Gift woke up one morning feeling upset about the way her aunt hollered at her the previous night. Her aunt have once sent her to the stream by night to fetch water this is the second time she will send her to the stream by night again. Gift watched as her aunt wasted all the water in the house by pretending to be washing the toilet with water. When gift saw aunt her coming towards her, she quickly pretended to be asleep.
Gift gift!!! Her aunt called.
Yeah yes… Yes ma: gift said dizzily
Stand up immediately and go and fetch water in the stream: her aunt ordered her
Aunt, tomorrow I will fetch the water: Gift replied
There is no water in the house and I have not finished washing the toilet and you are telling me rubbish, go to the stream immediately I'm fetch water before I count 1 to 10: her aunt barked
Gifts walked dizzily To the stream at the middle of the night.
She immediately, saw an old woman and the dizziness disappeared
Who are you and why are you here: the woman asked
I am Gift Alabi the daughter of Mr and Mrs Alabi my parents were killed during a local war in our village with another village. I now lived in my aunt's house where she maltreats me, she asked me to come to the stream and fetch water by this time of the night: gift said confidently but a little bit frightened
Go back home: the woman said and disappeared as there was a flash of Thunder
Gift saw her parents coming out of the water with grave clothes, she fell down and fainted.