MERCILESS EBOLA – THE STORY BEHIND THE TALE

I don’t think this is funny at all. But truthfully I had a good laugh about it and thought I should share it. Just maybe it could trigger a smile!!!

A lot of inanimate things are being named after people that have lived their lives well. Most of these people perhaps sacrificed their lives for people and a good number of them are seen as heroes and role models.

Now, let’s assume I am a Congolese and I did a lot of good things to the good people of congo and they decided to name a river after me. My name is Ebola John Thomas. I brought what is regarded as close to civilization to the Congolese people and I was rewarded with a river; one of the longest and swift flowing rivers in Congo.

Sometime later, my good deeds were forgotten and the people that came by the Ebola river stopped. Well, not all of them stopped coming by anyways. The ones that came by these days don’t know about my history or perhaps they forgot it in a hurry.

Now all they do is dump refuse in the river and have now turned the once elegant view into a pathetic site.

Years have passed, but the habit of dumping refuse in the river thrived. It suddenly turned into a form of sport- “let’s race to river Ebola and see the first person to dispose of his garbage”, they chuckle under their breath and they carelessly walked briskly to dump their waste. What they are thinking, I wondered.

As I lay steady in my sepulcher, I wonder how a good deed could be turned into an abuse. I weep as I hear the thumping sounds of the waste and wished there could be a turnaround of attitude towards the river.

Then one day, I thought to myself as I lay still. “What if I could find a way to punish the perpetrators of this evil deed? The people that want to turn my supposed glory into a pitiful site. It already is anyway”, I thought. Justice, justice justice!!! I shouted as I wondered the best punishment for my enemies.

What if I conjured a disease form the dirt they dispose of? It would be a fair punishment because they would have created the disease by themselves, except I would help them a little in conjuring the disease.

Presently, there is a disease that erupted from that river and it is called Ebola VIRUS. But shouldn't they have named the virus something else? AIDS is acquired immune deficiency syndrome, HIV is human immune virus, and other diseases have their names gotten from the sickness they give. Why will these wicked people that tarnished the image of my glorious river spoil my name with the reciprocating disease? Why wouldn't they just leave me alone, I sobbed?

Disclaimer: I Ebola John Thomas am not responsible for the transfer of Ebola virus from the parent country, DR Congo to other counties. I am deeply sorry for the inconveniences being faced in the hajj and football qualifying matches.