A Pen Kills

Doh is born with the sift of speed writing. His first write up, his mother's letter is the beginning of trouble for him as it is hard to transcribe another person's message without missing the nuances. This adventure with pen and paper takes him from the same letter to two girls in two different colleges at a time writing to girls, particularly mission school girls, was strictly monitored. Out of curiosity, he writes to his teacher, passing for an Education Officer. He takes notes during a sermon. These write- ups evoke suspicion and fear lending to his dismissal from college. He is hit by a lorry as he crosses the road from college (drop out) to an unknown future. Read on.