One fine Sunday
morning, I took the kids for a walk around the big Bastos round about. Beautiful flowers and trees grace the
area. As I approached the roundabout, I saw
the big sign board with the following inscription in French: Yaoundé Urban Council
Area. "Sports and leisure activities forbidden. Offenders will be punished".
I thought
to myself, sports and leisure activities probably refer to physical exercises
and picnics. So I confidently stepped on the lawn and approached the concrete
chairs. One police officer in the nearby
police van beckoned to me to come over. I crossed the road to where he was and
after introducing himself, he said in French: “Have you read the sign board?”
I said sure
I have. I added that those concrete
chairs were put for a reason. I am going over there to have a walk and enjoy
the flowers with the kids. He said no no
no, you can’t do that. I just stood there, blankly looking at him in
disbelief. Tell me honestly, if it was
you will you go ahead and do your walk or just go home? I went home. I had no
intention of spoiling my Sunday.
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