CHILDHOOD TENSION

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While growing up during my childhood, there were alot of things I heard that sounded mythical, and unreal to me now that I am an adult but back then I truly believed in it to the point that I was very cautious not to fall victim. Those words that was said as a joke and prank from my mother and the adults around me that time, kept me on my toes for a long time till the time that I finally came to realise the truth.

One of those childhood myths that kept me on my toes was a saying that "if you chew/eat watermelon and swallow the seeds it will grow in your stomach" and these words made me not to fancy taking watermelon for a long time because my thoughts were "what if I mistakenly swallow the seeds" ," does that not mean bunch of watermelon will grow in my stomach"

All these started one faithful day, I was around age 8-9 like that and that day my aunt visited us after a long time and I was very happy seeing her because she's my favourite aunt and that day she brought alot of gift and fruits for us as souveniers from her travel and among the fruits she brought there was a full uncut watermelon amongst the items and I was the first to take a knife and pick up the watermelon to dissect it.

This bold move of mine did not go unnoticed by my aunt, my mum and some friends of my aunt that they came together that day. They were all surprised that immediately after I greeted and welcomed my aunt the next thing I did was to go after the watermelon and because of that they all decided to play a trick on me. First they watched as I sliced the watermelon and took a piece from it and began chewing without anybody's consent and they watched, allowing me to chew like half of the watermelon in my hand and I even chewed plus the seeds inside before my aunt spoke

She was like "Ahh, you ate plus the seeds", I just nodded saying yes and then immediately afterwards as if they were programmed, my aunt,her friends and my mum spoke at the same time and they were like, those seeds will definitely grow inside my stomach into a big watermelon and will make my tummy very big like a pregnant woman's own. They all spoke with seriousness which have me great concern and worry at that moment. I threw the remaining watermelon away and ran outside to force myself to vomit, but to no avail and I came back inside the house crying that the seeds refuse to come out and immediately they began laughing, saying that i should not worry i will just give birth to a full watermelon and that's all.

I cried saying that I don't want, I just want to vomit everything I ate out but they kept teasing me for awhile and with tears in my eyes I ran out and put my hand inside my mouth forcing myself to vomit and luckily it all came out at the end, giving me a sense of relief. I went back inside and told them and they continued laughing saying nothing would have happened even if I had not vomited but I chose not to believe them and that was how I decided to stop taking watermelon for a long time till I came to realise that it was all joke and a lie at the end.

Thinking about it now makes me see the naivity of my age that time but still I smile at it.

What was your own childhood experience in this regards? Let us know in the comment section