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THE HOUR CLOCK

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Can we have the good old days back? When we wake up in the morning and meet  our first task of sweeping the compound  with our special brooms after morning  devotion, greeting mum and dad and  greeting the day from the big pot of  calabash of water to wash away all  nightmares and welcome the day with  freshness as the cold water drips down the  face... As we await the sun to rise from the east,  we were kept company by our nature  supervisors during the sweeping tasks The whistling, chirping and chants from  the beautiful and colourful birds the  universe blessed us with will lead you to  sweeping rhythmically and dancing to the  fine tune from the fine morning as the dew  sweeps through those innocent face of  yours... Once you were done with your task,  the males go hunting for grasses to feed the  livestock The females dashes to the traditional  kitchen where cobs of mai