A short story -part two
The wizard of his village repeted it continuously. Isaac smiled, his full lips uncovered his white teeth. He didn't believe in those trivial stories. He attended the Salvation Army School and then he was a graduate of University of Ibadan, the second largest city in Nigeria. His postgraduate in Classics and Ancient History got him to laugh at these old wives' tales, but he remembered those ceremonies with melancholy.
A click of a cover; he looked round to see what it was.
A young woman was behind him, she had a foot on the wall and a light pink dressing gown that uncovered her ivory thighs.
Isaac straighten his heavy frames on the nose. He was very shy and he couldn't talk.
The young woman put a cigarette between her lips, lit it with a Bic lighter and looked at him. She had deep blue eyes.
<Do you want one?> She offered, passing him the pockets through the railing between the two terraces.
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A short story -part two
The wizard of his village repeAted it continuously. Isaac smiled, his full lips REVEALING his white teeth. He didn't believe in those trivial stories. He attended the Salvation Army School and then he was a graduate of University of Ibadan, the second largest city in Nigeria. His postgraduate (STUDIES or DEGREE) in Classics and Ancient History got him to laugh at these old wives' tales, but he remembered those ceremonies (STORIES possibly?) with melancholy.
A click of a cover; he looked round to see what it was. (I do not understand "click of a cover.)
A young woman was behind him, she had a foot on the wall and a light pink dressing gown that uncovered her ivory thighs.
Isaac straightened THE heavy frame OF HIS GLASSES on HIS nose. He was very shy and couldn't SPEAK. (These changes are more literary.)
The young woman put a cigarette between her lips, lit it with a Bic lighter and looked at him. She had deep blue eyes.
She offered HIM A CIGARETTE, passing THE PACKET through the railing between the two terraces.
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