WHEN I WAS YOUNG (short story)
When I Was Young Childhood is glorious and interesting not for all forks though. I could remember vividly how I transcended from that young boy who couldn't be the best footballer to a young boy who found it's place in academic world. Childhood exposed me to diverse activities especially football,academics and what I called bush raiding which I will lay more emphasis in this short story of mine.All the highlighted activities demanded success but I discovered that one can't be good in all but can be the best in particular one. It all happened long time ago in Abeokuta , Nigeria , in a small clan. We were ten young kids of age 6 to 10 growing up together. Some of us attended the same Nursery school and what made our days more interesting is football and bush attacking. Bush raiding, I could remember vividly how we attacked the nearby bush in our clan in order to catch Dragonfly . There were over five species of this Insect in my clan with different colors(red,blu