Short Stories
Much ado about nothing
War is over and Leonato is celebrating with a party at his house. Hero is Leonato’s daughter. She’s in love with Claudio, the brave soldier, home from the war. Hero and Claudio like each other very much. ‘I love you, Hero!’ ‘I love you too, Claudio!’ ‘Let’s get married!’ Beatrice is Hero’s cousin.
She likes jokes and laughing at Benedick. Benedick and Beatrice like the same things but they say they don’t like each other. ‘Oh Benedick, you’re too clever! You annoy me!’ ‘Oh Beatrice, you’re too clever! You annoy me!’ ‘I’m never going to get married!’ ‘Me neither!’ Don John is also at the party. He doesn’t like to see people having fun. He wants to make everyone unhappy. Don John plays a trick on Claudio.
He takes Claudio for a walk and they see a man talking romantically to a woman at Hero’s window. ‘Claudio! Look! Hero is with another man!’ Claudio thinks the woman is Hero. He is wrong. The woman is really Hero’s servant, but his heart is broken! Now it is Hero and Claudio’s wedding day. But Claudio says he won’t marry Hero!
We are registered in England as a charity. ‘No, I can’t marry you! You are in love with another man!’ Hero is shocked and falls on the floor. Claudio thinks she is dead. Next Leonato plays a trick on Claudio. ‘Claudio, you must marry my niece!’ Now Claudio thinks he is going to marry someone he has never met – Leonato’s niece, who looks like Hero. But the woman really is Hero! ‘Oh, Hero, you’re alive! I’m sorry for what I said. Please marry me!’ Finally, Beatrice and Benedick know that they are a perfect couple. ‘I love you, Beatrice!’ ‘I love you too, Benedick!’ ‘Let’s get married!’ The two couples have a double wedding. Everyone is happy.
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Short Stories
GFA to hold maiden U-15 Girls Inter-Regional Challenge Cup at Prampram
The Ghana Football Association (GFA) will hold the maiden edition of the U15 Girls Inter-Regional Challenge Cup at its technical centre in Prampram – the Ghanaman Soccer Centre of Excellence.
The Association earlier this month announced that it will be establishing four new age group national teams each for boys and girls to complement the existing ones.
These new national teams will be for developmental purposes to serve as feeder teams for the competitive national teams.
President of the GFA who doubles as Chairman of the National Juvenile Committee, Mr. Kurt. E.S. Okraku, announced that the U15 Girls Inter-Regional Challenge Cup will be held in June, 2024 at Prampram.
The competition will provide a platform for the national team coaches to identify top talents for further development and progression into the appropriate age group national teams.
The Football Association already has the KGL U17 Regional Championship for boys and the U15 Regional Challenge Cup for girls will be the first of its kind in the country.
The new national teams will have U-16, U-18, U-19 and U-21 for Boys and U-16, U-18, U-19, U-21, and U23 for Girls.
The Association is keen on transforming women’s football and making it competitive across all levels, which will have a positive impact on the National teams.
Players from each of the age groups will progress to the relevant next level year after year as they will camp, train and play games locally and Internationally as part of their development.
Short Stories
Fisherman and wife(Final Part)
The man trembled with fear at every joint. Outside there was a terrible storm. Trees and mountains were shaking. The heaven was completely black, and there was thunder and lightning. In the sea he could see black waves as high as mountains, and they were capped with white crowns of foam. He said:
Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te!
Flounder, flounder, in the sea!
My wife, my wife Ilsebill,
Wants not, wants not, what I will.
“What does she want then,” said the flounder.
“Oh,” he said, “she wants to become like God.”
“Go home. She is sitting in her piss pot again.”
And they are sitting there even today.
