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- Story Listed as: True Life For Adults
- Theme: Drama / Human Interest
- Subject: Adventure
- Published: 06/03/2012
LOOK AT YOURSELF FIRST BEFORE JUDGING OTHERS
Born 1982, M, from ELDORET, KenyaI trust that Steve, the guy who told me this story, was not lying to me, because he never asked for any favors at the end of his narration, nor did I ever find any occult aim for him to do so. However, I don’t trust that he was in his right state of mind when he encountered this drama. But, even if he had experienced hallucinations, it still will remain a true life experience story. I may not have learned anything very significant from the story, but one thing I know is that it summarizes all the experiences I have ever had with people, whom I had always viewed from a different perspective till a time when I got to be in their shoes and realized that everyone born of a woman is always bound to err.
He did tell me of a time he had traveled to Mombasa City and got lost there while in search of a job. He had arrived at the city with a few of his belongings, found a nice house and immediately paid rent for two months in advance. But, he never got to spend more than one night in that house because after going out in search of a job the following day, he got lost. He could not find the house again that he had rented and never had the contacts of the landlord, since he had left his notebook in the house. He also did not have a cell phone.
His search for the job was in vain. By the afternoon of that day, he was famished. All the food stuffs, the bedding, the extra clothes and the money he had were all in the house. He was a stranger there and knew no one.
As panic began to seize him, he decided to look for help. He could not describe well the vicinity of the house that he had rented and an old man that he approached for help advised him to go to a police station instead. As they talked, a young man riding on a bicycle was about to pass by them and, going in the same direction of the station, the old man requested him to assist in riding Steve there. He jumped on to the back of the bicycle and the journey began.
It wasn’t long before he noticed that instead of feet, the young man riding the bicycle had hooves like those of a donkey! He was so shocked that he fell off the bicycle and started running. But, between the two, the young man riding the bicycle must have been the more shocked because he just stopped and stood rooted to the spot as he watched him run.
He came across two women on the road and stopped to tell them the terrifying experience he had just encountered. The women kept staring at him in bewilderment, saying nothing to interrupt him.
“Are you sure the feet of that young man were different from ours?” One of the women asked.
Steve looked down at their feet and screamed. The two women too had hooves instead of feet! Again, he began to flee. A pick-up truck passed by and he ran towards it, waving frantically for it to stop. Luckily, the driver must have seen him with the side mirror because the truck stopped. The driver asked him where he was going and he replied that he wanted to be dropped off at the police station. He boarded the back of the pick-up. Some men also stopped the pick-up a few meters ahead and came to sit next to him at the back. Without much ado, he began to tell them what had just happened to him.
“Young man, are you sure it was not your imaginations?” asked one of the men.
“Perhaps he should just take a look at our feet to confirm it,” another one suggested.
Steve glanced at their feet and before any of them could anticipate his next move, he had already jumped off the speeding truck and was wallowing in dust on the ground behind them. The men were alarmed. They stopped the truck. Steve started to run and the men gave a chase.
Because of the extra adrenaline pumping through his veins, the men could not catch up with him, but they did shout for help and others, also with hooves, came out and assisted in the chase. The number of hoofed people soon became too many, and overpowered him. Some men held him tightly while the rest who were still arriving formed a large crowd that began to surround him. He began sweating and trembling profusely.
“Please, young man. No one is going to hurt you. Can you please tell us why you are running from us?” An old man asked.
“You have hooves instead of feet.” He stammered. The crowd went wild with laughter.
A man who stood next to him asked him to closely compare their feet. He looked down and was shocked to realize that he also had hooves!
LOOK AT YOURSELF FIRST BEFORE JUDGING OTHERS(JUSTIN LAGAT)
I trust that Steve, the guy who told me this story, was not lying to me, because he never asked for any favors at the end of his narration, nor did I ever find any occult aim for him to do so. However, I don’t trust that he was in his right state of mind when he encountered this drama. But, even if he had experienced hallucinations, it still will remain a true life experience story. I may not have learned anything very significant from the story, but one thing I know is that it summarizes all the experiences I have ever had with people, whom I had always viewed from a different perspective till a time when I got to be in their shoes and realized that everyone born of a woman is always bound to err.
He did tell me of a time he had traveled to Mombasa City and got lost there while in search of a job. He had arrived at the city with a few of his belongings, found a nice house and immediately paid rent for two months in advance. But, he never got to spend more than one night in that house because after going out in search of a job the following day, he got lost. He could not find the house again that he had rented and never had the contacts of the landlord, since he had left his notebook in the house. He also did not have a cell phone.
His search for the job was in vain. By the afternoon of that day, he was famished. All the food stuffs, the bedding, the extra clothes and the money he had were all in the house. He was a stranger there and knew no one.
As panic began to seize him, he decided to look for help. He could not describe well the vicinity of the house that he had rented and an old man that he approached for help advised him to go to a police station instead. As they talked, a young man riding on a bicycle was about to pass by them and, going in the same direction of the station, the old man requested him to assist in riding Steve there. He jumped on to the back of the bicycle and the journey began.
It wasn’t long before he noticed that instead of feet, the young man riding the bicycle had hooves like those of a donkey! He was so shocked that he fell off the bicycle and started running. But, between the two, the young man riding the bicycle must have been the more shocked because he just stopped and stood rooted to the spot as he watched him run.
He came across two women on the road and stopped to tell them the terrifying experience he had just encountered. The women kept staring at him in bewilderment, saying nothing to interrupt him.
“Are you sure the feet of that young man were different from ours?” One of the women asked.
Steve looked down at their feet and screamed. The two women too had hooves instead of feet! Again, he began to flee. A pick-up truck passed by and he ran towards it, waving frantically for it to stop. Luckily, the driver must have seen him with the side mirror because the truck stopped. The driver asked him where he was going and he replied that he wanted to be dropped off at the police station. He boarded the back of the pick-up. Some men also stopped the pick-up a few meters ahead and came to sit next to him at the back. Without much ado, he began to tell them what had just happened to him.
“Young man, are you sure it was not your imaginations?” asked one of the men.
“Perhaps he should just take a look at our feet to confirm it,” another one suggested.
Steve glanced at their feet and before any of them could anticipate his next move, he had already jumped off the speeding truck and was wallowing in dust on the ground behind them. The men were alarmed. They stopped the truck. Steve started to run and the men gave a chase.
Because of the extra adrenaline pumping through his veins, the men could not catch up with him, but they did shout for help and others, also with hooves, came out and assisted in the chase. The number of hoofed people soon became too many, and overpowered him. Some men held him tightly while the rest who were still arriving formed a large crowd that began to surround him. He began sweating and trembling profusely.
“Please, young man. No one is going to hurt you. Can you please tell us why you are running from us?” An old man asked.
“You have hooves instead of feet.” He stammered. The crowd went wild with laughter.
A man who stood next to him asked him to closely compare their feet. He looked down and was shocked to realize that he also had hooves!
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