Leo Ni mother’s day, and I just called my mom and told her I love her, and wished her a good day ahead. After the call, I remembered some incident that happened back in the day. Sasa the question is how much do you love your mom? I believe most people will declare extensive and unconditional love for their mothers. I would also do the same, only difference is that some years back that love was tested and I did not pass the exam.
Ni ka jioni tumetulia na mathe nje ya mansion huko ocha. Mathe anasort out beans, na Mimi Niko busy kupikia Shepherd ya home, dog meal na bones nilikuwa nimetoka kununua. The dog like all village dogs inaitwa Popi (Popeye), halafu iko out of the cage, inaroll free ikingojea food. A few minutes later, I hear the dog ikimake kale ka whining sound doggy humake ikiwa scared. I ignore the dog, but after the sound continues I get paranoid and decide to go check. Kumbe ata mathe alikuwa ashaanza ku head towards the same direction. Kufika pale karibu na doggy we can see nothing foreign, but the dog is rooted to the sport, literally inalia while shaking out of fear. I sense danger and tell my mom to stand back. I do a bit of scanning and see what was scaring the shits out of the dog.
Was a bloody fucking huge snake. Hii si python, was sure it’s either a cobra or a black mamba. Ile mnyama Ni longer than 2 metres, na iko na inflated ego juu hata after kunotice tuko around haikuanza kuhepa. At the moment, me and the dog are sharing the same emotion. I pull my mom back and tell her twende, hii nyoka nikupita inapita hakuna haja tuisumbue. My mum says no, tells me I should grab a huge stick and KO the snake juu imekuwa ikikula mayai za kuku every so often.
Despite hizi suggestions za mathe my mind is made na hakuna vile nakaribia ama kujaribu kuua hi serpent. In a split second, sijui mathe alikuwa ametoa wapi a huge stick na stone, the stone missed the snake and then it started slithering away. like a warrior my mum decides to charge after the snake. I remember trying to pull my mom back as I almost screamed, ACHANA NAYO. My mother’s mind is decided and there is no way she is letting the egg thief run away. Na pia Mimi my mind is made, and there is no way I am not keeping a given radius and distance away from the snake. In the ultimate test of love, I had to overcome my fears and overtake my mum to handle the snake or fall back and watch her get into the danger zone while courting imminent death.
Let’s just say I did the latter. Ata sikujua nikitake some steps back and left my mother to her own devices. Mum continued trying to hit the fucker and kept missing. At some point I think the snake gained it’s confidence back and decided it ain’t running away from no woman. The snake made a sudden move and turned it’s upper body to face my mother. Two simultaneous actions happened at the same time. My two hands automatically Rose to the top of my head as I tried not to scream. Naye mathe made a quick turn around as she also ran away from the snake she had been chasing. Haha she stumbled twice but that did nothing to reduce her speed as she headed for the house. Lucky for us the snake did not give chase.
Followed my mum to the house, and an akward silence ensued. Haha I had failed the test of unconditional love. Bana I had left her to singlehandedly face a snake, while I was the man of the house at the moment, and the one expected to do the protecting. All I could say was, “si nilikuambia usiikimbize uachane nayo”, and my mother’s reply was a long sneer. Years later she has told almost everyone how her first born son left her to face death alone while he kept a safe distance.