Once Upon A Time In Africa
By Yolanda King
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Yolanda King
Yolanda King was born in 1977. She lived in North America for more than two years, traveling and working, and she also lived in Florence, Italy for one year. She speaks German, English and Italian fluently. Yolanda is married with two children. She and her family live in a small town in the northern part of the Black Forest. She is a teacher and translator who has now turned her hobby - writing - into her new profession. Yolanda started writing in elementary school, continually encouraged by her teacher. Writing has been her constant companion since. https://mewe.com/i/yolandaking4
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Once Upon A Time In Africa - Yolanda King
Once Upon A Time In Africa
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Once Upon A Time In Africa
Well, sit down then and I'll tell you a story,
grandma Rose told her four grandchildren, Lisa, Tommy, Brad and April. Grandma Rose was sitting in a rocking chair on the back porch. It was one of those humid summer evenings where the air was perfectly still. Home-made ice tea stood in a pitcher on the rickety wooden table. Grandpa Jeff pushed the creaking back door open with his shoulder and placed a tray with six glasses on the table. He poured each of them some ice tea and sat down on the porch steps. The four young children crowded eagerly around their grandmother's feet and looked at her expectantly.
It was on a fine evening in spring about fifty years ago. Grandpa Jeff and I had just met a few weeks previously. My mom didn't like him so we could only see each other in secret.
How about your dad, did he like grandpa Jeff?
Tommy asked. Grandma Rose smiled, "Oh, he liked him very much. He knew we were seeing each other and he'd promised me to convince mom to let us marry. Anyway, back to my story. We were already living here, in the same small town, just that there were fewer houses back then. Your grandfather and I were going for a walk out in the fields – in those times the fields began right behind our house – and we heard the church bell chime in the distance. At the first chime I felt rather funny, there was this tingling sensation running through me from head to toe. I stopped walking and stared at your grandfather with wide eyes. At the second chime my bones started aching and the ache made me groan. Grandpa Jeff was