Friday 21 June 2013

KUMBEKUMBE DILEMA: VILLAGE ROMANCE

If good looks is anything to go by, then Mundalo is one guy beauty forgot. Mundalo is a freshman at  Sirakaru polytechnic taking a course in carpentry. But ask anyone in Tuti shopping center where he hails from and they will tell you that their boy is taking a masters degree in mechanical engineering!
Mundalo's head looks like a deflated rugby ball and his nose seems to be on the wrong place! His teeth have refused to stay inside his small mouth and defiantly stick out as if in protest. He doesn't have a neck; his shoulders start where his ears end. His chest looks like the fist of a sick watchman. Needless to say, he has a six-pack under which two legs that resemble hockey sticks are hanging!
His extraordinary love for kumbekumbes (flying termites emerge from the underground) did not make him any more attractive! Mundalo would literally run mad mad at the sight of the insects. He would let out a strange cry from his throat and start salivating like a leaking pipe. His kumbekumbe trapping skills were way above average. he would devour the insects alive by simply tearing off their wings and smashing them between his molars! During the kumbekumbe season, when the termites grew wings, Mundalo's weight improved  dramaticaly and his head would assume a rounder shape... these were the best times of his life!
So how he managed to Impress Imelda is a difficult one to answer. it was one of those rainy afternoons when the rain had trapped the students at the verandahs. Imelda was a finalist taking a tailoring course at the polytechnic. Unfortunately or fortunately for her, she happened to stand next to Mundalo. A few smiles later and the two were chatting like old lovers. Every man who was eying Imelda walked away (in the rain) in disgust.
Mundalo and Imelda's chat became more interesting and more animated by time. But things came to a complete standstill  when the kumbekumbe's decided to emerge from their hideout. Mundalo fell into a salivating fit. He decided to excuse himself hoping that Imelda would leave the premises. The plan was to come back exactly two minutes later in get into the feast.
Lucky for him, Imelda was the first to excuse herself. No sooner had her behind disappeared at the corner than Mundalo sprung into action. He wildly attacked the anthills, grabbing the flying vegetables and chewing them like a savage!
He was sweating profusely despite the cold weather. It was then that Imelda appeared. The moment their eyes met, it dawned on him that Imelda had hatched the same plan as his!
At that very moment, Mundalo had found his soul-mate!

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