When one man started collecting all the wastes we produce in our village, we thought he was only providing a humanitarian service. At a time, he started paying for them."Why paying?" We asked.He replied, "I recycle them and make money".

I was very much excited going back to school for my second year in the secondary school after the long vacation. Some of my friends escorted me to the railway station to catch the train that took me to Umuahia where my school was located. They helped me to enter the crowded train.

When our Biology teacher said the tongue of a toad was fixed in front of its lower lip, I became very curious about that. But one day, I saw how a toad flipped out its tongue to catch an insect flying pass then, I wondered at the design of nature.

Femi, a final year postgraduate student, was assigned the project of carrying out a type of crossbreeding known as inbreeding, using birds, by his supervisor, Professor Mezie. This involves crossbreeding closely related individuals of a species to produce a particular desired quality. He was to select, and crossbreed only birds that laid large eggs.

These perimeter railings, Around my veranda, Offer some unique images, Under the influence of sunlight, With their shadows, Which they cast on the floor, According to their shapes.But, everyone knows, When the sunlight goes away, These shadow images will vanish, Waiting for another sunlight, Before appearing again. This is so because, It is light that gives life to shadows.

This is a church gate. The artistry displayed by the designer is impressive. It has a wide passage for cars, and narrow gate for those on foot. It has images which were not displayed by the shadow because shadows show images only in one plane. While it's obvious that the human image in the centre is Jesus, I can't make out what the other two images represent. There appear to be mere fanciful designs.