MUSTARD III – Ch. 10 | KT OLLA

NOW Joshua Morrow didn’t enrol in college only; he picked up activities that went on to shape future, too.

Banji entered high school and led a high life—picked up novels, and history, and reason...

And took up chat around books in boarding school.

So, out from Oliver Twist came talk around “Oliver Twist wants more”—and his question: “Why shouldn’t he?”

Then She Stoops to Conquer would become his life motto till past 80. Yet it was school book.

And when he saw some boys train around their hostel early at wake time, he asked about them and heard they were scouts.

So he enlisted with that band of Boys Scout.

Yes, Bamiji led the high school life well... the Olivet dream.

He was the kind to hope high, then hop in air. So when sports time came, he went for high jump.

Now this lad picked high jump, and went on competing post-study.

He did Olivet, from study to more fun things. And from curricular to the extra bit.

But he did all these in his first two years, as he soon ran out of fuel—or say, fund.

Yes, the young soul realised his savings wouldn’t take him so far. So, he took up farm work during his break... the first-year break.

He worked on his father’s farm and did things to court his favour. Yet his share of gain went so small, the favours nil.

So, he turned to Plan B. To ask his dad directly.

He left home and went back mid-term break of Second Year. Then... he begged his old man.

But Morrow had quite the world to feed, as the Abrahams weren’t tired of birthing babies.

So even though the man’s barns grew, they were just enough to feed the clan.

So, Morrow Jr dropped out of that future. That success they called High.

Yet that was school.