Wakeful Nights

By Peter Lumba

Galana used to take advantage of his good natured twin brother, Sagana, by tricking him into doing the hardest home chores. But when he ran out of tricks, he sought the help of his treasured girl friend, Tana, to continue tricking his brother, only to discover that he has compromised his relationship.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Lumba
• Release date: Dec 14, 2011
• ISBN: 9781466065925

Peter Lumba

The author runs a Public Benefit Organization (PBO) for disadvantaged children. Has special interest in youth development, especially teenagers.

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Wakeful Nights

Published by Peter Lumba at Smashwords

Copyright 2011 Peter Lumba

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CHAPTER ONE

There once lived two young twin brothers whose names were Galana and Sagana. They lived in a small, quiet, African village called Nyika with their parents. Their father, Batian, owned a rich farmland around his homestead of mud, grass-thatched huts. In the farmland, Batian primarily grew maize, beans and bananas among other secondary crops. Besides, he kept large numbers of cattle, goats and sheep. Since he did not have sufficient grazing land around his homestead, it was the responsibility of his only two sons to take the animals down to the plains for grazing. Even though the two round-faced brothers were identical in more ways than one, Galana was leaner, cleverer and more cunning than Sagana. He too had a dear friend called Tana, whom he treasured very much. Tana was a young pretty girl from a neighbouring village. At the age of fourteen, she was a year younger than Galana. Despite their homes being at least two kilometres apart, the two teenagers took pleasure in meeting frequently to share lovely stories.

Galana and Sagana not only worked in their father’s cornfields in shifts, but also took the animals for grazing in turns. That is to say, while Galana would be working in the cornfields, Sagana would be grazing the animals in the plains and vice versa. Initially, wild cats frequently preyed on Batian’s herd of cattle and flocks as they grazed in