On the road to the village, there was a gentleman who liked to play with transporters.
At night, each time he arrived at the bus station and a 22-seater coach was not full, he said to the driver and his apprentice:
THE MAN: “Hey apprentice, let’s leave without delay, I’ll pay for the remaining places!” »
Once at the corner of his street, he would get down and ask the apprentice to follow him to collect his money. A few minutes later, the driver and all the passengers saw the apprentice reappear, all out of breath and shouting:
THE APPRENTICE, stammering: “It’s a ghost, boss!” Boss, he’s a ghost. »
Indeed, once out of the vehicle, our individual led the apprentice to the door of the cemetery in which he pretended to enter.
THE MAN: “Here I am at home!
Each time, the apprentice took to his heels.
APPRENTICE: “It’s a ghost!” Boss, it’s a ghost! »
All the carriers in the region had had to deal with this prankster.
But, as we always say, “smart, smart and a half”.
One day, he came across a transporter who had already been caught. This carrier decided to teach him a lesson. He led the gentleman to his famous crossroads.
Things weren’t going as planned for our prankster, but he decided to do as he always did.
Once he arrived in front of the cemetery, he said: “Here I am at home. »
But the driver answered: “Very well, I follow you…”
Our prankster, seeing that his ruse was in danger of being discovered, entered the cemetery with fear in his stomach, followed two or three meters away by the driver. It was then that an idea occurred to him: “And if I knocked on the door of a cellar, maybe the driver would believe my story and leave me in peace. »
Here he goes towards a large vault and knocks on the door.
MAN: KôkôKô, uncle open the door, I’ve arrived!
No sooner had he finished speaking than we heard:
THE FOOL: “Hey, who is it? »
A madman by the greatest chance had taken up residence in this vault to spend the night there.
It didn’t take much to put our prankster to flight, the bus driver hot on his heels.
The legend says that at the end of this stampede, one of these two individuals died.
Which do you think it is?
Performers: Flopy Mendosa, Hugue-Edouard Kouakou, Yacouba Karamoko, Charles Kohoury, Vincent de Paul Kouame.
Music : Ange Bouely, Boussou Roland, Souleymane Diabaté, Daniel Opoh and Jean Sempé Ake Olloé.
Africa in story is a series created by the NGO Des Livres Pour Tous – Côte d’Ivoire and the collective Making Waves, in partnership with RFI. This project has received support from the “Access Culture” scheme of the French Institute in Paris and the French Development Agency (AFD), the “ACP-EU Culture for West Africa – Awa” program from the French Institute and the Kôrè Cultural Centre, the “Agir” system of the Department of Seine-Saint-Denis and the Île-de-France Region.
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