WHAT THE NANNY GOAT TOLD HER KIDS (CHAPTER 5)
CHAPTER 5 PEREMPE ONCE ON THAT GROTTY LANE behind the motor park on a visit to his brother had been robbed. On a second visit, he had prayed he should meet the hoodlums again. The rest of the story reached the village via his brother who narrated it to old friends and close relations. And as it is said, no fare is paid for news (especially rumour), the narrative went free of charge from mouths to ears and the whole village knew about it. It was speculated that grabbing cobras, leaving them in a briefcase and letting them strike at the appropriate time was beyond ordinary. And so there began to be some mystical aura surrounding Perempe. (Some versions of the tale in the village had it that one lad was actually struck by a cobra). Mr Ransom was rightly worried and scared that Madam Cash’s illogical move to run away with some of the cassava flour suppliers’ money (of which the famed Perempe was among) could provoke his friend, as he had threatened, to unhook and sling across ...