Otoyo and Philip learns a lesson.
Sophie Salame Thomas Wanje
Sophie Salame Thomas Wanje

Hundreds of years ago, there lived two best friends. There names were Otoyo and Philip. These two men had a very bad habit. There habit was to steal mangoes, oranges, lemons, sugarcane and grapes from one of their neighbour called Max.

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Otoyo and Philip continued with their bad habit of stealing before their neighbour realised it. When Max realised that people were going to his shamba to steal his fruits, he went to nearby witchdoctor and told him everything about the

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people who were stealing his fruits and Max asked the witchdoctor to help him by making and sending some snakes to guide every tree in Max's shamba. The witchdoctor accepted to help him by doing all he asked for. As usual , Otoyo and Philip

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went to steal but before they arrived, Philip sensed something bad was going to happen to them and so he tried to tell Otoyo that that they go back home but he just insisted that they should go and steal so as to get something to eat.

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Philip did not have any option rather than going to steal so as to steal so as to have something to eat. When they arrived in Max's shamba, Otoyo climbed on a mango tree and as their neighbour, Max had told the witchdoctor, Otoyo saw a very

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very huge snake which was about to swallow him. This also happened to Philip who had climbed on an orange tree, so nobody could help help the other or run away. They tried their best and they got down from the trees and started

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Running away but the snakes kept following them and led them towards Max's home. When Otoyo and Philip saw Max, they knelt down and asked Max for forgiveness. Max told them, "I will forgive you in one condition," .The two were eagerly to

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Know "Go and climb the trees once more and then get the fruits you need. So Philip and Otoyo went and climbed on the trees.They went as fast as lightening.

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But the branches they were stepping on braked down . Otoyo's and Philip's legs, hands and backbones got hurt by breaking the rings on their bones. After then they stopped their bad habit of stealing other people's properties.

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Otoyo and Philip learns a lesson.
Author - Sophie Salame Thomas Wanje
Illustration - Sophie Salame Thomas Wanje, Adonay Gebru, Brian Wambi, Isaac Okwir, Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs