The Greatest Warrior.
Samuel Obutey Ankrah
Isaac Okwir

Once upon a time, there live a young man of valour who lived in a village.
He had dreamed of becoming the village's greatest warrior but did not know how. Fortunately, he met his unknown uncle in his quest to succeed as warrior.

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"Hello my nephew" said his unknown uncle. Unknown to him, he responded "Hello, but please who are you?"." I am your long lost uncle who was barnished by the community never to step a foot on their land.

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"I often come to town disguised. That is how I knew you. I heard your whispers and interest to be a great warrior" said his uncle. "So, I have come to your rescue, I was a warrior myself." He added.

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Why were you barnished? The hunter asked. It is a long story my nephew. The man added. "I was a great hunter and hailed by all. One day, I came home from hunting with what I thought was giraffe. Only to be told is a forbidden animal."

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"Stories from our ancestors explained that Giraffes saved them from the wild lions and they used their long necks to help our people feed from the long trees. Our ancestors then resolved never to hunt girrafes." The hunter said.

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The hunter continued "I thought they were mere stories, so I killed a Girrafe from the forest from one of my hunting trips. The chiefs and people barnished me immediately they saw me with the hunt." I have since learnt my lessons.

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He trained his nephew and told him several stories told by their ancestors and asked him to respect custom and tradition. He learnt a lot from his uncle especially with his bow and arrow.

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After several weeks of training, he became an expert and started going deep into the forest without fear. He continued to use the pieces of advice his uncle gave him. He was successful as he also caught great animals. He became wealthy.

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The Greatest Warrior.
Author - Samuel Obutey Ankrah
Illustration - Isaac Okwir, Jacob Kono, Kenneth Boyowa Okitikpi, Adonay Gebru
Language - English
Level - First paragraphs