Fictions by Ima.

At Fiction, we encourage young talent and this piece tagged KNOWLEDGE came in from a young intelligent mind. "The things that are sweet Are the things that kill But the things that are bitter Will make us better" By Favour Okongor (Grade Four Pupil) Age: 9 Location: Calabar, Cross River State.

Oh lil Jake is in love, or so he thought. Like most young boys his age, Jake was "struck by Cupid." And there was no other person's name Cupid could impress on the little love arrow that struck through Jake's heart than that of his arch rival, Mary. Mary was the only opposition that stood between Jake and the first position. For her fairness and his attraction towards her, Jake just enjoyed the second position in class. Coming second after a girl meant he was still the first among the boys, he thought. Oh! Our young friend has been swept by infatuation. ... to be continued !

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Here's what Mark found when he searched the house. He first found droppings of some kind. They were many and  they were everywhere; in the wardrobe,  shoe cabinet, kitchen, everywhere. Especially in places where they didn't clean very often. He also found some of the former occupants' things. They were sticky and old but he was still yet to find the boogeyman.  He decided to search through the roof of the house and that's where he got the shock of his life. They were cats!  Just cats!! They lived in the roof and came down when no one was around. He found a crack in the  ceiling that let them in and found that when some part of the ceiling was stepped upon,  it made a tick/tuck sound. He came down from the the roof and sat on the sofa laughing at himself and at his wife. "There was no boogeyman",  he told Jane. "The only boogeyman in this house is just our imagination". Finally freed from their mental prison,  the couple decided to live in peac...

Mark and Jane had had enough. Although Jane had suggested that they move out and find another place to stay but defiant as Mark can be,  he wasn't ready to leave his home because of something that hid in the shadows. It probably was more frightened of them than they were of it. Mark was bent on searching through every part of the house in order to find the cause of their fears. None of their neighbors were willing to help and even Jane was unwilling. Mark knew that he had to be a man and although he was scared up to his nostrils, he had to make his home safe. He needed the peace and rest after all. On the day he set out to search through the house for the boogeyman, he found something sinister.

Pain comes to us sometimes when we put all our trust,  love even ourselves into someone and they, by reason of lack of value for it,  dash it. There are many lessons life can teach us per time and here's some: - Refer to the above. - When you love,  save some for yourself. - Don't ever let a person be the reason why you act in a certain way because when they are gone,  you tend to act in the opposite way. - Be yourself, make your own choices. -  - Change if you can,  for reasons that'll never go away. - Don't forget that at some point in life,  you have to stop looking up to others to lead you and you'll have to lead yourself. Enjoy the rest of the day.

It was a neighbor at the door. She had seen Jane when she got back and decided to visit her. Jane,  awakened by the knock on the door,  went first to her travel bag but found nothing like a crawling creature in it. She thought it was foolish so she went on to answer the door. It was her neighbor. Jane didn't feel like talking to anyone, let alone a stranger but she welcomed her into the house. By the time her neighbor left Jane was too shocked to move. Apparently, they were not the only ones who had lived in the house and experienced what they were experiencing. The last people moved out in a hurry,  it was said that some of their things were still left there. Her heart was broken,  really broken. The first place where they seemed to have rest from Mark's incessant postings had to be the same place where they couldn't sleep in peace. She'd have to wait for Mark to get home before she told him.

4 OF MARY; THE SONNET It was faith’s fate on that fateful day; algate. Obdurate labour be-whelmed the pained ceremonious welcome. Mortal divinity of exhaustion’s joy. The uncouth earth was to be the benign moan. Sky light of impeccable fairness. Witty deity in flesh, to scorn mortal standard. This she, Mary most blessed. Elegant in daintiness. Your dark brown hair is the night around your moonlight face. The arch of your brow trembles down its line like a troubled waterfall. Leave not, prithee, this haughty trappings of life without being replicated. The lady boss, whose smiles ignite the sun. But exile defiant ego. Throw a glance and turn the gorgon still. That Medusa of a devil. The vigorous steps of your long gemstones legs wins priceless ogles. Intelligent Mfonobong. The lush boss in feminine skin. 5 EMIR, IBN ABDULRAZAQ- SONNET Hell haze, despotic fog from hags’ cauldron. I cannot see beyond my nose. That flat cave of breath’s way. Bliste...

When your fears com alive...  Jane got back from her parents' to find that all the stick notes were gone. The house looked in order so she wasn't bothered. She went to the refrigerator to find everything intact as if Mark didn't eat at all. He wasn't home so she couldn't tell whether he had been eating. She found it really strange that everything was in place because the husband she married was not the type to put things back in their place. When she called him on his cell phone, he told her that he had been staying with a friend since the day after she travelled but that he'd be home. She didn't know what to do with what she heard. Somewhere in her mind,  she had wished that he would have taken care of whatever was plaguing them while she was away but it now meant that she was back to IT!!! She slumped on the chair in the living room and while she wondered on her fate she didn't know when she dozed off. In her dreamy state she saw something. ...