Settling in the camp tents was smooth and easy.
Everyone was used to James grumbling and laziness, so aside from that, it was just right.
Then, when the sun was starting to set, they gathered around the fire place. And as expected the merging colours were still beautifully shaped and splendid.
Mrs tombstone thought them how to build a camp fire in the funniest way.
They laughed until their ribs cracked.
Normally, no sane person should wear a long cloak when building a camp fire but Mrs tombstone was so daft, her cloak caught on fire and she tangoed around screaming In the funniest of voice.
The students didn't try to help.
They just laughed until pee threatened to spill.
Mrs Robinson and Keneti put out the cloak fire.
Even though Keneti laughed.
It took decades for the laughter to die down and fir them to stay fairly calm although there were still sniffing and coughing.
They forgot everything they ever learnt about courtesy.
They sat down around the fire and sang, while enjoying roasted corn and barely cold yogurt.
Story time.
who's gonna go first?.
"Mrs Johnson, Mrs Johnson, Mrs Johnson" the students rattled on and on until finally gave in and started.
"So.... the story am about to tell you is totally friction and any relevance to a movie or book is probably coincidental"..wink....
"Once there was a house. In that house lived a family of four. To the society, they were the perfect definition of a perfect home, the two kids were always well dressed and full of smiles, and their parent had the same features. But truthfully...,"
"ok ok ok"James cut her short.
The girls grumbled.
"We all know how it's gonna end. It's same old story over again".
"James, do you always have to be a spoiler" Joy said. Everyone was surprised because normally Joy always went with the flow. No matter how wrong the flow was.
"Well, typical James always...." Apa was
"Oh c'mon. Am just saying we..I...i
want a realistic story. Not something boring and old".
"James. You have no respect for adult and you are a spoilt, rude teenagers". Mrs tombstone said seriously.
P.s she has taken off her burnt cloak although she's still embarrassed.
"Say the woman who's brain was almost fried by her own fire" James mumbled under his breath but his classmates heard and that caused another erosion of laughter.
Mrs tombstone didn't hear but she definitely knew it was something about her but she couldn't react because they weren't in school. She felt more embarrassed.
"Mr Kenn. Would you please tell us a story" Rose begged.
"Yeah.. uha.... you've been really quiet lately" Mrs Johnson said flirting.
"Eeeeeeeeew" the students mumbled under their breath.
"Of course. A story of two brothers and their father. Their mother had left their father immediately after giving birth to the second child. The two children had made a promise to their father to make him proud. The first child grew up to be a failure while the second child because a teach....I mean a... a...ah..."
"Doctor???" Joy chipped in.
"Yeah. A Doctor. So, the teach.... the doctor had to care for his brother and father. It was so much for him so he tried to motivate his brother so that he could quit being lazy and find something to do but his effort was taken otherwise. His brother saw it as an insult and thought his brother was disrespecting him. So, one day he left home and did some bad bad jobs and became rich. Everyone else except the doctor thought he worked hard to get the money. Then the doctor, set out to find what his brother was hiding. The story ends when the doctor figured his brother's secrets and his brother was put to Shame.
THE END". Keneti poured his heart out.
"Wait. what was the secret". Ricky asked.
"It's something you shouldn't worry about" Keneti replied.
"Strange story" Apa commented.
"I think the doctor is pretty stupid. He should have just spent the money with his brother case closed" James concluded.
"Somehow, I agree with you" Moose said.
"That wasn't scary at all" Ricky said, earning a shove on the end by Moose.
"What would you have done if you were the doctor?" Apa asked Rose.
Then the chat and debate continued.
Everyone was tired out.
They didn't even continue story time.
Everyone retired to their tents at 9.13 to have a long rest.
Everyone except keneti.
It's Showtime