In my child age, I was very stubborn, it's just now that I have grown up that I am letting go of those stubbornness and embraced a straightforward way of living.
I had a brother, an elder brother, I am the one following him, we do things in oneness, from kindergarten to secondary school we rock the same schools, he likes everything I like, and I also like most of the things he likes.
During my child age, my father warned us not to join other children's in the community in going for carnivals, at first, we were acting obedience, but it gotten to a point that I could not bear it anymore, because of the hype that i hear from my friends, as they keep telling me how everything used to burnt down in carnival.
So, the carnival season came again and there was it in a town not so far from our own, a lot of my friends had prepare that they would be there, but I and my brother were not so sure because mom used to check on us most of the times in the night to see if we were aslept.
But, on this certain day my parents were not around, the went for church programme, while we were just thinking how we were going to unlocked the window so slowly when everyone were asleep and go out to the night carnival.
Then I heard my parents talking about church programme and when they are going to left the house for the activities.
The food that I almost lost appetite of eating became so delicious, I took mine and I ate it so well, I went outside and play my brother the update, he too was happy and he smiled, because we didn't have to make too much plan anymore, since both of us were sharing the same room, we just have to lock the door outside and whenever we are back we open it and get in.
It work out for us and we experience the street carnival for the first time, most of my friends who thought we wouldn't be there were so happy we came, they gave us a shake on the hands, believed me, we were already feeling like big boys that night.
I was the one who heard about my parents church programme activities, but I didn't heard when they were to come back, if it would be early or not, so I told my brother that we should go back home, incase they would be back early morning.
My brother were so much liking the activities in the carnival, he told me to chilled, that we will go back when other's are going back, I was confused because he seems to forget about everything and what would happen, if father came back before us and does not see us at home.
After a lot of convincing he accepts that we go home, we get home by 5:23 AM, so by 7, we were not awake, infact our sleep was more enjoyable by that time, my parents were surprised what makes us to be still asleep by that time.
I managed to be up even when there was still sleeps in my eyes, just to pretend like nothing happened, but my brother didn't make it easy, he slept and was awake by 11:00 AM, but by the time he wakes up, I was being questioned, but no matter how father twists the questions, trying to get the truth out of my mouth, I kept venting out lies, because, if I did, he might just let me go but he will take all the punishments to my brother, since he is my senior.
I didn't want him to get punished, because in every disobedience we did back then, I was always the master planner but my parents didn't know.