THE RANTING RAT

The Male Rat is in his hole scratching his back and then a male Squirrel passes by scratching his legs seriously. 

The Rat sees the Squirrel and stops scratching his own back then he says to the Squirrel “How can you be scratching your leg like that oh Squirrel, don’t you see how disgusting this looks and to think you are full of yourself in this jungle” the Squirrel becomes ashamed and he bends his head as he moves away.

Immediately the Rat sees him move away in shame, he begins to laugh and as he laughs he continues to scratch his back.

Moments later, the Rat climbs out of his hole still scratching and then he sees the Squirrel moody and crying. He stops his scratching so the Squirrel will not see that he is doing the same thing he made jest of.  He was going out to see his friends whom are birds of the same feathers.

On his way, he sees other animals carrying water pots, fire woods and bush meat coming from the farm and river; then he stops to great them. “Welcome o, how was farm today?” he snitched “interesting o thank you” they echoed. The look on their faces shows that they are tired from the farm work but then the rat says something that makes them stop and drop their loads. 

“….  Are you aware that the squirrel you all celebrate as the modest of all; whom you are crowing as the leader of hunters tomorrow was busy scratching his leg today? It was very disgusting; he even ate the flies that bit him …… “He jested. The other animals started laughing and saying all sorts on their way home thereby broadcasting what the Rat told them. 

As they pass the Squirrel’s compound, they call him “scratchy scratchy hunter, we thought you are modest”. The female squirrel is not at home to witness this. Hearing this, the male Squirrel begin to cry.

At the night, the male Squirrel lays beside his wife still crying. The female Squirrel is asleep but wakes immediately she hears her husband cry. “darling Squ, why are you crying, you should be rejoicing because tomorrow you are going to be crowned the leader of the hunters in our land, tell me, why is there so much tears dropping” the male squirrel cries the more” huuuuu heeeee hiiiiiii, I am not better thank my ancestors, I don’t want to be crowned the leader….”he wailed.

His wife sits and folds her hands round him. “My love, something must be making you to cry, please tell me” she persuaded then he says. “ I was walking in the bush today, and then my leg began to itch me so I started scratching it, I never knew the rat was in its hole watching me, and then he began to make jest of me and you know I feel incapacitated when I am made jest of huuuuuu heeeeee hiiiii” he cries. “Is that why you refused to eat the delicious and expensive food I made for you this evening?...

Make merry my love and never allow what anyone says to make you feel bad. Have you forgotten that this same rat wanted to be your friend but because of his smell and deceitful life, you kept your distance, don’t expect him to back down easily” she said encouragingly. The squirrel is calm, and then he smiles. “I know the best solution to this, and trust me it will work”.

Early in the morning, the Squirrel wakes up before anyone could and makes his way to the rat’s house. He begins to sing loud and then the Rat wakes up and says “Squirrel you should be crying in shame for scratching your body and eating….” He mocked but the Squirrel cuts him “your frustration is pent up my dear friend, I saw you first yesterday as you were scratching your back,

I pitied you because I know it is not an easy thing, I wanted to help you get the balm you would rub on your back so the itching will stop, but while I was coming I was bitten by an ant and I scratched it. You can say all you want but now I see how weak and frustrated you are, you are done controlling my reactions I am done with you ….” He walks away majestically leaving the Rat lost and defeated.

No man should see himself better than the other. If you have this mind in you it might be a bit difficult to deal with the ones who don’t. analysis has it that the ones who are so keen at making others feel bad about themselves are actually the ones battling with insecurities. They become controlling so as to appear strong and in charge but never are they.

We have screamed it loud but we still have the deaf, we have shown it but we still have the myopic; that life is not a competition because we run different races on different tracks. This I say; when they cannot fathom how you do what you they go about spreading tales in order for them to feel better, gathering together to devote on your matter; making jest of you to make them feel better.

Karl Max says and I quote “It is a bad thing to perform menial duties even for the sake of freedom; to fight with pinpricks, instead of with clubs. I have become tired of hypocrisy, stupidity, gross arbitrariness, and of our bowing and scraping, dodging, and hair-splitting over words”.

There is power in words and men have come to exploit it greatly making it the breaking tools of destruction. But the moment you can keep yourself above them by been happy always, the battle is no more yours to fight. Are you aware that staying happy makes them weak? Don’t just be happy but be intentional about it at the end of the day; the people that are recruited to mock you will multiply themselves to deal with that people that recruited them

You don’t have to chase the happiness you already have, how do I know this? Bertolt Brecht; the great has this to say “Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels. The law was made for one thing alone, for the exploitation of those who don't understand it, or are prevented by naked misery from obeying it. To live means to finesse the processes to which one is subjugated” just keep your cool and watch them crumble like massive.

“Do not fear death so much, but rather the inadequate life”. Do not fear them, stand tall, do your work and gun after excellence, if you result into sulking like that squirrel did, you will just be fueling their energy; fine if you have sulked but end up defeating them by discountenancing their actions. 

 Are you aware that everyone has his weakness but some have the doctorate degree in feeding off others so as to feel better? If you succumb, you have made them succeed but if you move on, one day too soon they will come and learn “please forgive us and give those tips to us so we can benefit from it as well.”

Look at the rat, he was scratching his back which is worse but then making jest of squirrel. They will make jest of you on your way to fulfilling your destiny, in fact they will recruit others to make mockery but are you aware of the fact that they are so weak? In literature, these set of people are said to be suffering from crisis of consciousness”

Confidence is silent, insecurity is loud” know your worth and stick to it…

WRITTEN BY: omolarawrites

PICTURE SOURCE: Google

COPYRIGHT: 2018

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