MRS BASSEY LIVE IN A SMALL HOUSE, THERE IS A SITTING ROOM AND A ......



AGBO LIVES IN THE TOWN OF LOGOON WHICH IS NOT FAR FROM IBADAN, HE WENT TO PRIMARY SCHOOL, HE WAS IN PRIMARY FOUR. EVERYONE LIKED AGBO BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS HAPPY AND FRIENDLY. AGBO WAS A LUCKY BOY BECAUSE HIS PARENTS WERE RICH. HIS FATHER GAVE HIM A WATCH AND AGBO WAS VERY PROUD OF IT. ONE DAY AGBO WOKED UP VERY LATE, HE LOOKED AT HIS WATCH IT WAS 7:30AM, QUICKLY AGBO JUMPED UP, PICKED UP HIS SOAP AND TOWEL AND RAN TO THE BATHROOM TO WASH HIMSELF. HE PUT ON HIS CLEAN SHIRTS AND SHORTS, COMBED HIS HIR AND PUT ON HIS SHOES, IT WAS QUARTER TO EIGHT.

IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE REST CALL ME ON 08036248427 I REMEMBER THEM LIKE MY PALM. YOU MUST READ YOUR BOOKS BEFORE YOU EAT IN MY HOUSE SO WE RECITE IT EVEN WITHOUT OUR READER.