Naughty!

What do you do when you have a naughty Kid?

This is the story of how my friend Abike attended an event with her last child. 

Junior can be very stubborn eh and only a chain or handcuff could hold him down whenever you took him out for any occasion. If he was not asleep, Abike and her hubby would arm themselves with small canes to bully him with or a sack load of candies to keep him preoccupied. The boy could demolish any mountain of candy in seconds.

That eventful day, the sitter called in sick, so my friend reluctantly dragged a sleepy Junior with her for a serious event. Before leaving the house, she warned , threatened and eventually promised him all the chocolate in the world if only he would refrain from running up and down the event venue. Junior nodded to the chocolate and a deal was struck.

When they got to the already active venue, Junior tried his best to ignore all the glitter, glamour and flash from camera men. He meekly followed his mum to their reserved seat and settled in. Abike was happy and reminded him of the chocolates again and even added a trip to the amusement park to the tall list of goodies.

The event started and dragged on for quite a long while. Junior tried so hard to remain still but eventually got tired to listening to adults saying words he could not understand. Finally, he gave up, shot out of his chair and was about taking off to tour the hall when strong hands grabbed his collar from behind. Abike gave him a stern look and shoved him back into his chair. Junior started sobbing but she ignored him and turned back towards the stage and the guest speaker. She was so engrossed in the event that she didn’t see Junior stand on his chair and the next thing we heard was a loud scream and the hall fell silent.

A giggling Junior ran off towards the exit door with a mass of curly female hair in his tiny hands. Abike was wigless and shielding her head with her handbag, she sprang up in hot pursuit.