My Hamlet

       MY HAMLET

Masai-mara is a town known for  Brevity, 
as being courageous is their second nature. Their females are said to be peacock since first breathe; while their men are greathearted. 
Their pelucid pronounced culture is to kill the forest Leo to be a house Leo so as to assure their family's protection. The community can be simply defined as a democratic monarch due to the state of no dictator head from inception . There's is always check and balances and sanction on any unconstitutional action of any arms, not excluding the townies. This community was headed by a prince you succeeded his father after he had went to eat with the ancestors. With all attributes of this community, all things are always in accord. Mazaki has been longing to changing the system to absolute monarch since his father was alive but was unable. So, immediately he stepped on the throne, he became a totalitarian prince who practiced a tyranny government. The occupant were not pleased, but who dare challenge his Indian sword with a broom? 
 He's known for his saying, 'my hamlet'. He had  a son named Babanto 'an uncanny child, born with a diamond ring in his left finger. Babanto has always been acting stubbornly since he was very young, but only to his father, he was so kind to the townies and was quite respectful to his mother. His father despised him while he also detested the recent prince. They see each other as black sheep. Mazaki always ask himself  why isn't it an external, but his only son demolishing his statue? Why Babanto also wonder why his father was such inconsiderate
SCENE ONE


It was early when a guard of farming department brought a news that somebody's yam is done and ready to be harvested, this sounds stinking to Babanto but his father was glad and ordered his men to go for it, and slay who ever attempt to disturb them. the guard left and Babanto worked out majestically. 
his father expected greetings but had non. so, he said to himself 'this boy must be a bastard. 

Mazaki to his son good morning to thou my mulish classy son

Babanto... What is good about the  morning thief?
(he replied in a Thunderous tone) 

Maqlal...i tell you oft, but remained adamant, maybe you'll change when the cow comes

mazaki.. how dare your cock crow in my Python's presence 

Babanto...you, snake? (he hissed) it's not your fault, Ma is to blame for buying a pig in a poke, I guess you're forcefully betrothed to him or maybe you took in unwillingly(saying this in his father's direction) I've gird my lion to come in to your midst and I fear not the death. Go any mile of thy wish 

(His mother was left agape) 

Maqlal.. Enough of all this! 

Babanto..(He gave her a cold shoulder, picked his sword and then his leave) 

Mazaki.. (He broke into sudden guffaw and said, I'll see this little brat off this planet). 

Mazaki.. (He was aloof soliloquising)
 what can I do to overcome this spurious child? 
Should I fight his mother in the tongue that i  don't own him or divorce her to go with her son useless than a bedbug? Or show a sinister love to him by asking him to get married and mandate it as an order,)so I can have a free breathe after giving the ghoul-like breakfast, brunch, or dinner uhm! I trust the saber toothed creatures) he also considered not having any child while his bones were weakened in his late seventies.. so he thought of asking for all the boy's wants from him, so as to bury the hatchet and live as father and son and no more cat and rat

{A knock at his door}

Mazaki.. My majesty door is ajar ( it was Babanto)  oh! My only son, the anointed prince of the day (Babanto was elated hearing that, so he tried to beam) I have a good news for you my elegant prince, (he saw his eagerness) hmmm! it's really a question my son, you own all I own and not excluding my crown but your mother(they both smiled) name anything you want to cut the trouble chain 

Babanto...  (he smiled, and his father was expecting a positive reply) your royal majesty, I love you so much but you're always wicked as death in dealing with your people, a number of people patronises here everyday to plead for their farms which you vetoed, a number of women where at the other house which you snatched from their crowns with your crown, people without number of this hamlet you called yours are slaves
you're fighting those you ought to fight for

Mazaki...  shush! (he breathe so high repeatedly like a tired dog) now I can see 
you're a feind-sent, you're here to hinder my authority right? even your mother's ancestors dare not talk to me in such manner! where's my gun? it's high time I wasted this animal. 

Babanto... (he smiled,a bitter one though) your gun is at your bed side, you're free to shoot, but the law and traditions still exist note that. you'll kiss the soil the same day.

SCENE THREE 

Babanto.. he went to the shred and slaughtered a lamb, he reserved its blood and dried its skin, then he wrote on it. 

recall your weep day in blood
and the sleeping years in flood
use stick, but not rod
you're a subject, not God

for you know not, ice will melt
in your deafness, orphans wept
change! to go astray not
if the rope is loosing, tie the knot

He sneaked to his room and pasted the write up on the wall

mazaki.. (he entered and saw the poem, he sensed that it was written with a lamb blood, which means punishment of non offenders, he glanced through it and extracted the fact, he then zonked out) 

SCENE FOUR

When the sun was about to set, Mazaki ordered the town crier to announce an emergency meeting at his palace which they all arrived almost immediately. 

Mazaki.. come here! (pointing to Babanto in presence of the eyes) you are ripe to live alone, it's high time you left my palace I need some breathe

Babanto.. The teenager was delighted being a while he has been looking forward to enjoying the pleasure wound. He directly asked, "where I'm I to kill the lion?"

Maqlal.. Maqlal broke in hearing all that his husband has just told his first and only son, she lamented bitterly but the order was to get her jailed by her husband

Babanto.. Let that irritative hands off my mom! (he said, in anger) the shoulders stand still and couldn't change position) 

I'm going for the lion now, he said. But if I'm fortune to return breathing, I'll end yours or you serve me with grey air.. He made the speech at the presence of ears 
And stormed out

Mazaki.. Saw his shoulders standing like trees, he was so horn-mad that he sent three pertinent menacing looking men after him to bring  his skull for him as cup in his manse if possible before lion could eat him

Babanto..He got to the thick forest and worn hands down, he killed a lion eliminated the shoulders and rode a lion back to the palace all with aid of his ring
Now! Be my slave or join your father? 

Mazaki...(Mazaki ran up) so it was a mere nightmare he lamented(but Babanto entered and told him it wasn't but the fact. 

For this, he set all the slaves free and become impartial. 

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