"Did i just say i don't want to go to School again?"Chemutai asked her mother angrily."I want to get married to Kipsang. Where has school taken girls? "She asked. "Look at Cheptoo wandering around day and night like the Biblical Cain hoping to get a job that she'll never Will !!! "she exclaimed.
"What of Chebet, "she continued, "she has a job but she is mistreated and being paid peanuts. Which is not enough to take care of her family let alone her needs. "She said.
Chelagat looked at her daughter and wondered what had come over her.She was a bright and determined Student. Few days ago,she had promised her to work hard and become an AMREF flying doctor and rescue her from poverty that had become part and parcel of her life.
How could she forget all that and opt to get married? Did she think marriage was a bed of roses? How could she? She was the proverbial child who saw a snake as a firewood because she had never gone through the pain of the venom.
Education has always been key to sucess. It may take time but through determination and perseverance one makes it in life. "Chemutai my dear, i know you are old enough to make your own decisions but keep in mind my child, No matter how strong the lion thinks he is, he cannot fly with the eagles. "Chelagat told her daughter.
BY ASHLEY KALYA.
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