The Ingénue

By N.I. Durueke

the book shows the danger of being a polygamous man and teaches how to live in harmonyand love with people.
....Obiageli(2nd wife) enters,complaining to her husband (mazi ukadike)that he supports Akumma(1st wife).Saying she's a witch who eats her children in the womb;.He cautions her and then she angrily walks out . . .as soon as she said that,obiageli shouted saying she will tell the whole village that she wants to kill her child. . .akumma starts crying,telling God to give her a child...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris UK
• Release date: Nov 16, 2010
• ISBN: 9781456819828

N.I. Durueke

The author,Nnaemeka Durueke hails from mbieri in mbaitoli LGA of Imo state,Nigeria. Born to the family of Rt Rev & Rev Mrs N.I Durueke. He had his primary & secondary education at Police Childrens School and Government college both in Owerri. Though a B.Tech holder in Geology from the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO),he is also a creative writer who has the passion of positvely impacting his world in diverse ways,especially through his written works.

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Copyright © 2010 by N.I. Durueke.

ISBN:          Softcover                                 978-1-4568-1981-1

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Contents

Dedication

Characters

Prelude

Glossary of words.

Dedication

TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD & MY FAMILY

Characters

Prelude

Mazi Ukadike: Can’t you let sleeping dogs lie,

Obiageli: Why should I shut? Why must I let sleeping dogs lie? When you are always backing the wrong horse.

Mazi Ukadike: This kind of woman., I have not seen this kind of troublesome human being. You are always distributing the neighbourhood why?.

Obiageli: Please, if you don’t know what to do today. Go back to your bed. You never married me because of love, it is just because of child bearing, you wanted children and I gave them to you, yet you are not satisfied, always on the wrong side.

Mazi Ukadike: let me understand you well. What and who is this wrong horse you said about?

Obiageti: Who else will it be. If not that wicked woman called Akumma. Is it not yet clear to you that ever since the both of you got married till I came, she has not given you any child. Now this is my third issue.

Mazi Ukadike: Obiageli! Obiageli!! Obiagaii!!!. How many times did I call you?

Obiageli: Ukadike, three. And what will you do about that? Eh.

Mazi Ukadike: Obiageli if I hear you say such things again. I will personally send you packing. Is that cleared?

Obiageli: Well, you can send me home. All I know, Akumma is a witch and she bewitches her children inside her womb. (she walks out from the room leaving Mazi Ukadike behind)

Obiageli: Who carried my baby out from where I sat him? Who must be the idiot? (Akumma enters)

Akumma: Look, here is your baby.

Obiageli: Why did you carry my baby? Who gave you the audacity to carry my tasie.

Akumma: Tasie was crying, I carried him and gave him some food to eat.

Obiageli: Food? Did he eat?

Akumma: Yes, food. He ate.

Obiageli: Chineke! The entire village must hear this oh!

Akumma: What have I done, this time.

Obiageli: Do not even start crying. Look if anything happens to this child. I will not say you