YEMISI
(Episode Five and six)
(Bakre compound)
(Yemisi room)
Yemisi:(still fast asleep as labake barged in with lara)hmmm
Labake: wake up sleepy head
Lara:you know this was your idea ok?
Labake: waky, waky!!!(taps yemisi pla-yfully)
Yemisi: ohhhh labake ,why are you disturbing my sleep so early in the morning
Labake: come on get up and change ,dont you know what is going on in this village
Lara: hmm!
Yemisi: ki lo tun sele?
Labake:the Prince of awele is back and he invited all of the villagers in awele to attend his welcome p@rty
Yemisi:hmm and so what should I do then
Lara: oh oh !!
Labake: get showered and get dressed for the welcome p@rty ,maybe you might even have the opportunity to get to know the prince
Yemisi:well remember that I have someone else so I don’t nee-d any prince, kunle is my one and only prince so I think you should both get going because am not going to the p@rty ,I have a lot of things to do
Labake:things or to go see that wretched guy you call a man
Yemisi: why so much hate for my man and anyways you can go am not going (exits for the bathroom)
Labake: hmmm! (leaves angrily)
Lara: (follows)
***
The palace ground)
Young and old dancing to the solid talking drum beats ,The king and his two wives by his side as the Prince rokanmi arrives all beats went down,everyone silent)
Prince Rokanmi: my people
Villagers:ka bi e si ooo
Prince Rokanmi: I thank you all for attending this welcome p@rty thanks very much my great people, there are a lot of food and drinks ,eat and enjoy !
(The drummers pla-ys the beat as the villagers danced to the beats)
The following Day
(The stream)
Yemisi:(fetching water from the stream as Lara and labake interrupts)
Lara: yemisi
Yemisi:ore mi what’s up? So labake how was the p@rty yesterday, I forgot to come check you at your place
Labake: hmmm!!you decided not to come anyways it was still fun
Yemisi: labake you of all people should know that am a p@rty pauper
Labake:hmm that’s what you say all the time
(Just then prince rokanmi with guards beside him where just pas-sing by as rokanmi sighted yemisi)
Prince Rokanmi:guard call that fair skinned girl for me immediately
Guard 1:yes my prince(walked straight to yemisi)hey you ,the prince wants to talk to you
Yemisi: why?
Labake: just go first
Yemisi: where is he then?
Labake: maybe the guard is confused, guard is it me?
Prince rokanmi:(walked straight to them as he drags yemisi hands)it’s you am calling
Yemisi: let go my hands ,argh! (re-moved her hands as she sl@ps rokanmi)
Labake: ahhh you sl@pped the prince
Lara: ah!
Guard 1:(points an arrow)
Prince rokanmi:(gives the guard signal to st©p) am the prince of this land ,my name is rokanmi
Yemisi: well am not interested in your name ,lets go girl’s
Prince rokanmi: what’s your name?
Yemisi:(hissed as she exits with labake and lara at her back)
Prince rokanmi: what are you waiting for ,findout everything about that damsel alre-ady
Guard 1:yes my prince !!!!
*****
(The Bakre compound)
(Back yard)
(Labake, Yemisi and Lara eating mango fruits)
Labake: but to be sincere you shouldn’t have sl@pped the prince ,he is the prince of this land and you can be banished for it
Yemisi: he dragged me against my will ,not even my beloved does that to me
Lara: lets forget about that matter jare
Yemisi: you are so right ,about the jamb form, are they out?
Labake: always boring (refers to Lara and yemisi)
Lara: that’s why you always fail because you don’t re-ad your books labake
Labake:e pele miss book re-ader
TBC…..