As soon as I arrived on the school grounds, I had the nasty habit of going out under the trees that were on the ground, and getting sweaty, a habit that my mother constantly warned me about. Nevertheless, I went and started to play a game of marble, an act of disobedience that I would regret for the rest of my life.

As the were playing children, the ball came under the tree where I was playing marbles, and the guys at both ends of the cricket pitch started to call me, each asking me to throw the ball for them. So I picked it up and unsuspectingly threw it for the guy that was closest to me. I was about to go back to my game of marbles, but that was not to be because as soon as I turned around I felt a sharp sudden pain above my eye, and I went howling do

That day would be one to remember, that morning breakfast was terrible, I can't even remember what it is they served. Around 10 o'clock I went to see the eye doctor who finally told me that I would not need an operation. What a relief! I went back to my bed with doctor's orders not to strain my eyes so I couldn't watch TV. I had nothing to do. The lunch was nothing more than what you needed to survive: white rice, poorly seasoned fish, and two hard pieces of plantain. Later in the day my immediate family came to visit me and when I told them about the kinds of food they gave me to eat in at the place. They said that they would bring better food for me. And so it went on for the next three days in hospital.

wn to the ground in a wash of blood and tears. My mother hearing my cry, rushed out to see what was the matter, and when she saw me I saw her put on a face hat I have never seen in my life. She got angry, and frantically started to ask questions as if she was mad. Meanwhile, I was severely in pain, and had lost sight almost completely in one eye.

I was rushed to the hospital. After being examined by the doctor he told my mother that I would have to go to the general hospital in town. He said that I might have internal bleeding in my right eye, all the while my head felt like it was splitting open although I had been given pain killers; my heart beat, it seemed, had been amplified to a metallic pounding of a hammer and chisel hard at work on my skull. Slowly, the pain began to ease off as the painkillers began to kick in, while I was on my way to the airport.

When we got to the airport in town, the ambulance that was supposed to pick us up had not arrived, so my mother and I had to take a taxi to t

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