Mount Pleasant
“He wanted to tell Nji Mama that he had finally discovered the formula he’d been looking for and solved the equation that had obsessed him for so long. He wanted to tell him he’d found the solution to the mystery of how women move by adding up all the triangles that formed a woman, a woman with Ngungure’s face. Then he saw the sadness in the old man’s eyes and decided to come back later. That’s when his stupid sneezing started up again.
“Come in,” Nji Mama said, noticing his apprentice standing ...at the door to his workshop. “Come in, my son.”
It would have been far better if only Nebu had been able to come up with a quick excuse. Instead, he just sneezed again.
“Do you have a cold?” his master asked, patting his shoulder.
Nji Mama’s face was creased with worry on account of this sculptor. Nebu blamed the uncertain weather, the shift from the dry season to rain, the scent of the city’s red earth, and what else? Still, he agreed to his master’s suggestion that he drink some citronella tea.MoreLess
“Come in,” Nji Mama said, noticing his apprentice standing ...at the door to his workshop. “Come in, my son.”
It would have been far better if only Nebu had been able to come up with a quick excuse. Instead, he just sneezed again.
“Do you have a cold?” his master asked, patting his shoulder.
Nji Mama’s face was creased with worry on account of this sculptor. Nebu blamed the uncertain weather, the shift from the dry season to rain, the scent of the city’s red earth, and what else? Still, he agreed to his master’s suggestion that he drink some citronella tea.MoreLess
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