learn to speak 360 interesting proverbs - Onitsha Market Literature

CHAPTER ' FOURTEEN
Why you should hate envieusnerr.
A man has two wives Mary, and Anna. He
was a poor maker of silk mattrasses. He used
to 've his wives five shillings each everyday.
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Un ortunately, his first wife tbok it a privellege
and so she did .not try to do something in
order to get her own pocket, The second wife of
the man was so wise and energitic that she did
a lot of farming and trading. In course of time,
the first wife gave birth to a male baby. She
Bas well looked after by her hustand and the
second wife of her husband, Anna.
After two years, Anna was conceived and as
it happened during the time of her delivery, she
also gave birth to a male babe. It was a pity to
reckon that it was only her husband who looked
after her. Here was enviousness in the open air.
Mary did not even tell Anna that she (Mary)
was lacking what to give to her, Anna.'Because
of Mary's jealous looks. at Anna's male child,
Anna was not happy with Mary'a bad manner
this brought a serious disunity between the two.
Their chiltren grew in this disunified atmosphere,
When they reached the age of attending school,
thejr father decided to cater for two of them.
As they started schooling the same year, Mary
and Anna began to particularise instruction to
the children. Anra instructing her child James
to study hard and try to be first in their class and
Mary did the same thing to her son John.
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