Eat Your Food

Based on true life events.

Going home yesterday, outside a two-storeyed building with washed-out  cream painting, a little girl washed dirty plates; and gathered in front of her were three hens waiting for 'the catch'.

It is normal to have leftovers whenever dirty plates are being washed
hence, the hens must be aware of this minute fact because they hovered patiently.

The little girl not minding the gathering of fowls threw dirty water on the street just where the hens were gathered.
The hens darted for the catch in a flash.
It was a competition of fastest beaks.

Two hens caught the bounty, and the last was left with nothing.

The winners ran to a safe place to eat, and the third, having nothing, tagged along.

The first hen dropped its bounty to eat when it noticed the third coming for it, it picked it quickly and ran.

All the while, they all followed themselves with clenched beaks and hopeful beak.

Then something remarkable happened.
The first hen dropped its food to eat and the second hen immediately left her food for the first hen's bounty.

The first hen, smart and fast picked her food and ran yet again.
The second hen then returned to her food to pick it up,

but guess what?

Hopeful beak was now clenched and nowhere to be found.

Then I said to myself, "look at this mumu fowl. You no chop your food them don come carry am go. Olójú kòkòrò."

That was when the Angel spoke to me and said,

"Angel Messi, finish your food first before looking for another."

What food do you have in your plate?

Eat your food.

Don't be like one Òyìnbó man that went to a Nigerian wedding and was mixing àmàlà, eba, rice, beans, abula and soup.

Come on... Who does that? (àwọn oyinbo ló maa n does that.)

So I put it to you this afternoon, or evening, or whatever time it is you're reading this,
Eat your food, then the strength gotten from the meal can be used to find another.

And always remember that it is better to have your nose in a book than in someone else's business.

~Angel Messi~