THE FORBIDDEN FOOD

It's a beautification evening, the time of the night with cool breeze , the big boss was moving around the garden as he always do. The water sparkles ,every tree of the forest swerves in melody and every mountain jumps in ecstasy. 'The boss is around ,what an opportunity to be alive' the birds sings with their sonorous voices. On hearing the foot steps of the boss, the man and His wife began to run from pillar to post finding a place to hide, eventually they settled at the back of an Iroko tree, plucking the leaves of the tree to cover their nakedness.

The big boss, pretending he's unaware of what is going on, searched everywhere he knows they always stay but couldn't find the couple. 'Mr. Adam! Where are you?' He eventually speaks 'I've got a gift for you and your wife' Mr Adam further covered himself with one of the branches of the trees while Mrs. Adam was shivering and about crying but her husband covered her mouth with his hands.

The boss chuckled and called again 'Mr. Adam you are keeping me waiting, come out now'. Realising there is no reason to hide anymore, the couple came out timidly fastening their hands on the leaves that covered their public places. 'Boss you came at the wrong time' Mr Adam muttered 'wrong time? How do you mean and what's that on your body?' Boss asked 'we heard your voice and we are ashamed because we realised we have no clothes on , so we looked for some leaves to cover our body till my wife would be able to sew some clothes for us' Mr. Adam explained. Disappointed but still has to hide his feelings 'how did you know you were naked, have you been eating the forbidden food?' asked the boss. 'It was Lucifer that came around and tricked us to eat the food' Mr.Adams stammered. Obviously furious Lucifer surfaced from nowhere and bowed before the boss and said 'Your majesty Sir! Its so pathetic and quite disappointing that Mr. Adam would accuse me of deceiving him when I've not even set my eyes on him for days now' he faced the couple and asked 'when did I decieve you? Why are you lying in the presence of the big boss? Have you forgotten that all liars shall go to hell?' Mrs. Adam started crying but Lucifer ignored her and continued explaining to the boss 'Sir, I did not trick Mr. Adam I only had an Innocent chat with his wife this morning and went my way, it was their decision to make sir' he concluded. Obviously feeling so ashamed and looking so foolish Mr. Adam with head lowered and his eyes staring at the ground lost his emotions and joined his wife crying. 'Boss! , I'm sorry. It was the wife that you gave to me that insisted I take the food and I said you will not be happy when you find out but .....' 'the blame now goes to the woman abi? You want to blame the Big Boss for giving you a companion?' Lucifer snapped as Mr. Adam began stuttering but eventually had to keep quiet . Silence filled the air as the couple were so ashame to look up. Mrs. Adam was uncomfortable with the leaves on her body but regardless she fastened her hands on them so as not to reveal any of her natural endowment.

The big boss took a deep breath and said ' I brought you here to enjoy yourselves , I cater for your upkeep, your feeding and your wellbeing, just a little test of integrity you failed woefully. Henceforth, I remove you from the list of my daily supply, the upkeep and provision for you family now depend on you solely. You will go out of this place and begin to cater for yourself. You the wife I forbid you from marrying another man aside this your husband , he shall be the only man that you should have affection for whether he takes care of you or not , you have to stick to him and him only with respect and honor. Also, for you to realise what you have done I therefore increase your pain of labour a little bit' he signalled the security guards to lead them out , they both held firmly to each other sobbing as they moved out of the garden. Mrs. Adam laid her head on her husband's shoulder crying profusely,Michael the head of the security guards with his flaming red eyes commanded the couple to walk faster and the big boss watched them leave in total disappointment, He shook his head and was about leaving when he rememberd Lucifer was still standing 'You fool and unrepentant rebel I'm sure you know you are condemned already, I will be watching you' the boss said as he left for his abode. Lucifer was left on the spot obviously happy ' how is that my fault' he said ' I only gave a suggestion what they decide to do after is their responsibility' he concluded grumbling as he began to walk away. 'Shebi, you said when they eat the food they will die, why are they still abi? Abi you lied to them?' He was talking to himself 'sorry I forgot you can never lie' he giggled as he walked briskly and vanished

THE END

Written by

Oladeji Gbenga

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