They've harvested all my farm products (The Cry of a Farmer)

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They've harvested all my goods

(What did I do to men on earth that they won't let me rest

What did I do to men that I won't have peace of mind,

When will I have Justice, when will my peace come,

When will my trouble maker feel the pain that I feel

How long will I farm and others will eat my sweat.

I need justice, I need peace,

Where do I get it. when will I get my freedom.)

Was the song of a farmer from afar.

Long time ago In the town of Raduni, close to Salabi, lived a farmer and his wife and four children two boys and two girls.

His name was Jonathan.

Jonathan was a very peaceful man who love his family very much,

Jonathan and his family were very hard working. They would make heaps of yam about 2000 and plant them in thier season, every body in the village knows the Jonathan's 👪 family to be very peaceful, hard working and stay out of trouble.

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But In that same village lives another family know as the Ebosor family, the Ebosor's family are five in number, all boys, very lazy, stubborn and greedy all they do was to womanise and party day in day out, year in year out, they won't farm and even if they do they won't weed, where will they get the money from when they've party with all thier money.

One year there was scarcity of yam in a close by city. Where a very wealthy businessman live , so he ask around the near by villages to see if he could buy yam, while he was asking somebody told him of Mr Jonathan, on reaching Mr Jonathan house he met only the children, were is your dad he ask? He's has not return from the farm they answered, any problem? ask The children, no replied the stranger, sit down the children offered a sit, OK said the stranger, when will he be back? Soon says the daughter, what can I offer you? Nothing the stranger replied, OK welcome she told the stranger, not too long she saw the dad from afar she called out for her brother who was playing inside, daddy is back, she ran to welcome the father, daddy welcome, that man is waiting for you as she point the direction of the stranger, OK says the dad.

Good afternoon the dad told the stranger, good afternoon replied the stranger, hope we are save he ask jokingly as he sat down, yes replied the stranger.

I was told you have plenty yam and I have come to buy.

Hmmmm my brother I plant plenty but there is no more yam, ah you've sold them all? No he replied, then what happen.

That was when Jonathan narrated the whole story to the stranger, of how he would plant and the Ebosor boys would go and harvest them without him knowing and how he could not do anything for the fear of his children and wife and how he does not like fighting not because he was a coward but he believes the law should deal with them, but I can't go to the police 🚉 he told the stranger why?ask the stranger the fear of those rogue, those boys don't have regards for life what if they hurt my 👪 family I can't bear to see them in pain just let The sleeping dog lie. The stranger nodded and bid them farewell, on reaching home the stranger wife ask him, honey how was your day? the stranger narrated the whole story to his wife, the wife was not happy at all she was sorry for the farmer, you must do something to help the farmer the wife said, but the farmer said, forget what he said the wife interrupt you should help him, he answered so the wife could let him rest, knowing his wife let go the talk, but the man could not sleep At night he was restless althrough the night. As soon as it was morning he send for the commissioner of police 👮 and got those boys arrested they were judge and send to prison for many years.

The village become peaceful, people could farm and harvest in peace.

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The next year the Jonathan's family had a very plenty yam harvest, the business man bought the yams at a very good price from Mr Jonathan, Mr Jonathan became very rich and he move to the city with his family but he still farm in the village and supplies to the business man.