Location: a remote part of a small central African country
Background: tired group returning home late in the evening after a long trip to the capital, have sat down for a cup of tea at about 11pm and chatted for a few minutes…
Dramatis personae: [names have been slightly changed to protect the innocent, any connection with persons living is purely coincidental…]
* Kluless a housegirl
* Eenkredulus a matron who could not believe what she was hearing
* Sheik Inwiv Lafter a beautiful Dutch lady
* Twitov Thed-Ecade husband of the above
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ACT 1 at the home of Sister Eenkredulus
Twitov Thed-Ecade: Where is the key to our house?
Sheik Inwiv Lafter: I gave it to Kluless when we were leaving and she was to leave it here…
Eenkredulus: Well, it doesn’t seem to be here
[summons Kluless who is in a backroom sleeping]
Do you know where the house key is?
Kluless [softly]: I lost it…
Eenkredulus [loudly]: lost it! What happened?
Kluless [very softly]: it fell down the long-drop*... [* = pit latrine]
Eenkredulus [steam coming from ears]: Lost down the long-drop!!! what did you do about it?
[meanwhile Sheik Inwiv Lafter is living up to her name]
Kluless [very, very softly]: I told my mum…
[loud explosions from Sister Eenkredulus mix with the whole room swaying caused by Sheikh Inwiv Lafter…]
ACT 2 Outside the home of Sheikh Inwiv Lafter and Twitov Thed-Ecade, about midnight, very dark all around
Twitov has managed to just slightly open a window. By a combination of very sophisticated keyhole surgical technique principles and a metal coat-hanger obtained from Sister Eenkredulus, the latch is lifted and he is seen to clamber into the house then opening the back door and saving the day.
The sight of this manoeuvre has set off Sheikh Inwiv Lafter, joined by Sister Eenkredulus who can now see the funny side of the whole story and with great hilarity they say goodnight, leaving the rest of the community wondering what on earth was going on.
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Of course, such a ridiculous story could never happen in real life…
could it?
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