the child who cried wolf

Mr Edafe, his wife and their 7 year old son were returning from church one evening when they decided to take a short bushy path because they did not want to get home late. They child was in front of them when they saw him suddenly turn around and started running towards them, screaming; "dad, snake! snake!"

Before he could scream "snake!" The third time, Mr. Edafe had already left his wife and kid, running back as fast as he could. It was when his wife shouted, "honey are you leaving us here to die?" That he stopped abruptly, picked a stick nearby and started running back towards them. He ran passed them and stopped abruptly again.

He bent down to observe the object lying across the road. Suddenly he gave a loud laugh and shouted, "this child will not kill person o! Make una come make we dey go jare! Na stick!"