Ayuba Muhammad Muhammad

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2020

Stories (2)

2 Stories

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“The Labourers ” by Ayuba Muhammad Muhammad

Submitted to Contest #34

Bula bends down with a hoe in his hand. He has been dragging the hoe across a stretched of weeds for about five hours. His sinewy big arms move in tandem with the blade of the hoe. Occasionally he stands and wipes the torrent of sweat flowing from his forehead. Then he will bow and continue with the work. His legs are soiled by the heaps of the loam on which the weeds thrive on. He yawns revealing brown stained teeth, and shoves his hand inside his pocket. Bringing out a big kola nut,he cut it and threw it inside his mouth.He is one of Alhaj...

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“Between A Rock And A Hard Surface” by Ayuba Muhammad Muhammad

Submitted to Contest #33

We usually have disagreement with her, but this one was different. It started last night when I caught her chatting with him.On the day before the one we had the disagreement, she disclosed to me that she has fallen in love with me beyond repairs . He was her classmate from secondary school. She had a crush on him when she was just fifteen years old. After their graduation, he started taking drugs. She had to avoid him due to the fear that he would jeorpardise her life and the career she wanted to pursue. For almost ten years , the duo ...

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Author bio

I am a primary school teacher who loves reading and writing.