The happiest day of their lives during an encounter with bees that produces honey in a farm.

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This was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives when we walked home full of happiness. We could not blame anyone. Also our main concern was how to get well and healthy by the following day in the night for both the boys and girls at school were sure to ask questions.


Again what answers would we give entirely. Perhaps what would the teachers do.? They would inflict corporal punishment on students who go for honey hunting when we should be doing our homework instead. Almost everyone was sad due to the punishment. My sister came out of the bush at the back of our house and did saw our appearance. She was very shocked and dashed in to tell her mother. We also feared the worst. Again mother came out ,there she was standing alone shivering with some sort of fever and fear. My own father was not in at that moment ,I was lucky for he was a severe man and would have me there and then. At that moment , I heard a shout coming from Arnolds house. Help! Help! ,he screamed , Arnold has fainted.

However if I could possibly faint, I will have my own fathers sympathy together with other teachers. I did not faint at all.


Instead ,I was laid on mat and covered with blanket. The doctor who works in the hospital nearby was sent for but he did not come to me at once as he was busy treating Arnold.

The Doctor gave me some medicine to take and also drink. This medicine was sour and the other was also sweet.

Also the medicine seemed to be mixed with honey. Almost every part of my body was being rubbed with the same kind of medicine.

Also for about ten minutes I was sick all over my body. Again within a little time and after I felt asleep and woke up in the morning completely recovered.

I also observed that almost all the swellings on my face and body had disappeared in my moment of sleep.

Also I had no other option but instead I looked into the mirror and saw that I was my old self again.

Again ,as I got ready for school ,the next morning , I wondered what had happened to the others. It was just then that William Smith came in looking happy. We again moved on to Arnolds house. Also apart from the bandage on his feet you could hardly tell whether it was the same boy who had been very ill and had fainted the night before.


Again ,we were almost satisfied that nobody would hear of our adventure in the entire school.

Also unknown to us, the encounter with bees and its adventure had gone ahead of us to the school. My friends and I walked into the school as usual as if nothing had happened entirely.

It can be noted that both the boys and girls burst into some sort of laughter.


The boys were cautioned about how sweet the honey was entirely and how hard the bees also sting.? Most of them also clapped their hands around us. My friends and I had no better option but to bend their head in shame.


Also that very day, was the happiest day of their lives because they had an encounter with bees and learnt about how honey is prepared and sold to the local market for consumption. It was that same day that they brought honey from the farm to their family and the school.

This was also the happiest day of their lives because they were not stung by any bee , neither did any of them fall sick or ill.

Also learning about the preparation of honey was noted as the happiest day of their lives. They learnt and prepared honey which they used some with bread for breakfast. It was honey that prolongs life to old age.

Again ,it can be noted that honey is processed and stored in a cool place for human consumption so that mankind will gain strength and the fortitude to work.

Some of the teachers who enjoyed the honey talked on our behalf that students should not be inflicted with corporal punishment but instead they should be advised not to visit the farm at odd hours as these bees can easily sting and cause death or illness.

Also since they were considered as kids , teachers advised them to wait until they reach adulthood before they will be given the opportunity to have a bee farm and produce honey.

They all obeyed their teachers advise and nodded in agreement never to visit the bee farm without permission.


One Weekend , whilst on exeat after school ,both the Housemistress and Headmaster were not around by then ,the students decided to go for honey from the farm for the last time.

They went on this adventure all by themselves especially the five students. They searched all around the farm in the plastic containers to gather more honey for their household.

It was almost a whole morning gathering honey into a bottle back home.

When it got to the time that they were about to depart from the bee farm they realised by then it was too late that the bees had come back to their hives in multiples you can't hardly count.


The kids had no other option but to run helter skelter for their lives ,there they saw the bees chasing them in their numbers, some fell down but it was too late, that they got stung by the bees and also beaten by the bees.

Later they were rescued by the Supervisor of the farm and they found themselves in hospitals where they were admitted to be cured of their illness in the hospital within the community.


By then it was too late ,when the doctor got to their rescue the boys were injured ,others were bleeding

and finally some were unconscious and could hardly move.

The doctor tried to see to the patients especially the boys who were injured and bleeding and he gave them injection and medication ,he also advised them not to visit the bee farm everyday as bees are dangerous and can always cause death to humans.

Some of the boys were given bandages to cover wounds since they were injured and bleeding.

Others who were unconscious were put on medication until they recovered from the hospital. They were also advised not to play with bees although they do produce honey since they can sometimes harm humans.


These boys also nodded in agreement and obeyed the doctors advice.

Since then they got well and lived happily ever after ,others produced, exported and sold honey for income for their households and other families.

November 18, 2020 15:04

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