Episode 27
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The dark forest of Ndiogoro land
possesses different kinds of totem used by the forefathers of the
indigens. It has been a place full of strange remarkable things such
as a large pot-hole which seems like it was created by a gully
erosion. Inside it were also rocks and muddy shelves. Due to the
strange rocks and lack of education, the forefathers of the land
kept the forest secrete believing to be the luck of the land.
Therefore, they laid down traditions for it. Years passed. The
village civilized with the world at large but the dark forest was left
untouched. They never knew what it has brought to the land
naturally.
Now, the daughters of Mrs Williams, Udoka and Monica were
about to discover that which the forest has brought naturally. The
darkness still lingered in the forest as both stared at the tiny bright
light from the ground. Udoka who moved forward to take a good
look at it said again, "They are
like stars from the ground" she bent down to shuffle away more
dead leaves with her hands.
"Udoka don't!" Monica said silently from behind.
Just as Udoka's hands reached the
ground, she found herself falling inside the pit with rocks.
"Udoka!" Monica exclaimed without minding where she was. She
ran blindly to save her sister but also fell inside the large pit-a bit
deep but not too narrow.
The pit was covered with leaves since it had been left for years, so
the twins were on aware. The route in which they fell inside
opened widely thereby making the light shine brighter to the
extent they didn't need the torch-light anymore. The light reflected
on trees, leaves and other things that were within a close range.
The twins gradually stood up inside the pit looking around. They
could see what created the bright light hanging at different angles
of the pit. Some were found around the rocks.
"My goodness!" Monica exclaimed.
"Oh-my-God!" Udoka stressed in
disbelief. "Do you know what they are?" she looked at her sister.
"Diamonds?" Monica wasn't sure.
"Yes, they are!"
"I can't believe this" Monica reached one of the diamonds as well
as Udoka. Both stared at it in amazement.
"These are really diamonds" Udoka said.
"Yes, but how come?" Monica looked at her sister remembering
what they were thought in secondary school about diamonds.
"Diamond is formed when extreme heat; temperature at 2,200
degree fehrenheit and extreme pressure cause carbon atoms to
crystallize forming diamonds approximately ninety miles under
the earth surface. I guess we are not ninety miles under the earth
surface. So how possible?"
"It's possible" Udoka began. She loved Geography back in her
secondary school days. She performed very well on it but
preferred Biology to it. She had learnt so many things about
rocks, volcano, mountains, map, and other natural resources.
"Diamonds reach the surface
of the earth through volcanic pipes or via placer or alluvial
deposite" she located the torch and shone it's light to one of the
rocks. "This is a Kimberlite"
"What's a kimberlite?" Monica queried.
"It's a blue rock that occurs in ancient volcanic pipes and it's the
most common host of diamond"
"That means we are in a volcano"
"Probably, inactive one that existed years ago"
The twins looked at each other. They smiled broadly coz they
knew what it means for a natural diamond to be in ones
possession.
"Let's take them home" Monica
suggested.
"No" Udoka objected. "We have to go then planned on what to
do. It's now an unknown secret"
"Are you out of your mind?! What if another person comes in
here?"
"Nobody will"
"Alright, let's just take few of them" Monica quickly took few
diamonds. She put them inside her jean pocket while Udoka was
busy staring upward. She shone
the torch-light upward too thinking critically. That was when she
knew that they were in a pit.
"Monica" she called.
"What?" Monica turned.
"Look up. We are busy talking about how to take some diamonds
home but never realized we are in a volcano. How
are we gonna climb up there?"
Monica became dumb as she stared upward. The remaining
diamonds in her hand gradually fell off. She looked at her sister
just to find her staring at her
already. "What do we do now?"
"We have to find a way out of here" Udoka replied. She told
Monica to first climb the rocks until she reaches the surface.
Monica tried severally but found herself falling back on the ground.
Instantly, she began to shed tears.
"Udoka, I'm scared"
"Please, spare me those your tears. We are going out of here"
Udoka handed the torchlight to her. She also tried to climb but
found herself falling back on the ground due to the rocks were
farther apart. She looked at Monica and said, "You can now shed
those tears"
"Heeeyy! My God! We are finished!
Mother will.."
"I didn't say cry" Udoka interrupted. "Just shed tears"
"Leave me alone!"
"Then cry nah"
"I'm already crying"
"Good" Udoka stood up to climb again..
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