This is a character-molding story about a spoilt kid in the village
some miles from Onitsha during the early forties while the second world
war was on. Obuechina, an only son, was a joy to his parents as the
previous five kids were girls. His mother therefore pampered him. His
father was not always at home to supervise his upbringing. Around his
ninth birthday the father decided to send him to a strict teacher with a
childless and wicked wife to teach him common sense.
At
Teacher’s house, Obu learns from the servants the rules of survival in
the house. He hates the hard life and wishes to escape. After a year he
visits home and tells his parents he isn’t returning to that wicked
house. But his father finally convinces him that living with Teacher is
his insurance for future education and greatness.
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