So as he looked at me posing with a keyboard, he probably thought, "Thuita is boasting of holding our church keyboard not knowing his audience is pitying him wearing unpolished shoes. A little fool he is!"
We weren't well off in those days, for we didn't own phones or computers. But we were rich in all the important things in life like health and human companionship.
Our eldest brother Joe once asked my kid brother Symo and I whether we liked God or Satan. Because we were too young to understand who God and Satan are, one of us said he liked Satan.
Later on, I told my brothers I had never seen a thief. Apparently, I thought thieves look a certain way, maybe the way police wear recognizable uniform.
My peers at school were also ignorant of the ways of the world. Some claimed that workers who print money do so when naked to ensure no stealing is done.
That my peers could make such remarks shows even children loved money. No wonder someone here at home (Uncle Ndonga, I think) glued a sticker that said:
God made man.Perhaps we can learn from that sticker that anyone can steal money, not just those who do the printing. And that's true because I've now seen several thieves.
Man made money.
Money made man mad.
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