TONS AND THORNS OF GOLD

ighty Scorpion, twirling the torch between his palms,

y Scor

name wey ya papa give you,' th

ighty Scorpion

ter hissed and

ned?' he asked

f. When I got back and asked him to shift for me to sit beside him, he s

?' asked the il

believed that by calling the word

I dey ask. W

iny fellow: 'Sincerely, Mighty

corpion told him with aut

e thing mean, why e come vex yo

aring to choose his words with care. 'It means.

ed the you

scolded lightly. 'You dey look am, come still dey as

he could not tell the role the girl meant to play in the whole bu

all am so mean "d

at it means is not just a "dwarf": it means a "guin

hether it also meant a 'guinea pig', as Mighty Scorpion had alleged. He noticed that the yo

"guinea pig" na him you dey fight am. Pig and scorpion, which one better? You no like make de

d to you that this huge Jambite descended on this poor little guy, slapping and kicking him, and

Now you,' he turned to

rick A

be Ja

. He felt lik

I say, you

e trio of Ceecee, Mighty Sco

wey come make you think say dis university na w

ow that he finally had the chance to state his side of the story, what he had to say

hing fit slap man-mountain like you? Which l

l spoke up. 'We all saw M

!' the man told her, frowning.

o slapped the Jambite and not the other way rou

s referring to him as a 'Jambite', but coming from this girl, it made him feel somewhat like a crimin

over the floor. Then he slapped him in addition. We all saw it. I'm sure that if you

h was worse: the girl's innocent testimony which made him feel so small, or the possibil

is feet and thrusting his tiny right forefinger at

porter shouted him down, pushing forward so that he

a complaint that this Jambite boy was caught fighting, which is against the school regulations. Now, instead of boo

r boy that you're talking to in that tone

n it, he turned fully to face the man. It was clear he was not used to being addressed in that tone of voi

me like that!' co

to the two words all the venom of a true

r porter

ee what you've caused. Who even invited

question,' said the girl to him. '

' Mighty Scorpion told her a

' was her

' Sparko said, shaking his head as if he piti

concerned, he's a pipsqueak. And so are you!' she threw at him as, in a

m. 'Okay-o! You think say you don run, no be so? If you like make ya name be "Scorpion" plus

in the office with him. He exchanged a meanin

ad bo

man nodded agre

open im eye dey call himself Mighty Scorpion. Yeye boy! Na only him nature cheat so tay e no tall lef

younger porter

et

y "foment" it,' he told him, looki