One sunny afternoon...

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...when I returned from school, I decided to play the popular Ibibio board game, nsa isoñ, with my cousins, Utibeimaabasi and Iniobong on the veranda. I could hear the loud bustle of activities on our ever-busy street. About two or three kids were engaged in the game of ubuneowo at the other side of the road. Their screams and shrill voices filled the air. I would have loved to join them in chasing after one another but nothing in the world seemed to matter at the moment. Not even the beautiful cars zooming on the asphalt road behind me.

“The world is coming to an end, Eka.”

Utibe said to me, looking at the sky which had suddenly become dark with his cute big round eyes that usually grow bigger whenever he was excited or surprised. Miss Idara had told us in the last Sunday school class that Jesus would return to the world soon to take us to a place called Paradise. But did anything matter when I was about to beat my cousins in this particular game again?

The hustle and bustle came to an abrupt stop in my head when something I knew I dread so much landed on my bareback. Its swift touch felt like the brush of an angel's wings. No! A fairy's wings.

And like every other creature of its kind, it curled itself and continued its journey down down down my back.

“Aunty Uyai!”

I screamed out to my aunt who had to drop the bucket she was carrying in a haste. I needed her to kill this crawling creature that found its way to my back.

“It's crawling away,”

I cried even louder but my fright was short-lived when I heard the sound of laughter coming from Iniubong and UtibeIma. Maybe I shouldn't have been scared but how much strength does a seven-year-old need to sum up to kill this small snake that Aunty Uyai calls millipede?

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Hello, steemkids and kid lovers!

This is me and this is what I like. The first talent I discovered was writing. My love for writing started from writing short compositions and essays to writing short stories and now an unpublished fiction book for kids. Although I have other talents like arts and graphic design of which I'm currently trying to learn from professionals so I can be more proficient in them, I still prefer writing.

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One of my arts

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I'm so concerned with aesthetic as well as entertainment through writing. There don't seem to be any other better way I could connect with others so deeply. It's a talent in me that I would never go extinct.
This is me and this is my talent.

Glossary

Nsa isoñ – a board game played by 2 to 4 players. Each hole is filled with four pebbles then players keep moving them until one of the players lose a turn because of the absence of pebbles in his/her room.

Ubuneowo– An outdoor game like hide–and–seek that involves running after others and attempting to catch them.

Special mention

@steemkidss

Special invites

@ahbaz
@vhictory
@dhar-biee

My introductory post