THE FARMER'S BABY



Read this passage carefully and answer the following questions correctly..

There lives a farmer whose name is danjuma a native of ikuji kingdom who has two wives named gude and juji. Gude was a natural and caring  woman but  she has no child for danjuma but she believes that one day she will have a baby, sometimes this made her sad yet she was loved by her husband.
Juji has two children (they are two girls) she is full of her self because she has children for danjuma. Danjuma was a great hardworking and rich farmer. he is able feeds to his family three time a day. He loved his two wives but he was not happy because he had no son to be called after him if he's gone.

One day, he took a good look at gude and juji and found out that they are pregnant he was very happy, so he called his wives and said who ever among the two of you that gives me a male child shall be my pride and i will divide my property into two and one part will be given my son and the mother of my son shall be rewarded greatly, this left deep thoughts in the mind of gude and juji, Juji did not fail to ask her husband if he will not give the other children or if their baby is a girl his property, danjuma said no that all his children will have bountifully share from his property but his son's own will be the greatest. Gude one her part did not care much on any reward she was just happy because she is about to have a baby of her own.

Juji was so desperate to have a baby boy so she went to see a herbalist called hamak the great seer, he told juji that she will give birth to a baby girl and that gude her mate will give birth to a baby boy at night the same day, hearing this from hamak she was disappointed "but then what should i do the great seer" she said. you will go home when it's time to give birth all you will do his to exchange the baby. Gude on her part went to see her nurse (nurse miji) for check up who told her that the position of her baby was okay and that in the next three days she might put to bed she was very happy especially now that people will called her "mama pickin". 

After three days on a Friday morning the two women started labor, they were taken into a dark room in a house called topyne which means safe delivery, each of them has separate nurse that is helping them to give birth, "push, push the baby is almost here" nurse miji said to gude after few seconds she put to bed a bouncing baby boy. nurse bope also said to juji "push, push the baby will soon be out" after a few seconds too she gave birth to a girl.
At that time non of the women knew what sex of child they gave birth to expect the nurses. nurse bope has agreed with juji to exchange the baby to her mates own if it's a girl. she was about doing that when nurse miji ask her in the dark room was do you think you what to do bope? sorry nurse miji i just wanted to see how the baby is doing. that was how their plan failed. Two months later the baby boy was stolen from his colt. "where is my son" danjuma shouted to all the neighborhood. Gude was very sad at this because it was her first and only child.  after two days a hunter came with a baby to the ikuji kingdom to the family of danjuma because he heard that he was looking for a lost son.

"how did you find him" danjuma asked.  i the great hunter of ibopu kingdom saw a woman dropping this little child by the road side. i shouted at whoever she was to come back, but she ran away, the hunter narrated. Danjuma asked the hunter if he can describe the woman and the colour of her cloths, to their surprise all the description falls to juji part. the farmer asked the hunter if he can recognise this woman if she see her he said yes.
Juji was called out, immediately the hunter said that is the woman.
Oh, oh juji why do you do this to me", gude said bitterly. it was because she was jealous. she (juji) was punished for that.   

 
QUESTIONS.
1. what is the name of the kingdom where the hunter came from?

2. what is the name of juji nurse?

3. who do you think is the first wife of danjuma?

4. what is the meaning of topyne according to the story.

5. why did juji what to kill the child?

6. who is hamak?

7. push, push the baby is almost here was a statement said by who?

8. who do you think is in the picture.







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